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Table 4 Change in trend of mortality rates by occupational and industrial category after 2000 for the leading causes of death

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

 

Rate ratio (95% Confidence interval)

Occupational category

Lung cancer

Gastric cancer

Pancreatic cancer

Colorectal cancer

Professional

0.926 (0.898–0.955)*

0.977 (0.956–0.998)*

1.021 (0.984–1.059)

0.970 (0.946–0.994)*

Manager

0.953 (0.914–0.993)*

0.964 (0.931–0.998)*

0.981 (0.922–1.044)

0.936 (0.900–0.973)*

Clerk

0.977 (0.951–1.004)

0.985 (0.966–1.005)

1.025 (0.992–1.058)

0.986 (0.963–1.010)

Sales

0.955 (0.930–0.981)*

0.963 (0.942–0.984)*

1.009 (0.975–1.044)

0.968 (0.946–0.991)*

Service

0.967 (0.942–0.993)*

0.973 (0.954–0.992)*

0.958 (0.929–0.988)*

0.958 (0.937–0.980)*

Security

1.041 (0.926–1.170)

0.982 (0.898–1.073)

1.071 (0.881–1.301)

1.033 (0.929–1.148)

Agriculture

0.987 (0.955–1.020)

0.995 (0.969–1.023)

1.001 (0.966–1.037)

0.963 (0.934–0.993)*

Transport

1.028 (0.953–1.108)

1.052 (0.990–1.117)

1.116 (1.004–1.242)*

1.032 (0.965–1.104)

Manufacturing

0.996 (0.967–1.025)

1.016 (0.995–1.037)

1.007 (0.974–1.040)

1.006 (0.983–1.030)

Industrial category

    

Agriculture/Forestry

0.977 (0.946–1.009)

0.981 (0.956–1.007)

0.993 (0.960–1.027)

0.945 (0.917–0.974)*

Fishing

0.990 (0.902–1.086)

1.031 (0.961–1.107)

1.093 (0.957–1.247)

1.025 (0.927–1.134)

Mining

1.143 (0.972–1.343)

1.018 (0.934–1.109)

1.056 (0.893–1.249)

1.068 (0.978–1.165)

Construction

1.006 (0.962–1.052)

1.017 (0.986–1.049)

1.041 (0.986–1.099)

1.033 (0.997–1.071)

Manufacturing

0.981 (0.953–1.009)

0.992 (0.972–1.013)

1.000 (0.967–1.034)

0.989 (0.967–1.013)

Electricity

0.977 (0.900–1.061)

0.950 (0.886–1.019)

1.019 (0.856–1.213)

0.944 (0.878–1.015)

Transport/Communication

1.022 (0.965–1.083)

1.048 (1.004–1.093)*

1.059 (0.991–1.132)

1.033 (0.986–1.082)

Wholesale/Retail

0.979 (0.956–1.002)

0.996 (0.978–1.014)

1.001 (0.971–1.032)

0.992 (0.971–1.013)

Finance

0.988 (0.929–1.051)

1.032 (0.981–1.084)

0.998 (0.924–1.077)

1.026 (0.969–1.086)

Real estate

1.010 (0.927–1.101)

0.998 (0.922–1.080)

1.013 (0.887–1.157)

0.959 (0.872–1.054)

Service

0.966 (0.945–0.987)*

0.986 (0.970–1.003)

1.019 (0.993–1.046)

0.963 (0.945–0.981)*

Public services

0.912 (0.864–0.963)*

0.930 (0.889–0.972)*

0.958 (0.901–1.018)

0.997 (0.952–1.044)

  1. *Significant at 5% level of alpha