Table 2.
Characteristics of the study subjects
| Characteristic | CTa | NYb | R1c | R2d | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrain-shielded area without fallout | Terrain-shielded area with fallout | Direct exposure area, near side | Direct exposure area, far side | |||||
| (n = 1443) | (n = 610) | (n = 2180) | (n = 1014) | |||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Age ATB (years)e | ||||||||
| 0–9 | 313 (54.9) | 304 (34.8) | 160 (63.2) | 144 (40.3) | 385 (42.6) | 374 (29.3) | 135 (36.7) | 145 (22.4) |
| 10–19 | 201 (35.3) | 294 (33.7) | 83 (32.8) | 115 (32.2) | 413 (45.7) | 469 (36.7) | 178 (48.4) | 242 (37.5) |
| 20–29 | 56 (9.8) | 275 (31.5) | 10 (4.0) | 98 (27.5) | 105 (11.6) | 434 (34.0) | 55 (14.9) | 259 (40.1) |
| Distance from hypocenter (km) | ||||||||
| 1.5–1.9 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (0.6) | 2 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| 2.0–2.4 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 898 (99.4) | 1275 (99.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| 2.5–2.9 | 570 (100.0) | 873 (100.0) | 140 (55.3) | 214 (59.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 336 (91.3) | 548 (84.8) |
| 3.0–3.9 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 32 (8.7) | 98 (15.2) |
| 4.0–4.9 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 113 (44.7) | 143 (40.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Entering near hypocenter | ||||||||
| Entered | 129 (22.6) | 193 (22.1) | 40 (15.8) | 55 (15.4) | 232 (25.7) | 335 (26.2) | 115 (31.3) | 166 (25.7) |
| Did not enter | 441 (77.4) | 680 (77.9) | 213 (84.2) | 302 (84.6) | 671 (74.3) | 942 (73.8) | 253 (68.8) | 480 (74.3) |
| Shield conditions | ||||||||
| Outside, not shielded | 110 (19.3) | 113 (12.9) | 89 (35.2) | 114 (31.9) | 158 (17.5) | 143 (11.2) | 63 (17.1) | 65 (10.1) |
| Outside, shielded | 68 (11.9) | 64 (7.3) | 24 (9.5) | 32 (9.0) | 146 (16.2) | 145 (11.4) | 33 (9.0) | 44 (6.8) |
| Inside house | 358 (62.8) | 645 (73.9) | 127 (50.2) | 197 (55.2) | 492 (54.5) | 844 (66.1) | 243 (66.0) | 499 (77.2) |
| Unknown | 34 (6.0) | 51 (5.8) | 13 (5.1) | 14 (3.9) | 107 (11.8) | 145 (11.4) | 29 (7.9) | 38 (5.9) |
| Subtotal | 570 (100.0) | 873 (100.0) | 253 (100.0) | 357 (100.0) | 903 (100.0) | 1277 (100.0) | 368 (100.0) | 646 (100.0) |
aControl area. bNishiyama region. cDirect exposure area on the near side of the hypocenter. dDirect exposure area on the far side of the hypocenter. eAge at the time of bombing.