A research group led by Assistant Professor Yuka Suzuki, Professor Kaori Honjo, and Professor Sachiko Senda of the College of Liberal Arts, Osaka Medical and Pharamology University investigated the risk of death due to the occupation of the mother at the time of childbirth. Yes, especially in the service industry, it turned out to be high risk.This is the first study in Japan that epidemiologically investigated the relationship between mother's occupation and stillbirth using data from about 530 million people in the country, and the results were published in the Japanese Public Health Magazine Vol. 68, No. 10.
According to the Osaka Medical and Pharamology University, the research group used five years' worth of vital occupation / industrial survey birth slips, stillbirth slips, and vital survey death slips. I investigated the relationship between.
As a result, it was found that there is a difference in stillbirth risk depending on the occupation of the mother.Compared to mothers in management, professional, and technical positions, the risk of unemployed stillbirth was lower, while sales, clerical, service, and manual labor jobs showed higher results.
The highest risk was for mothers in service positions such as housekeepers, flight attendants, long-term care staff, and waitresses, which were 1.76 times more risky than management, professional, and technical positions.On the other hand, the deaths of newborns and infants were not significantly related to the occupation of the mother.
Elucidation of specific risks and the search for ways to improve them will be left to future research, but the research group believes that promotion of maternity protection in the workplace and advice considering occupation at the time of pregnancy test will further reduce the risk of stillbirth.
