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  • 山形市 · Yamagata Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • 下関市 · Yamaguchi Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • 宇部市 · Yamaguchi Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile

Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure山形市下関市宇部市
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)172119
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)4,8764,3814,112
Resident population (people)236,164243,422156,438
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents7.28.6312.15
Reported beds per 100,000 residents2,064.671,799.762,628.52

“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山形市下関市宇部市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)172119
Facilities with a reported bed count172119
Reported beds (hospital survey field)4,876 beds4,381 beds4,112 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility286.82 beds208.62 beds216.42 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility283 beds234 beds184 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds145 beds75 beds141 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds380 beds300 beds241 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山形市下関市宇部市
0–99 beds373
100–199 beds328
200–399 beds7117
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.

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.

宇部市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
5.26%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
36.09%

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山形市下関市宇部市
Housing units118,870 housing units138,660 housing units86,310 housing units
Vacant housing rate13.788172%19.104284%19.789132%
Owner-occupied housing rate64.865967%65.371901%66.371947%
Rented housing rate35.134033%34.628099%33.628053%
Floor area per dwelling108.26 m²95.45 m²95.94 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)49,389 JPY per month42,437 JPY per month41,641 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山形市下関市宇部市
Road traffic accidents582 cases441 cases324 cases
Road traffic deaths4 people11 people0 people — Confirmed zero
Road traffic injuries643 people530 people379 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure山形市下関市宇部市
Population aged 65 and over72,341 people90,326 people54,008 people
Population aged 75 and over38,305 people47,776 people27,773 people
Share of population aged 65 and over29.86126%35.87511%33.65614%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure山形市下関市宇部市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over10,154 households19,483 households10,685 households

Care providers by provider location

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

Measure山形市下関市宇部市
Home-visit care providers36 service providers64 service providers42 service providers
Visiting nursing providers29 service providers39 service providers30 service providers
Day-care providers53 service providers66 service providers61 service providers
Care-management providers64 service providers95 service providers59 service providers
Welfare-facility providers15 service providers17 service providers8 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山形市下関市宇部市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)247,590 people255,051 people162,570 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)73,234 people91,210 people54,429 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)38,643 people48,269 people27,967 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)241,236 people237,719 people155,567 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)75,211 people89,321 people53,509 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)43,644 people54,500 people32,609 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)233,788 people222,393 people147,755 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)75,946 people84,866 people51,775 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)46,570 people55,205 people33,806 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)225,937 people207,161 people139,811 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)76,612 people80,945 people50,457 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)47,489 people52,329 people32,286 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)217,457 people192,227 people131,533 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)78,768 people79,651 people50,583 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)47,378 people48,228 people30,265 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)208,453 people177,938 people123,252 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)79,637 people76,500 people49,476 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)47,396 people45,370 people29,100 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)198,986 people164,753 people115,395 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)78,789 people72,543 people47,601 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)49,355 people45,927 people29,994 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山形市下関市宇部市
Population aged 0–1429,120 people53,170 people36,919 people
Share of population aged 0–1412.02029%11.18243%11.63831%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry7 facilities5 facilities3 facilities
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics57 people26 people46 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry5 facilities4 facilities2 facilities
Published childcare enrollment capacity6,566 capacity slots5,589 capacity slots2,788 capacity slots
Households with members under 1821,481 households19,592 households13,067 households
Measure山形市下関市宇部市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202029,253 people28,194 people18,729 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202526,153 people24,285 people16,663 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203023,251 people20,425 people14,578 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203521,603 people18,068 people13,349 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204020,801 people17,099 people12,681 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204519,862 people16,169 people11,929 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 205018,417 people14,966 people10,930 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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