Figures of transition of Occupational Diseases in Japan in 1988-2021

Type of occupational diseases		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	2021
(1) Diseases due to occupational injuries		9,598	9,485	8,759	9,146	8,323	7,306	7,183	6,451	6,521	6,034	5,388	5,388	5,405	5,652	5,277	5,861	5,370	5,829	5,962	6,252	6,625	5,721	5,819	5,654	5,688	5,253	5,445	5,339	5,574	5,963	5,937	6,015	6,533	6,731
	D*																											5	5	2	1		3	15	19
(1)-2 Backache resulting from accident in above injuries		8,014	7,628	6,925	6,560	6,235	5,743	5,556	5,035	5,191	4,962	4,559	4,559	4,622	4,793	4,334	4,765	4,377	4,840	4,889	5,230	5,509	4,816	4,960	4,766	4,789	4,388	4,583	4,521	4,722	5,051	5,016	5,132	5,582	5,847
	D*
(2) Diseases due to hazardous rays		13	12		9	8	8	5	5	7	1	7	7	5	6	5	8	7	7	6	9	7	9	8	3	6	9	3	5	9	5	5	13	9	8
	D*
(3) Diseases due to ionizing radiation				12				1	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1					1	1					1							2
	D*
(4) Diseases due to abnormal atmospheric pressure		8	10	7	3	9	3	4	11	5	7	10	10	7	5	3	8	11	16	20	18	6	3	10	12	11	21	13	15	10	19	11	22	6	11
	D*																												2					1	1
(5) Diseases due to abnormal temperature		527	674	469	830	694	496	709	699	485	303	332	332	419	478	407	394	467	397	422	474	463	288	816	606	631	724	619	642	650	719	1,394	1,039	1,159	707
	D*																											13	33	12	15	31	25	23	20
(5)-2 Heat stroke in above abnormal temperature																												423	464	462	544	1,178	829	959	561
	D*																											12	29	12	14	28	25	22	20
(6) Ear diseases due to noise		13	15	8	11	8	9	10	7	13	1	8	8	13	9	9	8	9	10	12	9	9	10	9	8	10	4	6	7	6	8	2	9	11	5
	D*
(7) Diseases due to factors other than (2) to (6)		5	16	5	7	10	8	4	3	3	8	35	35	14	18	19	29	19	29	27	42	16	17	22	22	26	27	23	26	28	22	25	35	29	37
	D*																															1
(8) Diseases of locomotion and internal organs due to heavy and excessive work load		117	144	73	70	38	77	80	75	76	95	146	146	158	104	75	115	89	105	92	119	89	109	117	87	90	86	124	125	75	115	119	118	143	96
	D*
(9) Occupational lower back pain excluding that caused by occupational injuries		267	353	297	186	64	96	62	127	112	79	73	73	72	77	70	61	54	55	31	57	47	54	58	56	43	50	41	29	29	27	27	33	34	29
	D*
(10) Diseases due to vibration		50	39	23	23	21	24	17	18	16	7	6	6	12	16	7	7	9	4	6	5	3	3	5	4	9	2	3	5	2	4	5	4	2	6
	D*
(11) Disorders in fingers and forearms, and cervicobrachial disorder		154	111	131	73	97	63	57	56	77	94	92	92	134	144	150	149	154	180	233	245	246	163	141	161	139	140	168	182	153	159	217	210	200	193
	D*
(12) Diseases due to causes other than (8) to (11)		24	33	19	18	20	30	19	14	12	12	40	40	62	40	44	61	62	81	70	92	105	59	73	73	91	68	84	78	52	73	89	92	83	102
	D*																															2
(13) Anoxia		22	26	23	30	20	17	21	23	22	25	9	9	21	15	10	5	11	9	12	12	11	9	4	10	12	16	4	9	13	5	7	5	12	3
	D*																											1	6	4	5	6	5	8	2
(14) Diseases due to chemical substances (excluding cancer)		342	290	308	340	323	383	386	311	322	386	229	229	302	254	287	311	284	306	320	258	220	191	228	257	204	205	201	247	215	222	263	220	241	248
	D*																											15	16	8	9	12	8	9	10
(15) Pneumoconiosis and complications (only absent)		1,308	1,201	1,185	1,103	1,140	1,025	1,259	1,326	1,477	1,415	1,276	1,276	1,180	982	956	856	814	767	765	640	587	531	516	439	361	334	263	251	210	191	165	164	127	130
(16) Diseases due to pathogenic organisms		55	40	87	92	64	75	74	93	94	74	111	111	215	105	120	132	165	248	241	257	207	137	126	160	186	182	202	201	125	105	171	113	6,291	19,494
	D*																												1	1				23	85
(16)-2 Occupational Diseases due to COVID-19 in above pathogenic organisms																																		6,041	19,332
	D*																																	20	85
(17) Cancer due to ionizing radiation		1																								1						1
	D*
(18) Cancer due to chemical substances		3		1	5	2	6	9	2	2		1	1	1	1	2	2	1	5	1	9	10	10	5	5	3	6	6	3	3			2	1	4
	D*																											1	1
(19) Cancer due to causes other than (17) and (18)			2													1	1							1
	D*
(20) Cerebrovascular disease, heart disease, etc. due to overwork																												75	73	69	81	76	51	37	35
	D*																											36	35	33	45	32	26	12	11
(21) Mental disorder due to serious occupational psychological burden																												39	57	46	55	48	58	62	90
	D*																											14	19	17	14	7	8	4	5
(22) Other diseases evidently due to occupational causes		16	13	8	5	1	4	15	8	8	15	51	51	61	77	60	48	83	178	149	186	222	176	153	222	232	183	95	74	71	71	122	107	58	140
	D*																											7	2			6	5	3	4
2021Total of Occupational Diseases		12,523	12,464	11,415	11,951	10,842	9,630	9,915	9,230	9,250	8,557	7,817	7,817	8,083	7,984	7,502	8,055	7,609	8,226	8,369	8,684	8,874	7,491	8,111	7,779	7,743	7,310	7,415	7,368	7,340	7,844	8,684	8,310	15,038	28,071
	D*																											92	120	77	89	97	80	98	157

D* means "Death in above". 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_27177.html (MHLW, Japan)

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