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  • 所沢市 · Saitama Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • 前橋市 · Gunma Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile

Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure前橋市所沢市
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)2024
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)4,3454,531
Resident population (people)329,120342,520
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents6.087.01
Reported beds per 100,000 residents1,320.191,322.84

“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前橋市所沢市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)2024
Facilities with a reported bed count2024
Reported beds (hospital survey field)4,345 beds4,531 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility217.25 beds188.79 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility191 beds160 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds75 beds102 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds319.25 beds228.5 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前橋市所沢市
0–99 beds66
100–199 beds610
200–399 beds66
400+ beds22

前橋市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
10%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
37.28%

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

所沢市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
8.33%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
30.81%

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: 6.08 vs 7.01; absolute difference 0.93. Denominator: Resident population from the shared population release. Source periods: 1 June 2026 / 2025.
  • Share of hospitals with 400 or more reported beds: 10% vs 8.33%; absolute difference 1.67 percentage points. Denominator: Facilities with reported bed values in the shared facility snapshot. Source periods: 1 June 2026.
  • Reported beds per 100,000 residents: 1,320.19 vs 1,322.84; absolute difference 2.65. 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前橋市所沢市
Housing units169,580 housing units170,530 housing units
Vacant housing rate15.155089%8.45599%
Owner-occupied housing rate70.404135%64.360573%
Rented housing rate29.595865%35.639427%
Floor area per dwelling102.55 m²78.65 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)46,121 JPY per month63,571 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前橋市所沢市
Road traffic accidents1,904 cases672 cases
Road traffic deaths3 people5 people
Road traffic injuries2,360 people769 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure前橋市所沢市
Population aged 65 and over96,390 people87,050 people
Population aged 75 and over49,956 people44,271 people
Share of population aged 65 and over30.82359%29.57203%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure前橋市所沢市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over16,508 households14,590 households

Care providers by provider location

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

Measure前橋市所沢市
Home-visit care providers102 service providers58 service providers
Visiting nursing providers84 service providers46 service providers
Day-care providers141 service providers46 service providers
Care-management providers129 service providers84 service providers
Welfare-facility providers31 service providers18 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前橋市所沢市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)332,149 people342,464 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)100,430 people97,744 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)51,788 people49,301 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)324,621 people339,782 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)102,786 people101,816 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)60,549 people60,467 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)315,720 people334,989 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)104,559 people106,038 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)64,991 people65,130 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)305,810 people329,230 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)106,874 people110,953 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)65,157 people64,846 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)294,836 people322,316 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)110,844 people116,624 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)64,957 people65,848 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)283,266 people315,029 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)110,328 people117,687 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)66,167 people69,288 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)271,548 people307,906 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)107,766 people116,480 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)70,201 people74,861 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前橋市所沢市
Population aged 0–1467,194 people33,050 people
Share of population aged 0–1411.75639%11.22752%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry6 facilities5 facilities
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics110 people53 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry4 facilities3 facilities
Published childcare enrollment capacity9,221 capacity slots6,051 capacity slots
Households with members under 1827,116 households24,588 households
Measure前橋市所沢市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202038,334 people37,979 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202534,398 people34,654 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203031,414 people31,529 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203529,605 people30,276 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204028,688 people30,130 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204527,271 people29,549 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 205025,246 people28,296 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.

A missing numeric value is not converted to zero. Open a municipality profile to see its source details and geographic context.