Comparison of occupational mortality between the Nordic countries and Japan, with analysis by age group in Japan, using micro-data and the Statistical Pattern Analysis (SPA) method

This paper concerns the joint research of Mori, Yoshinaga, Kaneko and
Fujioka entitled ' An international comparison and socioeconomic analysis of
occupational mortality statistics using micro data'. In this project, it has been
our aim to compare occupational mortality between the Nordic countries and
Japan, and to analyze the Japanese mortality rates according to occupation,
industry, region, sex and age using micro data. The materials in the present
paper are part of the result.
This report consists of the following two sections: (1) Statistical
comparison of the standardized mortality ratio (SMR) by occupational group
for the male population of the Nordic countries and Japan by adjusting
occupational classifications using micro data; (2) Analysis of death rate ratios
for male workers by five-year age groups, cause of death , year, industry and
occupation in Japan using the SPA (statistical pattern analysis) method