Occupational Diseases in Commercial cleaning and livestock process industries in Japan in 1988-2020

Type ofoccupational

1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

diseases(1) Diseases due
to occupational309 279 275 313 315 343 343 330 336 290 345 311 319 284 335 332 288 268 259 258 203 230 233 217 228 218 272 232

injuries
Death0in

100000above(1)-2 Backache
resulting from250 226 243 271 285 306 306 299 296 246 281 259 276 236 277 278 238 231 224 199 161 181 177 182 174 163 208 167

accident inabove injuries
Death
in

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above(2) Diseases due－

to hazardous－－－----

1000000010rays
Death
inabove(3) Diseases due
to ionizing－－－－----

0000000000

radiation
Deathinabove(4) Diseases due
to abnormal－

atmospheric－－－---

000000000000000000000000172338358365620111004162337328161610111004110000100000002221142

pressure
Deathinabove(5) Diseases due
3

to abnormal

15126

9221213910191316

1716

1548

3228

33

temperature
Deathinabove(5)-2 Heat
stroke in above
abnormaltemperatureDeathinabove(6) Ear diseases

1

due to noise

－－－－-

1--

0000000001

Deathinabove(7) Diseases due
to factors other－than (2) to (6)Death1221-122004001202

in000000082333260000000200012200000000001

1000000000

4535466above(8) Diseases oflocomotion andinternal organs

2

due to heavy

3

12

16674642

5433

9233

1

and excessive
work load
Deathinabove(9)
Occupational
lower back pain
excluding that

226323335120001002302

caused byoccupational
injuries
Deathinabove(10) Diseases－

due to vibration－－－----

1

1000

10000

Death
inabove(11) Disorders
in fingers andforearms, andcervico-

1

32－

3

344-

4

544

8

6

14343

bronchialdisorder
Death
in

000

0

000

5203

1

5

4

0

00

0000001112

30011121

14

1920

1623

14

17000112

10000000above(12) Diseases
due to causes－

other than (8)

－

1

141

134234432221

to (11)Deathinabove(13) Anoxia

3－－－---

1011

1000

210

Death
inabove(14) Diseases
due to chemical
substances

35

36

36

25

22

23

23

17

14

30

17

17

27

925

25

11

18

915

16(excludingcancer)
Deathinabove(15)
Pneumoconiosis
andcomplications(only absent)(16) Diseases－－－－----

0

00

0000000due to1

pathogenic

－

1－－

1

1232

532211330352523107

0000001

organisms
Deathinabove(16)-2
Occupational
Diseases due to102

COVID-19 inabove in above
pathogenicorganisms
Deathin1above(17) Cancer due
to ionizing－－－－----

0

0

0000

00

000

0

00000000000000000000000000

radiation
Deathinabove(18) Cancer due
1

to chemical－－－－----

0000000

100

substances
Deathinabove(19) Cancer due
to causes other－than (17) and－－－----

00000000000000000000000002400

1100

3001011001110000000

73334

760000000

(18)
Death
inabove(20)
Cerebrovasculardisease, heartdisease, etc.
due tooverwork
Deathinabove(21) Mental
disorder due toseriousoccupational
psychologicalburdenDeathinabove(22) Other
diseases－evidently due to14442234

96127445106

occupationalcausesDeathinaboveTotal

352 338 333 354 352 387 387 383 381 342 394 368 386 330 412 395 333 350 324 325 268 294 298 294 301 343 384 450
Deathinabove

Occupational diseases mean fatal and non-fatal diseases with work absence of 4 days and more.
Data sources: https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/newpage_09976.html (MHLW, Japan)

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