With a new website, the Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico

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IEPR
20 January 2026

San Juan, Puerto Rico. January 2, 2026. The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute announced the launch of its new website, a digital platform framed by the transparency and accessibility of critical statistics for Puerto Rico. The new website, available through: https://www.estadisticas.pr.gov, focuses on a better user experience with a better search engine, allowing for more intuitive navigation. The more than 300 statistical products contained in the new platform are rigorously organized by categories that make it easier to find information. This logical architecture makes it easier for students, researchers and citizens to locate specific indicators on economy, health, education or demography, among other topics, consolidating in a single access point the vast production of data and interactive dashboards that were previously more dispersed.

On the other hand, the new portal launches a dynamic blog section designed as an institutional chronicle center that includes, among others: press releases, recent activities, explanatory memorials, and notifications of importance to Puerto Rico. Another important aspect of the new website is that it has been designed to the highest standards to guarantee access for people with disabilities or with diverse access needs. In the same way, the cybersecurity of the portal was substantially improved. “With the creation of this new website, the Institute consolidates its leadership in providing Puerto Rico with quick and universal access to statistics, eliminating barriers and reaffirming that statistical knowledge is a right for the entire population,” said Dr. Orville M. Disdier, executive director of the Institute.

Anyone who has questions about the functionality of the new page or has difficulty finding any data or information on the page, can write to preguntas@estadisticas.pr. They can also follow social networks through Facebook (@estadisticas .pr), X (@EstadisticasPR), LinkedIn (Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico) and Instagram (@institutodeestadisticas) accounts.

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.

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Destaca Puerto Rico en la posición número uno en excelencia del Sistema de Vigilancia de Muertes Violentas

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Destaca Puerto Rico en la posición número uno en excelencia del Sistema de Vigilancia de Muertes Violentas

El sistema es operado en Puerto Rico por el Instituto de Estadísticas

El Sistema de Muertes Violentas de Puerto Rico (PRVDRS, por sus siglas en inglés) del Instituto de Estadísticas de Puerto Rico figuró en la posición número uno en excelencia en la puntualidad y completitud de los datos, entre 42 jurisdicciones participantes de los Estados Unidos, según reportó el Sistema Nacional de Reportes de Muertes Violentas de los Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades de los Estados Unidos (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés). El informe incluyó los hallazgos sobre la evaluación de los indicadores de desempeño en la recopilación de los datos de muertes violentas correspondiente al año 2017.

Los indicadores evaluados fueron aquellos relacionados con la puntualidad y con la completitud de los datos, específicamente los siguientes:

  • La puntualidad de los casos iniciados dentro de los 120 días de la muerte. Este indicador evalúa el porcentaje de casos que fueron registrados dentro de los 4 meses posteriores a la fecha de la muerte.
  • Completitud de la información. Este indicador evalúa cuán completos son los datos en términos de su información descriptiva e información sobre las circunstancias del incidente.

           El informe de evaluación demuestra y concluye que, en todos los indicadores de desempeño evaluados, el PRVDRS recibió la categoría de excelente, la cual es la clasificación más alta que se puede obtener. Además, en la clasificación general, el PRVDRS obtuvo el primer lugar en el ranking entre todas las 42 jurisdicciones participantes en los Estados Unidos durante el año 2017.

Destaca el hecho de que esta excelente clasificación se obtiene a pesar de que, durante el periodo de recopilación de los datos, el personal del PRVDRS tuvo que afrontar retos enormes, como lo fueron los huracanes Irma y María.

“Gracias al compromiso incondicional del equipo de trabajo del PRVDRS, del Registro Demográfico del Departamento de Salud, de los Negociados de Ciencias Forenses y de la Policía de Puerto Rico, quienes son agencias colaboradoras del proyecto, alcanzamos los más altos estándares de calidad a tono con nuestro compromiso de contar con estadísticas completas, confiables y de rápido y universal acceso.  Cuando a principios del año 2020, el PRVDRS y las agencias colaboradoras publiquen sus primeros datos, Puerto Rico contará, por primera vez, con estadísticas consolidadas, precisas y oportunas sobre las muertes violentas. Esto contribuirá al desarrollo y evaluación de políticas públicas basadas en la evidencia y dirigidas a reducir la incidencia de las muertes violentas en Puerto Rico”, expresó el Dr. Disdier, Director Ejecutivo Interino del Instituto de Estadísticas de Puerto Rico.

El Instituto de Estadísticas de Puerto Rico es una entidad gubernamental autónoma con la encomienda de coordinar el servicio de producción de estadísticas del Gobierno para asegurar que los sistemas de recopilación de datos y estadísticas, en los que se basan las políticas públicas, estén completos, sean confiables y de acceso rápido y universal.

Para más información puede visitar la página web www.estadisticas.pr.gov o las encuestas en las redes sociales de Facebook (@estadisticas.pr), Twitter (@EstadisticasPR) y Linkedin (Instituto de Estadísticas de Puerto Rico).

El PRVDRS es financiado en 90% por el NVDRS, de los CDC bajo el Grant # 6 NU17CE924857-02-03 y por el Instituto de Estadísticas de Puerto Rico.  El financiamiento se distribuye como sigue:

  • Fondos federales (CDC): $249,566.00
  • Fondos estatales (Instituto de Estadísticas de PR): $32,250.00

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Contactos de Prensa:

Lourdes Burgos/787-562-2932/ lburgos@upfrontpr.net

Idia Martínez/787-603-3200 /imartinez@upfrontpr.net

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2.3% more expensive to live in the urban area of San Juan, Bayamón and Caguas

San Juan, Puerto Rico — July 10, 2024. The Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics released the results of the Cost of Living Index (COLI) for the first quarter of 2024, whose data show that the urban area of Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) of San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, is ranked 82nd out of 301 urban areas in terms of overall cost of living in the United States, with a composite index of 102.3. The 15 municipalities that make up the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas MSA are: Bayamón, Caguas, Canovanas, Carolina, Cataño, Cidra, Dorado, Gurabo, Guaynabo, Rio Grande, San Juan, Toa Alta, Toa Baja, Trujillo Alto and Vega Alta.

At the national level, the average cost of living is set at an index of 100. The composite index of 102.3 for the urban area of the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas MSA indicates that living in this region is 2.3% more expensive than the average of the 301 participating urban areas nationwide.

The composite index is derived from six main categories of consumer spending, of which the following table presents the Rankings for the urban area of the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas MSA. The combination of higher costs in supermarkets and utilities is partially offset by relatively low costs in health care and miscellaneous goods.

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Categoría

Índice

Ranking

Artículos de supermercado

112.8

14/301

Bienes y servicios misceláneos

92.1

251/301

Cuidado de salud

69.5

301/301

Servicios públicos

153.1

4/301

Transportación

89.4

261/301

Vivienda

103.4

80/301

Índice COLI

102.3

82/301

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About the Cost of Living Index (COLI):

COLI is a crucial tool for understanding regional differences in the costs of consumer goods and services. The indices are calculated based on data collected quarterly by different entities in each participating urban area. The COLI has been calculated in urban areas of the United States since 1968, using the methodology developed by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER), a non-profit organization dedicated to research on community and economic development. The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute, together with the network of members affiliated with C2ER, is responsible for collecting prices for goods and services established by C2ER.

The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute has designed a comparative calculator for the cost of living between the urban area of the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas MSA and the rest of the participating cities in the United States. This tool is available at: https://apps.estadisticas.pr/coli/.

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 or write to preguntas@estadisticas.pr. They can also follow social networks through Facebook (@estadisticas .pr), X (@EstadisticasPR), LinkedIn (Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico) and Instagram (@institutodeestadisticas) accounts.

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Requests for Proposals

THE DEADLINE FOR RECEIVING PROPOSALS IS EXTENDED TO WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 AT 11:55PM. Background: Ten (10) years after the beginning of the Institute's functions, it is essential that a comprehensive evaluation be carried out of its positioning, executions and strategies, in order to identify the stage of development in which the organization is currently in, as well as what its challenges, strengths and opportunities are. This request for proposal is intended to carry out an organizational diagnosis of the institute, allowing the development of a pragmatic and realistic plan, in line with its available resources. In the same way, it has the purpose of developing a short-term development plan.