Table 4.
Numbers, rates, rate ratios, and rate differences for overwork-related cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases (CVDs) and other occupational diseases in Taiwan and Japan before and after implementation of new criteria for overwork-related CVDs.
| Before* | After† | Rate ratio | Rate difference | p-value§ | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number per year | Rate per year‡ | Number per year | Rate per year‡ | ||||||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||||
| Taiwan: overwork-related CVDs | |||||||||||
| Total | 27.60 | 11.06 | 4.36 | 3.97 | 77.80 | 12.17 | 11.48 | 8.09 | 2.63 | 7.12 | <0.05 |
| Manufacturing | 7.80 | 2.39 | 3.04 | 0.89 | 22.80 | 7.33 | 8.34 | 2.74 | 2.74 | 5.30 | <0.05 |
| Construction | 1.20 | 1.30 | 1.75 | 1.93 | 6.20 | 2.77 | 8.54 | 3.81 | 4.89 | 6.79 | <0.05 |
| Transportation, information, arts | 5.60 | 3.21 | 9.64 | 5.42 | 12.00 | 6.63 | 19.36 | 11.50 | 2.01 | 9.72 | 0.13 |
| Trade, accommodation, food | 7.20 | 3.96 | 5.15 | 2.68 | 11.40 | 1.34 | 7.24 | 1.06 | 1.40 | 2.09 | 0.15 |
| Financial, insurance, health | 0.60 | 0.55 | 0.83 | 0.76 | 3.80 | 0.84 | 4.67 | 1.00 | 5.63 | 3.84 | <0.05 |
| Other | 5.20 | 2.49 | 5.76 | 2.88 | 21.60 | 6.31 | 20.72 | 5.55 | 3.60 | 14.96 | <0.05 |
| Taiwan: other occupational diseases | |||||||||||
| Total | 753.80 | 70.32 | 60.79 | 33.99 | 400.60 | 136.13 | 107.80 | 62.07 | 1.77 | 47.01 | <0.05 |
| Manufacturing | 151.20 | 43.49 | 59.11 | 16.56 | 252.20 | 33.92 | 92.05 | 11.54 | 1.56 | 32.94 | <0.05 |
| Construction | 75.00 | 32.37 | 110.36 | 50.54 | 166.40 | 22.12 | 229.07 | 30.26 | 2.08 | 118.70 | <0.05 |
| Transportation, information, arts | 34.80 | 12.78 | 60.50 | 21.08 | 60.00 | 18.61 | 95.11 | 29.97 | 1.57 | 34.61 | 0.10 |
| Trade, accommodation, food | 64.60 | 21.48 | 46.51 | 13.75 | 131.00 | 17.79 | 83.28 | 14.15 | 1.79 | 36.77 | <0.05 |
| Financial, insurance, health | 25.20 | 12.52 | 34.14 | 15.77 | 31.40 | 2.51 | 38.65 | 3.15 | 1.13 | 4.51 | 0.42 |
| Other | 49.80 | 20.08 | 54.15 | 19.77 | 112.80 | 12.32 | 108.66 | 12.36 | 2.01 | 54.51 | <0.05 |
| Japan: overwork-related CVDs | |||||||||||
| Total | 92.40 | 27.41 | 2.57 | 1.44 | 313.92 | 34.59 | 9.38 | 7.04 | 3.65 | 6.81 | <0.05 |
| Manufacturing | 21.00 | 8.49 | 2.07 | 0.90 | 46.85 | 13.44 | 6.06 | 1.17 | 2.93 | 4.00 | <0.05 |
| Construction | 9.20 | 2.59 | 2.23 | 0.65 | 33.85 | 7.24 | 10.05 | 1.83 | 4.50 | 7.82 | <0.05 |
| Transportation, information, arts | 15.60 | 7.02 | 4.50 | 2.05 | 97.00 | 11.99 | 23.76 | 2.31 | 5.28 | 19.26 | <0.05 |
| Trade, accommodation, food | 12.00 | 6.82 | 1.20 | 0.65 | 73.54 | 13.41 | 6.44 | 0.95 | 5.38 | 5.24 | <0.05 |
| Financial, insurance, health | 5.20 | 1.64 | 3.18 | 1.08 | 11.31 | 3.47 | 4.51 | 3.23 | 1.42 | 1.32 | 0.69 |
| Other | 29.40 | 4.10 | 2.25 | 0.25 | 51.38 | 11.01 | 5.47 | 2.38 | 2.43 | 3.22 | <0.05 |
SD = standard deviation. *Defined as 5 years before new criteria: 2006–2010 for Taiwan and 1997–2001 for Japan. †Defined as 5 years after new criteria: 2011–2015 for Taiwan and 2002–2006 for Japan. ‡Per million employees. §Wilcoxon signed-rank tests.