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  • 下益城郡 / 美里町 · Kumamoto Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • 熊本市 / 中央区 · Kumamoto Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile

Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure熊本市 / 中央区下益城郡 / 美里町
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)342
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)5,061138
Resident population (people)176,5758,632
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents19.2623.17
Reported beds per 100,000 residents2,866.21,598.7

“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 / 中央区下益城郡 / 美里町
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)342
Facilities with a reported bed count342
Reported beds (hospital survey field)5,061 beds138 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility148.85 beds69 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility98 beds69 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds50.25 beds52 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds179.5 beds86 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 / 中央区下益城郡 / 美里町
0–99 beds171
100–199 beds111
200–399 beds40
400+ beds20

熊本市 / 中央区

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
5.88%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
32.5%

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

下益城郡 / 美里町

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.

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: 2,866.2 vs 1,598.7; absolute difference 1,267.5. Denominator: Resident population from the shared population release. Source periods: 1 June 2026 / 2025.
  • Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents: 19.26 vs 23.17; absolute difference 3.91. 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熊本市 / 中央区下益城郡 / 美里町
Housing units121,230 housing unitsNot published
Vacant housing rate15.441722%Not published
Owner-occupied housing rate41.556701%Not published
Rented housing rate58.443299%Not published
Floor area per dwelling67.84 m²Not published
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)50,397 JPY per monthNot published

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 / 中央区下益城郡 / 美里町
Road traffic accidents434 cases3 cases
Road traffic deaths7 people0 people — Confirmed zero
Road traffic injuries502 people4 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure熊本市 / 中央区下益城郡 / 美里町
Population aged 65 and over42,812 people4,416 people
Population aged 75 and over21,615 people2,577 people
Share of population aged 65 and over24.04655%47.01874%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure熊本市 / 中央区下益城郡 / 美里町
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over11,187 households629 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 / 中央区下益城郡 / 美里町
Home-visit care providers80 service providers3 service providers
Visiting nursing providers47 service providers3 service providers
Day-care providers27 service providers3 service providers
Care-management providers65 service providers6 service providers
Welfare-facility providers4 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熊本市 / 中央区下益城郡 / 美里町
Total population — 2020 (baseline)187,502 people9,392 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)44,476 people4,416 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)22,252 people2,577 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)187,189 people8,364 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)46,687 people4,263 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)25,390 people2,528 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)185,333 people7,470 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)49,015 people3,996 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)27,511 people2,593 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)182,863 people6,665 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)51,357 people3,618 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)28,865 people2,601 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)179,189 people5,927 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)54,439 people3,291 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)30,134 people2,443 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)174,360 people5,192 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)55,867 people2,995 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)31,347 people2,118 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)169,200 people4,484 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)56,005 people2,704 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)33,523 people1,824 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 / 中央区下益城郡 / 美里町
Population aged 0–1420,774 people778 people
Share of population aged 0–1411.6683%8.28365%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry7 facilities1 facilities
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics67 people1 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry4 facilities0 facilities — Confirmed zero
Published childcare enrollment capacityNot observed170 capacity slots
Households with members under 1814,998 households496 households
Measure熊本市 / 中央区下益城郡 / 美里町
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202020,871 people778 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202519,775 people594 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203018,816 people488 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203518,135 people403 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204017,822 people349 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204517,377 people308 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 205016,618 people267 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.

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