... plus the District of Columbia from 200 1-2 005, excluding only Maryland, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wisconsin. The data base also includes county-specific data for all states, excluding ... (Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Rhode Island). Of the five states with the lowest rates, four are in the southeast U. S. (Arkansas, North Carolina, Alabama, and South Carolina). ... radiation-induced oncogenesis from exposure to radioiodine isotopes. Affected populations include survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs and Nevada, Semlja, and Marshall Island bomb...