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  • 水俣市 · Kumamoto Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • 上天草市 · Kumamoto Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • 葦北郡 / 芦北町 · Kumamoto Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile

Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure水俣市上天草市葦北郡 / 芦北町
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)713
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)1,034165289
Resident population (people)21,63923,59214,877
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents32.354.2420.17
Reported beds per 100,000 residents4,778.41699.391,942.6

“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水俣市上天草市葦北郡 / 芦北町
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)713
Facilities with a reported bed count713
Reported beds (hospital survey field)1,034 beds165 beds289 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility147.71 beds165 beds96.33 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility119 beds165 beds44 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds60 beds165 beds42 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds190 beds165 beds124.5 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水俣市上天草市葦北郡 / 芦北町
0–99 beds302
100–199 beds210
200–399 beds201
400+ beds000

水俣市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
0%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
71.66%

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

上天草市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
0%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
Value not returned

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

葦北郡 / 芦北町

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.

Housing measures

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

Measure水俣市上天草市葦北郡 / 芦北町
Housing units12,560 housing units13,080 housing units6,980 housing units
Vacant housing rate25.318471%26.376147%17.908309%
Owner-occupied housing rate76.221498%83.050847%76.625659%
Rented housing rate23.778502%16.949153%23.374341%
Floor area per dwelling100.09 m²117.8 m²107.71 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)29,037 JPY per month30,506 JPY per month26,715 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水俣市上天草市葦北郡 / 芦北町
Road traffic accidents21 cases34 cases8 cases
Road traffic deaths0 people — Confirmed zero1 people0 people — Confirmed zero
Road traffic injuries33 people52 people12 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure水俣市上天草市葦北郡 / 芦北町
Population aged 65 and over9,624 people10,321 people7,025 people
Population aged 75 and over5,307 people5,606 people3,948 people
Share of population aged 65 and over40.92533%42.10075%44.81945%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure水俣市上天草市葦北郡 / 芦北町
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over2,071 households1,899 households1,093 households

Care providers by provider location

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

Measure水俣市上天草市葦北郡 / 芦北町
Home-visit care providers7 service providers5 service providers2 service providers
Visiting nursing providers5 service providers3 service providers6 service providers
Day-care providers4 service providers7 service providers4 service providers
Care-management providers13 service providers12 service providers7 service providers
Welfare-facility providers2 service providers4 service providers2 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水俣市上天草市葦北郡 / 芦北町
Total population — 2020 (baseline)23,557 people24,563 people15,681 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)9,635 people10,335 people7,030 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)5,307 people5,611 people3,949 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)21,298 people22,087 people13,551 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)9,459 people10,365 people6,606 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)5,705 people5,952 people3,859 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)19,372 people19,780 people11,994 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)8,868 people9,870 people6,162 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)5,857 people6,157 people3,978 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)17,526 people17,575 people10,555 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)8,231 people9,140 people5,562 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)5,655 people6,129 people3,818 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)15,812 people15,491 people9,235 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)7,670 people8,323 people4,924 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)5,172 people5,735 people3,509 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)14,207 people13,516 people8,012 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)6,934 people7,432 people4,360 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)4,657 people5,132 people3,054 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)12,700 people11,669 people6,880 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)6,270 people6,561 people3,849 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)4,277 people4,514 people2,580 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水俣市上天草市葦北郡 / 芦北町
Population aged 0–142,673 people2,541 people2,850 people
Share of population aged 0–1411.36673%10.36508%10.32921%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry1 facilities1 facilities2 facilities
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics4 people2 people12 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry1 facilities1 facilities0 facilities — Confirmed zero
Published childcare enrollment capacity664 capacity slots655 capacity slots340 capacity slots
Households with members under 181,708 households1,540 households984 households
Measure水俣市上天草市葦北郡 / 芦北町
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20202,674 people2,542 people1,619 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20252,254 people2,049 people1,245 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20301,857 people1,691 people956 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20351,558 people1,375 people799 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20401,410 people1,193 people687 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20451,313 people1,060 people611 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20501,214 people934 people543 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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