APPENDIX 1
Rongelap Group and Control Mean Blood Counts by Day and by Age
WBC
(x108)
Postexposure day
(X10)
Lymphocytes
-—)
(x10?)
35
<5
DS
Male
<!0
Male
>10
Female
allages
Total
group
90 82
49 62
66 7.1
59 63
59 65
6.7 7.2
70 74
5.7 6.1
76 78
6.5 6.2
57 55
5.2 52
3.9 3.8
67 56
7.0 6.0
7.7 60
76°65
-_—
85 66
10.1 81
118 86
8.6 6.9
8.9 7.5
13.5 95
— 65
13.2 97
10.7 7.6
-—140 89
98 69
11.2 80
13.7 101
64
_3.5
3.5
3.2
3:
#43
3.0
40
3.1
3.0
2.0
2.6
2.6
3.5
39
38
46
4.7
59
4.1
3.3.
69
—
48
54
7.0
40
40
62
47
—
4.5
39
41
47
5.0
3.9
53
3.8
33
2.6
3.3
3.5
3.5
3.6
4.0
—
4.2
48
48
37
3.4
48
35
48
52
—
4.4
3.4
3.6
5.2
1.8
2.2
_—
2.6
21
21
17
24
19
24
2.1
2.6
2.1
2.3
18
3.2
2.1
3.2
2.0
2.6
2.0
29
2.3
3.1
2.4
34
2.1
3.7
24
3.7
23
3.3
2.2
a
3.6
2,2
46
28
4.7
3.1
3.7
2.7
46
3.6
6.0
4.0
—
27
74°
41
4.7
3.7
—
—
5.6
3.6
4.7
239
6.2
3.7
6.2
4.1
—
—
28.2
_
27.1
21.8
16.8
13.2
14.1
17.9
25.5
26.8
24.6
22.1
—_
23.1
—
26.2
24.4
26.6
30.0
32.0
32.5
32.3
—
41.2
35.0
37.5
35.5
32.6
38.8
35.8
—
—
22.7
—
21.3
19.1
14.6
12.9
12.3
16.6
22.0
20.9
20.6
17.5
—
18.2
_
21.7
20.3
19,5
21.4
22,1
27.1
24.4
—
25.8
27.3
24.5
24.2
26.9
30.7
28.0
~
—
24.9
—
21.7
21.8
15.2
10.9
11.8
15.1
22.4
23.2
23.9
21.2
—
20.2
—
24.7
23.2
27.6
25.5
28.1
30.8
27.6
oe
36.5
30.9
29.4*
31.2
30.0
34.0
33.6
a
—
24.8
—
22.5
21.0
15.3
11.9
12.3
16.0
22.8
23.2
23.1
20.3
—
20.1
—
24.1
22.6
24.9
24.7
—
—
—
—
33.4
30.4
27.6
29.5
_
—
—
61
ny
Monocytes
(x 10")
<3
*Excluding pregnancy.
cyl
con
Platelets
(x 10°)
>I
<5
3
7
10
12
15
18
22
26
30
33
39
43
47
5k
56
63
70
74
6-mo survey
1-yr survey
2-yr survey
3-yr survey
4-yr survey
5-yr survey
6-yr survey
Majuro controls
Rita controls, 6 mo
Rita controls, 1 yr
Rita controls, 2 yr
Rongelapcontrols, 3 yr
Rongelap controls, 4 yr
Rongelap controls, 3 yr
Neutrophils
<5
Eosinophils
(x10)
>5
<5
D5
08
0.3
—
29
1.7
4.2
5.4
3.0
2.3
2.7
1.7
19
2.0
19
1.6
15
0.9
1.7
1.6
09
09
Elooodl
10
1.0
2.9
1.6
1.7
1.2
05
0.9
_
=
_=
14
1.1
0.7
1.3
2.7
£5
12
0.7
15
11
27
©62.0
—
06
2.0
2.0
19
17
—=—
14
1.5
14
0.7
2.3
Ll
3.7
2.4
0.1
-_16
19
Lt
3.5
2.3
18
3.4
26
05
14
Li
0.8
_
0.3
3.4
—2.5
6.7
96
64
7.9
7.0
—
95
42
—
12.8
6.2
7.0
6.2
0.7
=
1.46
19
13
1.6
18
13
2.2
2.2
1.0
08
05
0.7
—
0.6
19
—
1.6
28
33
45
4.0
5.0
27
4.7
48
—_
6.6
4.0
45
6.0