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Table 1 Age-standardized mortality rates by occupation in Japan during the 2015 fiscal year (per 100,000 population, males aged 25–64 years (among workers aged 25–64 years in the National Census))

From: Mortality by occupation and industry among Japanese men in the 2015 fiscal year

 

Workers

Deaths

All-cause

Broad, cause-specific death

n

%

n

All cancer (C00-D48)

Cardiovascular disease (I00-I99)

External causes (V01-Y98)

Other causes

Workers (total)

24,863,422

 

28,695

101.0

36.1

26.8

25.2

12.9

Occupation (JSOC)

Clerical workers

4,003,816

16.1

2495

53.7

21.1

12.8

13.8

5.9

Carrying, cleaning, packaging, and related workers

1,491,304

6.0

1064

62.1

18.5

21.4

14.1

8.1

Manufacturing process workers

4,528,220

18.2

3424

73.8

26.2

20.5

18.7

8.4

Sales workers

3,377,013

13.6

2890

82.1

32.0

21.9

17.2

10.9

Security official

791,484

3.2

794

90.1

27.2

25.3

26.9

10.6

Transport and machine operating workers

1,568,689

6.3

2015

100.3

33.5

27.8

27.4

11.6

Professional workers

4,173,468

16.8

4840

110.3

43.4

28.6

25.5

12.7

Construction and mining workers

2,024,420

8.1

3546

146.9

47.7

37.5

40.6

21.1

Administrative and managerial workers

794,143

3.2

2031

193.0

64.6

42.5

62.8

23.1

Agriculture forestry and fishery workers

642,983

2.6

2017

211.4

53.8

51.3

72.1

34.1

Service workers

1,467,882

5.9

3579

240.3

80.2

66.7

57.9

35.5

Unemployment

6,199,344

 

58,569

765.8

240.0

175.1

137.7

213.0

  1. JSOC Japan Standard Occupational Classification
  2. Unemployment includes “Unemployed” and “Population not in the labor force,” as indicated in the Population Census