Table 3.

Population Adjusted 10-year Changes in Short Term General Hospital Utilization by Puerto Rico Health Regions, 2010–2020.

	Hospital utilization rates per 10,000 population
	Admissions	Inpatient days	ED Visits	Surgeries	Outpatient visits
Metro	− 288	− 2404	− 507	125	4750
Ponce	− 255	− 1484	− 1334	8	− 4272
Mayaguez	− 108	− 646	− 651	56	− 1022
Fajardo	− 312	− 1342	− 1038	− 169	− 190
Caguas	14	852	1304	− 32	− 878
Bayamon	− 155	− 1107	− 929	− 237	− 1356
Arecibo	− 41	304	− 106	160	− 2744
Total	− 1144	− 5826	− 3261	− 89	− 5711

Analysis of the 2021–22 Area Health Resource File. Health regions are groupings of municipalities defined by the Puerto Rico Department of Health. Total represents the sum of all seven health regions. Ten-year rates of change were calculated by dividing utilization by Census population estimates for the health region, multiplying by 10,000, and subtracting 2020 rates from 2010 rates.