Early Mortality Rate of Atomic Bomb Survivors Based on House Reconstruction Survey |
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| Authors: | H. Mori T. Nakamura M. Mine H. Kondo Y. Okumura D.G. Hoel |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Nagasaki Women's Junior College, Nagasaki, Japan;2. School of Allied Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan;3. Scientific Data Center for Atomic Bomb Disaster, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan;4. Department of Biometry and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, SC, USA |
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| Abstract: | This paper studies the mortality rate experienced by over 23 000 A-bomb survivors in Nagasaki between September 1945 and 1950 when the RERF-ABCC initiated the follow-up of the large LSS cohort. The study is based on the data of the 10-year House Reconstruction Survey. As expected, these data show an increasing mortality rate with increasing proximity to the hypocenter of the bomb. What was not anticipated was a higher mortality rate in the 1400–1699 m band than in the closer distance interval of 1200–1399 m. This suggests a possible selective survival among A-bomb survivors. Whether this affects the cancer risk estimates has not as yet been determined. |
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