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

Table 3. Distribution of compensated cases of mental disorders 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 (alphabetic order)e) n % n % n % n %
Accommodations, eating, and drinking services 87 6.3% 529 4.0% 16.4 48 7.7% 986 8.7% 4.9
Agriculture and forestry 15 1.1% 148 1.1% 10.1 2 0.3% 111 1.0% 1.8
Compound services 10 0.7% 147 1.1% 6.8 7 1.1% 98 0.9% 7.1
Construction 138 10.1% 1,448 10.9% 9.5 11 1.8% 243 2.2% 4.5
Education, learning support 32 2.3% 613 4.6% 5.2 25 4.0% 704 6.2% 3.6
Electricity, gas, heat supply, and water 12 0.9% 134 1.0% 9.0 1 0.2% 19 0.2% 5.3
Finance and insurance 23 1.7% 333 2.5% 6.9 30 4.8% 400 3.5% 7.5
Fisheries 6 0.4% 26 0.2% 23.1 0 0.0% 6 0.1% 0.0
Information and communications 97 7.1% 610 4.6% 15.9 28 4.5% 215 1.9% 13.0
Living-related, personal, and amusement services 30 2.2% 332 2.5% 9.0 15 2.4% 523 4.6% 2.9
Manufacturing 290 21.1% 3,263 24.5% 8.9 59 9.5% 1,359 12.0% 4.3
Medical, health, and welfare 51 3.7% 709 5.3% 7.2 179 28.8% 2,563 22.7% 7.0
Mining and quarrying of stone and gravel 3 0.2% 12 0.1% 25.0 0 0.0% 3 0.0% 0.0
Real estate and goods rental and leasing 39 2.8% 236 1.8% 16.5 13 2.1% 140 1.2% 9.3
Scientific research, professional, and technical services 70 5.1% 417 3.1% 16.8 22 3.5% 249 2.2% 8.8
Services, N.E.C. 100 7.3% 1,091 8.2% 9.2 45 7.2% 815 7.2% 5.5
Transport and postal activities 176 12.8% 1,272 9.5% 13.8 38 6.1% 292 2.6% 13.0
Wholesale and retail trade 193 14.1% 2,005 15.0% 9.6 97 15.6% 2,296 20.3% 4.2

Total 1,372 100% 13,325 100% 10.3 620 100% 11,022 100% 5.6

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.