Puerto Rico's team reacts at the end of the FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying basketball match between France and Puerto Rico, at the Prado stadium in Bourges, France, Feb. 9, 2020.

Puerto Rico has declared a state of emergency this week over violence against women -- a move activists are hoping will help stem the tide of gender-based killings on the island, which average to ...

For one thing, the island is getting incrementally more female; according to census data, between 2010 and 2016, women increased their share of Puerto Rico’s population from 52.1% to 52.4% ...

A 2002 study in Puerto Rico of 4,332 men and women ages 15 to 64 found that women’s lifetime use of opiates was 2.2%. For cocaine, lifetime use was 2.3% and 0.8% for heroin.

Puerto Rico teammates celebrate at the end of their women's basketball bronze medal match against Colombia at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019.