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  • 笠間市 · Ibaraki Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • 守谷市 · Ibaraki Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • 常総市 · Ibaraki Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile

Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure常総市笠間市守谷市
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)453
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)5511,215555
Resident population (people)60,59672,56770,900
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents6.66.894.23
Reported beds per 100,000 residents909.31,674.31782.79

“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常総市笠間市守谷市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)453
Facilities with a reported bed count453
Reported beds (hospital survey field)551 beds1,215 beds555 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility137.75 beds243 beds185 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility122 beds115 beds178 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds112 beds45 beds178 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds147.75 beds500 beds188.5 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常総市笠間市守谷市
0–99 beds120
100–199 beds213
200–399 beds100
400+ beds020

常総市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
0%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
84.03%

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

笠間市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
40%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
93.83%

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

守谷市

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.

Housing measures

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

Measure常総市笠間市守谷市
Housing units25,620 housing units34,560 housing units30,140 housing units
Vacant housing rate12.763466%15.422454%6.370272%
Owner-occupied housing rate78.721374%81.805259%75.810565%
Rented housing rate21.278626%18.194741%24.189435%
Floor area per dwelling121.94 m²114.83 m²103.36 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)40,617 JPY per month41,561 JPY per month63,077 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常総市笠間市守谷市
Road traffic accidents95 cases128 cases169 cases
Road traffic deaths2 people3 people0 people — Confirmed zero
Road traffic injuries117 people161 people203 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure常総市笠間市守谷市
Population aged 65 and over18,316 people23,420 people15,847 people
Population aged 75 and over8,851 people11,468 people6,590 people
Share of population aged 65 and over30.39546%32.3955%23.28113%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure常総市笠間市守谷市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over2,073 households3,353 households2,036 households

Care providers by provider location

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

Measure常総市笠間市守谷市
Home-visit care providers5 service providers15 service providers10 service providers
Visiting nursing providers4 service providers6 service providers10 service providers
Day-care providers12 service providers14 service providers16 service providers
Care-management providers17 service providers17 service providers14 service providers
Welfare-facility providers8 service providers8 service providers4 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常総市笠間市守谷市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)60,834 people73,173 people68,421 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)18,386 people23,638 people15,920 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)8,868 people11,573 people6,618 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)58,374 people69,809 people70,289 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)18,720 people24,232 people17,364 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)10,516 people13,564 people9,421 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)55,740 people66,140 people72,593 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)18,571 people24,276 people18,084 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)11,527 people14,970 people11,211 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)53,047 people62,228 people74,264 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)18,630 people24,154 people19,361 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)11,491 people15,100 people11,459 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)50,278 people58,126 people75,328 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)19,064 people24,315 people21,485 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)11,055 people14,697 people11,383 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)47,434 people53,973 people75,950 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)18,913 people23,738 people22,946 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)10,946 people14,311 people12,127 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)44,611 people49,917 people76,203 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)18,336 people22,675 people23,963 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)11,437 people14,545 people13,910 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常総市笠間市守谷市
Population aged 0–1411,126 people10,684 people10,301 people
Share of population aged 0–1411.52027%11.39099%15.1334%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry1 facilities1 facilities1 facilities
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics3 people3 people10 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry0 facilities — Confirmed zero1 facilities0 facilities — Confirmed zero
Published childcare enrollment capacity1,022 capacity slots1,570 capacity slots2,064 capacity slots
Households with members under 185,065 households5,892 households7,435 households
Measure常総市笠間市守谷市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20206,961 people8,245 people10,303 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20255,757 people7,189 people10,048 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20304,899 people6,156 people9,642 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20354,415 people5,412 people9,513 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20404,246 people4,994 people9,816 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20453,996 people4,598 people9,921 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20503,627 people4,181 people9,749 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

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