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  • 高知市 · Kochi Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • 旭川市 · Hokkaido — In comparison scope Open profile

Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure旭川市高知市
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)3159
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)5,7428,381
Resident population (people)316,183312,228
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents9.818.9
Reported beds per 100,000 residents1,816.042,684.26

“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旭川市高知市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)3159
Facilities with a reported bed count3159
Reported beds (hospital survey field)5,742 beds8,381 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility185.23 beds142.05 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility116 beds98 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds78.5 beds60 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds275.5 beds178 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旭川市高知市
0–99 beds1130
100–199 beds1019
200–399 beds64
400+ beds46

旭川市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
12.9%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
27.74%

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

高知市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
10.17%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
18.34%

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: 9.8 vs 18.9; absolute difference 9.1. Denominator: Resident population from the shared population release. Source periods: 1 June 2026 / 2025.
  • Reported beds per 100,000 residents: 1,816.04 vs 2,684.26; absolute difference 868.22. Denominator: Resident population from the shared population release. Source periods: 1 June 2026 / 2025.
  • Share of hospitals with 400 or more reported beds: 12.9% vs 10.17%; absolute difference 2.73 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旭川市高知市
Housing units181,430 housing units181,970 housing units
Vacant housing rate14.148707%15.36517%
Owner-occupied housing rate61.043027%58.650472%
Rented housing rate38.956973%41.349528%
Floor area per dwelling99.04 m²86.94 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)41,614 JPY per month45,785 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旭川市高知市
Road traffic accidents477 cases493 cases
Road traffic deaths5 people3 people
Road traffic injuries555 people533 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure旭川市高知市
Population aged 65 and over112,411 people95,909 people
Population aged 75 and over58,032 people49,765 people
Share of population aged 65 and over34.57077%30.25559%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure旭川市高知市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over24,821 households23,875 households

Care providers by provider location

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

Measure旭川市高知市
Home-visit care providers189 service providers98 service providers
Visiting nursing providers66 service providers56 service providers
Day-care providers54 service providers66 service providers
Care-management providers115 service providers101 service providers
Welfare-facility providers17 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旭川市高知市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)329,306 people326,545 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)113,885 people98,675 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)58,686 people51,008 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)313,406 people311,164 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)112,016 people99,859 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)66,699 people59,657 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)298,861 people298,280 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)111,142 people100,840 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)70,771 people62,613 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)283,763 people284,864 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)110,021 people101,360 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)69,432 people62,287 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)267,991 people270,644 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)111,407 people105,233 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)67,133 people61,710 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)251,942 people255,989 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)110,113 people105,165 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)65,435 people61,244 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)236,115 people241,483 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)106,583 people102,371 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)67,520 people65,202 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旭川市高知市
Population aged 0–1434,691 people74,642 people
Share of population aged 0–1410.66884%12.02697%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry8 facilities6 facilities
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics74 people29 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry3 facilities1 facilities
Published childcare enrollment capacity6,154 capacity slots10,294 capacity slots
Households with members under 1825,920 households27,629 households
Measure旭川市高知市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202034,758 people38,247 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202531,152 people33,188 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203026,747 people29,147 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203523,870 people26,372 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204022,574 people25,240 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204521,462 people24,077 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 205019,910 people22,384 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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