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  • つくば市 · Ibaraki Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • 長岡市 · Niigata Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile

Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measureつくば市長岡市
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)1111
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)3,2013,612
Resident population (people)259,000255,261
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents4.254.31
Reported beds per 100,000 residents1,235.911,415.02

“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つくば市長岡市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)1111
Facilities with a reported bed count1111
Reported beds (hospital survey field)3,201 beds3,612 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility291 beds328.36 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility199 beds330 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds178 beds202.5 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds369.5 beds425 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つくば市長岡市
0–99 beds20
100–199 beds43
200–399 beds23
400+ beds35

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.

長岡市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
45.45%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
41.11%

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.

  • Share of hospitals with 400 or more reported beds: 27.27% vs 45.45%; absolute difference 18.18 percentage points. Denominator: Facilities with reported bed values in the shared facility snapshot. Source periods: 1 June 2026.
  • Reported beds per 100,000 residents: 1,235.91 vs 1,415.02; absolute difference 179.11. Denominator: Resident population from the shared population release. Source periods: 1 June 2026 / 2025.
  • Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents: 4.25 vs 4.31; absolute difference 0.06. 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つくば市長岡市
Housing units131,220 housing units120,650 housing units
Vacant housing rate8.139003%13.460423%
Owner-occupied housing rate53.802111%74.794981%
Rented housing rate46.197889%25.205019%
Floor area per dwelling89.42 m²126.39 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)55,330 JPY per month49,325 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つくば市長岡市
Road traffic accidents544 cases262 cases
Road traffic deaths12 people6 people
Road traffic injuries661 people285 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measureつくば市長岡市
Population aged 65 and over45,697 people83,371 people
Population aged 75 and over21,691 people43,143 people
Share of population aged 65 and over20.4101%31.57634%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measureつくば市長岡市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over5,635 households11,226 households

Care providers by provider location

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

Measureつくば市長岡市
Home-visit care providers29 service providers39 service providers
Visiting nursing providers23 service providers17 service providers
Day-care providers35 service providers47 service providers
Care-management providers52 service providers59 service providers
Welfare-facility providers13 service providers20 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つくば市長岡市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)241,656 people266,936 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)47,925 people83,873 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)22,773 people43,348 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)255,190 people256,456 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)51,274 people84,295 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)28,329 people48,724 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)258,539 people245,260 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)55,527 people83,352 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)32,119 people51,854 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)260,524 people233,826 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)60,811 people82,755 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)34,236 people51,626 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)260,559 people221,942 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)68,302 people84,271 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)36,375 people50,128 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)258,692 people209,566 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)73,787 people83,686 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)39,678 people49,111 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)256,124 people197,104 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)77,910 people81,099 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)45,606 people50,828 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つくば市長岡市
Population aged 0–1467,218 people54,970 people
Share of population aged 0–1415.47384%11.84335%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry4 facilities5 facilities
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics83 people44 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry1 facilities2 facilities
Published childcare enrollment capacity9,507 capacity slots7,002 capacity slots
Households with members under 1824,240 households22,768 households
Measureつくば市長岡市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202034,701 people31,332 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202535,643 people27,318 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203033,937 people23,902 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203532,515 people21,871 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204032,327 people20,842 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204531,640 people19,598 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 205030,335 people17,862 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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