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. 2013 Apr 11;89(4):157–163. doi: 10.2183/pjab.89.157

Table 2.

Results of WBC screening conducted at Hirata Central Hospital from Oct., 2011 through Nov., 2012. Columns 2–4 are for all subjects, and columns 5–7 are for children age 15 and under only. The numbers of people whose body burden of 137Cs exceeded the detection limit of 300 Bq/body are shown in columns 3 and 6, and their percentages in columns 4 and 7

Month, Year All Children (age ≤ 15)


n ndet (137Cs) ndet/n (%) n ndet (137Cs) ndet/n (%)
Total 32,811 1,552 4.7 19,530 499 2.6
Oct., 2011 638 76 12.0 312 33 10.6
Nov., 2011 2,258 327 15.0 970 85 8.8
Dec., 2011 2,338 352 15.0 1,456 133 9.1
Jan., 2012 2,843 341 12.0 1,665 123 7.4
Feb., 2012 2,949 244 8.3 1,907 113 5.9

subtotal            
Oct.,2011Feb.,2012 11,026 1,340 12.1 6,310 487 7.7

Mar., 2012 3,572 113 3.2 1,821 9 0.5
Apr., 2012 3,043 44 1.4 1,162 3 0.3
May, 2012 1,056 13 1.2 321 0 0.0
Jun., 2012 1,776 13 0.7 1,079 0 0.0
Jul., 2012 2,325 6 0.3 1,236 0 0.0
Aug., 2012 1,979 10 0.5 1,223 0 0.0
Sep., 2012 2,416 1 0.0 1,804 0 0.0
Oct., 2012 3,237 1 0.0 2,736 0 0.0
Nov., 2012 2,381 11 0.5 1,838 0 0.0

subtotal            
Mar.,2012Nov.,2012 21,785 212 1.0 13,220 12 0.09