Table 9. Private sector establishment births and deaths, seasonally adjusted Puerto Rico Total private Births(1) Deaths(2) Year 3 months ended Establishments Employment Establishments Employment 1992 September N/A N/A 1,120 10,142 December N/A N/A 1,142 6,894 1993 March N/A N/A 992 5,357 June 1,145 7,600 915 4,690 September 1,018 7,068 949 5,759 December 1,112 5,693 1,167 11,871 1994 March 1,183 11,317 1,084 10,727 June 1,256 7,590 1,099 7,758 September 1,212 6,943 986 6,840 December 1,214 10,405 1,009 10,730 1995 March 1,335 7,005 1,019 6,821 June 1,245 8,522 1,135 8,037 September 1,198 9,152 904 5,786 December 1,295 9,670 1,060 7,945 1996 March 1,560 14,206 1,120 8,161 June 1,057 7,533 1,001 6,881 September 1,296 9,403 865 7,670 December 1,508 10,953 1,084 7,119 1997 March 1,382 10,591 1,002 8,817 June 1,616 9,949 1,373 14,494 September 1,585 11,131 1,415 14,316 December 1,557 14,471 1,060 8,876 1998 March 1,440 8,794 1,113 5,254 June 775 4,504 1,317 8,027 September 1,284 9,545 1,050 5,644 December 1,297 7,958 1,168 8,703 1999 March 1,304 8,414 1,012 5,066 June 1,351 17,611 1,498 8,732 September 1,462 12,136 1,251 10,428 December 1,179 7,316 1,061 6,371 2000 March 923 7,892 1,085 6,343 June 1,674 10,722 1,143 7,060 September 744 5,104 1,153 5,594 December 1,716 9,099 1,091 6,434 2001 March 1,101 5,714 1,292 10,845 June 675 5,312 1,343 10,690 September 840 8,625 1,523 9,308 December 572 3,700 1,489 8,846 2002 March 387 4,260 944 7,904 June 355 2,321 1,093 6,845 September 278 2,238 1,166 8,183 December 231 5,137 920 6,706 2003 March 162 2,543 1,007 10,422 June 137 1,526 986 5,995 September 184 1,724 1,119 6,313 December 8,077 52,783 189 4,624 2004 March 945 6,682 672 7,628 June 1,757 10,958 886 5,038 September 1,402 9,189 964 5,542 December 1,098 5,681 995 8,420 2005 March 1,387 11,827 1,028 9,520 June 1,310 9,564 1,103 9,634 September 1,390 8,508 1,222 7,374 December 1,115 6,274 1,053 5,032 2006 March 982 6,806 1,215 8,417 June 1,250 7,150 1,142 7,377 September 1,035 5,743 2,011 9,079 December 1,393 6,168 1,559 7,215 2007 March 1,211 6,729 1,322 6,697 June 1,254 9,001 1,263 7,180 September 1,324 7,634 1,252 6,047 December 880 3,817 1,203 6,134 2008 March 1,376 7,775 1,428 6,806 June 1,300 6,654 1,284 6,033 September 628 4,394 1,201 6,405 December 1,019 5,283 1,369 6,959 2009 March 1,195 6,274 1,539 7,008 June 996 5,094 1,224 5,481 September 1,227 6,607 1,171 5,334 December 1,107 6,744 1,342 6,041 2010 March 1,028 5,468 1,280 5,101 June 837 4,623 1,102 4,710 September 868 5,566 1,180 5,380 December 860 5,048 1,144 5,430 2011 March 949 4,137 1,073 4,035 June 870 4,370 1,117 5,478 September 883 4,776 1,108 4,711 December 1,152 5,764 979 6,004 2012 March 1,064 5,577 1,046 4,048 June 1,002 5,583 952 3,826 September 1,146 6,044 1,029 5,136 December 950 4,547 1,070 5,343 2013 March 936 4,891 1,033 4,193 June 943 4,881 921 4,406 September 1,182 7,492 1,037 4,871 December 968 5,176 1,088 4,815 2014 March 917 4,523 1,139 4,863 June 937 5,340 1,008 4,320 September 923 4,915 1,025 4,489 December 904 4,483 988 4,706 2015 March 931 4,571 1,162 5,138 June 807 5,109 1,163 5,031 September 834 4,627 986 4,384 December 908 4,647 924 4,306 2016 March 924 4,490 978 3,758 June 874 4,351 863 3,755 September 910 5,081 857 4,277 December 811 4,058 970 4,812 2017 March 1,007 5,186 1,011 3,733 June 903 4,284 736 3,026 September 508 3,611 1,084 4,968 December 802 6,540 1,417 6,523 2018 March 991 7,241 1,327 5,074 June 1,068 6,854 861 4,381 September 1,225 7,839 726 3,604 December 1,043 4,909 758 3,842 2019 March 1,267 5,951 776 3,705 June 1,266 6,135 918 3,851 September 1,075 6,259 913 4,003 December 968 4,635 888 3,920 2020 March 728 3,146 963 4,010 June 916 3,754 2,629 9,243 September 1,219 4,915 740 2,548 December 1,032 3,453 508 2,186 2021 March 1,275 5,126 769 2,385 June 1,382 8,027 689 2,332 September 1,442 6,239 706 2,931 December 1,536 5,615 743 2,721 2022 March 1,075 4,552 956 3,378 June 1,230 6,101 N/A N/A September 1,085 5,120 N/A N/A December 1,155 5,191 N/A N/A (1) Values for births are not available for the first three quarters of the time series by definition. (2) Values for deaths are not available for the most recent three quarters by definition.