An Analysis of the Trend of Fetal Mortality Rates among Working and Jobless Households in Japan, 1995–2019
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Type of Indicators and Households | Maternal Age Group | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15–19 | 20–24 | 25–29 | 30–34 | 35–39 | 40–44 | 45–49 | |
Artificial fetal mortality (Jobless households) | |||||||
1995–1999 | 6375 | 6423 | 3271 | 1561 | 905 | 364 | 40 |
2000–2004 | 6785 | 5683 | 3231 | 2194 | 1090 | 371 | 34 |
2005–2009 | 3727 | 4012 | 2243 | 1756 | 1085 | 340 | 22 |
2010–2014 | 3085 | 2882 | 1599 | 1133 | 907 | 349 | 31 |
2015–2019 | 1883 | 2156 | 1038 | 721 | 502 | 274 | 28 |
Artificial fetal mortality (Working households) | |||||||
1995–1999 | 13,434 | 23,447 | 18,369 | 12,535 | 9209 | 5120 | 712 |
2000–2004 | 14,749 | 19,338 | 16,741 | 13,694 | 8822 | 4104 | 537 |
2005–2009 | 8547 | 14,546 | 12,380 | 12,145 | 9273 | 3675 | 361 |
2010–2014 | 7175 | 10,348 | 9852 | 9738 | 9149 | 4181 | 301 |
2015–2019 | 4819 | 9073 | 7836 | 8707 | 7999 | 4405 | 393 |
Spontaneous fetal mortality (Jobless households) | |||||||
1995–1999 | 949 | 1357 | 1149 | 776 | 454 | 178 | 13 |
2000–2004 | 786 | 999 | 912 | 749 | 463 | 155 | 5 |
2005–2009 | 352 | 634 | 604 | 657 | 498 | 141 | 10 |
2010–2014 | 239 | 427 | 451 | 427 | 430 | 180 | 13 |
2015–2019 | 131 | 267 | 265 | 286 | 263 | 124 | 7 |
Spontaneous fetal mortality (Working households) | |||||||
1995–1999 | 2591 | 12,126 | 27,337 | 24,440 | 10,710 | 2731 | 249 |
2000–2004 | 2232 | 8301 | 20,902 | 23,244 | 11,001 | 2422 | 161 |
2005–2009 | 1122 | 6034 | 14,602 | 20,637 | 12,868 | 2884 | 120 |
2010–2014 | 821 | 4106 | 11,652 | 17,291 | 13,997 | 4203 | 155 |
2015–2019 | 535 | 3038 | 8864 | 15,216 | 12,853 | 4470 | 204 |
Number of births (Jobless households) | |||||||
1995–1999 | 5807 | 22,088 | 28,567 | 20,295 | 8915 | 2204 | 122 |
2000–2004 | 9123 | 28,215 | 36,227 | 31,503 | 14,361 | 3041 | 116 |
2005–2009 | 7696 | 25,761 | 29,179 | 28,522 | 16,904 | 3834 | 136 |
2010–2014 | 8010 | 23,281 | 26,749 | 24,390 | 17,275 | 5010 | 204 |
2015–2019 | 5842 | 18,331 | 17,781 | 17,712 | 12,582 | 4109 | 167 |
Number of births (Working households) | |||||||
1995–1999 | 75,960 | 872,170 | 2,399,876 | 1,855,720 | 528,206 | 61,555 | 1945 |
2000–2004 | 85,803 | 696,698 | 2,025,668 | 1,950,788 | 644,886 | 77,215 | 1898 |
2005–2009 | 63,983 | 569,571 | 1,535,287 | 1,935,638 | 873,436 | 115,753 | 2693 |
2010–2014 | 52,029 | 441,545 | 1,372,134 | 1,768,699 | 1,070,946 | 198,190 | 4377 |
2015–2019 | 39,746 | 358,983 | 1,152,016 | 1,645,137 | 1,036,668 | 246,721 | 6817 |
Type of Indicators and Households | Maternal Age Group | Maternal Age-Standardized Rate | ||||||
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15–19 | 20–24 | 25–29 | 30–34 | 35–39 | 40–44 | 45–49 | ||
Artificial fetal mortality rate (Jobless households) | ||||||||
1995–1999 | 485.5 | 215.0 | 99.2 | 69.0 | 88.1 | 132.6 | 228.6 | 113.7 |
2000–2004 | 406.4 | 162.9 | 80.0 | 63.7 | 68.5 | 104.0 | 219.4 | 92.6 |
2005–2009 | 316.5 | 131.9 | 70.0 | 56.8 | 58.7 | 78.8 | 131.0 | 78.8 |
2010–2014 | 272.2 | 108.4 | 55.5 | 43.7 | 48.7 | 63.0 | 125.0 | 63.2 |
2015–2019 | 239.7 | 103.9 | 54.4 | 38.5 | 37.6 | 60.8 | 138.6 | 58.8 |
Artificial fetal mortality rate (Working households) | ||||||||
1995–1999 | 146.0 | 25.8 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 16.8 | 73.8 | 245.0 | 14.2 |
2000–2004 | 143.5 | 26.7 | 8.1 | 6.9 | 13.3 | 49.0 | 206.9 | 14.0 |
2005–2009 | 116.0 | 24.6 | 7.9 | 6.2 | 10.4 | 30.0 | 113.7 | 12.4 |
2010–2014 | 119.5 | 22.7 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 8.4 | 20.2 | 62.3 | 11.2 |
2015–2019 | 106.9 | 24.4 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 7.6 | 17.2 | 53.0 | 10.9 |
Spontaneous fetal mortality rate (Jobless households) | ||||||||
1995–1999 | 72.3 | 45.4 | 34.8 | 34.3 | 44.2 | 64.8 | 74.3 | 38.0 |
2000–2004 | 47.1 | 28.6 | 22.6 | 21.7 | 29.1 | 43.5 | 32.3 | 24.4 |
2005–2009 | 29.9 | 20.9 | 18.9 | 21.2 | 26.9 | 32.7 | 59.5 | 21.0 |
2010–2014 | 21.1 | 16.1 | 15.7 | 16.5 | 23.1 | 32.5 | 52.4 | 16.9 |
2015–2019 | 16.7 | 12.9 | 13.9 | 15.3 | 19.7 | 27.5 | 34.7 | 14.9 |
Spontaneous fetal mortality rate (Working households) | ||||||||
1995–1999 | 28.2 | 13.4 | 11.2 | 12.9 | 19.5 | 39.3 | 85.7 | 13.5 |
2000–2004 | 21.7 | 11.5 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 16.6 | 28.9 | 62.0 | 11.9 |
2005–2009 | 15.2 | 10.2 | 9.3 | 10.5 | 14.4 | 23.6 | 37.8 | 10.6 |
2010–2014 | 13.7 | 9.0 | 8.4 | 9.6 | 12.8 | 20.3 | 32.1 | 9.5 |
2015–2019 | 11.9 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 9.1 | 12.2 | 17.5 | 27.5 | 8.8 |
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Okui, T. An Analysis of the Trend of Fetal Mortality Rates among Working and Jobless Households in Japan, 1995–2019. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 4810. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094810
Okui T. An Analysis of the Trend of Fetal Mortality Rates among Working and Jobless Households in Japan, 1995–2019. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(9):4810. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094810
Chicago/Turabian StyleOkui, Tasuku. 2021. "An Analysis of the Trend of Fetal Mortality Rates among Working and Jobless Households in Japan, 1995–2019" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 9: 4810. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094810