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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 3.
Published in final edited form as: Health Phys. 2010 Aug;99(2):105–123. doi: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3181dc523c

Table 8.

Total radiation absorbed doses (mGy) to four tissues and organs of representative persons by birth year (< 1931 through 1958): sum of external and internal irradiation: all values rounded to two significant digits. Doses for Utrik and Rongelap Island communities account for relocations.

Birth year Majuro residents
Kwajalein residents
Utrik community
Rongelap Island community
RBM Thyroid Stomach Colon RBM Thyroid Stomach Colon RBM Thyroid Stomach Colon RBM Thyroid Stomach Colon
<1931 11 33 11 15 24 89 24 36 160 890 170 340 1,600 9,200 2,100 4,400
1931 11 33 11 15 24 93 24 36 160 890 170 340 1,600 9,200 2,100 4,400
1932 11 33 11 15 24 93 24 36 160 890 170 340 1,600 9,200 2,100 4,400
1933 11 33 11 15 24 93 24 36 160 890 170 340 1,600 9,200 2,100 4,400
1934 11 33 11 15 24 93 24 36 160 890 170 340 1,600 9,200 2,100 4,400
1935 11 34 11 15 25 95 25 37 160 890 170 340 1,600 9,200 2,100 4,400
1936 11 34 11 15 25 95 25 37 160 890 170 340 1,600 9,200 2,100 4,400
1937 11 39 11 16 25 109 25 38 160 1,000 170 360 1,600 11,000 2,200 4,700
1938 11 39 11 16 25 109 25 38 160 1,000 170 360 1,600 11,000 2,200 4,700
1939 11 40 11 16 25 110 25 39 160 1,000 170 360 1,600 11,000 2,200 4,700
1940 11 40 11 16 25 111 25 39 160 1,000 170 360 1,600 11,000 2,200 4,700
1941 13 42 13 18 28 121 28 42 190 1,000 190 380 2,000 12,000 2,500 5,000
1942 13 43 13 18 28 123 29 44 190 1,000 200 420 1,900 12,000 2,500 5,600
1943 13 43 13 19 28 124 29 44 200 1,000 200 430 1,900 12,000 2,500 5,600
1944 13 43 13 19 28 124 29 44 200 1,000 200 430 1,900 12,000 2,500 5,600
1945 13 44 13 19 29 125 29 45 200 1,000 200 430 2,000 12,000 2,500 5,600
1946 13 44 13 19 29 135 30 47 200 1,000 200 430 2,000 12,000 2,500 5,600
1947 13 53 13 19 29 160 30 48 200 1,500 210 460 1,900 17,000 2,600 6,000
1948 13 53 13 19 25 139 26 40 200 1,500 210 460 1,900 17,000 2,600 6,000
1949 13 54 13 19 23 121 23 36 200 1,500 210 460 1,900 17,000 2,600 6,000
1950 13 55 13 20 23 122 23 36 200 1,500 210 460 1,900 17,000 2,600 6,000
1951 13 55 13 20 22 122 23 36 200 1,500 200 460 1,900 17,000 2,600 6,000
1952 14 68 14 23 24 157 25 43 210 2,000 230 600 2,100 23,000 3,100 8,200
1953 13 61 13 21 23 148 24 42 210 2,000 230 600 2,100 22,000 3,100 8,200
1954 5 25 5 7 11 74 11 15 93 550 85 130 500 5,600 630 960
1955 1.5 5.6 1.3 2.3 3.1 13 3.0 4.9 32 31 24 34 30 38 26 37
1956 0.88 4.0 0.80 1.2 1.9 8.6 1.8 2.4 18 21 14 21 30 41 27 40
1957 0.41 1.0 0.36 0.60 0.82 1.6 0.74 1.1 13 16 10 17 35 40 29 44
1958 0.30 0.62 0.26 0.40 0.55 1.0 0.49 0.70 10 11 8.2 13 30 31 26 38