| Vital Event | Virginia |
Planning District 11 |
Amherst County |
|
| Births | Total Live Births | 92,115 | 2,721 | 362 |
| Birth Rate per 1,000 Estimated Population | 13.9 | 12.7 | 12.5 | |
| Non-Marital Births | 26,592 | 918 | 105 | |
| Percent of Non-Marital Births | 28.9 | 33.7 | 29.0 | |
| Low Birth Weight Infants (<2,500 grams) | 7,058 | 205 | 34 | |
| Prenatal Care | Early Prenatal Care (First Trimester) | 77,126 | 2,323 | 323 |
| Induced | Induced Pregnancy Termination | 25,752 | 654 | 80 |
| Fetals | Natural Fetal Deaths | 7,679 | 261 | 43 |
| Teen Pregnancy | Total Teenage Pregnancies | 16,156 | 567 | 58 |
| Preg Rate per 1,000 Females age 10-19 | 36.2 | 37.9 | 28.1 | |
| Teenage Pregnancies age <15 | 430 | 12 | ||
| Preg Rate per 1,000 age <15 | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| Teenage Pregnancies age 15-17 | 5,737 | 221 | 24 | |
| Preg Rate per 1,000 age 15-17 | 47.2 | 56.2 | 41.5 | |
| Teenage Pregnancies age 18-19 | 9,989 | 334 | 34 | |
| Preg Rate per 1,000 age 18-19 | 98.5 | 78.8 | 56.8 | |
| Infant Deaths | Total Infant Deaths | 700 | 15 | 5 |
| Death Rate per 1,000 Births | 7.6 | 5.5 | 13.8 | |
| All Deaths | Total Deaths for all Ages | 53,212 | 2,180 | 299 |
| Death Rate per 1,000 Estimated Population | 8.0 | 10.2 | 10.3 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 15,969 | 661 | 93 | |
| Malignant Neoplasm | 12,654 | 512 | 76 | |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases | 3,839 | 204 | 28 | |
| Population | State Data Center 1996 Population | 6,620,586 | 213,720 | 28,897 |
| Estimated 1996 Teen Female Population | 446,829 | 14,944 | 2,066 | |
| 1990 Census of Total Population | 6,187,358 | 206,226 | 28,578 |