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TABLE
A: Estimates of Casualties (anyone killed or hurt in a war or disaster)
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Hiroshima
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Nagasaki
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Pre-raid population
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255,000
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195,000
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Dead
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66,000
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39,000
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Injured
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69,000
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25,000
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Total
Casualties
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135,000
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64,000
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The relation of total casualties to distance
from X, the center of damage and point directly under the air-burst explosion
of the bomb, is of great importance in evaluating the casualty-producing effect
of the bombs. This relationship for the total population of Nagasaki is shown
in the table below, based on the first-obtained casualty figures of the
District:
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TABLE
B: Relation of Total Casualties to Distance from X
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Distance from X,
feet |
Killed
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Injured
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Missing
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Total
Casualties |
Killed
per square mile |
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0 - 1,640
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7,505
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960
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1,127
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9,592
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24,7OO
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1,640 - 3,300
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3,688
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1,478
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1,799
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6,965
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4,040
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3,300 - 4,900
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8,678
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17,137
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3,597
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29,412
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5,710
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4,900 - 6,550
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221
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11,958
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28
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12,207
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125
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6,550 - 9,850
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112
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9,460
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17
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9,589
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20
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No figure for total pre-raid population at these
different distances were available. Such figures would be necessary in order to
compute per cent mortality. A calculation made by the British Mission to Japan
and based on a preliminary analysis of the study of the Joint Medical-Atomic
Bomb Investigating Commission gives the following calculated values for per
cent mortality at increasing distances from X:
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TABLE
C: Percent Mortality (those dead) at
Various Distances
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Distance from X,
in feet |
Percent Mortality (death rate)
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0 - 1000
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93.0%
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1000 - 2000
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92.0
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2000 - 3000
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86.0
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3000 - 4000
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69.0
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4000 - 5000
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49.0
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5000 - 6000
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31.5
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6000 - 7000
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12.5
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7000 - 8000
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1.3
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8000 - 9000
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0.5
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9000 - 10,000
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0.0
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NAME_________________________________ DATE___________________________________
OPTION 1: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS; OPTION 2: ANSWER FIRST 3 QUESTIONS: OPTION
2: 1 QUESTION
From Table A, which city had a larger pre-raid population?
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Which city had the most dead?
_____________________________How many?_________________
Which city had the most injured?___________________________
How many?_________________
From Table B, which distance from X had the most
deaths?_________________________________
Which distance
from X had the second most deaths?_____________________________________
Which distance
from X had the most casualties?________________________________________
Which distance
from X had the most killed per square mile?______________________________
From Table C, if X is where the bomb dropped, what per cent
mortality was within 1-1000 feet? __________________________
1000 feet equals how many
yards?____________________________(3 feet = 1 yard)
WHAT CONCLUSION CAN YOU MAKE ABOUT THE DISTANCE FROM THE
BOMB BLAST POINT AND HOW HURT A PERSON WOULD BE?_(hint: look at Table B)_________________
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