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Occupational Accidents and Diseases (2001)

Source : "PRESENT STATUS OF JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH 2002 EDITION" Published by Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association

Occupational Diseases

Trends in Occupational Diseases

Occupational Diseases by Year (1972-2001)

Trends in the Number of Occupational Diseases by Industry (1975-2001)

year Other Construction Transportation Metals Machinery and instruments Mining Ceramics and earthenwave Chemicals Cargo handling Textiles
1975 3969 4618 2975 3025 2409 1416 951 938 1166 413
1980 3147 3965 2518 1811 1473 1394 947 493 600 263
1985 3369 2679 1835 881 1110 974 600 325 433 162
1986 3445 2677 2027 870 988 909 540 351 406 182
1987 2883 2299 1757 715 878 831 524 281 357 184
1988 3023 2197 2073 648 913 789 504 315 257 145
1989 3090 2162 1998 725 880 615 491 273 259 176
1990 2989 2078 1708 624 785 583 425 243 233 163
1991 3592 1983 1523 553 872 572 435 290 354 156
1992 3016 1982 1533 564 734 507 383 289 217 134
1993 2732 1661 1400 451 572 462 340 268 221 114
1994 2919 1846 1329 439 560 539 344 282 159 106
1995 2773 1843 1157 418 543 482 320 235 131 113
1996 2888 1834 1187 427 490 572 322 189 138 92
1997 2615 1653 1143 388 498 543 306 246 86 72
1998 3098 1364 1100 490 470 468 306 221 87 87
1999 2916 1230 963 465 418 490 284 162 82 52
2000 3101 1216 971 489 445 480 272 184 107 71
2001 3240 1157 1062 428 405 386 254 176 85 50
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