Table 3. Odds ratios for suicide mortality in each occupation, Japan, 1975–2005^a .

	Overall		1975		1980		1985		1990		1995		2000			2005
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI
Men
Specialist and technical workers	1.27	1.23, 1.31	0.62	0.54, 0.71	0.99	0.89, 1.10	0.90	0.82, 0.99	0.93	0.84, 1.04	1.01	0.92, 1.12		2.19	2.04, 2.34		1.98	1.84, 2.13
Administrative and managerial workers	1.05	1.00, 1.09	0.62	0.54, 0.71	0.67	0.59, 0.76	0.93	0.83, 1.03	0.83	0.72, 0.95	0.93	0.82, 1.04		2.10	1.91, 2.30		2.04	1.82, 2.27
Clerical workers	1.08	1.04, 1.11	0.94	0.86, 1.02	1.02	0.93, 1.11	1.06	0.98, 1.15	1.20	1.10, 1.32	1.14	1.04, 1.25		1.22	1.12, 1.32		1.01	0.93, 1.10
Sales workers	1.11	1.08, 1.14	1.04	0.95, 1.13	1.18	1.09, 1.27	1.30	1.21, 1.40	0.91	0.83, 1.00	0.94	0.86, 1.03		1.28	1.19, 1.38		1.09	1.01, 1.18
Service workers	2.52	2.43, 2.61	1.07	0.92, 1.24	1.69	1.50, 1.91	1.75	1.57, 1.94	2.39	2.14, 2.67	2.74	2.49, 3.03		3.97	3.66, 4.29		3.78	3.48, 4.10
Security workers	1.21	1.14, 1.29	0.64	0.49, 0.82	0.76	0.61, 0.95	1.07	0.90, 1.27	1.26	1.04, 1.52	1.01	0.84, 1.23		1.55	1.34, 1.79		2.00	1.77, 2.27
Agriculture, forestry and fishery workers	2.48	2.40, 2.56	1.83	1.69, 1.99	2.08	1.92, 2.26	2.48	2.31, 2.67	3.28	3.00, 3.59	2.88	2.62, 3.18		3.26	2.96, 3.59		3.20	2.90, 3.54
Transport and communication workers	1.46	1.41, 1.52	1.02	0.92, 1.14	1.17	1.06, 1.30	1.21	1.11, 1.33	1.33	1.19, 1.48	1.42	1.28, 1.58		2.02	1.85, 2.20		2.02	1.84, 2.21
Production process and related workers	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference		1.00	Reference		1.00	Reference
Workers not classifiable by occupation	26.95	26.06, 27.88	75.73	65.19, 87.97	109.24	97.85, 121.95	55.24	50.21, 60.77	30.75	27.68, 34.16	48.91	45.05, 53.10		43.96	41.18, 46.92		7.36	6.69, 8.11
Non-employed	9.09	8.89, 9.29	8.78	8.24, 9.37	8.73	8.20, 9.29	7.59	7.18, 8.03	10.18	9.55, 10.85	9.18	8.64, 9.76		10.55	10.01, 11.13		11.03	10.44, 11.65
Women
Specialist and technical workers	1.64	1.52, 1.78	1.72	1.39, 2.14	1.87	1.50, 2.31	1.25	1.01, 1.55	1.66	1.36, 2.03	1.91	1.49, 2.43		2.18	1.76, 2.70		2.22	1.75, 2.80
Administrative and managerial workers	4.85	4.23, 5.55	4.08	2.79, 5.97	2.04	1.24, 3.36	2.63	1.78, 3.88	4.86	3.54, 6.68	7.50	5.33, 10.55		9.18	6.60, 12.77		8.61	5.73, 12.93
Clerical workers	1.09	1.01, 1.17	1.34	1.12, 1.61	1.29	1.06, 1.57	0.92	0.77, 1.10	1.02	0.85, 1.22	1.41	1.13, 1.76		1.19	0.97, 1.47		1.14	0.90, 1.44
Sales workers	1.61	1.50, 1.74	1.24	1.02, 1.50	1.88	1.56, 2.26	1.47	1.23, 1.75	1.51	1.24, 1.83	1.78	1.40, 2.26		1.96	1.56, 2.45		1.86	1.44, 2.41
Service workers	1.91	1.78, 2.06	1.40	1.16, 1.69	2.16	1.79, 2.61	1.51	1.26, 1.82	1.65	1.36, 2.00	2.46	1.97, 3.08		2.61	2.12, 3.21		2.67	2.12, 3.36
Security workers	9.24	7.03, 12.13	4.84	1.41, 16.63	5.50	1.58, 19.11	23.90	14.33, 39.87	3.59	1.04, 12.39	17.84	9.51, 33.49		8.44	4.36, 16.34		8.53	4.40, 16.52
Agriculture, forestry and fishery workers	3.40	3.17, 3.64	2.52	2.17, 2.93	3.19	2.71, 3.76	2.91	2.51, 3.39	3.31	2.77, 3.95	4.52	3.58, 5.72		4.45	3.50, 5.64		3.69	2.71, 5.04
Transport and communication workers	5.86	4.99, 6.88	2.73	1.69, 4.39	4.37	2.82, 6.79	6.32	4.43, 9.01	5.52	3.54, 8.60	7.75	4.75, 12.62		7.20	4.54, 11.43		11.37	7.39, 17.51
Production process and related workers	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference		1.00	Reference		1.00	Reference
Workers not classifiable by occupation	38.96	36.16, 41.98	13.82	9.52, 20.07	112.35	90.10, 140.09	50.28	41.74, 60.56	47.06	38.69, 57.22	96.49	78.44, 118.69		66.90	55.41, 80.78		11.08	8.41, 14.59
Non-employed	4.62	4.38, 4.87	2.94	2.57, 3.35	3.70	3.22, 4.25	3.63	3.22, 4.08	4.03	3.53, 4.61	6.87	5.77, 8.18		7.15	6.05, 8.45		8.16	6.74, 9.89

CI; credible interval, OR; odds ratio

^aWe adjusted for age (five year categories) and year in the overall model. We adjusted for only age (five year categories) in year-specific models.