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4. Occupational Diseases
(1) Trends in Occupational Diseases
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The number of patients with occupational
diseases that required an absence of four days or more exceeded
20,000 in 1979, but then steadily declined. The figure for 2003
was 8,055, up 553 perople, a 7.4% increase from the preceding year.
By cause, diseases stemming from occupational injuries
came to 5,861 in 2003, representing 72.8% of the total. The number
of patients with lumbago caused by accidents was 4,765, representing
81.3%. Patients with pneumoconiosis and its complications represented
10.6% of all patients with occupational diseases diagnosed in 2003. |
Fig. 22 Occupational Diseases by Year (1976-2003) |
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Source: Survey of Occupational Diseases, MHLW.
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