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  • 西都市 · Miyazaki Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • 釜石市 · Iwate Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile

Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure釜石市西都市
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)44
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)593487
Resident population (people)28,93428,078
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents13.8214.25
Reported beds per 100,000 residents2,049.491,734.45

“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釜石市西都市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)44
Facilities with a reported bed count44
Reported beds (hospital survey field)593 beds487 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility148.25 beds121.75 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility154.5 beds122 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds141.5 beds85.25 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds161.25 beds158.5 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釜石市西都市
0–99 beds02
100–199 beds42
200–399 beds00
400+ beds00

釜石市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
0%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
82.46%

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

西都市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
0%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
86.04%

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: 2,049.49 vs 1,734.45; absolute difference 315.04. Denominator: Resident population from the shared population release. Source periods: 1 June 2026 / 2025.
  • Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents: 13.82 vs 14.25; absolute difference 0.43. 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釜石市西都市
Housing units18,740 housing units14,430 housing units
Vacant housing rate24.066169%18.641719%
Owner-occupied housing rate68.115942%76.460177%
Rented housing rate31.884058%23.539823%
Floor area per dwelling104.55 m²105.76 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)32,883 JPY per month33,310 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釜石市西都市
Road traffic accidents13 cases51 cases
Road traffic deaths1 people2 people
Road traffic injuries13 people51 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure釜石市西都市
Population aged 65 and over12,778 people10,826 people
Population aged 75 and over7,182 people5,777 people
Share of population aged 65 and over40.10546%38.28147%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure釜石市西都市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over2,837 households2,104 households

Care providers by provider location

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

Measure釜石市西都市
Home-visit care providers9 service providers11 service providers
Visiting nursing providers4 service providers5 service providers
Day-care providers8 service providers9 service providers
Care-management providers11 service providers13 service providers
Welfare-facility providers3 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釜石市西都市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)32,078 people28,610 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)12,833 people10,944 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)7,200 people5,834 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)28,967 people26,518 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)11,786 people10,810 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)7,114 people6,310 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)26,131 people24,532 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)11,049 people10,416 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)7,106 people6,659 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)23,422 people22,587 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)10,347 people9,827 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)6,485 people6,607 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)20,908 people20,669 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)9,691 people9,420 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)6,007 people6,233 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)18,554 people18,775 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)8,975 people8,889 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)5,640 people5,658 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)16,363 people16,977 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)8,173 people8,249 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)5,329 people5,366 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釜石市西都市
Population aged 0–142,949 people3,287 people
Share of population aged 0–149.25583%11.62306%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry1 facilities0 facilities — Confirmed zero
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics2 people1 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry1 facilities0 facilities — Confirmed zero
Published childcare enrollment capacity675 capacity slots847 capacity slots
Households with members under 182,128 households2,171 households
Measure釜石市西都市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20202,950 people3,303 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20252,396 people2,779 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20301,941 people2,405 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20351,687 people2,084 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20401,496 people1,889 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20451,287 people1,722 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20501,062 people1,560 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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