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  • 下関市 · Yamaguchi Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • 宇部市 · Yamaguchi Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • 岩国市 · Yamaguchi Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile

Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure下関市宇部市岩国市
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)211917
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)4,3814,1122,077
Resident population (people)243,422156,438124,568
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents8.6312.1513.65
Reported beds per 100,000 residents1,799.762,628.521,667.36

“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下関市宇部市岩国市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)211917
Facilities with a reported bed count211917
Reported beds (hospital survey field)4,381 beds4,112 beds2,077 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility208.62 beds216.42 beds122.18 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility234 beds184 beds108 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds75 beds141 beds41 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds300 beds241 beds148 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下関市宇部市岩国市
0–99 beds738
100–199 beds286
200–399 beds1172
400+ beds111

下関市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
4.76%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
26.77%

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

宇部市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
5.26%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
36.09%

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

岩国市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
5.88%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
46.27%

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下関市宇部市岩国市
Housing units138,660 housing units86,310 housing units69,830 housing units
Vacant housing rate19.104284%19.789132%19.690677%
Owner-occupied housing rate65.371901%66.371947%73.132104%
Rented housing rate34.628099%33.628053%26.867896%
Floor area per dwelling95.45 m²95.94 m²104.79 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)42,437 JPY per month41,641 JPY per month44,147 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下関市宇部市岩国市
Road traffic accidents441 cases324 cases228 cases
Road traffic deaths11 people0 people — Confirmed zero1 people
Road traffic injuries530 people379 people258 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure下関市宇部市岩国市
Population aged 65 and over90,326 people54,008 people46,114 people
Population aged 75 and over47,776 people27,773 people25,073 people
Share of population aged 65 and over35.87511%33.65614%36.05078%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure下関市宇部市岩国市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over19,483 households10,685 households9,979 households

Care providers by provider location

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

Measure下関市宇部市岩国市
Home-visit care providers64 service providers42 service providers34 service providers
Visiting nursing providers39 service providers30 service providers14 service providers
Day-care providers66 service providers61 service providers26 service providers
Care-management providers95 service providers59 service providers41 service providers
Welfare-facility providers17 service providers8 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下関市宇部市岩国市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)255,051 people162,570 people129,125 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)91,210 people54,429 people46,444 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)48,269 people27,967 people25,257 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)237,719 people155,567 people121,264 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)89,321 people53,509 people45,212 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)54,500 people32,609 people27,746 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)222,393 people147,755 people113,227 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)84,866 people51,775 people43,264 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)55,205 people33,806 people27,935 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)207,161 people139,811 people105,377 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)80,945 people50,457 people41,528 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)52,329 people32,286 people26,697 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)192,227 people131,533 people97,684 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)79,651 people50,583 people41,199 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)48,228 people30,265 people24,962 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)177,938 people123,252 people90,185 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)76,500 people49,476 people39,340 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)45,370 people29,100 people23,706 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)164,753 people115,395 people83,047 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)72,543 people47,601 people36,944 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)45,927 people29,994 people24,188 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下関市宇部市岩国市
Population aged 0–1453,170 people36,919 people25,366 people
Share of population aged 0–1411.18243%11.63831%11.33183%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry5 facilities3 facilities4 facilities
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics26 people46 people12 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry4 facilities2 facilities1 facilities
Published childcare enrollment capacity5,589 capacity slots2,788 capacity slots2,888 capacity slots
Households with members under 1819,592 households13,067 households10,053 households
Measure下関市宇部市岩国市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202028,194 people18,729 people14,522 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202524,285 people16,663 people12,435 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203020,425 people14,578 people10,667 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203518,068 people13,349 people9,625 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204017,099 people12,681 people9,023 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204516,169 people11,929 people8,360 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 205014,966 people10,930 people7,484 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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