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Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure南相馬市直方市小郡市
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)568
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)8859351,032
Resident population (people)55,77454,83859,509
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents8.9610.9413.44
Reported beds per 100,000 residents1,586.761,705.021,734.19

“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南相馬市直方市小郡市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)568
Facilities with a reported bed count568
Reported beds (hospital survey field)885 beds935 beds1,032 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility177 beds155.83 beds129 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility188 beds154 beds146.5 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds89 beds122 beds79 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds228 beds167.25 beds153.25 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南相馬市直方市小郡市
0–99 beds213
100–199 beds144
200–399 beds211
400+ beds000

南相馬市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
0%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
80.9%

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

直方市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
0%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
62.78%

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

小郡市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
0%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
52.62%

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南相馬市直方市小郡市
Housing units30,550 housing units28,680 housing units28,840 housing units
Vacant housing rate22.02946%18.619247%7.732316%
Owner-occupied housing rate71.896011%69.005576%79.749026%
Rented housing rate28.103989%30.994424%20.250974%
Floor area per dwelling121.85 m²102.61 m²111.26 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)39,904 JPY per month38,106 JPY per month45,392 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南相馬市直方市小郡市
Road traffic accidents96 cases226 cases131 cases
Road traffic deaths1 people1 people1 people
Road traffic injuries122 people315 people159 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure南相馬市直方市小郡市
Population aged 65 and over20,796 people19,005 people16,834 people
Population aged 75 and over10,392 people10,208 people8,750 people
Share of population aged 65 and over36.7934%33.95326%28.57288%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure南相馬市直方市小郡市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over3,169 households3,982 households2,361 households

Care providers by provider location

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

Measure南相馬市直方市小郡市
Home-visit care providers13 service providers32 service providers10 service providers
Visiting nursing providers4 service providers19 service providers8 service providers
Day-care providers12 service providers37 service providers10 service providers
Care-management providers15 service providers21 service providers10 service providers
Welfare-facility providers6 service providers6 service providers4 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南相馬市直方市小郡市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)Not observed56,212 people59,360 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)Not observed19,078 people16,913 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)Not observed10,239 people8,782 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)Not observed54,692 people58,798 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)Not observed18,849 people17,690 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)Not observed11,410 people10,289 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)Not observed52,830 people57,867 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)Not observed18,120 people18,357 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)Not observed11,856 people11,117 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)Not observed50,913 people56,781 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)Not observed17,521 people18,938 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)Not observed11,437 people11,423 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)Not observed49,018 people55,570 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)Not observed17,471 people19,676 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)Not observed10,686 people11,702 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)Not observed47,097 people54,174 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)Not observed17,214 people19,992 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)Not observed10,120 people11,976 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)Not observed45,263 people52,689 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)Not observed16,885 people19,867 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)Not observed10,261 people12,566 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南相馬市直方市小郡市
Population aged 0–145,099 people7,336 people8,115 people
Share of population aged 0–149.02143%13.10608%13.77385%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry2 facilities0 facilities — Confirmed zero0 facilities — Confirmed zero
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics5 people5 people4 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry2 facilities0 facilities — Confirmed zero0 facilities — Confirmed zero
Published childcare enrollment capacity947 capacity slots1,355 capacity slots1,454 capacity slots
Households with members under 183,668 households4,773 households5,510 households
Measure南相馬市直方市小郡市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 2020Not observed7,337 people8,131 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 2025Not observed6,682 people7,699 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 2030Not observed6,030 people7,196 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 2035Not observed5,655 people6,832 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 2040Not observed5,545 people6,720 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 2045Not observed5,432 people6,561 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 2050Not observed5,228 people6,288 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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