
During the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society (ENDO 2026) held in Chicago, Natalia Vázquez-Colón, representing the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics, presented original research on the incidence of type 1 diabetes in adolescents aged 15 to 19 in Puerto Rico.
The results showed an upward trend in incidence during the 2009–2024 period. The analysis identified a significant average annual growth of 4.1%.
The research was conducted through a collaboration between the Institute of Statistics and the Pediatric Diabetes Foundation. Participation in ENDO 2026 allowed for sharing scientific evidence generated in Puerto Rico with a highly prestigious national and international audience of researchers, academics, and clinicians.
Access a copy of the presentation at: Trends in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Among Individuals Aged 15-19 Years in Puerto Rico.
DACO complies with order of the Institute of Statistics - Restart disclosure of Prevailing Gasoline Wholesaler Prices
Date: January 29, 2016
To establish the obligation of all private schools as a prerequisite for obtaining or renewing their license to operate within the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to submit evidence of having submitted the Statistical Data Form to the Puerto Rico Board of Education, which is submitted annually to private schools in Puerto Rico to be completed by them; establish the obligation to the State Office for Head Start Collaboration (OECHS) of the Office of the Governor of Puerto Rico; require that once they are once both the Public and Private School Profile and the Head Start Program Information Report (PIR) are completed, be sent both to the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics and to the Secretaries of the House of Representatives and the Senate of Puerto Rico; and establish the obligation of the Department of Education to annually submit a Report to the House of Representatives and the Senate of Puerto Rico from the informatics
Statistics Institute approves resolution ordering the resumption of the daily disclosure of the prevailing prices of gasoline wholesalers.
Date: January 19, 2016
To order the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Anti-Monopoly Practices, and the Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to carry out an exhaustive investigation to evaluate the costs, rates and conditions proposed and imposed by shipping companies that offer haulage services for importing food into Puerto Rico.
Population reduction continues in 2015
Presentan Sistema de Indicadores de Puerto Rico: http://www.indicadores.pr. El nuevo portal permite un acceso fácil y rápido a los indicadores estadísticos de mayor importancia para Puerto Rico desde un solo lugar