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  • 高崎市 · Gunma Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • 川越市 · Saitama Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile

Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure高崎市川越市
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)2523
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)4,0094,114
Resident population (people)365,972352,805
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents6.836.52
Reported beds per 100,000 residents1,095.441,166.08

“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高崎市川越市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)2523
Facilities with a reported bed count2523
Reported beds (hospital survey field)4,009 beds4,114 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility160.36 beds178.87 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility119 beds137 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds88 beds85.5 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds170 beds198.5 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高崎市川越市
0–99 beds98
100–199 beds1210
200–399 beds14
400+ beds31

高崎市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
12%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
36.62%

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

川越市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
4.35%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
38.89%

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.

  • Share of hospitals with 400 or more reported beds: 12% vs 4.35%; absolute difference 7.65 percentage points. Denominator: Facilities with reported bed values in the shared facility snapshot. Source periods: 1 June 2026.
  • Reported beds per 100,000 residents: 1,095.44 vs 1,166.08; absolute difference 70.64. Denominator: Resident population from the shared population release. Source periods: 1 June 2026 / 2025.
  • Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents: 6.83 vs 6.52; absolute difference 0.31. 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高崎市川越市
Housing units186,260 housing units171,970 housing units
Vacant housing rate13.878449%9.210909%
Owner-occupied housing rate69.894389%70.308596%
Rented housing rate30.105611%29.691404%
Floor area per dwelling104.19 m²87.15 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)49,738 JPY per month58,770 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高崎市川越市
Road traffic accidents1,794 cases862 cases
Road traffic deaths6 people5 people
Road traffic injuries2,158 people1,003 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure高崎市川越市
Population aged 65 and over105,034 people89,061 people
Population aged 75 and over54,212 people44,727 people
Share of population aged 65 and over28.66117%28.99348%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure高崎市川越市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over18,696 households14,439 households

Care providers by provider location

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

Measure高崎市川越市
Home-visit care providers83 service providers68 service providers
Visiting nursing providers81 service providers40 service providers
Day-care providers121 service providers51 service providers
Care-management providers120 service providers84 service providers
Welfare-facility providers31 service providers15 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高崎市川越市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)372,973 people354,571 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)106,054 people99,175 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)54,615 people49,675 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)369,221 people355,370 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)107,948 people102,297 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)64,271 people61,675 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)363,458 people352,898 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)110,391 people104,769 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)68,361 people65,067 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)356,745 people348,570 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)114,605 people108,882 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)67,985 people63,180 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)348,825 people343,119 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)121,712 people115,842 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)68,177 people62,734 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)340,034 people337,466 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)124,331 people118,748 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)71,005 people66,303 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)330,734 people331,749 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)124,062 people119,198 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)77,846 people73,824 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高崎市川越市
Population aged 0–1476,610 people36,460 people
Share of population aged 0–1412.55471%11.86942%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry7 facilities6 facilities
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics48 people84 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry1 facilities1 facilities
Published childcare enrollment capacity10,000 capacity slots5,930 capacity slots
Households with members under 1833,474 households26,335 households
Measure高崎市川越市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202046,119 people41,387 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202541,528 people38,170 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203038,324 people35,712 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203536,651 people35,118 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204036,160 people35,124 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204535,069 people34,491 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 205033,140 people33,069 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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