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  • 八女郡 / 広川町 · Fukuoka Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • 薩摩郡 / さつま町 · Kagoshima Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile

Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure八女郡 / 広川町薩摩郡 / さつま町
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)44
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)450355
Resident population (people)19,14118,696
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents20.921.39
Reported beds per 100,000 residents2,350.971,898.8

“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八女郡 / 広川町薩摩郡 / さつま町
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)44
Facilities with a reported bed count44
Reported beds (hospital survey field)450 beds355 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility112.5 beds88.75 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility97.5 beds91.5 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds54.25 beds30.75 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds155.75 beds149.5 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八女郡 / 広川町薩摩郡 / さつま町
0–99 beds22
100–199 beds12
200–399 beds10
400+ beds00

八女郡 / 広川町

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
0%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
88.44%

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

薩摩郡 / さつま町

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.

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: 2,350.97 vs 1,898.8; absolute difference 452.17. Denominator: Resident population from the shared population release. Source periods: 1 June 2026 / 2025.
  • Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents: 20.9 vs 21.39; absolute difference 0.49. Denominator: Resident population from the shared population release. Source periods: 1 June 2026 / 2025.

Housing measures

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

Measure八女郡 / 広川町薩摩郡 / さつま町
Housing units9,040 housing units11,830 housing units
Vacant housing rate15.044248%28.994083%
Owner-occupied housing rate72.290809%83.573141%
Rented housing rate27.709191%16.426859%
Floor area per dwelling114.34 m²112.45 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)46,430 JPY per month23,635 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八女郡 / 広川町薩摩郡 / さつま町
Road traffic accidents77 cases16 cases
Road traffic deaths0 people — Confirmed zero0 people — Confirmed zero
Road traffic injuries103 people16 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure八女郡 / 広川町薩摩郡 / さつま町
Population aged 65 and over6,002 people8,447 people
Population aged 75 and over3,213 people4,800 people
Share of population aged 65 and over30.52278%41.8189%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure八女郡 / 広川町薩摩郡 / さつま町
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over727 households2,032 households

Care providers by provider location

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

Measure八女郡 / 広川町薩摩郡 / さつま町
Home-visit care providers4 service providers4 service providers
Visiting nursing providers4 service providers1 service providers
Day-care providers10 service providers3 service providers
Care-management providers4 service providers7 service providers
Welfare-facility providers4 service providers3 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八女郡 / 広川町薩摩郡 / さつま町
Total population — 2020 (baseline)19,969 people20,243 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)6,023 people8,457 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)3,217 people4,805 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)19,503 people17,573 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)6,313 people7,907 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)3,697 people4,678 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)18,917 people15,840 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)6,338 people7,419 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)4,000 people4,749 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)18,296 people14,289 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)6,461 people6,848 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)4,165 people4,593 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)17,651 people12,866 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)6,591 people6,305 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)4,109 people4,335 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)16,939 people11,502 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)6,637 people5,734 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)4,124 people3,892 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)16,184 people10,222 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)6,571 people5,234 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)4,194 people3,477 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八女郡 / 広川町薩摩郡 / さつま町
Population aged 0–142,671 people2,199 people
Share of population aged 0–1413.5832%10.88668%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry1 facilities0 facilities — Confirmed zero
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics1 people1 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry0 facilities — Confirmed zero0 facilities — Confirmed zero
Published childcare enrollment capacity549 capacity slots455 capacity slots
Households with members under 181,712 households1,374 households
Measure八女郡 / 広川町薩摩郡 / さつま町
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20202,677 people2,199 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20252,359 people1,710 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20302,045 people1,358 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20351,944 people1,109 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20401,878 people970 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20451,811 people880 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20501,709 people805 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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