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  • 福岡市 / 博多区 · Fukuoka Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • 北九州市 / 八幡西区 · Fukuoka Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile

Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure北九州市 / 八幡西区福岡市 / 博多区
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)2317
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)4,0432,206
Resident population (people)244,982245,867
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents9.396.91
Reported beds per 100,000 residents1,650.33897.23

“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北九州市 / 八幡西区福岡市 / 博多区
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)2317
Facilities with a reported bed count2317
Reported beds (hospital survey field)4,043 beds2,206 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility175.78 beds129.76 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility130 beds68 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds55 beds42 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds204 beds172 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北九州市 / 八幡西区福岡市 / 博多区
0–99 beds1010
100–199 beds63
200–399 beds54
400+ beds20

北九州市 / 八幡西区

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
8.7%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
39.43%

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

福岡市 / 博多区

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
0%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
48.46%

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.

  • Reported beds per 100,000 residents: 1,650.33 vs 897.23; absolute difference 753.1. Denominator: Resident population from the shared population release. Source periods: 1 June 2026 / 2025.
  • Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents: 9.39 vs 6.91; absolute difference 2.48. Denominator: Resident population from the shared population release. Source periods: 1 June 2026 / 2025.
  • Share of hospitals with 400 or more reported beds: 8.7% vs 0%; absolute difference 8.7 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北九州市 / 八幡西区福岡市 / 博多区
Housing units133,440 housing units174,750 housing units
Vacant housing rate14.920564%8.772532%
Owner-occupied housing rate60.543146%22.534836%
Rented housing rate39.456854%77.465164%
Floor area per dwelling84.18 m²50.6 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)43,485 JPY per month57,815 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北九州市 / 八幡西区福岡市 / 博多区
Road traffic accidents808 cases1,171 cases
Road traffic deaths8 people2 people
Road traffic injuries1,054 people1,477 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure北九州市 / 八幡西区福岡市 / 博多区
Population aged 65 and over73,704 people41,730 people
Population aged 75 and over38,547 people19,987 people
Share of population aged 65 and over30.82547%18.23298%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure北九州市 / 八幡西区福岡市 / 博多区
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over15,825 households12,234 households

Care providers by provider location

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

Measure北九州市 / 八幡西区福岡市 / 博多区
Home-visit care providers93 service providers70 service providers
Visiting nursing providers63 service providers62 service providers
Day-care providers105 service providers41 service providers
Care-management providers113 service providers55 service providers
Welfare-facility providers15 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北九州市 / 八幡西区福岡市 / 博多区
Total population — 2020 (baseline)249,933 people252,034 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)76,616 people45,927 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)39,929 people21,577 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)242,914 people257,240 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)77,152 people48,486 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)45,904 people25,873 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)234,629 people264,024 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)76,573 people51,130 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)48,150 people28,417 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)226,108 people267,694 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)76,708 people55,065 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)47,201 people29,328 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)217,223 people268,105 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)78,967 people60,994 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)45,767 people30,579 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)208,174 people265,490 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)78,305 people64,834 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)45,519 people32,981 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)199,303 people261,251 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)76,495 people67,399 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)48,073 people37,159 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北九州市 / 八幡西区福岡市 / 博多区
Population aged 0–1430,452 people24,119 people
Share of population aged 0–1412.73604%10.53825%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry4 facilities2 facilities
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics60 people17 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry3 facilities0 facilities — Confirmed zero
Published childcare enrollment capacityNot observedNot observed
Households with members under 1821,072 households17,559 households
Measure北九州市 / 八幡西区福岡市 / 博多区
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202031,222 people24,192 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202527,793 people22,665 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203025,026 people22,323 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203523,783 people21,604 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204023,162 people21,666 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204522,374 people21,322 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 205021,096 people20,472 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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