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  • 高岡市 · Toyama Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
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  • 青森市 · Aomori Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile

Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure青森市弘前市高岡市
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)181416
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)3,4983,0732,415
Resident population (people)263,512159,488162,672
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents6.838.789.84
Reported beds per 100,000 residents1,327.451,926.791,484.58

“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青森市弘前市高岡市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)181416
Facilities with a reported bed count181416
Reported beds (hospital survey field)3,498 beds3,073 beds2,415 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility194.33 beds219.5 beds150.94 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility194.5 beds155.5 beds119 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds88.5 beds98.25 beds88.75 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds228.25 beds273.5 beds165 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青森市弘前市高岡市
0–99 beds546
100–199 beds647
200–399 beds642
400+ beds121

青森市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
5.56%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
36.25%

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

弘前市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
14.29%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
45.75%

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

高岡市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
6.25%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
45.18%

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青森市弘前市高岡市
Housing units134,280 housing units80,440 housing units76,320 housing units
Vacant housing rate15.087876%15.775733%15.461216%
Owner-occupied housing rate69.929364%68.079531%78.407817%
Rented housing rate30.070636%31.920469%21.592183%
Floor area per dwelling113.04 m²111.86 m²139.36 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)43,673 JPY per month42,092 JPY per month45,218 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青森市弘前市高岡市
Road traffic accidents555 cases279 cases364 cases
Road traffic deaths3 people7 people3 people
Road traffic injuries666 people322 people406 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure青森市弘前市高岡市
Population aged 65 and over84,787 people53,922 people54,956 people
Population aged 75 and over42,083 people27,960 people28,782 people
Share of population aged 65 and over32.24466%32.39454%34.59594%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure青森市弘前市高岡市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over15,757 households9,619 households7,760 households

Care providers by provider location

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

Measure青森市弘前市高岡市
Home-visit care providers106 service providers73 service providers44 service providers
Visiting nursing providers37 service providers27 service providers22 service providers
Day-care providers43 service providers35 service providers40 service providers
Care-management providers94 service providers75 service providers61 service providers
Welfare-facility providers14 service providers12 service providers16 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青森市弘前市高岡市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)275,192 people168,466 people166,393 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)87,937 people54,400 people56,738 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)43,465 people28,189 people29,646 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)260,035 people157,226 people159,568 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)90,135 people54,401 people55,698 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)50,506 people31,156 people34,732 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)243,430 people147,904 people151,998 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)90,429 people54,515 people54,523 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)53,798 people32,525 people35,265 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)226,327 people138,286 people143,996 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)89,655 people53,626 people53,856 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)54,311 people32,712 people33,506 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)208,826 people128,454 people135,667 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)89,626 people53,096 people55,057 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)53,633 people32,581 people31,805 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)191,322 people118,428 people127,318 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)87,477 people51,770 people53,773 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)52,429 people31,656 people31,238 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)174,205 people108,684 people119,270 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)83,026 people49,544 people51,563 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)52,869 people31,464 people33,262 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青森市弘前市高岡市
Population aged 0–1454,209 people33,428 people32,546 people
Share of population aged 0–1410.66366%10.46355%10.64016%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry5 facilities3 facilities4 facilities
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics32 people47 people24 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry2 facilities3 facilities3 facilities
Published childcare enrollment capacity6,420 capacity slots4,538 capacity slots4,877 capacity slots
Households with members under 1821,154 households12,960 households12,679 households
Measure青森市弘前市高岡市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202029,066 people17,435 people17,530 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202524,505 people15,215 people15,585 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203020,629 people13,356 people13,811 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203517,736 people11,572 people12,511 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204016,072 people10,591 people11,801 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204514,484 people9,633 people10,957 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 205012,719 people8,607 people9,875 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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