| Indicadores seleccionados sobre Puerto Rico, comparados con los 50 estados y DC | ||
| Puerto Rico | 50 estados y DC | |
| Población total (2014)1 | 3,522,000 | 314,896,000 |
| Cambio porcentual desde 20062 | -10% | +7% |
| Características demográficas (2014)3 | ||
| Ciudadanos nacidos en EE.UU. | 97% | 87% |
| Identficados como hispanos | 99% | 17% |
| Mayores de 65 años | 17% | 14% |
| Por debajo del 100% FPL | 46% | 15% |
| Cobertura de salud (2014)4 | ||
| Cubiertos por ESI/Compra directa | 34% | 59% |
| Cubiertos por Medicaid/CHIP | 49% | 19% |
| Cubiertos por Medicare o Military | 11% | 10% |
| Sin seguro | 6% | 12% |
| Estadísticas económicas | ||
| Ingreso medio del hogar (2014) | $18,9285 | $53,6576 |
| Tasa de desempleo ajustada estacionalmente (marzo 2016)7 | 12% | 5% |
| Estadísticas de salud | ||
| Adultos que reportan en general buena/pobre salud (2014)8 | 35% | 18% |
| Casos de enfermedad por el virus del zika adquiridos localmente (desde mayo de 2016)9 | 669 | 0 |
| Tasa de diagnósticos de VIH por cada 100,000 habitantes (2014)10 | 22.7 | 16.5 |
| Tasa de mortalidad infantil por cada 100,000 niños nacidos vivos (2013)11 | 7.1 | 6.0 |
| Reglas federales del Medicaid12 | ||
| Tasa de participación federal | Fijada al 55% | Rangos de 50 al 83% basados en el ingreso per cápita en el estado |
| Fondos federales |
Limitados a $321 millones en el año fiscal 2014 |
Sin límites |
Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of U.S. Census Bureau, 2014 American Community Survey, 1-Year estimates.
Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 and 2014 American Community Survey, 1-Year estimates.
Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of U.S. Census Bureau, 2014 American Community Survey, 1-Year estimates.
Ibid.
U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey, 2014 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, Table S1903; generated by Alexandra Gates and Melissa Majerol; using American FactFinder; http://factfinder2.census.gov; (16 February 2016).
Ibid.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Regional and State Employment and Unemployment,” March 2016, http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.toc.htm.
KFF analysis of CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2014.
CDC, Zika virus disease in the United States, 2015-2016, as of May 11, 2016, http://www.cdc.gov/zika/geo/united-states.html.
CDC, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) Atlas, 2014.
Mathews TJ, MacDorman MF, Thoma ME, Infant Mortality Statistics from the 2013 period linked birth/infant death data set. National vital statistics reports; vol 64 no 9. Hyatsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 2015.
Congressional Research Service, “Puerto Rico and Health Care Finance: Frequently Asked Questions,” Feb 2016.
The Governor’s proposed buget for all funds in FY 2016 was $28.8 billion. For more information see the Governor’s budget at: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Office of Management and Budget, Proposed 2015-2016, http://www2.pr.gov/presupuestos/presupuesto2015-2016/Pages/default.aspx.
Congressional Research Service, “Puerto Rico and Health Care Finance: Frequently Asked Questions,” Feb 2016.
CDC, Zika virus disease in the United States, 2015-2016, as of May 11, 2016, http://www.cdc.gov/zika/geo/united-states.html.
Vann R. Newkirk II, “Will Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis Spark a Humanitarian Disaster?” The Atlantic, (May 9, 2016), http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/puerto-rico-treasury-visit/482562/.
Lizette Alvarez and Abby Goodnough, “Puerto Ricans Brace for Crisis in Health Care,” New York Times (August 2, 2015), http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/03/us/health-providers-brace-for-more-cuts-to-medicare-in-puerto-rico.html.
Nick Timiraos, “Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew Tours Puerto Rico to Urge Action in Congress,” Wall Street Journal (May 9, 2016), http://www.wsj.com/articles/treasury-secretary-jacob-lew-tours-puerto-rico-to-urge-action-in-congress-1462814534.