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  • 北茨城市 · Ibaraki Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • 水戸市 · Ibaraki Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile

Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure水戸市北茨城市
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)243
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)3,031440
Resident population (people)267,46740,014
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents8.977.5
Reported beds per 100,000 residents1,133.221,099.62

“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水戸市北茨城市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)243
Facilities with a reported bed count243
Reported beds (hospital survey field)3,031 beds440 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility126.29 beds146.67 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility96 beds181 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds47.5 beds128.5 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds148 beds182 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水戸市北茨城市
0–99 beds121
100–199 beds92
200–399 beds20
400+ beds10

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.

北茨城市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
0%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
100%

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

Differences in the selected measures

These are descriptive numerical differences based on this comparison. They do not imply that either place is better, worse, adequately served or underserved.

  • Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents: 8.97 vs 7.5; absolute difference 1.47. Denominator: Resident population from the shared population release. Source periods: 1 June 2026 / 2025.
  • Reported beds per 100,000 residents: 1,133.22 vs 1,099.62; absolute difference 33.6. Denominator: Resident population from the shared population release. Source periods: 1 June 2026 / 2025.

Housing measures

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

Measure水戸市北茨城市
Housing units148,990 housing units20,840 housing units
Vacant housing rate18.041479%20.393474%
Owner-occupied housing rate59.731602%78.299492%
Rented housing rate40.268398%21.700508%
Floor area per dwelling91.44 m²109.52 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)48,520 JPY per month40,190 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水戸市北茨城市
Road traffic accidents728 cases63 cases
Road traffic deaths11 people2 people
Road traffic injuries899 people83 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure水戸市北茨城市
Population aged 65 and over70,922 people14,335 people
Population aged 75 and over36,916 people6,960 people
Share of population aged 65 and over26.95844%34.50143%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure水戸市北茨城市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over14,351 households2,401 households

Care providers by provider location

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

Measure水戸市北茨城市
Home-visit care providers56 service providers13 service providers
Visiting nursing providers32 service providers3 service providers
Day-care providers54 service providers6 service providers
Care-management providers85 service providers15 service providers
Welfare-facility providers27 service providers3 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水戸市北茨城市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)270,685 people41,801 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)72,883 people14,392 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)38,022 people6,980 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)266,163 people38,946 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)74,853 people14,877 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)43,601 people7,926 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)263,049 people36,023 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)77,311 people14,773 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)46,632 people8,819 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)259,358 people33,031 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)80,921 people14,202 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)47,492 people9,044 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)254,892 people29,983 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)86,295 people13,663 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)48,577 people8,799 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)249,683 people26,959 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)88,487 people12,778 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)51,063 people8,172 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)243,760 people24,023 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)89,145 people11,903 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)55,756 people7,723 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水戸市北茨城市
Population aged 0–1465,369 people4,368 people
Share of population aged 0–1412.80414%10.51289%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry6 facilities1 facilities
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics73 peopleNot observed
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry5 facilities1 facilities
Published childcare enrollment capacity6,949 capacity slots698 capacity slots
Households with members under 1824,562 households3,094 households
Measure水戸市北茨城市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202033,839 people4,373 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202531,256 people3,687 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203028,919 people3,076 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203527,344 people2,546 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204026,988 people2,236 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204526,435 people1,949 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 205025,375 people1,700 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.

A missing numeric value is not converted to zero. Open a municipality profile to see its source details and geographic context.