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  • 高岡市 · Toyama Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • 弘前市 · Aomori Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • 五所川原市 · Aomori Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile

Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure弘前市五所川原市高岡市
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)14516
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)3,0737312,415
Resident population (people)159,48849,811162,672
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents8.7810.049.84
Reported beds per 100,000 residents1,926.791,467.551,484.58

“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弘前市五所川原市高岡市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)14516
Facilities with a reported bed count14516
Reported beds (hospital survey field)3,073 beds731 beds2,415 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility219.5 beds146.2 beds150.94 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility155.5 beds75 beds119 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds98.25 beds70 beds88.75 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds273.5 beds120 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弘前市五所川原市高岡市
0–99 beds436
100–199 beds417
200–399 beds402
400+ beds211

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.

五所川原市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
20%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
86.59%

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弘前市五所川原市高岡市
Housing units80,440 housing units24,380 housing units76,320 housing units
Vacant housing rate15.775733%17.760459%15.461216%
Owner-occupied housing rate68.079531%76.567318%78.407817%
Rented housing rate31.920469%23.432682%21.592183%
Floor area per dwelling111.86 m²133.01 m²139.36 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)42,092 JPY per month34,802 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弘前市五所川原市高岡市
Road traffic accidents279 cases79 cases364 cases
Road traffic deaths7 people0 people — Confirmed zero3 people
Road traffic injuries322 people99 people406 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure弘前市五所川原市高岡市
Population aged 65 and over53,922 people18,363 people54,956 people
Population aged 75 and over27,960 people9,807 people28,782 people
Share of population aged 65 and over32.39454%35.99671%34.59594%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure弘前市五所川原市高岡市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over9,619 households3,359 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弘前市五所川原市高岡市
Home-visit care providers73 service providers25 service providers44 service providers
Visiting nursing providers27 service providers5 service providers22 service providers
Day-care providers35 service providers22 service providers40 service providers
Care-management providers75 service providers26 service providers61 service providers
Welfare-facility providers12 service providers6 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弘前市五所川原市高岡市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)168,466 people51,415 people166,393 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)54,400 people18,477 people56,738 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)28,189 people9,858 people29,646 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)157,226 people47,437 people159,568 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)54,401 people18,555 people55,698 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)31,156 people10,446 people34,732 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)147,904 people43,398 people151,998 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)54,515 people18,350 people54,523 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)32,525 people10,835 people35,265 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)138,286 people39,410 people143,996 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)53,626 people17,855 people53,856 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)32,712 people10,891 people33,506 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)128,454 people35,528 people135,667 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)53,096 people17,299 people55,057 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)32,581 people10,833 people31,805 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)118,428 people31,740 people127,318 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)51,770 people16,375 people53,773 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)31,656 people10,468 people31,238 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)108,684 people28,029 people119,270 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)49,544 people15,114 people51,563 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)31,464 people10,045 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弘前市五所川原市高岡市
Population aged 0–1433,428 people9,085 people32,546 people
Share of population aged 0–1410.46355%9.5113%10.64016%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry3 facilities2 facilities4 facilities
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics47 people6 people24 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry3 facilities1 facilities3 facilities
Published childcare enrollment capacity4,538 capacity slots1,087 capacity slots4,877 capacity slots
Households with members under 1812,960 households3,838 households12,679 households
Measure弘前市五所川原市高岡市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202017,435 people4,860 people17,530 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202515,215 people4,133 people15,585 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203013,356 people3,411 people13,811 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203511,572 people2,817 people12,511 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204010,591 people2,432 people11,801 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20459,633 people2,084 people10,957 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20508,607 people1,736 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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