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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
  • 日立市 · Ibaraki Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile

Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure日立市つくば市長岡市
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)131111
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)2,4753,2013,612
Resident population (people)163,855259,000255,261
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents7.934.254.31
Reported beds per 100,000 residents1,510.481,235.911,415.02

“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日立市つくば市長岡市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)131111
Facilities with a reported bed count131111
Reported beds (hospital survey field)2,475 beds3,201 beds3,612 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility190.38 beds291 beds328.36 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility198 beds199 beds330 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds51 beds178 beds202.5 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds273 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日立市つくば市長岡市
0–99 beds620
100–199 beds143
200–399 beds523
400+ beds135

日立市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
7.69%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
48.85%

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.

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.

Housing measures

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

Measure日立市つくば市長岡市
Housing units91,550 housing units131,220 housing units120,650 housing units
Vacant housing rate16.67941%8.139003%13.460423%
Owner-occupied housing rate69.425791%53.802111%74.794981%
Rented housing rate30.574209%46.197889%25.205019%
Floor area per dwelling100.86 m²89.42 m²126.39 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)41,886 JPY per month55,330 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日立市つくば市長岡市
Road traffic accidents269 cases544 cases262 cases
Road traffic deaths7 people12 people6 people
Road traffic injuries347 people661 people285 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure日立市つくば市長岡市
Population aged 65 and over56,525 people45,697 people83,371 people
Population aged 75 and over30,984 people21,691 people43,143 people
Share of population aged 65 and over32.89857%20.4101%31.57634%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure日立市つくば市長岡市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over10,265 households5,635 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日立市つくば市長岡市
Home-visit care providers34 service providers29 service providers39 service providers
Visiting nursing providers15 service providers23 service providers17 service providers
Day-care providers41 service providers35 service providers47 service providers
Care-management providers45 service providers52 service providers59 service providers
Welfare-facility providers13 service 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日立市つくば市長岡市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)174,508 people241,656 people266,936 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)57,404 people47,925 people83,873 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)31,453 people22,773 people43,348 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)160,753 people255,190 people256,456 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)56,918 people51,274 people84,295 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)35,024 people28,329 people48,724 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)149,141 people258,539 people245,260 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)55,742 people55,527 people83,352 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)35,412 people32,119 people51,854 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)137,328 people260,524 people233,826 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)55,566 people60,811 people82,755 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)33,474 people34,236 people51,626 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)125,845 people260,559 people221,942 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)56,562 people68,302 people84,271 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)32,202 people36,375 people50,128 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)114,894 people258,692 people209,566 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)54,217 people73,787 people83,686 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)32,671 people39,678 people49,111 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)104,391 people256,124 people197,104 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)50,869 people77,910 people81,099 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)34,487 people45,606 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日立市つくば市長岡市
Population aged 0–1433,347 people67,218 people54,970 people
Share of population aged 0–1410.23479%15.47384%11.84335%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry3 facilities4 facilities5 facilities
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics10 people83 people44 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry1 facilities1 facilities2 facilities
Published childcare enrollment capacity2,737 capacity slots9,507 capacity slots7,002 capacity slots
Households with members under 1813,477 households24,240 households22,768 households
Measure日立市つくば市長岡市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202017,592 people34,701 people31,332 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202513,813 people35,643 people27,318 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203010,919 people33,937 people23,902 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20359,164 people32,515 people21,871 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20408,459 people32,327 people20,842 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20457,602 people31,640 people19,598 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 20506,537 people30,335 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

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