Health Profile, Amherst County, 1996


  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