Changes in cause-specific mortality trends across occupations in working-age Japanese women from 1980 to 2015: a cross-sectional analysis

Dhungel, Bibha; Takagi, Kuniyasu; Acharya, Shijan; Wada, Koji; Gilmour, Stuart

doi:10.1186/s12905-022-01621-4

Table 2 Absolute and relative difference in mortality rates for 1980–1995, and 2000–2015 across occupations

From: Changes in cause-specific mortality trends across occupations in working-age Japanese women from 1980 to 2015: a cross-sectional analysis

Cause of death and occupational category	Age-standardised mortality rates per 100,000				Absolute Difference^a			Percentage change (%)^b
Cause of death and occupational category	1980	1995	2000	2015	1980–1995	2000–2015	1980–2015	1980–1995	2000–2015	1980–2015
All cancers
Professional	72.4	51.9	57.1	26.7	− 20	− 30	− 46	− 28	− 53	− 63
Clerk	52.9	30.2	22.8	14.5	− 23	− 8	− 38	− 43	− 35	− 73
Sales	58.4	42.2	35.9	19.9	− 16	− 16	− 39	− 27	− 45	− 66
Service	50.4	43.1	36.2	24.1	− 7	− 12	− 26	− 14	− 33	− 52
Agriculture	71.0	53.3	48.0	37.1	− 18	− 11	− 34	− 25	− 23	− 48
Manufacturing	31.0	19.7	15.6	15.4	− 11	0	− 16	− 35	0	− 50
Ischaemic heart disease
Professional	4.4	3.1	3.4	1.1	− 1	− 2	− 3	− 23	− 59	− 75
Clerk	3.6	2.3	0.8	0.7	− 1	0	− 3	− 28	0	− 81
Sales	6.0	3.6	2.7	1.2	− 2	− 1	− 5	− 33	− 37	− 80
Service	6.0	4.1	4.0	1.7	− 2	− 2	− 4	− 33	− 50	− 72
Agriculture	5.7	3.8	3.3	2.4	− 2	− 1	− 3	− 35	− 30	− 58
Manufacturing	2.2	1.6	1.2	1.0	− 1	0	− 1	− 45	0	− 55
Cerebrovascular disease
Professional	20.9	12.2	11.3	3.9	− 9	− 7	− 17	− 43	− 62	− 81
Clerk	17.6	6.8	4.8	2.5	− 11	− 2	− 15	− 62	− 42	− 86
Sales	26.2	10.4	9.6	3.9	− 16	− 6	− 22	− 61	− 62	− 85
Service	24.6	14.7	10.7	5.9	− 10	− 5	− 19	− 41	− 47	− 76
Agriculture	29.4	13.9	12.4	8.2	− 15	− 4	− 21	− 51	− 32	− 72
Manufacturing	11.8	6.6	4.4	3.4	− 5	− 1	− 8	− 42	− 23	− 71
Suicide
Professional	10.0	5.1	7.5	4.8	− 5	− 3	− 5	− 50	− 40	− 52
Clerk	5.8	3.6	3.4	2.6	− 2	− 1	− 3	− 34	− 29	− 55
Sales	9.2	4.8	6.2	3.8	− 4	− 2	− 5	− 43	− 32	− 59
Service	10.7	6.6	8.6	6.2	− 4	− 2	− 5	− 37	− 23	− 42
Agriculture	16.4	12.5	12.3	8.7	− 4	− 4	− 8	− 24	− 33	− 47
Manufacturing	5.1	2.9	3.0	3.3	− 2	0	− 2	− 39	0	− 35

^aAbsolute difference in age-standardised mortality rates per 100,000 between 1980 and 2015; ^bDifference expressed as a percentage of rates in 1980 or 2000

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