| Vital Event | Virginia |
Planning District 11 |
Lynchburg City |
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| Births | Total Live Births | 91,664 | 2,633 | 805 |
| Birth Rate/1,000 Estimated Population | 13.7 | 12.3 | 12.1 | |
| Non-Marital Births | 26,893 | 860 | 367 | |
| Percent Non-Marital Births | 29.3 | 32.7 | 45.6 | |
| Low Weight Birth (<2,500 grams) | 7,081 | 190 | 53 | |
| Low Weight Birth Percent of Total Births | 7.7 | 7.2 | 6.6 | |
| Prenatal Care | Began Care in First 13 Weeks | 77,310 | 2,272 | 667 |
| Percent Began Care in First 13 Weeks | 84.3 | 86.3 | 82.9 | |
| Induced | Induced Terminations of Pregnancy | 25,875 | 633 | 288 |
| Fetals | Natural Fetal Deaths | 7,532 | 275 | 115 |
| Teen Pregnancy | Total Teenage Pregnancies | 15,787 | 538 | 223 |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Pop Ages 10-19 | 34.8 | 35.9 | 39.9 | |
| Pregnancies Ages<15 yrs | 458 | 17 | 8 | |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Pop Ages<15 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.6 | |
| Pregnancies Ages 15-17 | 5,500 | 188 | 80 | |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Ages 15-17 | 44.9 | 48.0 | 67.6 | |
| Pregnancies Ages 18-19 | 9,829 | 333 | 135 | |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Ages 18-19 | 96.2 | 78.7 | 61.3 | |
| Infant Deaths | Total Infant Deaths | 711 | 29 | 11 |
| Infant Death Rate/1,000 Live Births | 7.8 | 11.0 | 13.7 | |
| All Deaths | Total Deaths for All Ages | 53,554 | 2,128 | 789 |
| Death Rate/1,000 Estimated Pop (All Ages) | 8.0 | 9.9 | 11.9 | |
| Death Rate/100,000 Estimated Pop (Cause of Death) | 800.6 | 990.1 | 1,190.2 | |
| Diseases of Heart | 15,547 | 619 | 232 | |
| Diseases of Heart Rate/100,000 | 232.4 | 288.0 | 350.0 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 12,849 | 481 | 165 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms Rate/100,000 | 192.1 | 223.8 | 248.9 | |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases | 4,010 | 192 | 77 | |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases Rate/100,000 | 59.9 | 89.3 | 116.2 | |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases | 2,383 | 91 | 25 | |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Rate/100,000 | 35.6 | 42.3 | 37.7 | |
| Unintentional Injury | 2,305 | 92 | 28 | |
| Unintentional Injury Rate/100,000 | 34.5 | 42.8 | 42.2 | |
| Pneumonia and Influenza | 2,031 | 108 | 46 | |
| Pneumonia and Influenza Rate/100,000 | 30.4 | 50.3 | 69.4 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 1,244 | 46 | 19 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus Rate/100,000 | 18.6 | 21.4 | 28.7 | |
| Septicemia | 791 | 28 | 6 | |
| Septicemia Rate/100,000 | 11.8 | 13.0 | 9.1 | |
| Suicide | 743 | 26 | 6 | |
| Suicide Rate/100,000 | 11.1 | 12.1 | 9.1 | |
| Nephritis and Nephrosis | 732 | 23 | 7 | |
| Nephritis and Nephrosis Rate/100,000 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 10.6 | |
| Alzheimer's | 542 | 17 | 6 | |
| Alzheimer's Rate/100,000 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 9.1 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 509 | 10 | 4 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention Rate/100,000 | 7.6 | 4.7 | 6.0 | |
| Chronic Liver Disease | 496 | 13 | 7 | |
| Chronic Liver Disease Rate/100,000 | 7.4 | 6.0 | 10.6 | |
| Population | State Data Center 1997 Population | 6,689,569 | 214,918 | 66,291 |
| Females Ages 10-19 Population | 453,071 | 14,971 | 5,594 |