Table1.
Population and health system indicators of Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi and Japan before and after the earthquake*
| Indicators |
Fukushima |
Miyagi |
Iwate |
Japan |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before |
After |
Before |
After |
Before |
After |
Before |
After |
|
| Population (100 000 people) |
20.5 |
19.7 |
23.3 |
23.0 |
13.5 |
13.1 |
1270.6 |
1263.9 |
| Population density (/km2) |
147.2 |
141.2 |
322.3 |
319.5 |
87.1 |
84.8 |
343.4 |
341.3 |
| Percentage of elderly over 65 (%) |
25.0 |
26.9 |
22.3 |
23.8 |
27.2 |
28.7 |
23.0 |
25.1 |
| Percentage of productive population aged 15–64 (%) |
62.5 |
60.4 |
66.0 |
63.4 |
61.4 |
59.0 |
65.8 |
62.1 |
| Fertility rate (per 1000 people) |
8.0 |
7.5 |
8.2 |
8.2 |
7.4 |
7.2 |
8.5 |
8.2 |
| Total fertility rate |
1.49 |
1.53 |
1.25 |
1.34 |
1.37 |
1.46 |
1.37 |
1.43 |
| Real GDP (trillion yen) |
7.6 |
7.6 |
8.2 |
9.1 |
4.4 |
4.7 |
512.5 |
517.5 |
| Real GDP per capita (million yen) |
3.8 |
3.9 |
3.5 |
3.8 |
3.3 |
3.6 |
4.0 |
4.1 |
| Unemployment proportion (%) |
5.1 |
3.6 |
5.7 |
4.1 |
5.1 |
3.3 |
5.1 |
4.0 |
| Percentage of job category: | ||||||||
| Primary industry (%) |
7.6 |
– |
5.0 |
– |
12.0 |
– |
4.0 |
– |
| Secondary industry (%) |
29.2 |
– |
22.1 |
– |
24.3 |
– |
23.7 |
– |
| Tertiary industry (%) |
60.0 |
– |
70.5 |
– |
62.3 |
– |
66.5 |
– |
| Crime rate (per 100 000 people) |
6.7 |
5.3 |
10.0 |
10.1 |
5.9 |
6.0 |
11.0 |
11.1 |
| Number of evacuees to the other areas in the same prefecture (per 1000 people) |
– |
60.6 |
– |
53.9 |
– |
24.7 |
– |
190.5 |
| Number of evacuees to the other prefectures (per 1000 people) | 44.1 | 6.7 | 1.5 | – | ||||
*Data before the disaster were measured in 2010. Data after the disaster were measured in 2012 (real GDP), 2015 (number of evacuees) or 2013 (other indicators). We extracted data from the portal site of Official Statistics of Japan [8].