Key points
• There has been a growth in the size of pink-collar
workforces in many Western economies but their
health demographics are unknown.
• Our study suggests that status as a pink-collar
worker may have a protective effect against death
from circulatory disease under the age of 75, as
compared to white-collar status.
• Further work should explore whether with age
stratification of the workforce studied similar
apparent protective effects on health outcomes are
identifiable.