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故事地圖

Map shows the number of general and psychiatric hospitals (2007), expressed in graduated symbol, against the background of population (2005) in graduated colour by prefectures in Japan. The size of the orange balloon is proportional to the number of hospitals; while the darker the colour of the prefecture indicates the higher the population.

As the highest population area in Japan, Tokyo-to has the largest number of general and psychiatric hospitals. The second highest population area is Osaka-fu, followed by Kanagawa-ken. Hokkaido has the second largest number of general and psychiatric hospitals, followed by Osaka-fu.

Like other developed countries, the map shows that hospital services are often centralised in metropolitan cities where the demand is often the highest.

地圖顯示全日本都道府縣二零零七年一般及精神病醫院的數字以漸變圖示 ，橙色圓形越大指醫院越多。背景漸變顏色則代表二零零五年都道府縣人口，顏色越深指人口越高。

東京都是全國最高人口地方，一般及精神病醫院數目也是全日本之冠。大阪府有全國第二高的人口數字，其次是神奈川縣。僅次於東京都，北海道擁有全日本第二高的一般及精神病醫院數目，而大阪府則名列第三。

從地圖可見，基於人民的醫療需求，醫院一般集中於人口眾多的大城市，情況與得多已發展國家無異。