[Lifestyle differentials by occupational group].
Mortality and morbidity differ by occupational group. To clarify factors which account for these variations, lifestyle and other health habits were analyzed according to a subject's main occupation for 12,130 men and 12,759 women. Intake of Western-style foods and fruits and vegetables increased and those of Japanese-style foods and instant foods decreased in the following occupational order; (1) professionals & managers, (2) clerical, (3) sales, (4) service & transportation and (5) agricultural, forestry, fisheries, mining & production process workers. The prevalence of cigarette smoking by subjects themselves and by their parents were higher in service workers than in the other workers for both men and women. Clerical workers, professionals and managers participated more frequently in stomach cancer screening tests than the other workers, and women in these occupational groups had higher prevalences of early menarche and late first childbirth. These differences in characteristics of occupational groups may contribute to the inequalities in health.
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Division of Epidemiology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute.
Tominaga
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Suzuki
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D000328:Adult; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D016272:Occupational Health; D012907:Smoking; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control