Table
16
Population Breakdown by Age and Geographical Living Patterns
(Ref. 6)
Infants and
small children
Children and
adelescents
Age Bracket (years)
0-4
5-19
Fraction of population (%)
16
Inside Home
Within 10 m of home
Men
Women
20+
20+
41
22
21
50
30
30
30
15
10
5
10
Elsewhere in village
5
10
5
10
Beach
5
5
5
5
Interior of island
5
15
20
15
-Lagoon
0
10
10
5
20
20
25
25
Fraction of time spent in
respective areas (%):
Other Islands
Table 17
Assumed Exposure Rate for
Each Living Pattern*
Pattern
Rongelap Atoll
BR/hr
Inside home
7.3
Within 10 m of home
7.3
Elsewhere in village
7.3
Beach
7.3
Interior Island
7.3
Lagoon**
3.7
Other Islands***
24.9
Values listed are mean exposure rates.
w*
Lagoon value is assumed to be the same as regional background at uncontaminated
4gtolls.
“values used for other islands assumed equal distribution of time spent on
other islands within the atoll.
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