Drop of live births 9 months after Fukushima In the study region around Fukushima (Fukushima+Iwate+Miyagi+Gunma+Tochigi+Ibaraki+Chiba), the number of live births dropped in December 2012 by 10% (P<1E-6). This drop translates to 1247 missing births. No abnormal deviations are found in the months before and after December 2011.
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