Gastric cancer mortality rates by occupation and industry among male andfemale workers aged 25–64 years in Japan

摘要

Differences in risk for gastric cancer exist among occupations and industries in Japan.Using a 2015 national dataset, we estimated the mortality rates due to gastric cancer inJapanese male and female workers aged 25–64 yr. Regression models were used to estimatethe mortality rate ratios separately for men and women with adjustment for age. Theoccupation with the highest risk ratio was “Service” in men (2.06, 95% confidenceinterval: 1.63–2.61) and “Construction and Mining” in women compared with “Sales”. Forindustries, workers in “Mining”, “Electricity, Gas, Heat supply and Water”, “Fisheries”,“Agriculture and Forestry”, and “Construction” had a higher mortality risk. Our resultsshowed that occupations and industries with higher mortality rates in men had the sametrend as the results from 2010, and occupations and industries with higher mortality ratesin women were almost the same as those in men. The analyses also indicated that managerialand professional workers in Japan had higher mortality as opposed to developed Westerncountries. In conclusion, this study suggests that occupations and industries still impactmen and women’s health in terms of mortality due to gastric cancer in Japan.