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. 2022 Nov 1;22:2003. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14304-4

Table 1.

Age-standardised mortality rates per 100,000 by occupation separately by cause of death from 1980 to 2015 among female Japanese workers aged 25–64 years

1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 Absolute differencea 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 Absolute differencea
Occupation/cause Lung cancer Gastric cancer
Professional 3.8 4.1 5.9 4.7 5.6 3.3 3.6 1.9 -1.9 15.8 12.6 11.0 8.0 8.2 4.5 3.6 2.6 -13.2
Manager 9.8 11.7 19.7 15.1 17.3 16.9 14.6 20.3 10.5 26.8 39.5 27.8 24.6 28.9 30.1 25.3 10.3 -16.5
Clerk 5.1 3.6 2.8 2.9 2.1 1.2 1.3 0.9 -4.2 13.3 8.8 8.2 5.4 3.6 2.0 1.7 1.2 -12.1
Sales 4.4 4.7 4.7 4.0 3.6 2.5 2.3 1.6 -2.8 16.4 15.8 10.5 7.8 6.3 4.0 2.3 1.7 -14.7
Service 3.9 3.2 3.5 4.1 3.5 2.5 1.9 2.3 -1.6 13.4 10.1 9.2 7.6 6.0 3.2 2.7 2.5 -10.9
Security 47.6 38.6 50.9 22.5 21.9 17.8 8.6 18.1 -29.5 61.2 43.0 66.9 93.0 33.9 25.6 18.9 17.0 -44.2
Agriculture 4.5 4.4 4.6 5.7 4.2 3.4 3.9 2.0 -2.5 23.4 17.8 14.1 11.0 8.2 5.9 5.9 3.4 -20
Transportation 32.0 25.1 56.6 30.4 13.0 9.8 27.8 20.5 -11.5 92.8 63.4 76.4 17.4 24.8 20.3 16.7 15.9 -76.9
Manufacturing 1.8 2.2 2.0 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.1 -0.7 8.8 7.7 6.6 4.0 2.8 1.6 1.5 1.7 -7.1
Occupation/cause Pancreatic cancer Colorectal cancer
Professional 4.7 2.4 3.2 2.2 3.0 2.6 3.0 2.1 -2.6 7.2 7.6 7.9 5.5 7.4 5.3 4.2 3.1 -4.1
Manager 2.1 3.7 7.7 6.2 6.0 14.2 15.3 8.5 6.4 10.8 14.8 22.5 17.4 22.2 15.2 25.3 15.5 4.7
Clerk 2.8 2.1 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.0 1.5 1.2 -1.6 4.5 5.2 4.2 3.1 2.4 1.8 1.8 1.3 -3.2
Sales 2.4 3.0 2.4 1.6 2.0 2.1 1.4 1.5 -0.9 6.2 5.6 7.2 5.5 3.9 3.6 2.7 2.4 -3.8
Service 2.4 2.2 2.4 3.0 2.3 1.8 1.6 1.6 -0.8 4.1 5.1 5.8 5.2 3.5 3.3 2.9 2.6 -1.5
Security 0.0 60.0 13.6 11.9 12.7 7.8 3.1 10.6 10.6 40.0 101.7 43.2 23.2 21.8 28.7 5.9 13.5 -26.5
Agriculture 3.6 3.3 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.7 4.7 1.4 -2.2 5.4 7.6 7.0 6.3 5.1 5.4 3.6 2.5 -2.9
Transportation 3.7 5.3 13.2 16.7 9.2 4.0 11.9 18.8 15.1 10.7 63.3 37.6 9.0 17.8 20.7 21.4 26.9 16.2
Manufacturing 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.9 -0.5 2.8 2.5 3.7 2.4 1.9 1.5 1.4 2.4 -0.4

aAbsolute difference between 2015 and 1980