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Table 2 Mortality rate ratios by occupation in Japan during the 2015 fiscal year, males aged 25–64 years

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

 

All-cause

Broad, cause-specific death

All cancer (C00-D48)

Cardiovascular disease (I00-I99)

External causes (V01-Y98)

Other causes

RR

95% CI

RR

95% CI

RR

95% CI

RR

95% CI

RR

95% CI

Occupation (JSOC)

Clerical workers

0.64

0.61–0.68

0.66

0.60–0.71

0.58

0.52–0.65

0.77

0.69–0.87

0.54

0.47–0.63

Carrying, cleaning, packaging, and related workers

0.73

0.68–0.78

0.55

0.49–0.62

0.90

0.79–1.02

0.84

0.72–0.98

0.70

0.58–0.85

Manufacturing process workers

0.90

0.85–0.94

0.81

0.75–0.88

0.92

0.84–1.01

1.09

0.98–1.21

0.77

0.67–0.89

Sales workers

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Security official

1.10

1.02–1.19

0.83

0.73–0.95

1.17

1.02–1.36

1.57

1.34–1.83

0.98

0.78–1.23

Transport and machine operating workers

1.18

1.12–1.25

1.02

0.93–1.12

1.24

1.11–1.38

1.51

1.33–1.71

1.06

0.91–1.25

Professional workers

1.35

1.29–1.42

1.37

1.27–1.47

1.31

1.19–1.43

1.51

1.36–1.67

1.17

1.03–1.34

Construction and mining workers

1.79

1.70–1.88

1.51

1.39–1.63

1.68

1.53–1.85

2.36

2.12–2.63

1.90

1.66–2.17

Administrative and managerial workers

1.86

1.76–1.97

1.89

1.73–2.05

1.67

1.50–1.87

2.07

1.80–2.38

1.58

1.34–1.86

Agriculture forestry and fishery workers

2.50

2.36–2.65

1.79

1.62–1.96

2.18

1.95–2.44

4.32

3.83–4.87

2.97

2.56–3.44

Service workers

2.89

2.75–3.03

2.43

2.24–2.64

2.92

2.66–3.20

3.33

3.00–3.70

3.16

2.77–3.61

  1. JSOC Japan Standard Occupational Classification, RR rate ratio, 95% CI 95% confidence interval