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  • 旭川市 · Hokkaido — In comparison scope Open profile
  • 郡山市 · Fukushima Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • 福島市 · Fukushima Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile

Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure旭川市福島市郡山市
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)312022
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)5,7423,9335,260
Resident population (people)316,183264,652312,433
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents9.87.567.04
Reported beds per 100,000 residents1,816.041,486.11,683.56

“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旭川市福島市郡山市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)312022
Facilities with a reported bed count312022
Reported beds (hospital survey field)5,742 beds3,933 beds5,260 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility185.23 beds196.65 beds239.09 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility116 beds174 beds133 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds78.5 beds99.75 beds50.75 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds275.5 beds220.25 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旭川市福島市郡山市
0–99 beds1158
100–199 beds1096
200–399 beds652
400+ beds416

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.

福島市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
5%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
36.28%

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旭川市福島市郡山市
Housing units181,430 housing units139,600 housing units163,240 housing units
Vacant housing rate14.148707%12.951289%13.948787%
Owner-occupied housing rate61.043027%64.683761%60.498381%
Rented housing rate38.956973%35.316239%39.501619%
Floor area per dwelling99.04 m²101.72 m²96.42 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)41,614 JPY per month45,223 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旭川市福島市郡山市
Road traffic accidents477 cases399 cases587 cases
Road traffic deaths5 people5 people8 people
Road traffic injuries555 people466 people699 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure旭川市福島市郡山市
Population aged 65 and over112,411 people84,304 people86,479 people
Population aged 75 and over58,032 people43,183 people41,984 people
Share of population aged 65 and over34.57077%30.60436%27.1032%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure旭川市福島市郡山市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over24,821 households14,344 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旭川市福島市郡山市
Home-visit care providers189 service providers77 service providers54 service providers
Visiting nursing providers66 service providers36 service providers43 service providers
Day-care providers54 service providers58 service providers50 service providers
Care-management providers115 service providers79 service providers71 service providers
Welfare-facility providers17 service providers22 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旭川市福島市郡山市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)329,306 people282,693 people327,692 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)113,885 people85,853 people88,149 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)58,686 people43,843 people42,571 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)313,406 people273,384 people319,847 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)112,016 people88,346 people93,813 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)66,699 people49,942 people50,121 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)298,861 people262,398 people309,854 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)111,142 people89,620 people97,495 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)70,771 people54,029 people56,004 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)283,763 people250,412 people298,392 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)110,021 people90,731 people100,052 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)69,432 people55,060 people59,131 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)267,991 people237,323 people285,511 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)111,407 people93,423 people104,344 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)67,133 people55,086 people60,642 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)251,942 people223,398 people271,297 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)110,113 people93,431 people105,932 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)65,435 people55,251 people61,427 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)236,115 people209,049 people256,083 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)106,583 people91,024 people104,792 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)67,520 people57,661 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旭川市福島市郡山市
Population aged 0–1434,691 people61,845 people39,177 people
Share of population aged 0–1410.66884%11.30311%12.27838%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry8 facilities5 facilities6 facilities
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics74 people74 people58 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry3 facilities4 facilities4 facilities
Published childcare enrollment capacity6,154 capacity slots5,583 capacity slots5,855 capacity slots
Households with members under 1825,920 households22,750 households28,640 households
Measure旭川市福島市郡山市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202034,758 people31,332 people39,327 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202531,152 people27,528 people34,973 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203026,747 people24,307 people31,078 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203523,870 people21,862 people28,211 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204022,574 people20,311 people26,449 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204521,462 people18,588 people24,475 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 205019,910 people16,563 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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