鹿児島市
- Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
- 8%
- Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
- 16.12%
Shares use facilities and bed counts reported in this snapshot; they do not rate places.
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- 大島郡 / 知名町 · Kagoshima Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
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Published measures
| Measure | 鹿児島市 | 大島郡 / 知名町 |
|---|---|---|
| Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations) | 76 | 1 |
| Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals) | 10,748 | 132 |
| Resident population (people) | 591,263 | 5,383 |
| Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents | 12.85 | 18.58 |
| Reported beds per 100,000 residents | 1,817.8 | 2,452.16 |
“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 | 鹿児島市 | 大島郡 / 知名町 |
|---|---|---|
| Listed hospitals (provider-location count) | 76 | 1 |
| Facilities with a reported bed count | 75 | 1 |
| Reported beds (hospital survey field) | 10,748 beds | 132 beds |
| Mean reported beds per reporting facility | 143.31 beds | 132 beds |
| Median reported beds per reporting facility | 89 beds | 132 beds |
| First quartile (Q1) of reported beds | 52 beds | 132 beds |
| Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds | 195 beds | 132 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 | 鹿児島市 | 大島郡 / 知名町 |
|---|---|---|
| 0–99 beds | 41 | 0 |
| 100–199 beds | 20 | 1 |
| 200–399 beds | 8 | 0 |
| 400+ beds | 6 | 0 |
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.
- Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents: 12.85 vs 18.58; absolute difference 5.73. Denominator: Resident population from the shared population release. Source periods: 1 June 2026 / 2025.
- Reported beds per 100,000 residents: 1,817.8 vs 2,452.16; absolute difference 634.36. 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 | 鹿児島市 | 大島郡 / 知名町 |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 334,270 housing units | Not published |
| Vacant housing rate | 15.28106% | Not published |
| Owner-occupied housing rate | 56.319853% | Not published |
| Rented housing rate | 43.680147% | Not published |
| Floor area per dwelling | 79.55 m² | Not published |
| Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses) | 46,830 JPY per month | Not 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 | 鹿児島市 | 大島郡 / 知名町 |
|---|---|---|
| Road traffic accidents | 1,213 cases | 2 cases |
| Road traffic deaths | 15 people | 0 people — Confirmed zero |
| Road traffic injuries | 1,336 people | 3 people |
Older population, households and care providers
Resident population
Resident-population geography.
| Measure | 鹿児島市 | 大島郡 / 知名町 |
|---|---|---|
| Population aged 65 and over | 158,804 people | 2,163 people |
| Population aged 75 and over | 78,289 people | 1,103 people |
| Share of population aged 65 and over | 28.58645% | 37.90747% |
Resident household measures
Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.
| Measure | 鹿児島市 | 大島郡 / 知名町 |
|---|---|---|
| Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over | 35,464 households | 531 households |
Care providers by provider location
Provider-location geography. Provider counts do not show where residents receive services or whether services are available.
| Measure | 鹿児島市 | 大島郡 / 知名町 |
|---|---|---|
| Home-visit care providers | 121 service providers | 1 service providers |
| Visiting nursing providers | 88 service providers | 1 service providers |
| Day-care providers | 88 service providers | Not observed |
| Care-management providers | 151 service providers | 3 service providers |
| Welfare-facility providers | 48 service providers | 1 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 | 鹿児島市 | 大島郡 / 知名町 |
|---|---|---|
| Total population — 2020 (baseline) | 593,128 people | 5,750 people |
| Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline) | 167,955 people | 2,182 people |
| Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline) | 82,458 people | 1,109 people |
| Total population — 2025 (projected) | 583,222 people | 5,294 people |
| Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected) | 178,626 people | 2,192 people |
| Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected) | 97,506 people | 1,129 people |
| Total population — 2030 (projected) | 569,338 people | 4,912 people |
| Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected) | 183,720 people | 2,090 people |
| Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected) | 110,095 people | 1,317 people |
| Total population — 2035 (projected) | 553,965 people | 4,566 people |
| Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected) | 186,714 people | 1,954 people |
| Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected) | 116,064 people | 1,381 people |
| Total population — 2040 (projected) | 536,758 people | 4,252 people |
| Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected) | 192,009 people | 1,869 people |
| Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected) | 117,086 people | 1,286 people |
| Total population — 2045 (projected) | 517,833 people | 3,934 people |
| Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected) | 193,660 people | 1,767 people |
| Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected) | 116,356 people | 1,140 people |
| Total population — 2050 (projected) | 498,125 people | 3,627 people |
| Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected) | 191,491 people | 1,690 people |
| Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected) | 119,481 people | 1,059 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 | 鹿児島市 | 大島郡 / 知名町 |
|---|---|---|
| Population aged 0–14 | 144,809 people | 798 people |
| Share of population aged 0–14 | 13.62322% | 13.98528% |
| Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry | 8 facilities | 1 facilities |
| Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics | 109 people | 1 people |
| Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry | 2 facilities | 1 facilities |
| Published childcare enrollment capacity | 13,982 capacity slots | 227 capacity slots |
| Households with members under 18 | 51,803 households | 472 households |
| Measure | 鹿児島市 | 大島郡 / 知名町 |
|---|---|---|
| Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 2020 | 77,627 people | 800 people |
| Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 2025 | 71,315 people | 671 people |
| Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 2030 | 65,200 people | 544 people |
| Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 2035 | 61,666 people | 485 people |
| Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 2040 | 59,767 people | 450 people |
| Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 2045 | 58,065 people | 436 people |
| Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 2050 | 55,547 people | 416 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
Hospital facility data
- Source agency or portal
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)
- Reference period
- 1 June 2026
- Retrieved
- 22 August 2026 at 03:30:08 UTC
Municipality directory
- Source agency or portal
- Government Statistics Portal (e-Stat) / Statistics Bureau of Japan
- Reference period
- 1 June 2026
- Retrieved
- 24 August 2026 at 02:13:46 UTC
Resident population
- Source agency or portal
- Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications / Government Statistics Portal (e-Stat)
- Reference period
- 2025
- Retrieved
- 24 August 2026 at 04:43:28 UTC
Secondary medical area mapping
- Source agency or portal
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare / Government Statistics Portal (e-Stat)
- Reference period
- 1 October 2024
- Retrieved
- 24 August 2026 at 21:55:08 UTC
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