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  • 水戸市 · Ibaraki Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • 盛岡市 · Iwate Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • つくば市 · Ibaraki Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile

Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure盛岡市水戸市つくば市
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)252411
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)4,3833,0313,201
Resident population (people)277,423267,467259,000
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents9.018.974.25
Reported beds per 100,000 residents1,579.91,133.221,235.91

“Reported beds” are not licensed, staffed, available or occupied beds. Per-population rates combine provider-location counts with resident-population denominators; they do not measure access or capacity.

Facility profile and published bed measures

Measure盛岡市水戸市つくば市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)252411
Facilities with a reported bed count252411
Reported beds (hospital survey field)4,383 beds3,031 beds3,201 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility175.32 beds126.29 beds291 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility123 beds96 beds199 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds89 beds47.5 beds178 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds231 beds148 beds369.5 beds

Bed summaries exclude records with unknown bed counts. A missing bed count is not treated as zero. These figures describe the listed facility records and do not measure capacity or access.

Distribution of listed hospitals by reported-bed band

Bands are descriptive groups of reported bed counts. They are not quality ratings or rankings.

Measure盛岡市水戸市つくば市
0–99 beds10122
100–199 beds794
200–399 beds722
400+ beds113

盛岡市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
4%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
31.92%

Shares use facilities and bed counts reported in this snapshot; they do not rate places.

水戸市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
4.17%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
37.15%

Shares use facilities and bed counts reported in this snapshot; they do not rate places.

つくば市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
27.27%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
53.23%

Shares use facilities and bed counts reported in this snapshot; they do not rate places.

Housing measures

Housing statistics describe the survey's municipal geography and reference period. They are not healthcare measures.

Measure盛岡市水戸市つくば市
Housing units155,760 housing units148,990 housing units131,220 housing units
Vacant housing rate15.620185%18.041479%8.139003%
Owner-occupied housing rate58.234924%59.731602%53.802111%
Rented housing rate41.765076%40.268398%46.197889%
Floor area per dwelling91.33 m²91.44 m²89.42 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)47,710 JPY per month48,520 JPY per month55,330 JPY per month

Road traffic safety records

These events are grouped by occurrence-location municipality, not by residents' place of residence or provider location. Counts do not measure individual risk or predict future events.

Measure盛岡市水戸市つくば市
Road traffic accidents340 cases728 cases544 cases
Road traffic deaths3 people11 people12 people
Road traffic injuries412 people899 people661 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure盛岡市水戸市つくば市
Population aged 65 and over80,035 people70,922 people45,697 people
Population aged 75 and over41,034 people36,916 people21,691 people
Share of population aged 65 and over28.42849%26.95844%20.4101%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure盛岡市水戸市つくば市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over14,458 households14,351 households5,635 households

Care providers by provider location

Provider-location geography. Provider counts do not show where residents receive services or whether services are available.

Measure盛岡市水戸市つくば市
Home-visit care providers114 service providers56 service providers29 service providers
Visiting nursing providers49 service providers32 service providers23 service providers
Day-care providers79 service providers54 service providers35 service providers
Care-management providers101 service providers85 service providers52 service providers
Welfare-facility providers22 service providers27 service providers13 service providers

Projected population

Future values are source-produced projections, not observed future outcomes. Each row retains its stated reference year and observation status.

Measure盛岡市水戸市つくば市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)289,731 people270,685 people241,656 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)81,515 people72,883 people47,925 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)41,637 people38,022 people22,773 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)282,066 people266,163 people255,190 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)85,259 people74,853 people51,274 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)48,004 people43,601 people28,329 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)272,642 people263,049 people258,539 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)87,892 people77,311 people55,527 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)52,193 people46,632 people32,119 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)262,205 people259,358 people260,524 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)89,698 people80,921 people60,811 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)54,322 people47,492 people34,236 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)250,661 people254,892 people260,559 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)92,862 people86,295 people68,302 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)55,404 people48,577 people36,375 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)238,224 people249,683 people258,692 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)93,549 people88,487 people73,787 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)55,837 people51,063 people39,678 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)225,333 people243,760 people256,124 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)91,975 people89,145 people77,910 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)58,245 people55,756 people45,606 people

Children, families and related measures

This group brings together measures with different definitions and source periods. A listed specialty or facility record is not evidence of service quality, capacity, availability or access.

This measure reports the source-published capacity as of 1 April 2025. It does not show vacancies or places currently available. Figures published only for a designated city are not allocated to its wards. Where no ward-level figure is verified, no figure is shown; this does not mean zero.

Measure盛岡市水戸市つくば市
Population aged 0–1466,072 people65,369 people67,218 people
Share of population aged 0–1411.93545%12.80414%15.47384%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry4 facilities6 facilities4 facilities
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics37 people73 people83 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry2 facilities5 facilities1 facilities
Published childcare enrollment capacity7,340 capacity slots6,949 capacity slots9,507 capacity slots
Households with members under 1824,690 households24,562 households24,240 households
Measure盛岡市水戸市つくば市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202033,724 people33,839 people34,701 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202529,843 people31,256 people35,643 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203026,455 people28,919 people33,937 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203524,423 people27,344 people32,515 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204023,272 people26,988 people32,327 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204522,057 people26,435 people31,640 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 205020,358 people25,375 people30,335 people

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  • Values are descriptive statistics based on the same published facility snapshot.
  • Facilities with unknown bed counts are excluded from bed mean, median and distribution summaries; missing bed counts are not treated as zero.
  • Numeric differences describe facility composition. They do not indicate healthcare quality, capacity, access, need, adequacy, superiority or rank.
  • Population-denominated measures use the Basic Resident Register reference date as descriptive context; they do not measure need, access, quality, adequacy or superiority.
  • When a municipality has a zero population denominator, rates per 100,000 residents are not displayed, to avoid division by zero.

Sources and reference periods

Source titles and official records may be in Japanese. Dates and geographic units are shown separately for each source.

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