Upper age covered by inpatient child medical-cost aid, set by prefectural ordinance as the baseline every municipality must meet. Higher means more generous.
Source: Children and Families Agency — FY2024 Survey on Subsidies for Children’s Medical Costs (Appendix 3)
In 2024, Iwata-shi, Shizuoka recorded the highest Child medical aid, inpatient (age cap) (18years old) and Mizunami-shi, Gifu the lowest (12years old) among 1,891 municipalities in Japan. The national average is 17years old. Source: Children and Families Agency — FY2024 Survey on Subsidies for Children’s Medical Costs (Appendix 3).
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▲ The top 5 are tinted sky, ▼ the bottom 5 amber. Ties share a rank (standard competition ranking).
The same metric at prefecture level lives at /ranking/muni_pediatric_hospital_age_limit. For each municipality’s trend and detail, open its page from the municipality index.
Note: trend charts live on each municipality page (/municipality/{code}). This page does one thing — line up the whole country on a single axis.