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. 2017 Jan 31;55(3):293–302. doi: 10.2486/indhealth.2016-0198

Table 2. Distribution of compensated cases of cerebrovascular/cardiovascular disease by job category.

Men Women


No. of casesa) No. of employee population (10,000)b,c) No. of cases per 1 milliond) No. of casesa) No. of employee population (10,000)b,c) No. of cases per 1 milliond)




Job category (alphabetical order)e) n % n % n % n %
Accommodations, eating, and drinking services 104 7.0% 529 4.0% 19.7 10 14.5% 986 8.9% 1.0
Agriculture and forestry 6 0.4% 148 1.1% 4.1 1 1.4% 111 1.0% 0.9
Compound services 6 0.4% 147 1.1% 4.1 1 1.4% 98 0.9% 1.0
Construction 162 10.8% 1,448 10.9% 11.2 0 0.0% 243 2.2% 0.0
Education, learning support 23 1.5% 613 4.6% 3.8 2 2.9% 704 6.4% 0.3
Electricity, gas, heat supply, and water 1 0.1% 134 1.0% 0.7 0 0.0% 19 0.2% 0.0
Finance and insurance 9 0.6% 333 2.5% 2.7 1 1.4% 400 3.6% 0.3
Fisheries 14 0.9% 26 0.2% 53.8 0 0.0% 6 0.1% 0.0
Information and communications 46 3.1% 610 4.6% 7.5 5 7.2% 215 2.0% 2.3
Living-related, personal, and amusement services 33 2.2% 332 2.5% 9.9 4 5.8% 523 4.7% 0.8
Manufacturing 186 12.4% 3,263 24.5% 5.7 7 10.1% 1,359 12.3% 0.5
Medical, health, and welfare 38 2.5% 709 5.3% 5.4 11 15.9% 2,563 23.3% 0.4
Mining and quarrying of stone and gravel 0 0.0% 12 0.1% 0.0 0 0.0% 3 0.0% 0.0
Real estate and goods rental and leasing 28 1.9% 236 1.8% 11.9 0 0.0% 140 1.3% 0.0
Scientific research, professional, and technical
services
44 2.9% 417 3.1% 10.6 3 4.3% 249 2.3% 1.2
Services, N.E.C. 121 8.1% 1,091 8.2% 11.1 4 5.8% 815 7.4% 0.5
Transport and postal activities 459 30.7% 1,272 9.5% 36.1 6 8.7% 292 2.6% 2.1
Wholesale and retail trade 215 14.4% 2,005 15.0% 10.7 14 20.3% 2,296 20.8% 0.6

Total 1,495 100% 13,325 100% 11.2 69 100% 11,022 100% 0.6

a) Total number of cases that were determined to be compensated between January 2010 and March 2015. This column includes the cases that were claimed to workers’ compensation before December 2009.

b) Data from the Labour Force Survey, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan.

c) Total population of employees (annual average) in Japan between January 2010 and December 2014. These figures include both full-time and part-time employees.

d) Due to the unavailability of data on the population of employees between January 2015 and March 2015, the compensation rates in this column are slightly higher than the actual value.

e) Public employees and central and local government officers are not included.