Occupational Diseases in Wood/furniture products 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 occupational

247 269 254 220 220 170 190 129 134 110 100 100 102 68

59

58

4648

56

58

48

32

35

40

43

33

42

31

38

32

33

30

34

100000036

18

25

20

25

19

25

00000000000000000000000000000000000

injuries
Deathinabove(1)-2 Backache
resulting from

191 200 179 149 156 129 139 87

accident in96

85747483544339354137

4733

22283333

26

above injuries
Deathinabove(2) Diseases due
1to hazardous

1－－－－----

0000000010rays
Death
inabove(3) Diseases due
to ionizing－－－－----0000000000

radiation
Deathinabove(4) Diseases due
to abnormal－

atmospheric－－－----

00000000000000000000000073561371100000005356127100000000000000000000000

100000pressure
Deathinabove(5) Diseases due
2to abnormal

134

1110

99117

255143-

32

153

1

9538

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

1

due to noise1

1－－－－----

0101

100000Deathinabove(7) Diseases due
to factors other1

than (2) to (6)Death

1－－－－----

00

00000000

in

00000000

41030

1000000000000000000000

1000000000000

0

3

40

12

30

above
(8) Diseases oflocomotion andinternal organs

4

due to heavy

83423

32

13

4

42-

1

1

1

4

00

0

0

111

1

and excessive
work load
Deathinabove(9)
Occupational
lower back pain
excluding that4131232224121111112001100010

caused byoccupational
injuries
Deathinabove(10) Diseases

3due to vibration

3323

122－－－－---

1000

1000000

Deathinabove(11) Disorders
in fingers andforearms, andcervico-53213223665

163

3

1623

2

10

12

bronchialdisorderDeathin00000000110112000000000000000000000102010100000000000000above(12) Diseases
due to causes

3

other than (8)

111－

2－－

11-

30200110001

to (11)
Deathinabove(13) Anoxia－－－－----

000

0000003

Deathinabove(14) Diseases
due to chemical
substances

43

63

5453

4

555

1

111352

5

1

2

10

51

(excludingcancer)
Deathinabove(15)
Pneumoconiosis
andcomplications(only absent)(16) Diseases－－－－----0000000000

due to1

pathogenic－－－－----

00

0000000000010040000000

organisms
Deathinabove(16)-2
Occupational
Diseases due to3

COVID-19 inabove in above
pathogenicorganisms
Deathin0

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

0

0

0

0

0

00

0000

0000

000

00000000000000000000

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

0000000000

substances
Deathinabove(19) Cancer due
to causes other－

than (17) and－

－－---

-

00000000000000000

000000000000

1000000

10000000

1000

0000

10

1

12100000

000(18)
Deathinabove(20)
Cerebrovasculardisease, heartdisease, etc.
due tooverwork
Deathinabove(21) Mental
disorder due toserious
occupationalpsychologicalburden
Deathinabove(22) Otherdiseases
1evidently due to－－－－

1--

40

101110103

occupationalcausesDeathinaboveTotal

270 318 287 245 247 190 211 154 149 127 121 121 114 76

71

72

58

64

65

74

59

39

47

47

55

52

55

44

48

4155

4354

10000

10

Death
inabove

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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