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  1. 1
    上越市Niigata Prefecture · 15222
  2. 2
    八代市Kumamoto Prefecture · 43202

Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure上越市
Niigata Prefecture · 15222
Listed facilities
八代市
Kumamoto Prefecture · 43202
Listed facilities
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)99
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)2,2022,103
Resident population (people)180,440120,023
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents4.997.5
Reported beds per 100,000 residents1,220.351,752.16

“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上越市八代市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)99
Facilities with a reported bed count99
Reported beds (hospital survey field)2,202 beds2,103 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility244.67 beds233.67 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility197 beds199 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds145 beds149 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds313 beds290 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上越市八代市
0–99 beds11
100–199 beds44
200–399 beds32
400+ beds12

上越市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
11.11%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
55.4%

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

八代市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
22.22%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
53.26%

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: 4.99 vs 7.5; absolute difference 2.51. Denominator: Resident population from the shared population release. Source periods: 1 June 2026 / 2025.
  • Reported beds per 100,000 residents: 1,220.35 vs 1,752.16; absolute difference 531.81. Denominator: Resident population from the shared population release. Source periods: 1 June 2026 / 2025.
  • Share of hospitals with 400 or more reported beds: 11.11% vs 22.22%; absolute difference 11.11 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上越市八代市
Housing units82,590 housing units58,400 housing units
Vacant housing rate13.40356%16.181507%
Owner-occupied housing rate74.147114%69.462228%
Rented housing rate25.852886%30.537772%
Floor area per dwelling133.96 m²107.92 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)45,493 JPY per month40,420 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上越市八代市
Road traffic accidents192 cases118 cases
Road traffic deaths5 people3 people
Road traffic injuries223 people145 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure上越市八代市
Population aged 65 and over61,460 people42,131 people
Population aged 75 and over32,056 people22,619 people
Share of population aged 65 and over33.07537%34.57442%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure上越市八代市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over8,179 households6,739 households

Care providers by provider location

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

Measure上越市八代市
Home-visit care providers30 service providers53 service providers
Visiting nursing providers19 service providers26 service providers
Day-care providers45 service providers36 service providers
Care-management providers50 service providers41 service providers
Welfare-facility providers17 service providers11 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上越市八代市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)188,047 people123,067 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)61,835 people42,433 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)32,216 people22,744 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)176,550 people117,245 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)61,680 people42,438 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)35,832 people24,672 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)166,710 people111,165 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)60,194 people41,516 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)37,544 people25,825 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)156,976 people105,018 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)59,026 people40,150 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)37,116 people25,638 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)147,248 people98,891 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)59,128 people39,127 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)35,605 people24,656 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)137,456 people92,810 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)58,281 people37,614 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)34,525 people23,364 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)127,657 people86,864 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)56,033 people35,919 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)35,052 people22,733 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上越市八代市
Population aged 0–1438,275 people26,272 people
Share of population aged 0–1411.86322%12.04619%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry3 facilities1 facilities
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics17 people10 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry2 facilities1 facilities
Published childcare enrollment capacity5,511 capacity slots4,223 capacity slots
Households with members under 1815,616 households9,711 households
Measure上越市八代市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202022,085 people14,716 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202518,381 people13,417 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203015,482 people11,995 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203513,658 people11,092 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204012,820 people10,444 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204511,939 people9,818 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 205010,817 people9,087 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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