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  • 花巻市 · Iwate Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • 北上市 · Iwate Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile

Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure花巻市北上市
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)54
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)771982
Resident population (people)89,86791,090
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents5.564.39
Reported beds per 100,000 residents857.931,078.05

“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花巻市北上市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)54
Facilities with a reported bed count54
Reported beds (hospital survey field)771 beds982 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility154.2 beds245.5 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility157 beds212 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds144 beds181 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds198 beds276.5 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花巻市北上市
0–99 beds10
100–199 beds31
200–399 beds12
400+ beds01

花巻市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
0%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
72.5%

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

北上市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
25%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
87.37%

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

Differences in the selected measures

These are descriptive numerical differences based on this comparison. They do not imply that either place is better, worse, adequately served or underserved.

  • Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents: 5.56 vs 4.39; absolute difference 1.17. Denominator: Resident population from the shared population release. Source periods: 1 June 2026 / 2025.
  • Reported beds per 100,000 residents: 857.93 vs 1,078.05; absolute difference 220.12. Denominator: Resident population from the shared population release. Source periods: 1 June 2026 / 2025.

Housing measures

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

Measure花巻市北上市
Housing units41,780 housing units46,140 housing units
Vacant housing rate17.041647%13.459038%
Owner-occupied housing rate77.519151%62.352941%
Rented housing rate22.480849%37.647059%
Floor area per dwelling135.14 m²112.81 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)42,619 JPY per month45,655 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花巻市北上市
Road traffic accidents142 cases143 cases
Road traffic deaths2 people2 people
Road traffic injuries172 people162 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure花巻市北上市
Population aged 65 and over32,231 people25,238 people
Population aged 75 and over17,531 people12,806 people
Share of population aged 65 and over34.83642%27.71944%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure花巻市北上市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over4,272 households3,609 households

Care providers by provider location

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

Measure花巻市北上市
Home-visit care providers20 service providers14 service providers
Visiting nursing providers6 service providers12 service providers
Day-care providers25 service providers19 service providers
Care-management providers25 service providers17 service providers
Welfare-facility providers9 service providers5 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花巻市北上市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)93,193 people93,045 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)32,384 people25,492 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)17,592 people12,894 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)87,861 people91,700 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)31,984 people26,262 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)18,845 people14,593 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)82,344 people88,582 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)31,004 people26,675 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)19,414 people15,832 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)76,850 people85,301 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)30,131 people27,312 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)19,008 people16,070 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)71,383 people81,824 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)29,812 people28,939 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)18,177 people16,159 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)66,015 people78,085 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)29,289 people29,965 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)17,546 people16,506 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)60,720 people73,928 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)28,192 people30,065 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)17,591 people17,835 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花巻市北上市
Population aged 0–1418,007 people11,420 people
Share of population aged 0–1410.99966%12.54283%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry2 facilities2 facilities
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics2 people12 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry0 facilities — Confirmed zero2 facilities
Published childcare enrollment capacity2,288 capacity slots2,239 capacity slots
Households with members under 187,287 households8,343 households
Measure花巻市北上市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202010,209 people11,426 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20258,778 people9,866 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20307,482 people8,519 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20356,516 people7,517 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20405,979 people7,144 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20455,474 people6,748 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20504,868 people6,173 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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