Health Profile, Alleghany County, 1996


  Vital Event
Virginia
Planning District 5
Alleghany County
Births Total Live Births 92,115 2,954 165
Birth Rate per 1,000 Estimated Population 13.9 11.6 12.9
Non-Marital Births 26,592 911 31
Percent Non-Marital Births 28.9 30.8 18.8
Low Birth Weight Infants (<2,500 grams) 7,058 229 13
Prenatal Care Early Prenatal Care (First Trimester) 77,126 2,654 154
Induced Induced Pregnancy Termination 25,752 910 32
Fetals Natural Fetal Deaths 7,679 243 16
Teen Pregnancy Total Teenage Pregnancies 16,156 595 26
Preg Rate per 1,000 Females age 10-19 36.2 37.3 32.2
Teenage Pregnancies age <15 430 19 1
Preg Rate per 1,000 age <15 1.9 24.0 2.5
Teenage Pregnancies age 15-17 5,737 222 7
Preg Rate per 1,000 age 15-17 47.2 49.6 29.3
Teenage Pregnancies age 18-19 9,989 354 18
Preg Rate per 1,000 age 18-19 98.5 97.1 107.1
Infant Deaths Total Infant Deaths 700 12  
Death Rate per 1,000 Births 7.6 4.1  
All Deaths Total Deaths for all Ages 53,212 2,883 122
Death Rate per 1,000 Estimated Population 8.0 11.3 9.6
Diseases of the Heart 15,969 918 373
Malignant Neoplasm 12,654 645 277
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases 2,249 127 89
Population State Data Center 1996 Population 6,620,586 254,309 12,744
Estimated 1996 Teen Female Population 446,829 15,972 807
1990 Census of Total Population 6,187,358 253,695 13,176