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  • 八代市 · Kumamoto Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • 熊本市 / 南区 · Kumamoto Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • 熊本市 / 西区 · Kumamoto Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile

Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure熊本市 / 西区熊本市 / 南区八代市
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)8169
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)1,0413,1832,103
Resident population (people)90,147133,843120,023
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents8.8711.957.5
Reported beds per 100,000 residents1,154.782,378.161,752.16

“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熊本市 / 西区熊本市 / 南区八代市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)8169
Facilities with a reported bed count8169
Reported beds (hospital survey field)1,041 beds3,183 beds2,103 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility130.12 beds198.94 beds233.67 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility128 beds160 beds199 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds72 beds126.5 beds149 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds188.25 beds198.5 beds290 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熊本市 / 西区熊本市 / 南区八代市
0–99 beds431
100–199 beds394
200–399 beds122
400+ beds022

熊本市 / 西区

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
0%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
58.02%

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

熊本市 / 南区

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
12.5%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
43.7%

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

八代市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
22.22%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
53.26%

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熊本市 / 西区熊本市 / 南区八代市
Housing units47,780 housing units58,610 housing units58,400 housing units
Vacant housing rate14.462118%11.704487%16.181507%
Owner-occupied housing rate58.215115%64.091816%69.462228%
Rented housing rate41.784885%35.908184%30.537772%
Floor area per dwelling88.55 m²99.15 m²107.92 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)45,805 JPY per month48,336 JPY per month40,420 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熊本市 / 西区熊本市 / 南区八代市
Road traffic accidents136 cases202 cases118 cases
Road traffic deaths4 people1 people3 people
Road traffic injuries172 people244 people145 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure熊本市 / 西区熊本市 / 南区八代市
Population aged 65 and over27,524 people34,600 people42,131 people
Population aged 75 and over14,553 people17,835 people22,619 people
Share of population aged 65 and over30.87312%26.81381%34.57442%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure熊本市 / 西区熊本市 / 南区八代市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over5,217 households4,765 households6,739 households

Care providers by provider location

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

Measure熊本市 / 西区熊本市 / 南区八代市
Home-visit care providers36 service providers58 service providers53 service providers
Visiting nursing providers19 service providers42 service providers26 service providers
Day-care providers25 service providers36 service providers36 service providers
Care-management providers36 service providers62 service providers41 service providers
Welfare-facility providers7 service providers8 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熊本市 / 西区熊本市 / 南区八代市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)91,177 people130,829 people123,067 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)28,033 people35,052 people42,433 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)14,773 people18,047 people22,744 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)89,445 people132,524 people117,245 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)28,530 people37,076 people42,438 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)16,670 people21,103 people24,672 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)87,405 people133,018 people111,165 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)28,654 people38,421 people41,516 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)17,657 people23,451 people25,825 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)85,208 people132,915 people105,018 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)28,934 people39,469 people40,150 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)17,846 people24,657 people25,638 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)82,819 people132,135 people98,891 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)29,433 people41,715 people39,127 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)17,681 people25,175 people24,656 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)80,222 people130,530 people92,810 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)29,405 people43,108 people37,614 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)17,708 people25,291 people23,364 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)77,594 people128,236 people86,864 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)29,002 people43,870 people35,919 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)18,123 people26,885 people22,733 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熊本市 / 西区熊本市 / 南区八代市
Population aged 0–1410,822 people20,812 people26,272 people
Share of population aged 0–1412.13882%16.12858%12.04619%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry2 facilities2 facilities1 facilities
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics9 people12 people10 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry0 facilities — Confirmed zero0 facilities — Confirmed zero1 facilities
Published childcare enrollment capacityNot observedNot observed4,223 capacity slots
Households with members under 187,528 households13,497 households9,711 households
Measure熊本市 / 西区熊本市 / 南区八代市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202010,868 people20,883 people14,716 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202510,305 people20,405 people13,417 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20309,739 people19,481 people11,995 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20359,328 people18,867 people11,092 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20409,134 people18,778 people10,444 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20458,914 people18,664 people9,818 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20508,570 people18,166 people9,087 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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