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Registered and licensed practical nurses (per 100,000 people)
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Economy
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Housing
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Safety
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Culture & Leisure
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Climate
7
Population & Vitality
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Doctors (per 100k)
Nurses (per 100k)
General hospital beds (per 100k)
Home-care helpers (per 100k)
Nursing homes (per 100k elderly)
Suicide rate (per 100k)
Healthy life expectancy (women)
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Healthcare · National ranking
Nurses (per 100k)
As of 2022
Official latest
Nurses working in medical facilities per 100,000 people. The labor force of acute-care medicine.
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Kochi
1,632
people
2
Kagoshima
1,544
people
3
Saga
1,535
people
4
Nagasaki
1,524
people
5
Kumamoto
1,511
people
6
Oita
1,469
people
7
Miyazaki
1,454
people
8
Yamaguchi
1,429
people
9
Tokushima
1,397
people
10
Tottori
1,370
people
11
Fukuoka
1,319
people
12
Shimane
1,294
people
13
Ehime
1,283
people
14
Kagawa
1,283
people
15
Hokkaido
1,275
people
16
Ishikawa
1,214
people
17
Hiroshima
1,207
people
18
Okayama
1,199
people
19
Wakayama
1,194
people
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Toyama
1,167
people
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