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Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure札幌市 / 北区旭川市高知市
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)173159
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)3,0745,7428,381
Resident population (people)284,333316,183312,228
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents5.989.818.9
Reported beds per 100,000 residents1,081.131,816.042,684.26

“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札幌市 / 北区旭川市高知市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)173159
Facilities with a reported bed count173159
Reported beds (hospital survey field)3,074 beds5,742 beds8,381 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility180.82 beds185.23 beds142.05 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility138 beds116 beds98 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds74 beds78.5 beds60 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds193 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札幌市 / 北区旭川市高知市
0–99 beds61130
100–199 beds81019
200–399 beds264
400+ beds146

札幌市 / 北区

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
5.88%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
46%

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

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.

Housing measures

Housing statistics describe the survey's municipal geography and reference period. They are not healthcare measures.

Measure札幌市 / 北区旭川市高知市
Housing units163,690 housing units181,430 housing units181,970 housing units
Vacant housing rate15.113935%14.148707%15.36517%
Owner-occupied housing rate55.183199%61.043027%58.650472%
Rented housing rate44.816801%38.956973%41.349528%
Floor area per dwelling83.67 m²99.04 m²86.94 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)50,057 JPY per month41,614 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札幌市 / 北区旭川市高知市
Road traffic accidents511 cases477 cases493 cases
Road traffic deaths2 people5 people3 people
Road traffic injuries618 people555 people533 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure札幌市 / 北区旭川市高知市
Population aged 65 and over77,275 people112,411 people95,909 people
Population aged 75 and over37,283 people58,032 people49,765 people
Share of population aged 65 and over27.11927%34.57077%30.25559%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure札幌市 / 北区旭川市高知市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over16,690 households24,821 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札幌市 / 北区旭川市高知市
Home-visit care providers69 service providers189 service providers98 service providers
Visiting nursing providers34 service providers66 service providers56 service providers
Day-care providers31 service providers54 service providers66 service providers
Care-management providers58 service providers115 service providers101 service providers
Welfare-facility providers11 service 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札幌市 / 北区旭川市高知市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)289,323 people329,306 people326,545 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)78,409 people113,885 people98,675 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)37,822 people58,686 people51,008 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)290,125 people313,406 people311,164 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)82,105 people112,016 people99,859 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)46,478 people66,699 people59,657 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)288,122 people298,861 people298,280 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)85,563 people111,142 people100,840 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)51,886 people70,771 people62,613 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)284,369 people283,763 people284,864 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)89,448 people110,021 people101,360 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)52,989 people69,432 people62,287 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)278,482 people267,991 people270,644 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)95,351 people111,407 people105,233 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)53,954 people67,133 people61,710 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)270,992 people251,942 people255,989 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)97,639 people110,113 people105,165 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)55,678 people65,435 people61,244 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)263,160 people236,115 people241,483 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)97,832 people106,583 people102,371 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)60,425 people67,520 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札幌市 / 北区旭川市高知市
Population aged 0–1433,524 people34,691 people74,642 people
Share of population aged 0–1411.76508%10.66884%12.02697%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry1 facilities8 facilities6 facilities
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics57 people74 people29 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry0 facilities — Confirmed zero3 facilities1 facilities
Published childcare enrollment capacityNot observed6,154 capacity slots10,294 capacity slots
Households with members under 1824,585 households25,920 households27,629 households
Measure札幌市 / 北区旭川市高知市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202033,526 people34,758 people38,247 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202531,581 people31,152 people33,188 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203029,398 people26,747 people29,147 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203528,168 people23,870 people26,372 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204027,654 people22,574 people25,240 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204526,916 people21,462 people24,077 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 205025,624 people19,910 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

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