Occupational Diseases in Health and hygiene service industries in Japan in 1988-2020

Type of1988 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

occupational
diseases(1) Diseases due

256 360 317 360 373 469 469 556 676 667 823 853

to occupational972

1,055 1,189 1,352 1,286 1,361 1,398 1,393 1,432 1,447 1,453 1,540 1,698 1,658 1,750 2,090

injuries
Deathin0000001above(1)-2 Backache
resulting from235 321 287 324 352 434 434 516 615 590 750 770

accident in

892

962

1,103 1,237 1,171 1,257 1,329 1,298 1,328 1,348 1,361 1,423 1,593 1,533 1,648 1,944

above injuries
Death
in

0000000001

3030000000010000000000000above(2) Diseases due
to hazardous

11－－－

1-

1-

0000000000

rays
Death
inabove(3) Diseases due－

to ionizing

1－－----

0000010000

radiation
Deathinabove(4) Diseases due

to abnormal

1atmospheric－－－－---

00000000000001000000000013141118252124

10000007106121811210000000

1000000000000011433260000000

pressure
Deathinabove(5) Diseases due
to abnormal

161524

1226610

1068

5954

5512201621

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

due to noise－－－---

10000000000

Death
inabove(7) Diseases due
to factors other－

－

44-

1

110

3

14001021

than (2) to (6)Deathinabove(8) Diseases oflocomotion andinternal organs

3

due to heavy

7

15

7

11111418

1212

7

91118

8

16

17

7

13222424

20

18

26

22

35

0

000000

11

7234

10

5000000000000000000000222218

222417220000

000

and excessive
work load
Deathinabove(9)
Occupational
lower back pain
5

excluding that

9

19

17

23

13

13

5

128

778

188

9

11

9

1111

caused byoccupational
injuries
Deathinabove(10) Diseases－

due to vibration－－－---

-

0

0

0

0

00

0

000

Death
inabove(11) Disorders
in fingers andforearms, and1

cervico-

2

4

3

7

7

5

6

11

16

12

16

16

26

24

21

20

15

14

12

bronchial
disorderDeathinabove(12) Diseases
due to causes

1other than (8)2－1331254897149129121318515

1791218918

000000000001000000

1008107674

53000000to (11)Deathinabove
1(13) Anoxia

－

22---

-

0

00

0

0

00

000

Death
inabove(14) Diseases
due to chemical
6

substances

93

75886

957

122

13

913

97667(excludingcancer)
Deathinabove(15)
Pneumoconiosis
and－－－－--

76

517878100 79--000000000000000009697

108

105

188

15210411294

118

139

129

136

130

79

55

100

69

4,747

0000003

complications(only absent)(16) Diseases
due to60

pathogenic

61

33

organisms
Deathinabove(16)-2
Occupational
Diseases due to
4,578

COVID-19 inabove in above
pathogenicorganisms
Deathin3

above(17) Cancer due
to ionizing－－－－----

0000000010000010000000000000000000000000000000000000

radiation
Deathinabove(18) Cancer due
1to chemical－－－－----

0000000000

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

0000000000(18)Deathinabove(20)

Cerebrovasculardisease, heartdisease, etc.

04102000

110

1

00

12

911101014

24012101

1241016715

913

1000110due tooverwork
Deathinabove(21) Mental
disorder due toseriousoccupational
psychologicalburdenDeathinabove(22) Otherdiseases
evidently due to－31212141223

91226

26

61

1924

43

41

33

occupationalcausesDeathinabove
348 465 400 483 469 613 613 723 828 813 983 1,022 1,143 1,330 1,445 1,587 1,487 1,559 1,629 1,654 1,673 1,715 1,701 1,719 1,856 1,894 1,930 6,989

Total
Death
in
above

Occupational diseases mean fatal and non-fatal diseases with work absence of 4 days and more.

5231

325

Data sources: https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/newpage_09976.html (MHLW, Japan)

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