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Table 2 Age-standardised mortality rates per 100,000 by industry separately by cause of death from 1980 to 2015 among female Japanese workers aged 25–64 years

From: Occupation- and industry-specific cancer mortality among Japanese women from 1980 to 2015

 

1980

1985

1990

1995

2000

2005

2010

2015

Absolute differencea

1980

1985

1990

1995

2000

2005

2010

2015

Absolute differencea

Industry/cause

Lung cancer

      

Gastric cancer

 

Agriculture/Forestry

4.6

4.3

4.6

6.5

4.5

3.1

3.7

3.1

-1.5

23.4

18.0

15.5

12.1

9.6

6.3

6.7

4.2

-19.2

Fishing

4.5

4.8

9.3

13.0

5.9

20.2

11.8

23.2

18.7

41.6

28.8

21.3

29.3

19.6

13.5

21.9

26.5

-15.1

Mining

67.5

150.5

83.2

124.7

21.4

89.3

172.4

0.0

-67.5

278.3

191.1

277.6

190.4

124.8

271.7

134.3

55.0

-223.3

Construction

1.9

6.0

5.4

2.1

5.1

5.2

5.0

4.5

2.6

17.5

16.4

14.0

9.0

9.7

5.5

6.3

5.7

-11.8

Manufacturing

2.3

2.8

2.8

2.4

2.3

1.8

2.0

1.7

-0.6

9.9

8.9

7.6

5.3

4.5

2.8

2.5

2.5

-7.4

Electricity

14.8

32.5

57.2

36.7

40.5

14.6

34.1

30.2

15.4

87.3

124.0

135.9

65.4

58.3

46.2

17.4

15.8

-71.5

Transport/Communication

6.5

9.9

9.2

3.8

2.0

4.1

3.4

3.7

-2.8

33.5

24.3

15.1

7.4

5.6

5.3

3.3

3.0

-30.5

Wholesale/Retail

3.1

2.5

2.6

2.4

2.1

2.4

1.4

1.4

-1.7

10.0

8.5

6.1

4.5

3.5

3.3

2.0

1.6

-8.4

Finance

5.7

5.8

4.5

4.3

3.7

2.0

2.6

1.2

-4.5

17.1

18.0

11.4

6.6

3.8

3.4

2.5

1.8

-15.3

Real estate

2.5

6.4

7.3

3.2

4.5

2.1

3.1

1.8

-0.7

9.4

11.8

6.0

3.7

4.3

2.8

1.8

2.0

-7.4

Service

3.6

2.8

3.0

2.8

2.6

1.3

1.6

1.3

-2.3

12.3

9.0

7.5

5.2

4.2

1.9

1.9

1.5

-10.8

Public services

9.8

9.3

12.4

10.1

7.3

2.5

2.2

2.7

-7.1

35.9

28.3

24.7

17.6

11.8

3.8

3.5

2.1

-33.8

Industry/cause

Pancreatic cancer

      

Colorectal cancer

 

Agriculture/Forestry

3.4

3.4

2.9

3.1

4.6

3.5

4.9

1.9

-1.5

5.4

7.6

7.4

7.1

5.8

5.3

3.4

2.5

-2.9

Fishing

5.5

4.5

2.8

6.5

3.7

6.1

3.1

13.3

7.8

9.8

8.2

10.4

8.0

15.1

8.5

9.4

8.6

-1.2

Mining

36.1

26.3

62.0

21.9

34.5

42.9

45.0

28.5

-7.6

135.6

148.0

122.2

88.5

64.4

183.4

154.2

212.4

76.8

Construction

3.7

3.6

3.6

1.7

2.0

3.3

3.7

2.9

-0.8

5.8

9.2

10.0

5.0

5.2

5.0

5.3

7.6

1.8

Manufacturing

1.4

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.5

1.3

2.0

1.5

0.1

3.6

3.0

4.4

3.4

3.0

3.1

3.0

3.0

-0.6

Electricity

0.0

5.6

28.4

10.0

29.0

54.4

9.3

27.4

27.4

43.4

35.3

127.4

26.9

54.2

49.3

27.4

20.9

-22.5

Transport/Communication

5.4

3.9

5.9

3.2

2.7

3.1

1.8

3.9

-1.5

7.9

15.0

8.8

3.6

4.2

7.0

4.7

4.6

-3.3

Wholesale/Retail

1.7

1.7

1.3

1.2

1.5

1.8

1.2

0.9

-0.8

3.7

3.4

3.7

3.1

2.0

3.1

1.6

1.7

-2

Finance

3.1

4.5

1.9

2.5

1.0

1.9

2.7

1.2

-1.9

6.9

8.7

6.0

3.8

2.9

2.7

2.4

1.9

-5

Real estate

0.9

2.6

2.3

2.0

1.8

1.9

3.0

2.7

1.8

2.6

3.6

6.7

3.6

3.5

3.8

2.0

1.8

-0.8

Service

2.5

2.1

2.3

2.0

1.3

0.8

1.4

1.2

-1.3

3.9

4.8

4.7

4.4

3.3

1.7

2.3

1.8

-2.1

Public services

8.7

3.9

4.3

5.0

6.5

3.2

3.0

2.2

-6.5

13.0

10.6

12.9

6.7

7.2

4.3

5.0

4.2

-8.8

  1. aAbsolute difference between 2015 and 1980