County profile
Vieques Municipio, Puerto Rico Community Health Profile
Environmental risk, disease burden, provider access, and SDOH scores for community health needs assessment and service line planning. Fused from EPA, CDC, CMS, and Census data into a single free view.
Opportunity Score
Env
0
−50 vs U.S. mean
Disease
N/A
Provider
10
−40 vs U.S. mean
SDOH
N/A
Specific health risk patterns
Vieques Municipio, PR: 1 specific risk pattern triggered
Each pattern below combines a specific environmental exposure with a population that is more vulnerable to that exposure. When both are present at meaningful levels in Vieques Municipio, the pattern triggers. These are the most concrete data points for documenting a significant health need in a Community Health Needs Assessment and for planning where services or community investment would land hardest.
Internally, we call these “Compound Signals.” Each is a versioned, weighted composite scored against the national distribution. The full formula and citations live on the methodology page.
11 dialysis-dependent Medicare beneficiaries (6.77 per 1k).
Extreme heat exposure × Dialysis-dependent population
Defend this finding — full lineage to source data3 sources cited
Heat-Dialysis VulnerabilityVieques Municipio: 85/100 (elevated above the 70th-percentile threshold)
Vieques Municipio: 85/100 (elevated above the 70th-percentile threshold)
Extreme heat × dialysis-dependent Medicare beneficiaries × chronic kidney disease prevalence. Anchored on Taiwan NHIRD findings of 5.3× CKD heat-hospitalization rate, 9× ESRD heat-stroke mortality.
Methodology. Dialysis patients are uniquely heat-vulnerable: missed dialysis sessions during heat-related power loss or transport disruption cause electrolyte cascades within hours. The Taiwan NHIRD analysis (NHIRD = National Health Insurance Research Database) is the strongest population-level evidence we have for the magnitude of the effect.
Threshold. Elevated when score ≥ 70th national percentile across all US counties evaluated for this signal
Peer set. All US counties evaluated for the signal (~3,222, less coverage gaps)
Evidence base
- · Lin Y-K et al. 'Extreme heat and ESRD heat-stroke mortality.' Taiwan NHIRD analysis.
- · Remigio RV et al. 'Association of extreme heat events with hospital admission or mortality among patients with end-stage renal disease.' JAMA Network Open 2019.
Components (3)
Mean of the daily maximum temperature across the meteorological summer (June–August).
NOAA — Applied Climate Information System (ACIS) — RCC-ACIS
Vintage: Multi-year mean (2018–2023 typical) · Refresh: Monthly · Lag: Current year
How it's measured. NOAA ACIS aggregates GHCN-Daily station observations to county-level summer (JJA) daily-max means using inverse-distance weighting. Smooths year-to-year noise; captures the structural heat profile.
Coverage. All 3,222 US counties
6.8 per 1,000 Medicare benes
Rate of Medicare beneficiaries on at-home or in-center dialysis per 1,000 county Medicare beneficiaries.
HHS / ASPR — emPOWER Map — Medicare beneficiary DME data
Vintage: Current month · Refresh: Monthly · Lag: Same month
How it's measured. HHS ASPR derives dialysis-dependent counts from Medicare claims for ESRD-related at-home or in-center service codes, aggregated to county. Reported per 1,000 county Medicare beneficiaries to normalize for size.
Caveat. emPOWER masks counts of 1–10 to the literal value 11 for beneficiary privacy. Per-1k rates derived from masked counts respect the same floor — a small county showing exactly 11 beneficiaries may have anywhere from 1 to 11 actual.
Coverage. All 3,222 US counties (subject to the 1–10 mask)
Percent of adults age 18+ self-reporting chronic kidney disease diagnosis.
CDC — PLACES — Local Data for Better Health
Vintage: PLACES 2022–2023 · Refresh: Monthly · Lag: 1–2 years
How it's measured. PLACES small-area estimation from BRFSS self-report. CKD self-report substantially undercounts true prevalence (most CKD is asymptomatic until late stages).
Coverage. All 3,222 US counties
3 signals evaluated. See all signal methodologies →
Where Vieques Municipio stands
Health risks here sit near national averages
Vieques Municipio, Puerto Rico sits near the bottom of the national risk distribution across all four major health-risk areas. Pollution exposure, chronic disease rates, doctor access, and social and economic conditions are all better than most U.S. counties. Communities at this end of the spectrum are useful reference points — they help county health planners and CHNA authors understand what a relatively low-need profile looks like across all four dimensions at once.
Methodology: when three or more of the four major health-risk areas (pollution, chronic disease, doctor access, social and economic conditions) score above the 70th national percentile, we call the pattern “multi-pillar convergence.” The scoring approach and citations live on the methodology page.
Risk profile
Vieques Municipio compared to Puerto Rico and the U.S. average
Four health-risk scores on a 0-100 scale, where 50 is the U.S. average. A higher score means that area is a stronger contributor to community health risk.
Environmental Risk (0) and Provider Gap (10) are at or better than the U.S. average.
- Vieques Municipio
- Puerto Rico state mean
- U.S. mean (50)
- Signal threshold (70)
Current Conditions
Today's air quality, fires, and weather alerts
Live operational data for Vieques Municipio: real-time AQI from EPA AirNow, active fires from NIFC, and any National Weather Service advisories. Updated daily.
Environmental Factors
Air, water, and exposure indicators
Top environmental indicators for Vieques Municipio with state and national benchmarks. Full profile covers 40+ metrics on the platform.
| Indicator | Vieques Municipio | PR avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
Traffic Proximity EJSCREEN | 43,726 index ▼ -91% vs PR | 477,197 | 291,320 |
Superfund Proximity EPA EJSCREEN | 0.97 score ▲ +209% vs PR | 0.31 | 0.16 |
Vulnerable Medicare Population
Who needs the grid to stay alive
Medicare beneficiaries in Vieques Municipio who depend on electricity for dialysis, oxygen, or other powered medical equipment. From the HHS emPOWER program, which CMS publishes monthly so emergency managers know who to find first when the power goes out.
| Population | Count | Per 1,000 Medicare |
|---|---|---|
Total Medicare beneficiaries Denominator | 1,626 | — |
Electricity-dependent (any DME) Ventilators, oxygen concentrators, IV pumps, motorized wheelchairs | 69 | 42.4 ▼ -18% vs PR |
Dialysis-dependent ESRD beneficiaries needing in-center or home dialysis | ≤10 | 6.77 ▲ +205% vs PR |
Oxygen-dependent Home oxygen concentrators (outage-vulnerable) | ≤10 | 6.8 ▲ +17% vs PR |
Source: HHS emPOWER Map (ArcGIS county layer), May 2026. Counts of 1–10 are masked as “≤10” per HHS privacy rules; per-1,000 rates are derived and still respect the privacy floor. Full methodology →
Provider Supply
Specialty physician density per 100,000 residents
Active providers in Vieques Municipio from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES). Compared to the U.S. average for each specialty. Adjacency adjustment is applied separately in the Provider Gap pillar score.
| Specialty | Vieques Municipio | US avg |
|---|---|---|
Primary Care Family medicine, internal medicine, general practice, pediatrics. | 208.7 per 100k ▲ +60% vs US | 130.4 |
Cardiology Cardiovascular disease, electrophysiology, interventional cardiology. | 12.3 per 100k +1.6% vs US | 12.1 |
Psychiatry Mental health prescribers; complements behavioral health access. | 12.3 per 100k ▼ -34% vs US | 18.7 |
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES). Counts reflect providers with a primary practice address in Vieques Municipio; specialty is taken from the provider's primary NUCC taxonomy code.
Pro analytical view
What drives this county's scores
The flagged signals and service-line opportunities for Vieques Municipio, plus the methodology decomposition behind each score. Visible to Pro, Consultant Studio, and Enterprise tiers.
Where to focus
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Score decomposition
Each named signal's component breakdown with weights. The bar length is the component's percentile rank; the parenthetical is its weight in the final blend.
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Tract drill-down
Census tracts inside Vieques Municipio
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What else is available for Vieques Municipio
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Full Environmental Profile
All 40+ environmental metrics including toxic releases, hazardous site proximity, PFAS detection, pesticide exposure, and climate stress indicators.
Service Line Opportunities
See how Vieques Municipio ranks for respiratory, oncology, cardiovascular, renal, endocrine, and behavioral health service line opportunity.
Multi-County Comparison
Compare Vieques Municipio side-by-side with neighboring counties across every dimension.
Trend Analysis
5-year sparklines for health outcomes, SDOH measures, and mortality rates so you can see where the county is heading, not just where it is today.
PDF Report Export
Generate a consultant-ready environmental health briefing for Vieques Municipio with methodology citations. Drops straight into a CHNA or grant application.
Nearby Counties
Counties bordering Vieques Municipio
Adjacent county profiles with their own scores and environmental health data. Source: Census Bureau County Adjacency File.
Data sources: EPA AQS, EPA EJSCREEN, EPA TRI, CDC PLACES, CDC WONDER, CMS NPPES, Census ACS, County Health Rankings, NOAA ACIS, NCI State Cancer Profiles. Every score on this page is derived from publicly available federal data, fused by the Banana Analytics pipeline.
Methodology: See the full scoring methodology (v1.2.0) for weights, sensitivity analysis, and validation against county-level mortality data.
Last refreshed: May 28, 2026