Table 11.
Lifetime Attributable Fraction (%) of projected cancers according to geographic grouping plus entire Marshall Islands: best estimate and 90% uncertainty range in parentheses (5%–95%).
| Leukemia | Thyroid | Stomach | Colon | All other solid cancers | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern latitude atollsa | 2.2 (0.41–6.0) | 12 (2.5–27) | 0.47 (0.069–1.3) | 0.69 (0.23–1.4) | 0.48 (0.11–1.0) | 0.76 (0.16–1.8) |
| Mid-latitude atollsb | 8.4 (1.7–20) | 25 (6.1–45) | 1.9 (0.26–5.7) | 2.3 (0.73–4.8) | 1.4 (0.34–2.9) | 2.2 (0.50–4.8) |
| Utrik community | 19 (4.3–45) | 71 (32–86) | 4.8 (0.64–14) | 9.4 (3.2–19) | 6.7 (1.5–14) | 10 (2.4–22) |
| Rongelap Island and Ailinginae communityc | 78 (39–91) | 95 (87–97) | 48 (11–73) | 64 (36–78) | 43 (20–54) | 55 (28–69) |
| Entire Marshall Islandsc | 5.1 (0.96–12) | 21 (6.0–39) | 1.2 (0.17–3.4) | 1.7 (0.59–3.4) | 1.0 (0.27–2.0) | 1.6 (0.41–3.4) |
a
Includes Kili Island where Bikini Atoll community resided.
b
Includes Ujelang where Enewetak Atoll community resided.
c
Does not include the U.S. military weather observers exposed to Bravo fallout on Rongerik.