Table 3.
Mortality inequality across occupation and industry separately by cause of death among female Japanese workers aged 25–64 years
| Rate ratio (95% Confidence interval) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occupational category | Lung cancer | Gastric cancer | Pancreatic cancer | Colorectal cancer | |
| Professional | 0.799 (0.602–1.062) | 0.873 (0.759–1.005) | 1.370 (0.992–1.891) | 1.162 (0.938–1.439) | |
| Manager | 2.340 (1.670–3.278)* | 1.868 (1.522–2.293)* | 1.638 (0.916–2.930) | 2.043 (1.503–2.775)* | |
| Clerk | 0.860 (0.692–1.069) | 0.742 (0.662–0.832) | 0.896 (0.669–1.201) | 0.801 (0.664–0.967) | |
| Sales | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | |
| Service | 0.801 (0.633–1.014) | 0.728 (0.644–0.823) | 0.818 (0.609–1.099) | 0.742 (0.608–0.905) | |
| Security | 25.615 (11.027–59.502)* | 7.310 (3.735–14.306)* | 69.252 (14.959–320.603)* | 16.257 (8.001–33.031)* | |
| Agriculture | 0.991 (0.818–1.199) | 1.330 (1.208–1.464)* | 1.313 (1.036–1.663)* | 0.987 (0.838–1.164) | |
| Transport | 4.351 (2.571–7.364)* | 3.833 (3.016–4.871)* | 6.650 (3.019–14.648)* | 4.986 (3.307–7.518)* | |
| Manufacturing | 0.451 (0.363–0.561) | 0.539 (0.484–0.600) | 0.561 (0.427–0.736) | 0.488 (0.407–0.584) | |
| Industrial category | |||||
| Agriculture/Forestry | 1.660 (1.366–2.017)* | 2.338 (2.118–2.580)* | 2.122 (1.664–2.707)* | 1.699 (1.438–2.007)* | |
| Fishing | 2.686 (1.391–5.186)* | 3.679 (2.784–4.860)* | 5.101 (2.499–10.411)* | 3.029 (1.823–5.031)* | |
| Mining | 35.614 (20.945–60.557)* | 28.661 (21.160–38.820)* | 41.887 (20.169–86.990)* | 45.392 (28.777–71.601)* | |
| Construction | 1.512 (1.058–2.162)* | 1.886 (1.592–2.235)* | 2.329 (1.560–3.476)* | 2.321 (1.788–3.013)* | |
| Manufacturing | 0.923 (0.740–1.150) | 1.010 (0.902–1.130)* | 0.936 (0.700–1.253) | 0.924 (0.766–1.114) | |
| Electricity | 12.916 (6.889–24.213)* | 10.812 (8.023–14.572)* | 33.403 (7.128–156.534)* | 16.242 (10.093–26.140)* | |
| Transport/Communication | 2.557 (1.710–3.822)* | 3.048 (2.517–3.690)* | 3.494 (2.157–5.658)* | 3.305 (2.417–4.519)* | |
| Wholesale/Retail | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | |
| Finance | 2.400 (1.660–3.470)* | 2.007 (1.649–2.444)* | 2.380 (1.470–3.852)* | 2.285 (1.682–3.105)* | |
| Real estate | 3.410 (1.841–6.316)* | 1.363 (0.908–2.045) | 2.235 (0.713–7.004) | 1.795 (0.866–3.720) | |
| Service | 1.123 (0.911–1.384) | 1.205 (1.081–1.344)* | 1.392 (1.071–1.810)* | 1.171 (0.982–1.397) | |
| Public services | 3.624 (2.635–4.983)* | 3.838 (3.260–4.519)* | 5.027 (3.411–7.407)* | 3.917 (3.002–5.111)* | |
*Significant at 5% level of alpha