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  • 常陸大宮市 · Ibaraki Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
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Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure水戸市つくば市常陸大宮市
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)24112
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)3,0313,201326
Resident population (people)267,467259,00037,861
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents8.974.255.28
Reported beds per 100,000 residents1,133.221,235.91861.04

“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水戸市つくば市常陸大宮市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)24112
Facilities with a reported bed count24112
Reported beds (hospital survey field)3,031 beds3,201 beds326 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility126.29 beds291 beds163 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility96 beds199 beds163 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds47.5 beds178 beds155.5 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds148 beds369.5 beds170.5 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水戸市つくば市常陸大宮市
0–99 beds1220
100–199 beds942
200–399 beds220
400+ beds130

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.

常陸大宮市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
0%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
Value not returned

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水戸市つくば市常陸大宮市
Housing units148,990 housing units131,220 housing units18,340 housing units
Vacant housing rate18.041479%8.139003%16.303162%
Owner-occupied housing rate59.731602%53.802111%87.299465%
Rented housing rate40.268398%46.197889%12.700535%
Floor area per dwelling91.44 m²89.42 m²119.25 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)48,520 JPY per month55,330 JPY per month41,340 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水戸市つくば市常陸大宮市
Road traffic accidents728 cases544 cases66 cases
Road traffic deaths11 people12 people2 people
Road traffic injuries899 people661 people94 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure水戸市つくば市常陸大宮市
Population aged 65 and over70,922 people45,697 people14,627 people
Population aged 75 and over36,916 people21,691 people7,794 people
Share of population aged 65 and over26.95844%20.4101%37.82225%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure水戸市つくば市常陸大宮市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over14,351 households5,635 households2,309 households

Care providers by provider location

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

Measure水戸市つくば市常陸大宮市
Home-visit care providers56 service providers29 service providers8 service providers
Visiting nursing providers32 service providers23 service providers1 service providers
Day-care providers54 service providers35 service providers9 service providers
Care-management providers85 service providers52 service providers11 service providers
Welfare-facility providers27 service providers13 service providers6 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水戸市つくば市常陸大宮市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)270,685 people241,656 people39,267 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)72,883 people47,925 people14,749 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)38,022 people22,773 people7,840 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)266,163 people255,190 people36,311 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)74,853 people51,274 people14,907 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)43,601 people28,329 people8,326 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)263,049 people258,539 people33,373 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)77,311 people55,527 people14,575 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)46,632 people32,119 people8,987 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)259,358 people260,524 people30,549 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)80,921 people60,811 people14,112 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)47,492 people34,236 people9,199 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)254,892 people260,559 people27,783 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)86,295 people68,302 people13,665 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)48,577 people36,375 people8,942 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)249,683 people258,692 people25,021 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)88,487 people73,787 people12,897 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)51,063 people39,678 people8,473 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)243,760 people256,124 people22,313 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)89,145 people77,910 people12,016 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)55,756 people45,606 people8,065 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水戸市つくば市常陸大宮市
Population aged 0–1465,369 people67,218 people3,632 people
Share of population aged 0–1412.80414%15.47384%9.39157%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry6 facilities4 facilities2 facilities
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics73 people83 people4 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry5 facilities1 facilities0 facilities — Confirmed zero
Published childcare enrollment capacity6,949 capacity slots9,507 capacity slots930 capacity slots
Households with members under 1824,562 households24,240 households2,688 households
Measure水戸市つくば市常陸大宮市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202033,839 people34,701 people3,681 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202531,256 people35,643 people3,020 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203028,919 people33,937 people2,428 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203527,344 people32,515 people2,013 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204026,988 people32,327 people1,749 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204526,435 people31,640 people1,522 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 205025,375 people30,335 people1,295 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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