Puerto Rico Funding Priorities

Key points

The CDC Injury Center prioritizes funding for the prevention of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), overdose, and suicide. This page shows how funds were appropriated in Puerto Rico in FY23.

Overdose prevention funding - Puerto Rico

There were 107,968 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2022 (34.6 deaths per 100,000 standard population), a 1.2% increase from 2021.1

  • There were 633 overdose deaths in Puerto Rico in 2021.2A

Total overdose prevention funding in Puerto Rico‎

CDC appropriated $1,005,610 for overdose prevention activities in Puerto Rico in FY23.

Overdose prevention programs

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Suicide prevention funding - Puerto Rico

  • There were 189 suicide deaths in Puerto Rico in 2022
  • There were 5.9 suicide deaths per 100,000 people in Puerto Rico in 2022.

Total suicide prevention funding for Puerto Rico‎

CDC appropriated $931,049 for suicide prevention activities in Puerto Rico in FY23.

Suicide prevention programs

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National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
  1. In 2021 there were 633 deaths from poisoning and accidental poisoning by drugs, medicaments, biological substances and undetermined intent
  1. Spencer MR, Miniño AM, Warner M. Drug overdose deaths in the United States, 2001–2021. NCHS Data Brief, no 457. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2022. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc:12255
  2. Puerto Rico Demographic Registry Office, 2022