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  • 山形市 · Yamagata Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • 下関市 · Yamaguchi Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • 鶴岡市 · Yamagata Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile

Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure山形市鶴岡市下関市
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)17621
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)4,8761,2124,381
Resident population (people)236,164116,731243,422
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents7.25.148.63
Reported beds per 100,000 residents2,064.671,038.281,799.76

“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山形市鶴岡市下関市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)17621
Facilities with a reported bed count17621
Reported beds (hospital survey field)4,876 beds1,212 beds4,381 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility286.82 beds202 beds208.62 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility283 beds158 beds234 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds145 beds129 beds75 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds380 beds200.5 beds300 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山形市鶴岡市下関市
0–99 beds317
100–199 beds332
200–399 beds7111
400+ beds411

山形市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
23.53%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
36.38%

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

鶴岡市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
16.67%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
73.84%

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

下関市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
4.76%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
26.77%

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山形市鶴岡市下関市
Housing units118,870 housing units50,940 housing units138,660 housing units
Vacant housing rate13.788172%14.271692%19.104284%
Owner-occupied housing rate64.865967%82.48363%65.371901%
Rented housing rate35.134033%17.51637%34.628099%
Floor area per dwelling108.26 m²146.74 m²95.45 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)49,389 JPY per month42,630 JPY per month42,437 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山形市鶴岡市下関市
Road traffic accidents582 cases249 cases441 cases
Road traffic deaths4 people2 people11 people
Road traffic injuries643 people286 people530 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure山形市鶴岡市下関市
Population aged 65 and over72,341 people43,003 people90,326 people
Population aged 75 and over38,305 people23,042 people47,776 people
Share of population aged 65 and over29.86126%35.38119%35.87511%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure山形市鶴岡市下関市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over10,154 households5,951 households19,483 households

Care providers by provider location

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

Measure山形市鶴岡市下関市
Home-visit care providers36 service providers24 service providers64 service providers
Visiting nursing providers29 service providers10 service providers39 service providers
Day-care providers53 service providers36 service providers66 service providers
Care-management providers64 service providers26 service providers95 service providers
Welfare-facility providers15 service providers12 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山形市鶴岡市下関市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)247,590 people122,347 people255,051 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)73,234 people43,178 people91,210 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)38,643 people23,123 people48,269 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)241,236 people114,566 people237,719 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)75,211 people42,936 people89,321 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)43,644 people24,529 people54,500 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)233,788 people106,703 people222,393 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)75,946 people41,754 people84,866 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)46,570 people25,616 people55,205 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)225,937 people99,090 people207,161 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)76,612 people40,154 people80,945 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)47,489 people25,447 people52,329 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)217,457 people91,644 people192,227 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)78,768 people39,271 people79,651 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)47,378 people24,537 people48,228 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)208,453 people84,250 people177,938 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)79,637 people37,754 people76,500 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)47,396 people23,195 people45,370 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)198,986 people76,968 people164,753 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)78,789 people35,618 people72,543 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)49,355 people22,690 people45,927 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山形市鶴岡市下関市
Population aged 0–1429,120 people23,394 people53,170 people
Share of population aged 0–1412.02029%11.05873%11.18243%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry7 facilities2 facilities5 facilities
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics57 people14 people26 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry5 facilities1 facilities4 facilities
Published childcare enrollment capacity6,566 capacity slots3,578 capacity slots5,589 capacity slots
Households with members under 1821,481 households9,602 households19,592 households
Measure山形市鶴岡市下関市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202029,253 people13,441 people28,194 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202526,153 people11,329 people24,285 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203023,251 people9,580 people20,425 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203521,603 people8,381 people18,068 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204020,801 people7,648 people17,099 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204519,862 people6,938 people16,169 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 205018,417 people6,147 people14,966 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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