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At "A" COOP where we are fulfilling an occupational health care contract,
we performed regular health examinations in fiscal year 1997. Overall, 88%
of workers were examined, of which regular employees were 84.5%, part timers were 88.6%, semi-regular employees were 80%, each had fallen off a little since the previous year's examination. At that time, diagnoses of the health of these 4080 people were: "normal and nearly normal health" were 5.1%; "care and monitored progress recommended" were 19.8%; "close examination necessary" were 51.6%; "treatment necessary" were 6.5%; "continued treatment" were 17%. In comparison to last year, "normal and nearly normal health" and "care and monitored progress recommended" decreased by 1% or less; "close examination necessary" increased 2%. Although it is only a small difference, we can say that there is a continuing trend toward deterioration and neglect of health conditions.
Representative items for blood pressure were, "normal" - 80%, "borderline" -12.5%, "hypertensive", and "under treatment" were 5.6 and 5.3, for a total of 10.9%. Weight items were "normal" - only 53%. For those "overweight":by 10% or more were 24.9%; by 20% or more were 10.8%; by 30% or more were 4.2%. As a whole "underweight" were 21.5%, for both men and women. As last year, many of the younger generation show this characteristic. Male smoking rates were 69%, increasing from 64.6% the previous year. Even for women, both regular and part timers were 32% and 22%, respectively - both fairly high rates compared to Japan's 14% average. Persons consuming alcohol every day were: men - 32%; women - full time 7%, part time 8%. These proportions were similar to the previous year's. Sleep time of less than 7 hours were: men - about 33%, women - 36%, and it is a similarly high rate as last year. Even in the less than 5 hour range (serious deficiency), men were a little over 8%, and women were 7%. Especially for men in their 20's, about 13% were in that 5 hour range, so there is the potential danger of reinforced fatigue by labor. Persons not eating breakfast every day were about 11% of men, and 5% of women (part time working women about 3%). As the proportion illustrates, about 20% of men and a little over 13% of women skipped breakfast more than 10 days per month. This situation has deteriorated from last year. "Regular exercise" was obtained by 9.4% of men, and by 17.6% of women, decreasing from 11.3% and 22.4% the previous year. "Infrequently exercising" men were 66.4%, and women were 70%, deteriorating overall from 52.7% and 62.8% respectively last year. Among regular health examinations and adult disease examinations of 1997, we chose for analysis the examination results of persons with blood samples and examined the relation between the length of total actual working-hours, sleep, sports habits, breakfast habits, and cigarette smoking from the interview form. Here, total actual working-hours are calculated as: fixed working hours per day + (overtime work hours per month ÷ 25) + round trip commuter time (in hours). Results show actual working-hours are long and sleep hours are short (Table1). Sports habits for both regular and part timers, as total actual working-hours are long, no regular habits were reported (Table 2). That many full time workers skip breakfast and that total actual working-hours are long (Table 3) are obvious trends. From the above, we can infer that "A" COOP workers health examination results and working life situations, tastes, etc. are in a deteriorating trend, especially with restrictions imposed by working hours and commuter time. Centering around health, it is crucial that employers and employees tackle this problem and improve it. |
Note： Displayed are "the total amounts" of each table's lower row with actual working-hours. Because it is includes other persons of the table, so "Total amounts" of the right side will differ. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||