Occupational inequalities in female cancer incidence in Japan: Hospital-based matched case-control study with occupational class.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Socioeconomic inequalities in female cancer incidence have previously been undocumented in Japan.

Methods

Using a nationwide inpatient dataset (1984-2016) in Japan, we identified 143,806 female cancer cases and 703,157 controls matched for sex, age, admission date, and admitting hospital, and performed a hospital-based matched case-control study. Based on standardized national classification, we categorized patients' socioeconomic status (SES) by occupational class (blue-collar, service, professional, manager), cross-classified by industry sector (blue-collar, service, white-collar). Using blue-collar workers in blue-collar industries as the reference group, we estimated the odds ratio (OR) for each cancer incidence using conditional logistic regression with multi

SUBMITTER: Zaitsu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6019265 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature