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  • 明石市 · Hyogo Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • 加古川市 · Hyogo Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile

Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure明石市加古川市
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)2112
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)3,2382,723
Resident population (people)307,235257,203
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents6.844.67
Reported beds per 100,000 residents1,053.921,058.7

“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明石市加古川市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)2112
Facilities with a reported bed count1912
Reported beds (hospital survey field)3,238 beds2,723 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility170.42 beds226.92 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility120 beds185 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds99.5 beds138.25 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds199 beds237.5 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明石市加古川市
0–99 beds52
100–199 beds107
200–399 beds41
400+ beds02

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.

加古川市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
16.67%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
50.61%

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: 6.84 vs 4.67; absolute difference 2.17. Denominator: Resident population from the shared population release. Source periods: 1 June 2026 / 2025.
  • Share of hospitals with 400 or more reported beds: 0% vs 16.67%; absolute difference 16.67 percentage points. Denominator: Facilities with reported bed values in the shared facility snapshot. Source periods: 1 June 2026.
  • Reported beds per 100,000 residents: 1,053.92 vs 1,058.7; absolute difference 4.78. 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明石市加古川市
Housing units156,550 housing units121,700 housing units
Vacant housing rate11.172149%11.651602%
Owner-occupied housing rate68.116707%77.537612%
Rented housing rate31.883293%22.462388%
Floor area per dwelling82.16 m²101.69 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)61,247 JPY per month48,443 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明石市加古川市
Road traffic accidents991 cases927 cases
Road traffic deaths1 people3 people
Road traffic injuries1,155 people1,073 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure明石市加古川市
Population aged 65 and over79,617 people72,332 people
Population aged 75 and over40,842 people35,480 people
Share of population aged 65 and over26.68041%28.12986%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure明石市加古川市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over18,784 households12,107 households

Care providers by provider location

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

Measure明石市加古川市
Home-visit care providers74 service providers55 service providers
Visiting nursing providers40 service providers33 service providers
Day-care providers42 service providers40 service providers
Care-management providers82 service providers55 service providers
Welfare-facility providers16 service providers14 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明石市加古川市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)303,601 people260,878 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)81,663 people73,439 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)41,933 people36,059 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)305,438 people253,960 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)84,527 people74,680 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)51,361 people44,069 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)300,637 people245,287 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)86,058 people75,447 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)52,883 people46,975 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)294,622 people235,190 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)89,130 people76,841 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)51,430 people45,660 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)287,248 people224,196 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)93,814 people80,271 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)51,417 people44,502 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)278,846 people212,789 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)94,991 people79,842 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)53,780 people45,267 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)269,828 people201,317 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)95,017 people77,888 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)58,643 people49,105 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明石市加古川市
Population aged 0–1441,155 people32,871 people
Share of population aged 0–1413.79143%12.78351%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry4 facilities1 facilities
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics33 people42 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry4 facilities1 facilities
Published childcare enrollment capacity9,848 capacity slots5,619 capacity slots
Households with members under 1828,849 households23,509 households
Measure明石市加古川市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202041,159 people32,949 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202541,300 people28,973 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203038,813 people25,591 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203536,180 people23,776 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204035,290 people22,769 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204534,266 people21,438 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 205032,637 people19,617 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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