وكان عدد الضحايا المعترف به رسميا في آذار / مارس 2001، هو 2,265 ضحية، (توفي منهم 1,784) {3} وحصل أكثر من 10،000 على تعويض مالي من شيسو.
"As of March 2001, 2,265 victims had been officially recognised as having Minamata disease (1,784 of whom had died) and over 10,000 had received financial compensation from Chisso.