Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-88513-3, published online 14 February 2025

In the original version of this Article a wrong version of Figure 1 was published. The original Figure 1 and accompanying legend appear below.

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Cities and towns with evacuation orders in Fukushima prefecture. Population data for each of the 14 districts were combined and averaged for each of the three periods (2006–2010, 2012–2015, 2016–2018) to calculate mortality rates.

The original Article has been corrected.