## Day-Care Centers, etc

Detailed Data 1 Changes in Number of Day-Care Centers, etc.

(As of April 1 of each year)

Year	Number of day-care centers	Capacity of day-care centers	Number of children enrolled in day-care centers
Total (centers)	Publicly managed (Public, from 2004)	Privately managed (Private, from 2004)	Total (centers)	Publicly managed (Public, from 2004)	Privately managed (Private, from 2004)	Total (centers)	Publicly managed (Public, from 2004)	Privately managed (Private, from 2004)
1999	22,270	12,875	9,395	1,917,536	1,099,603	817,933	1,736,390	925,412	810,978
2000	22,195	12,723	9,472	1,923,157	1,092,911	830,246	1,788,425	945,784	842,641
2001	22,214	12,589	9,625	1,936,881	1,086,452	850,429	1,828,225	954,781	873,444
2002	22,268	12,426	9,842	1,957,504	1,080,335	877,169	1,879,568	967,901	911,667
2003	22,354	12,246	10,108	1,991,145	1,074,521	916,624	1,920,599	970,405	950,194
2004	22,490	12,358	10,132	2,028,110	1,100,268	927,842	1,966,958	1,002,001	964,957
2005	22,570	12,090	10,480	2,052,635	1,087,834	964,801	1,993,796	987,854	1,005,942
2006	22,699	11,848	10,851	2,079,317	1,076,548	1,002,769	2,004,238	967,503	1,036,735
2007	22,848	11,602	11,246	2,105,254	1,063,369	1,041,885	2,015,337	944,566	1,070,771
2008	22,909	11,327	11,582	2,120,934	1,046,694	1,074,240	2,022,227	919,559	1,102,668
2009	22,925	11,009	11,916	2,131,929	1,025,838	1,106,091	2,040,934	901,119	1,139,815
2010	23,069	10,760	12,309	2,158,045	1,010,317	1,147,728	2,080,072	890,477	1,189,595
2011	22,959	10,242	12,717	2,170,898	973,004	1,197,894	2,094,552	856,687	1,237,865
2012	23,685	10,280	13,405	2,240,424	978,870	1,261,554	2,177,158	865,557	1,311,601
2013	24,043	10,038	14,005	2,289,303	965,705	1,323,598	2,219,634	849,680	1,369,954

Source: “Report on Social Welfare Administration and Services”, Statistics and Information Department, Minister's Secretariat, MHLW (Note) 1. Categories of “Publicly managed” and “Privately managed” were changed to “Public” and “Private” in 2004.

2. The figures for 2011 exclude Miyagi Prefecture (but do not exclude Sendai City) and Fukushima Prefecture (but do not exclude Koriyama City and Iwaki City) and the figures for 2012 exclude some parts of Fukushima Prefecture (but do not exclude Koriyama City and Iwaki City) due to the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

3. The figures for 2013 are approximates.

Detailed Data 2 Changes in Number of Children's Recreation Facilities Established

Year	Child centers	Child play space
Total	Public managed	Private managed	Total	Public managed	Private managed
1965	544	412	132	...	...	...
1970	1,417	1,295	122	2,141	2,049	92
1975	2,117	1,769	348	3,234	3,097	137
1980	2,815	2,376	439	4,237	4,092	145
1985	3,517	2,943	574	4,173	4,025	148
1990	3,840	3,137	703	4,103	3,958	145
1995	4,154	3,275	879	4,150	3,975	175
1997	4,267	3,312	955	4,181	4,007	174
1998	4,323	3,287	1,036	4,152	3,984	168
1999	4,368	3,295	1,073	4,143	3,995	148
2000	4,420	3,259	1,161	4,107	3,933	174
2001	4,577	3,255	1,322	4,025	3,840	185
2002	4,611	3,244	1,367	3,985	3,799	186
2003	4,673	3,210	1,463	3,926	3,741	185
2004	4,693	3,187	1,506	3,827	3,646	181
2005	4,716	3,200	1,516	3,802	3,643	159
2006	4,718	3,125	1,593	3,649	3,477	172
2007	4,700	3,051	1,649	3,600	3,430	170
2008	4,689	3,022	1,667	3,455	3,292	163
2009	4,360	2,757	1,603	3,407	3,298	109
2010	4,345	2,732	1,613	3,283	3,193	90
2011	4,318	2,673	1,645	3,164	3,096	68
2012	4,617	2,869	1,748	3,065	2,997	68

Source: “Survey of Social Welfare Institutions”, Statistics and Information Department, Minister's Secretariat, MHLW

(Note) The figures up to 1970 are compiled as of the end of December and the figures from 1975 onward are compiled as of October 1 of each year.

There has been a change in the response rate for 2009 due to the different survey methods, etc.

Some parts of Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures were not surveyed in 2011 due to the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

The figures for 2012 are of facilities in operation among those recognized by prefectures, designated cities, and core cities.