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Table: Summary of average accumulated doses to affected populations from Chernobyl fallout

Population category Number Average dose (mSv)
* including 240 000 who worked in 1986–87.
Liquidators (1986–1989) 600 000* ~100
Evacuees from highly-contaminated zone (1986) 116 000 33
Residents of “strict-control” zones (1986-) 270 000 >50
Residents of other ‘contaminated’ areas (1986-) 5 000 000 10-20

Source: Chernobyl Forum
 Chernobyl’s Legacy: Health, Environmental and Socio-economic Impacts (2006), p.14