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Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure札幌市 / 北区旭川市郡山市
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)173122
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)3,0745,7425,260
Resident population (people)284,333316,183312,433
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents5.989.87.04
Reported beds per 100,000 residents1,081.131,816.041,683.56

“Reported beds” are not licensed, staffed, available or occupied beds. Per-population rates combine provider-location counts with resident-population denominators; they do not measure access or capacity.

Facility profile and published bed measures

Measure札幌市 / 北区旭川市郡山市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)173122
Facilities with a reported bed count173122
Reported beds (hospital survey field)3,074 beds5,742 beds5,260 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility180.82 beds185.23 beds239.09 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility138 beds116 beds133 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds74 beds78.5 beds50.75 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds193 beds275.5 beds396.25 beds

Bed summaries exclude records with unknown bed counts. A missing bed count is not treated as zero. These figures describe the listed facility records and do not measure capacity or access.

Distribution of listed hospitals by reported-bed band

Bands are descriptive groups of reported bed counts. They are not quality ratings or rankings.

Measure札幌市 / 北区旭川市郡山市
0–99 beds6118
100–199 beds8106
200–399 beds262
400+ beds146

札幌市 / 北区

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
5.88%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
46%

Shares use facilities and bed counts reported in this snapshot; they do not rate places.

旭川市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
12.9%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
27.74%

Shares use facilities and bed counts reported in this snapshot; they do not rate places.

郡山市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
27.27%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
39.77%

Shares use facilities and bed counts reported in this snapshot; they do not rate places.

Housing measures

Housing statistics describe the survey's municipal geography and reference period. They are not healthcare measures.

Measure札幌市 / 北区旭川市郡山市
Housing units163,690 housing units181,430 housing units163,240 housing units
Vacant housing rate15.113935%14.148707%13.948787%
Owner-occupied housing rate55.183199%61.043027%60.498381%
Rented housing rate44.816801%38.956973%39.501619%
Floor area per dwelling83.67 m²99.04 m²96.42 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)50,057 JPY per month41,614 JPY per month50,115 JPY per month

Road traffic safety records

These events are grouped by occurrence-location municipality, not by residents' place of residence or provider location. Counts do not measure individual risk or predict future events.

Measure札幌市 / 北区旭川市郡山市
Road traffic accidents511 cases477 cases587 cases
Road traffic deaths2 people5 people8 people
Road traffic injuries618 people555 people699 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure札幌市 / 北区旭川市郡山市
Population aged 65 and over77,275 people112,411 people86,479 people
Population aged 75 and over37,283 people58,032 people41,984 people
Share of population aged 65 and over27.11927%34.57077%27.1032%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure札幌市 / 北区旭川市郡山市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over16,690 households24,821 households13,682 households

Care providers by provider location

Provider-location geography. Provider counts do not show where residents receive services or whether services are available.

Measure札幌市 / 北区旭川市郡山市
Home-visit care providers69 service providers189 service providers54 service providers
Visiting nursing providers34 service providers66 service providers43 service providers
Day-care providers31 service providers54 service providers50 service providers
Care-management providers58 service providers115 service providers71 service providers
Welfare-facility providers11 service providers17 service providers17 service providers

Projected population

Future values are source-produced projections, not observed future outcomes. Each row retains its stated reference year and observation status.

Measure札幌市 / 北区旭川市郡山市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)289,323 people329,306 people327,692 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)78,409 people113,885 people88,149 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)37,822 people58,686 people42,571 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)290,125 people313,406 people319,847 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)82,105 people112,016 people93,813 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)46,478 people66,699 people50,121 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)288,122 people298,861 people309,854 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)85,563 people111,142 people97,495 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)51,886 people70,771 people56,004 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)284,369 people283,763 people298,392 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)89,448 people110,021 people100,052 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)52,989 people69,432 people59,131 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)278,482 people267,991 people285,511 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)95,351 people111,407 people104,344 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)53,954 people67,133 people60,642 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)270,992 people251,942 people271,297 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)97,639 people110,113 people105,932 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)55,678 people65,435 people61,427 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)263,160 people236,115 people256,083 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)97,832 people106,583 people104,792 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)60,425 people67,520 people64,497 people

Children, families and related measures

This group brings together measures with different definitions and source periods. A listed specialty or facility record is not evidence of service quality, capacity, availability or access.

This measure reports the source-published capacity as of 1 April 2025. It does not show vacancies or places currently available. Figures published only for a designated city are not allocated to its wards. Where no ward-level figure is verified, no figure is shown; this does not mean zero.

Measure札幌市 / 北区旭川市郡山市
Population aged 0–1433,524 people34,691 people39,177 people
Share of population aged 0–1411.76508%10.66884%12.27838%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry1 facilities8 facilities6 facilities
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics57 people74 people58 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry0 facilities — Confirmed zero3 facilities4 facilities
Published childcare enrollment capacityNot observed6,154 capacity slots5,855 capacity slots
Households with members under 1824,585 households25,920 households28,640 households
Measure札幌市 / 北区旭川市郡山市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202033,526 people34,758 people39,327 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202531,581 people31,152 people34,973 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203029,398 people26,747 people31,078 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203528,168 people23,870 people28,211 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204027,654 people22,574 people26,449 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204526,916 people21,462 people24,475 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 205025,624 people19,910 people22,110 people

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  • Values are descriptive statistics based on the same published facility snapshot.
  • Facilities with unknown bed counts are excluded from bed mean, median and distribution summaries; missing bed counts are not treated as zero.
  • Numeric differences describe facility composition. They do not indicate healthcare quality, capacity, access, need, adequacy, superiority or rank.
  • Population-denominated measures use the Basic Resident Register reference date as descriptive context; they do not measure need, access, quality, adequacy or superiority.
  • When a municipality has a zero population denominator, rates per 100,000 residents are not displayed, to avoid division by zero.

Sources and reference periods

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