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  • 喜多方市 · 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福島市喜多方市
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)205
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)3,933808
Resident population (people)264,65243,519
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents7.5611.49
Reported beds per 100,000 residents1,486.11,856.66

“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福島市喜多方市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)205
Facilities with a reported bed count205
Reported beds (hospital survey field)3,933 beds808 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility196.65 beds161.6 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility174 beds128 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds99.75 beds90 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds220.25 beds160 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福島市喜多方市
0–99 beds52
100–199 beds92
200–399 beds50
400+ beds11

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.

喜多方市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
20%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
86.39%

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: 7.56 vs 11.49; absolute difference 3.93. Denominator: Resident population from the shared population release. Source periods: 1 June 2026 / 2025.
  • Reported beds per 100,000 residents: 1,486.1 vs 1,856.66; absolute difference 370.56. Denominator: Resident population from the shared population release. Source periods: 1 June 2026 / 2025.
  • Share of hospitals with 400 or more reported beds: 5% vs 20%; absolute difference 15 percentage points. Denominator: Facilities with reported bed values in the shared facility snapshot. Source periods: 1 June 2026.

Housing measures

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

Measure福島市喜多方市
Housing units139,600 housing units19,590 housing units
Vacant housing rate12.951289%19.908116%
Owner-occupied housing rate64.683761%85.056704%
Rented housing rate35.316239%14.943296%
Floor area per dwelling101.72 m²148.68 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)45,223 JPY per month34,806 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福島市喜多方市
Road traffic accidents399 cases51 cases
Road traffic deaths5 people1 people
Road traffic injuries466 people50 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure福島市喜多方市
Population aged 65 and over84,304 people16,479 people
Population aged 75 and over43,183 people9,063 people
Share of population aged 65 and over30.60436%36.81718%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure福島市喜多方市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over14,344 households2,274 households

Care providers by provider location

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

Measure福島市喜多方市
Home-visit care providers77 service providers6 service providers
Visiting nursing providers36 service providers3 service providers
Day-care providers58 service providers8 service providers
Care-management providers79 service providers11 service providers
Welfare-facility providers22 service providers6 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福島市喜多方市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)282,693 people44,760 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)85,853 people16,479 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)43,843 people9,063 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)273,384 people41,008 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)88,346 people16,209 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)49,942 people9,227 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)262,398 people37,507 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)89,620 people15,701 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)54,029 people9,552 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)250,412 people34,141 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)90,731 people14,853 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)55,060 people9,639 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)237,323 people30,981 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)93,423 people14,070 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)55,086 people9,398 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)223,398 people27,881 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)93,431 people13,305 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)55,251 people8,710 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)209,049 people24,846 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)91,024 people12,408 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)57,661 people8,055 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福島市喜多方市
Population aged 0–1461,845 people8,072 people
Share of population aged 0–1411.30311%10.95869%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry5 facilities0 facilities — Confirmed zero
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics74 people1 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry4 facilities0 facilities — Confirmed zero
Published childcare enrollment capacity5,583 capacity slots1,304 capacity slots
Households with members under 1822,750 households3,388 households
Measure福島市喜多方市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202031,332 people4,905 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202527,528 people4,178 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203024,307 people3,406 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203521,862 people2,814 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204020,311 people2,443 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204518,588 people2,110 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 205016,563 people1,789 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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