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Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure高知市四万十市香美市
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)5963
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)8,381588476
Resident population (people)312,22831,42424,667
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents18.919.0912.16
Reported beds per 100,000 residents2,684.261,871.181,929.7

“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高知市四万十市香美市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)5963
Facilities with a reported bed count5963
Reported beds (hospital survey field)8,381 beds588 beds476 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility142.05 beds98 beds158.67 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility98 beds87.5 beds194 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds60 beds66.5 beds112 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds178 beds120.5 beds223 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高知市四万十市香美市
0–99 beds3041
100–199 beds1921
200–399 beds401
400+ beds600

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.

四万十市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
0%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
68.03%

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

香美市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
0%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
100%

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高知市四万十市香美市
Housing units181,970 housing units17,850 housing units14,380 housing units
Vacant housing rate15.36517%20.560224%18.706537%
Owner-occupied housing rate58.650472%69.032258%70.866142%
Rented housing rate41.349528%30.967742%29.133858%
Floor area per dwelling86.94 m²102.06 m²100.51 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)45,785 JPY per month38,038 JPY per month38,805 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高知市四万十市香美市
Road traffic accidents493 cases31 cases32 cases
Road traffic deaths3 people2 people3 people
Road traffic injuries533 people32 people32 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure高知市四万十市香美市
Population aged 65 and over95,909 people12,018 people10,123 people
Population aged 75 and over49,765 people6,373 people5,797 people
Share of population aged 65 and over30.25559%37.28593%38.77504%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure高知市四万十市香美市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over23,875 households2,664 households2,171 households

Care providers by provider location

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

Measure高知市四万十市香美市
Home-visit care providers98 service providers7 service providers6 service providers
Visiting nursing providers56 service providers4 service providersNot observed
Day-care providers66 service providers4 service providers4 service providers
Care-management providers101 service providers12 service providers8 service providers
Welfare-facility providers16 service providers3 service providers2 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高知市四万十市香美市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)326,545 people32,694 people26,513 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)98,675 people12,139 people10,185 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)51,008 people6,439 people5,825 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)311,164 people30,604 people24,986 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)99,859 people11,975 people9,701 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)59,657 people7,231 people6,193 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)298,280 people28,596 people23,207 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)100,840 people11,518 people9,004 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)62,613 people7,509 people6,118 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)284,864 people26,526 people21,552 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)101,360 people11,024 people8,251 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)62,287 people7,393 people5,722 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)270,644 people24,476 people20,015 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)105,233 people10,932 people7,925 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)61,710 people6,932 people5,167 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)255,989 people22,410 people18,537 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)105,165 people10,551 people7,689 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)61,244 people6,394 people4,605 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)241,483 people20,436 people17,253 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)102,371 people10,054 people7,338 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)65,202 people6,428 people4,525 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高知市四万十市香美市
Population aged 0–1474,642 people3,644 people2,632 people
Share of population aged 0–1412.02697%11.30553%10.08159%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry6 facilities0 facilities — Confirmed zero0 facilities — Confirmed zero
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics29 people3 peopleNot observed
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry1 facilities0 facilities — Confirmed zero0 facilities — Confirmed zero
Published childcare enrollment capacity10,294 capacity slots1,419 capacity slots691 capacity slots
Households with members under 1827,629 households2,520 households1,780 households
Measure高知市四万十市香美市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202038,247 people3,659 people2,642 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202533,188 people3,248 people2,438 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203029,147 people2,731 people2,095 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203526,372 people2,296 people1,814 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204025,240 people2,060 people1,757 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204524,077 people1,870 people1,710 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 205022,384 people1,683 people1,615 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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