DAMAGE DUE TO THE ATOMIC BOMB
The damage was amplified by the composite effect of the thermal radiation, blast and radiation. The city was destroyed by intensive thermal radiation and blast pressure. Most of the Survivors have been, and still are suffering from radiation disturbances.
Total death rate and death rate on the day of exposure
Distance from hypocenter (km) |
Total death rate |
Death rate on the day of exposure |
0 – 0.5 0.6 – 1.0 1.1 – 1.5 1.6 – 2.0 |
98.4% 90.0% 45.5% 22.6% |
90.4% 59.4% 19.6% 11.1% |
| (Average) 0 – 2 .0 | 56.5% |
37.0% |
(Hiroshima District Surveyed by medical group of Tokyo University.)
(Circles showing death rate: Surveyed by Motosaburo Masuyama, Medical Department, Tokyo Urnversity.)