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ArticleBMC women's health2022

Changes in cause-specific mortality trends across occupations in working-age Japanese women from 1980 to 2015: a cross-sectional analysis.

Bibha Dhungel, Kuniyasu Takagi, Shijan Acharya, Koji Wada, Stuart Gilmour

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Article in BMC women's health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  1. A Double Decomposition of Standard Deviation Below the Modal Age at Death and the Role of Causes of Death.European journal of population = Revue europeenne de demographie · 2026
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  3. Difference in Mortality Rates by Occupation in Japanese Male Workers Aged 25 to 64 Years from 1980 to 2015.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Bibha Dhungel *Graduate School of Public Health, St. Luke's International University, Tsukiji, Tokyo, Japan.
Kuniyasu Takagi *Graduate School of Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan.
Shijan AcharyaCommunity Empowerment for Health Promotion Programme, Nepal Red Cross Society, Nepalgunj, Nepal.
Koji WadaGraduate School of Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan. kwada@iuhw.ac.jp.
Stuart GilmourGraduate School of Public Health, St. Luke's International University, Tsukiji, Tokyo, Japan.
International University of Health and Welfare · JPSt. Luke's International University · JPNepal Red Cross Society · NP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundReducing health inequalities is an important public health challenge. Many studies have examined the widening health gap by occupational class among men, but few among women. We therefore estimated variation in absolute and relative mortality by occupational category across four leading causes of mortality-cancer, ischaemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, and suicide-to explore how occupational class is associated with health among working women aged 25-64 in Japan.

methodsWe conducted a repeated cross-sectional study using Poisson regression analysis on each five-yearly mortality data from 1980 to 2015, obtained from the National Vital Statistics and the Japanese Population Census.

resultsThere was a decreasing trend in mortality from all cancers, ischaemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, and suicide among women in all occupational groups from 1980 to 2015. Agriculture workers had higher risk of mortality than professional workers for all four causes of death. The absolute difference in mortality rates for all cancers and cerebrovascular disease was higher in 2000-2015 than 1980-1995. The mortality trend among clerks and sales workers decreased after 2000, except for suicide.

conclusionsMortality rates from all four causes are higher among agriculture workers compared to professional workers, and attention is needed to reduce this mortality gap. Continuous monitoring of ongoing mortality trends is essential to ensure better health and wellbeing in Japan.

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Cerebrovascular DisordersNeoplasmsWomen, WorkingCause of DeathCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansJapanMaleMortalityOccupationsCancerCerebrovascular diseaseInequalityIschaemic heart diseaseJapanMortalityOccupationSuicideWomenWorking age

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