Table 3.
Site classification of observed cancer deaths from 1970 to 2012
| Sites (ICD-10) | CTa | NYb | R1c | R2d | Total (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrain-shielded area without fallout | Terrain-shielded area with fallout | Direct exposure area, near side | Direct exposure area, far side | |||||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Stomach (C16) | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 46 (16.6) | 34 (12.5) |
| Colon (C18) | 4 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 17 (6.1) | 32 (11.8) |
| Rectal (C19–C20) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 13 (4.7) | 17 (6.3) |
| Lung (C34) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 55 (19.9) | 33 (12.1) |
| Breast (C50) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 (0.0) | 14 (5.1) |
| Uterus (C53–C55) | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 (3.7) | |||||
| Myeloma (C90.0) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 (1.4) | 2 (0.7) |
| Leukemia (C91–C93) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 (2.2) | 13 (4.8) |
| Others | 35 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 69 | 64 | 24 | 22 | 146 (52.7) | 132 (48.5) |
| Total | 59 | 67 | 31 | 21 | 127 | 136 | 60 | 48 | 277 (100.0) | 272 (100.0) |
Numbers of thyroid (C73), liver (C22), melanoma (C43), skin (C44), ovary (C56), prostate (C61) and bladder (C67) cancers were zero (0) in ‘Others’. Original data were coded according to the ICD-9 or ICD-10; the ICD-10 codes are shown in this table. aControl area. bNishiyama region. cDirect exposure area on the near side of the hypocenter. dDirect exposure area on the far side of the hypocenter.