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  • 明石市 · Hyogo Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • いわき市 · Fukushima Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile

Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measureいわき市明石市
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)2421
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)4,2753,238
Resident population (people)303,171307,235
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents7.926.84
Reported beds per 100,000 residents1,410.11,053.92

“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いわき市明石市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)2421
Facilities with a reported bed count2419
Reported beds (hospital survey field)4,275 beds3,238 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility178.12 beds170.42 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility161 beds120 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds97.25 beds99.5 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds204.75 beds199 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いわき市明石市
0–99 beds75
100–199 beds1010
200–399 beds64
400+ beds10

いわき市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
4.17%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
31.09%

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

明石市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
0%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
34.13%

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.

  • Reported beds per 100,000 residents: 1,410.1 vs 1,053.92; absolute difference 356.18. Denominator: Resident population from the shared population release. Source periods: 1 June 2026 / 2025.
  • Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents: 7.92 vs 6.84; absolute difference 1.08. Denominator: Resident population from the shared population release. Source periods: 1 June 2026 / 2025.
  • Share of hospitals with 400 or more reported beds: 4.17% vs 0%; absolute difference 4.17 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いわき市明石市
Housing units164,530 housing units156,550 housing units
Vacant housing rate15.298122%11.172149%
Owner-occupied housing rate71.064975%68.116707%
Rented housing rate28.935025%31.883293%
Floor area per dwelling105.64 m²82.16 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)43,923 JPY per month61,247 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いわき市明石市
Road traffic accidents712 cases991 cases
Road traffic deaths8 people1 people
Road traffic injuries873 people1,155 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measureいわき市明石市
Population aged 65 and over102,319 people79,617 people
Population aged 75 and over51,554 people40,842 people
Share of population aged 65 and over31.48103%26.68041%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measureいわき市明石市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over18,191 households18,784 households

Care providers by provider location

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

Measureいわき市明石市
Home-visit care providers110 service providers74 service providers
Visiting nursing providers26 service providers40 service providers
Day-care providers93 service providers42 service providers
Care-management providers153 service providers82 service providers
Welfare-facility providers18 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いわき市明石市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)Not observed303,601 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)Not observed81,663 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)Not observed41,933 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)Not observed305,438 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)Not observed84,527 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)Not observed51,361 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)Not observed300,637 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)Not observed86,058 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)Not observed52,883 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)Not observed294,622 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)Not observed89,130 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)Not observed51,430 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)Not observed287,248 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)Not observed93,814 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)Not observed51,417 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)Not observed278,846 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)Not observed94,991 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)Not observed53,780 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)Not observed269,828 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)Not observed95,017 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)Not observed58,643 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いわき市明石市
Population aged 0–1437,979 people41,155 people
Share of population aged 0–1411.6852%13.79143%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry5 facilities4 facilities
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics27 people33 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry2 facilities4 facilities
Published childcare enrollment capacity7,109 capacity slots9,848 capacity slots
Households with members under 1827,221 households28,849 households
Measureいわき市明石市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 2020Not observed41,159 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 2025Not observed41,300 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 2030Not observed38,813 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 2035Not observed36,180 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 2040Not observed35,290 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 2045Not observed34,266 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 2050Not observed32,637 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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