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Table 4 Relative change in occupation-specific mortality on or after 2000 compared with 1995 or before among female workers

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

Rate ratioa

95% confidence interval

p value

All cancers

Professional

0.97

(0.92–1.03)

0.323

Clerk

0.70

(0.67–0.74)

 < 0.001

Sales

0.80

(0.76–0.84)

 < 0.001

Service

0.94

(0.90–0.99)

0.024

Agriculture

1.17

(1.10–1.25)

 < 0.001

Manufacturing

0.81

(0.77–0.86)

 < 0.001

Other

1.59

(1.49–1.70)

 < 0.001

Ischaemic heart disease

Professional

1.16

(0.91–1.48)

0.235

Clerk

0.75

(0.60–0.93)

0.009

Sales

0.82

(0.67–1.01)

0.057

Service

0.91

(0.76–1.09)

0.308

Agriculture

1.33

(1.06–1.66)

0.013

Manufacturing

0.93

(0.76–1.13)

0.441

Other

1.66

(1.27–2.16)

 < 0.001

Cerebrovascular disease

Professional

1.10

(0.98–1.24)

0.107

Clerk

0.88

(0.79–0.97)

0.015

Sales

0.83

(0.75–0.92)

 < 0.001

Service

1.01

(0.92–1.10)

0.911

Agriculture

1.11

(0.98–1.25)

0.111

Manufacturing

0.91

(0.82–1.01)

0.068

Other

1.52

(1.31–1.75)

 < 0.001

Suicide

Professional

1.45

(1.28–1.66)

 < 0.001

Clerk

1.03

(0.91–1.16)

0.633

Sales

1.00

(0.88–1.15)

0.975

Service

1.35

(1.20–1.53)

 < 0.001

Agriculture

1.16

(0.99–1.34)

0.060

Manufacturing

1.00

(0.88–1.14)

0.956

Other

1.99

(1.66–2.38)

 < 0.001

  1. aRate ratio on or after 2000 compared to 1995 or before obtained from Poisson regression analysis adjusting for year, age category, step variable (mortality before or after 2000), occupation and interaction of step variable and occupation