The pace of population aging in Puerto Rico has accelerated

The pace of population aging in Puerto Rico has accelerated

This is indicated by the demographic features of the 2020 Census

San Juan, PR, May 25, 2023 — The U.S. Census Bureau today released data on population and housing characteristics based on the 2020 Decennial Census. The data covers a variety of demographics, race and Hispanic origin, household composition, and more. In turn, the data respond to another segment of the main tables that are usually published for each decennial census. The information is available for various geographic levels, such as the United States, states, Puerto Rico, municipalities in Puerto Rico, counties in the United States and census tracts. These statistics refer to April 1, 2020. Representing the U.S. Census Bureau's Census Data and Information Center Network (SDC-PR) in Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute (Institute) reported several findings from the new publication:

1) Compared to the 2010 Decennial Census, compared to the most recent list available Decennial Census 2020, both with a reference date of April 1, 2020, the data indicate that:

• The median age of the total population in Puerto Rico increased by about eight (8) years, from 36.9 (2010) to 45.2 (2020) in the decade.
• The increase reflected in Puerto Rico was markedly different from the rate of aging reflected in the same period in other jurisdictions, with the closest increases of three (3) years in the median age in the states of Arizona and Mississippi.
• The median age by sex in Puerto Rico changed from 35.1 to 43.5 years for men and from 38.6 to 46.6 years for women.

2) With regard to the sex distribution of the population in Puerto Rico:

• This went from 48% men and 52% women (Census 2010) to a distribution of 47% men and 53% women (Census 2020).
• The ratio indicator for sex dropped from 92.0 (2010 Census) to 89.7 (2020 Census), which suggests that there were about 90 men per 100 women in Puerto Rico in 2020.

3) The tenure of total occupied housing in Puerto Rico (1,376,531) according to the 2020 Census, was shown to be comprised of 70.2% by landlords and 29.8% by renters.

“The published data are of the utmost importance. The breakdowns that were not available by age, sex and housing, according to the most recent enumeration, now make it possible to adjust the bases of estimates and projections, as well as to provide an updated framework for statistical sampling of households or populations at different geographical levels,” said Alberto L. Velázquez-Estrada, Senior Manager of Statistical Projects at the Institute.

The U.S. Census Bureau published an interactive summary that allows us to view various interesting published data from the 2020 Census, and provides a comparison with the previous Decennial Censuses 2000 and 2010. The visualization can be accessed at: https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/how-has-our-nations-population-changed.html.

All the tables published about the 2020 Census can be accessed in the data dissemination tool of the U.S. Census Bureau: data.census.gov. In addition, as the leading entity of the State Data Center of Puerto Rico, the Institute manages the SDC website, which contains the main statistical reports and publications of the U.S. Census Bureau on Puerto Rico, specifically those that are most in demand, such as annual population estimates; the Puerto Rico Community Survey (Puerto Rico Community Survey) and official statistics on Puerto Rico's decennial population and housing censuses, among others. The Puerto Rico SDC website can be accessed through: censo.estadisticas.pr.

The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute is an autonomous governmental entity responsible for coordinating the Government's statistical production service to ensure that the data collection and statistics systems, on which public policies are based, are complete, reliable, and have quick and universal access.

For more information you can visit the website: www.estadisticas.pr.gov or write to preguntas@estadisticas.pr. They can also follow social networks through Facebook (@estadisticas .pr), Twitter (@EstadisticasPR), LinkedIn (Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico) and Instagram (@institutodeestadisticas) accounts.

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PRESS RELEASE

DR. MARIO MARAZZI-SANTIAGO

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

INSTITUTE WILL CONTINUE TO INVEST IN PLANNING BOARD STATISTICS

The decision makes it easier for the Planning Board to comply with the methodological changes

required for Puerto Rico's economy to be included in that of the United States

San Juan, PR, July 6, 2018 — The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute (Institute) announced today that its Board of Directors recently approved continuing to financially support the work of the Roadmap for the Modernization of Puerto Rico's Economic Accounts, work plan agreed between the Planning Board (JP) and the Institute for necessary improvements to Puerto Rico's macroeconomic accounting methodologies.

East Roadmap includes the need to invest in the information systems used by JP to prepare Puerto Rico's economic accounting statistics. In fact, the Institute has been investing in these systems for more than a year. Specifically, in 2016 it was entrusted to the company Wovenware the migration of information systems from a technology based on Oracle products to one based on Microsoft SQL. This is because Oracle discontinued technological support for Softwares that JP uses, which caused processing problems in that agency.

The recent decision, for example, extends this agreement to the next fiscal year, during which it is expected that Wovenware complete final phases 3 and 4 for which the Institute will be investing more than $300,000. The project, which began in 2016 and is expected to end in 2019, will allow the database to be updated automatically, duplicate data to be eliminated and processes to be improved as well as the accessibility of JP statistics.

“As part of our mission to objectively support public administration, the Institute's Board of Directors has done its part to continue the necessary improvements in government, at times of great uncertainty. It is also a project supported by the employees of the JP and the President of the JP that will allow this agency to evolve and for which we are investing more than 10% of the Institute's budget,” said the executive director of the Institute, Dr. Mario Marazzi-Santiago.

“It is worth noting that this project implements some of the methodological changes adopted by the Institute's Board of Directors in the Resolution No. 2014-02, so that Puerto Rico's national accounts are more reliable, comparable and quickly and universally accessible. At the same time, we are complying with the federal government's requirements for Puerto Rico's economy to be included in the statistics of the United States economy,” added Dr. Marazzi-Santiago.

A recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), entitled Puerto Rico: Limited Federal Data Hinder Analysis of Economic Condition and Dol's 2016 Overtime Rule, found that the lack of federal data on Puerto Rico's economy had made it difficult to analyze the impact of a labor standard proposed by former President of the United States, Barack Obama, on overtime pay for certain types of jobs.

“For statistics on the Puerto Rico economy to be included in those of the United States economy, the Government of Puerto Rico must do its part as well. Since 2011, the federal Government has written down the methodological changes that need to be made to the Planning Board. It is important that this agenda be continued. The Institute's Board of Directors has done its part, because it has the expertise, professionalism, seriousness and independence of judgment that are necessary to understand that this is an agenda that is too important to be derailed,” said Dr. Marazzi-Santiago.

The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute is an autonomous governmental entity responsible for coordinating the Government's statistical production service to ensure that the data collection and statistics systems, on which public policies are based, are complete, reliable, and have quick and universal access. The Institute has in its inventory, accessible through https://estadisticas.pr.gov, about 300 statistical products. In addition, it is a custodian and provides access to over 100 data sets or “data sets” through https://data.pr.gov and to over 40 tables and more than 6 thousand indicators through: https://www.indicadores.pr.

In addition, as the leading entity of the State Data Center (SDC) of Puerto Rico, the Institute manages the SDC portal, which contains the main statistical reports and publications of the U.S. Census Bureau on Puerto Rico, specifically those that are most in demand, such as annual population estimates; the Puerto Rico Community Survey (Puerto Rico Community Survey) and official statistics on Puerto Rico's 10-year population and housing censuses, among others. The Puerto Rico SDC portal can be accessed through: https://censo.estadisticas.pr.

For more information you can visit our website: https://estadisticas.pr.gov. In addition, you can follow us on social networks through Facebook accounts (https://www.facebook.com/estadisticas.pr), Twitter (https://twitter.com/estadisticaspr) and LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/instituto-de-estadisticas-de-puerto-rico).

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Comunicado de Prensa

Instituto de Estadísticas publica el Perfil de Salud y Seguridad del Estudiante en Puerto Rico: Años 2015-2017

El 41.5% de los estudiantes en duodécimo grado afirmaron haber tenido relaciones sexuales en algún momento en sus vidas y un 33.4% informaron estar activos sexualmente.

El 41.5% de los estudiantes de duodécimo grado, en escuela superior en el sector público, informaron haber tenido relaciones sexuales en algún momento en sus vidas y el 33.4% informaron estar activos sexualmente.  Además, el 13.7% de los estudiantes de escuela superior, en el sector público, intentaron suicidarse en una o más ocasiones.  Estos son parte de los resultados del informe titulado “Perfil de Salud y Seguridad del Estudiante en Puerto Rico: Años 2015-2017”, publicado hoy por el Instituto de Estadísticas de Puerto Rico.  El informe presenta un perfil estadístico de aspectos relacionados a la salud y a la seguridad de los estudiantes en Puerto Rico para los años 2015 y 2017.  El documento incluye estadísticas sobre el acoso escolar, acoso electrónico, comportamiento violento, comportamiento sexual, uso de drogas y sobre los hábitos alimentarios de los estudiantes de escuela superior en escuelas públicas.  Por otro lado, el informe incluye también estadísticas sobre incidentes delictivos en las instituciones postsecundarias públicas y privadas.  Los datos fueron obtenidos de bases de datos secundarias como lo son el Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) y el Campus Safety and Security Data (CSSD).

“Para que el proceso educativo sea efectivo, es imprescindible que ocurra dentro de un ambiente seguro, libre de intimidaciones o de riesgos explícitos o implícitos.  De igual forma, un estudiante que no está física o mentalmente saludable tendrá mayor dificultad en cumplir con las exigencias académicas.  Conocer este perfil del estudiante nos brinda la información necesaria, para tomar las acciones pertinentes, hacia un ambiente educativo que propicie el aprendizaje y para promover un estilo de vida saludable en nuestros estudiantes”, señaló el Dr. Orville M. Disdier, autor principal del informe y Director Ejecutivo Interino del Instituto de Estadísticas de Puerto Rico.  

Por su parte, Dharma R. Rodríguez, coautora del informe y participante del Programa de Internado del Instituto, agregó que "el perfil de salud y seguridad nos alerta a cerca de la necesidad de repensar las medidas o políticas públicas establecidas para trabajar la seguridad y salud (física y mental) de los estudiantes. Por tanto, hay una clara urgencia de brindar más herramientas y recursos a los profesionales responsables de lograr la mejoría que los estudiantes merecen".

A continuación, se presentan algunos de los hallazgos generales y más sobresalientes, sobre los estudiantes de escuela superior del sector público:

• El 17.1% de los estudiantes sufrieron acoso en la escuela en el año 2017.
• El acoso en la escuela fue mayor para los estudiantes del sexo femenino (20.2% en el año 2017), que para los estudiantes del sexo masculino (13.6% en el año 2017).
• Los datos demuestran un aumento en la prevalencia de acoso electrónico, alcanzando 13.2% en el año 2017.
• El acoso electrónico fue mayor para los estudiantes del sexo femenino (17.0% en el año 2017), que para los estudiantes del sexo masculino (9.0% en el año 2017).
• En el año 2017 más del 45% de los estudiantes del sexo femenino se sintieron tristes o desesperanzados, lo que representa un aumento con relación al año 2015.
• La cantidad de estudiantes que consideraron seriamente suicidarse aumentó de 12.3% en el año 2015 a 17.1% en el año 2017.
• La prevalencia de estudiantes que fuman cigarrillos o cigarros aumentó de 7.4% en el año 2015 a 8.9% en el año 2017.
• La prevalencia de consumo de marihuana aumentó de 6.0% en el año 2015 a 7.9% en el año 2017.
• En cuanto al consumo de alcohol, en el 2015 el 21.2% de los estudiantes afirmaron consumir alcohol, mientras que para el año 2017 este porcentaje aumentó a 23.8%.
• Para el año 2017, prácticamente el 17% de los estudiantes de escuela superior indicaron estar actualmente activos sexualmente, pero el 25.5% indicó haber tenido relaciones sexuales en algún momento en sus vidas.
• El 41.5% de los estudiantes en duodécimo grado, afirmaron haber tenido relaciones sexuales en algún momento en sus vidas y un 33.4% informaron estar activos sexualmente.
• Casi el 60% de los estudiantes indicaron que no desayunan todos los días (59.3% en el año 2017).
• La prevalencia de estudiantes que no consumen frutas o toman jugos 100% de frutas aumentó de 10.2% en el año 2015 a 14.3% en el año 2017.
• Por su parte, la prevalencia de estudiantes que no consumen vegetales aumentó de 15.5% en el año 2015 a 16.5% en el año 2017.
• Prácticamente el 80% de los estudiantes consumen bebidas carbonatadas o refrescos (79.7% en el año 2017).
• Para el año 2017, el 79.5% de los estudiantes no estuvo físicamente activo.
• En el año 2017, el 33.6% de los estudiantes de escuela superior jugó videojuegos tres o más horas por día.
• La prevalencia de obesidad en los estudiantes aumentó de 10.7% en el año 2015 a 11.2% en el año 2017.

Para sector postsecundario público y privado:

• Entre las ofensas criminales más frecuentes a estudiantes, dentro de instituciones o recintos postsecundarios, se encuentran los robos, asaltos y robos de vehículos de motor.
• Las ofensas criminales más frecuentes a estudiantes, fuera de instituciones o recintos postsecundarios, fueron los robos de vehículos de motor y los asaltos agravados.

Para acceder a este informe o para conocer más sobre el Instituto de Estadísticas, pueden acceder la página web: www.estadisticas.pr.gov.  En las redes sociales a través de las cuentas de Facebook (@estadisticas.pr), Twitter (@EstadisticasPR) y Linkedin (Instituto de Estadísticas de Puerto Rico).

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