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Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure下関市周南市佐賀市
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)211226
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)4,3811,8963,996
Resident population (people)243,422134,733226,481
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents8.638.9111.48
Reported beds per 100,000 residents1,799.761,407.231,764.39

“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下関市周南市佐賀市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)211226
Facilities with a reported bed count211226
Reported beds (hospital survey field)4,381 beds1,896 beds3,996 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility208.62 beds158 beds153.69 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility234 beds127.5 beds101.5 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds75 beds72.5 beds76.5 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds300 beds173.25 beds178.5 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下関市周南市佐賀市
0–99 beds7412
100–199 beds2510
200–399 beds1122
400+ beds112

下関市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
4.76%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
26.77%

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

周南市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
8.33%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
52.43%

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

佐賀市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
7.69%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
33.38%

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下関市周南市佐賀市
Housing units138,660 housing units76,150 housing units116,270 housing units
Vacant housing rate19.104284%16.87459%15.64462%
Owner-occupied housing rate65.371901%70.300315%60.995099%
Rented housing rate34.628099%29.699685%39.004901%
Floor area per dwelling95.45 m²99.35 m²99.84 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)42,437 JPY per month41,158 JPY per month47,898 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下関市周南市佐賀市
Road traffic accidents441 cases228 cases938 cases
Road traffic deaths11 people7 people2 people
Road traffic injuries530 people276 people1,215 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure下関市周南市佐賀市
Population aged 65 and over90,326 people44,734 people64,802 people
Population aged 75 and over47,776 people23,199 people33,354 people
Share of population aged 65 and over35.87511%33.77119%28.92843%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure下関市周南市佐賀市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over19,483 households9,281 households10,981 households

Care providers by provider location

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

Measure下関市周南市佐賀市
Home-visit care providers64 service providers27 service providers60 service providers
Visiting nursing providers39 service providers14 service providers30 service providers
Day-care providers66 service providers24 service providers82 service providers
Care-management providers95 service providers40 service providers69 service providers
Welfare-facility providers17 service providers7 service providers13 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下関市周南市佐賀市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)255,051 people137,540 people233,301 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)91,210 people46,398 people66,554 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)48,269 people24,060 people34,108 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)237,719 people128,307 people228,262 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)89,321 people46,210 people68,734 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)54,500 people28,101 people38,729 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)222,393 people121,048 people222,225 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)84,866 people44,758 people70,154 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)55,205 people29,009 people42,396 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)207,161 people113,580 people215,778 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)80,945 people43,754 people71,117 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)52,329 people27,806 people43,489 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)192,227 people105,936 people208,991 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)79,651 people44,064 people72,985 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)48,228 people25,899 people43,788 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)177,938 people98,471 people201,748 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)76,500 people42,469 people73,402 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)45,370 people25,016 people43,859 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)164,753 people91,413 people194,311 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)72,543 people40,030 people72,743 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)45,927 people26,108 people45,288 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下関市周南市佐賀市
Population aged 0–1453,170 people15,493 people51,516 people
Share of population aged 0–1411.18243%11.69618%13.42095%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry5 facilities2 facilities4 facilities
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics26 people19 people57 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry4 facilities2 facilities3 facilities
Published childcare enrollment capacity5,589 capacity slots2,566 capacity slots6,935 capacity slots
Households with members under 1819,592 households10,853 households20,294 households
Measure下関市周南市佐賀市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202028,194 people15,537 people30,847 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202524,285 people12,809 people28,432 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203020,425 people10,998 people25,787 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203518,068 people9,907 people24,351 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204017,099 people9,385 people23,699 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204516,169 people8,839 people23,012 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 205014,966 people8,129 people21,929 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

Source titles and official records may be in Japanese. Dates and geographic units are shown separately for each source.

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