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Table 3 Types of Diseases by Industry (2002)
unit: person
industry

Disease classification
Manufacturing Mining Construction Transportation Cargo handling Agriculture, forestry and fisheries Commerce, finance and advertising Public health Entertainment Cleaning and slaughtering Other industries Total
Food Textile Lumber, wood products and furniture Pulp, paper, printing and binding Chemicals Ceramic and earthenware Steel and nonferrous metals Metal products General/ electric/
transport machinery and equipment		 Electricity, gas and water supply Other manufacturing Subtotal
Total 399 39 72 73 166 231 124 292 410 6 153 1,965 356 1,093 969 99 218 1,185 983 463 394 330 8,055
(1) Diseases due to occupational injuries 259
(201)		 26
(20)		 58
(39)		 59
(47)		 107
(83)		 74
(59)		 54
(31)		 202
(164)		 287
(203)		 5
(2)		 119
(95)		 1,250
(944)		 7
(5)		 630
(393)		 880
(781)		 86
(83)		 188
(109)		 1,061
(936)		 823
(750)		 335
(268)		 345
(281)		 256
(215)		 5,861
(4,765)
Diseases due to physical factors (2) Diseases due to hazardous rays 1 - - - - - - 1 2 - - 4 - 1 - - - 3 - - - - 8
(3) Diseases due to ionizing radiation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
(4) Diseases due to abnormal atmospheric pressure - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 1 - 3 - - - - 1 8
(5) Diseases due to abnormal temperature 60 2 - 2 8 5 29 15 12 - 9 142 2 92 26 6 3 25 8 69 10 11 394
(6) Ear diseases due to noise - - - - 1 1 - - - - 1 3 - 1 1 - - 1 1   - 1 8
(7) Diseases due to factors other than (2) to (6) 4 1 - - - 1 1 1 4 - 1 13 - 1 1 - 1 4 1 3 2 3 29
Diseases due to work forms (8) Diseases of locomotion and internal organs due to heavy and excessive work load 12 1 1 4 5 2 2 4 1 - 3 35 1 13 21 1 5 9 12 8 4 6 115
(9) Occupational lower back pain excluding that caused by occupational injuries 4 1 1 - 1 1 - 4 3 - 3 18 - 6 8 - 2 8 7 6 2 4 61
(10) Diseases due to vibration - - 1 - - 2 - 1 - - - 4 1 2 - - - - - - - - 7
(11) Disorders in fingers and forearms, and cervico-bronchial disorder 18 3 3 2 7 - - 9 21 - 3 66 - 4 2 2 3 34 16 11 4 7 149
(12) Diseases due to causes other than (8) to (11) 5 - 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 - 3 20 - 6 9 - 1 11 8 2 3 1 61
(13) Anoxia - - - - 2 -   - 1 - - 3 - - - - - - - 1 1 - 5
(14) Diseases due to chemical substances (excluding cancer) 30 5 1 3 29 5 9 27 28 1 4 142 - 76 12 4 5 16 7 21 17 11 311
(15) Pneumoconiosis and complications - - - - 2 138 28 26 44 - 6 244 345 253 - - -   - - - 14 856
(16) Diseases due to pathogenic organisms 3 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - 6 - 3 - - 4 6 97 5 3 8 132
Cancer (17) Cancer due to ionizing radiation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
(18) Cancer due to chemical substances - - - - 2   - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - 2
(19) Cancer due to causes other than (17) to (18) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
(20) Other diseases evidently due to occupational causes 3 - 4 2 - 1 - - 2 - 1 13 - 2 8 - 3 7 3 2 3 7 48
Source: Survey of Occupational Diseases, MHLW.
Note: (1) The table covers only those requiring an absence of 4 days or more.
(2) The disease classification is based on the method set forth in Article 35 of Enforcement Ordinance of Labour Standards Law.
(3) The figures in the parentheses in "(1) Diseases due to occupational injuries" are those of lower back pain and are included in the bare figures.
(4) The chemical substances in column (18) are those specified in No. 7, Appendix 1-2, Enforcement Ordinance of Labour Standards Law.
(5) The table covers only those cases found during 2003 and reported by the end of March 2004.
(6) Public health, entertainment, and cleaning and slaughtering are usually included in "other industries" but are handled separately in this table.

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