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

Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure盛岡市花巻市北上市
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)2554
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)4,383771982
Resident population (people)277,42389,86791,090
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents9.015.564.39
Reported beds per 100,000 residents1,579.9857.931,078.05

“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盛岡市花巻市北上市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)2554
Facilities with a reported bed count2554
Reported beds (hospital survey field)4,383 beds771 beds982 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility175.32 beds154.2 beds245.5 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility123 beds157 beds212 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds89 beds144 beds181 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds231 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盛岡市花巻市北上市
0–99 beds1010
100–199 beds731
200–399 beds712
400+ beds101

盛岡市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
4%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
31.92%

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

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.

Housing measures

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

Measure盛岡市花巻市北上市
Housing units155,760 housing units41,780 housing units46,140 housing units
Vacant housing rate15.620185%17.041647%13.459038%
Owner-occupied housing rate58.234924%77.519151%62.352941%
Rented housing rate41.765076%22.480849%37.647059%
Floor area per dwelling91.33 m²135.14 m²112.81 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)47,710 JPY per month42,619 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盛岡市花巻市北上市
Road traffic accidents340 cases142 cases143 cases
Road traffic deaths3 people2 people2 people
Road traffic injuries412 people172 people162 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure盛岡市花巻市北上市
Population aged 65 and over80,035 people32,231 people25,238 people
Population aged 75 and over41,034 people17,531 people12,806 people
Share of population aged 65 and over28.42849%34.83642%27.71944%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure盛岡市花巻市北上市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over14,458 households4,272 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盛岡市花巻市北上市
Home-visit care providers114 service providers20 service providers14 service providers
Visiting nursing providers49 service providers6 service providers12 service providers
Day-care providers79 service providers25 service providers19 service providers
Care-management providers101 service providers25 service providers17 service providers
Welfare-facility providers22 service 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盛岡市花巻市北上市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)289,731 people93,193 people93,045 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)81,515 people32,384 people25,492 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)41,637 people17,592 people12,894 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)282,066 people87,861 people91,700 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)85,259 people31,984 people26,262 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)48,004 people18,845 people14,593 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)272,642 people82,344 people88,582 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)87,892 people31,004 people26,675 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)52,193 people19,414 people15,832 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)262,205 people76,850 people85,301 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)89,698 people30,131 people27,312 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)54,322 people19,008 people16,070 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)250,661 people71,383 people81,824 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)92,862 people29,812 people28,939 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)55,404 people18,177 people16,159 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)238,224 people66,015 people78,085 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)93,549 people29,289 people29,965 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)55,837 people17,546 people16,506 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)225,333 people60,720 people73,928 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)91,975 people28,192 people30,065 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)58,245 people17,591 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盛岡市花巻市北上市
Population aged 0–1466,072 people18,007 people11,420 people
Share of population aged 0–1411.93545%10.99966%12.54283%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry4 facilities2 facilities2 facilities
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics37 people2 people12 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry2 facilities0 facilities — Confirmed zero2 facilities
Published childcare enrollment capacity7,340 capacity slots2,288 capacity slots2,239 capacity slots
Households with members under 1824,690 households7,287 households8,343 households
Measure盛岡市花巻市北上市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202033,724 people10,209 people11,426 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202529,843 people8,778 people9,866 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203026,455 people7,482 people8,519 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203524,423 people6,516 people7,517 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204023,272 people5,979 people7,144 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204522,057 people5,474 people6,748 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 205020,358 people4,868 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

Source titles and official records may be in Japanese. Dates and geographic units are shown separately for each source.

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