Table 1.

5-Year Net Changes in Short Term General Hospital Capacity and Utilization in Puerto Rico Health Regions, 2010–2015.

Health region	Number
	Population	Hospitals	Hospital beds	Admissions	Inpatient days	Surgeries	Emergency department visits
Metro	− 62,744	− 1	− 307	− 14,897	− 148,350	11,438	− 65,522
Ponce	− 39,422	0	− 21	− 4133	− 19,363	1262	− 72,346
Mayaguez	− 33,583	3	117	4368	20,525	3267	50,557
Fajardo	− 8664	1	48	− 142	2618	1546	− 13,548
Caguas	− 26,649	1	165	− 3105	363	6778	− 26,232
Bayamon	− 34,884	− 1	− 89	− 6378	− 49,513	− 13,634	− 44,055
Arecibo	− 26,562	0	221	5168	52,607	− 1603	− 40,204
Total	− 232,508	3	134	− 19,119	− 141,113	9054	− 211,350

Health region	Percentage
	Population (%)	Hospitals (%)	Hospital beds (%)	Admissions (%)	Inpatient days (%)	Surgeries (%)	Emergency department visits (%)
Metro	− 8	− 7	− 11	− 13	− 19	12	− 21
Ponce	− 8	0	− 2	− 8	− 7	3	− 54
Mayaguez	− 7	30	11	9	8	8	28
Fajardo	− 7	50	26	− 2	6	23	− 71
Caguas	− 5	14	15	− 6	0	18	− 14
Bayamon	− 6	− 25	− 11	− 17	− 22	− 46	− 46
Arecibo	− 6	0	23	10	18	− 5	− 36
Total	− 7	6	2	− 5	− 6	3	− 20

Analysis of the 2021–22 Area Health Resource File. Health regions are groupings of municipalities defined by the Puerto Rico Department of Health. The net change in numbers was calculated by subtracting the measure in 2015 from the same measure in 2010. The percentage change was calculated from the net number change and dividing by the value in 2015 and then multiplying by 100.