| Vital Event | Virginia |
Planning District 20 |
Norfolk City |
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| Births | Total Live Births | 91,664 | 16,131 | 3,910 |
| Birth Rate/1,000 Estimated Population | 13.7 | 14.6 | 15.2 | |
| Non-Marital Births | 26,893 | 5,788 | 1,859 | |
| Percent Non-Marital Births | 29.3 | 35.9 | 47.5 | |
| Low Weight Birth (<2,500 grams) | 7,081 | 1,400 | 421 | |
| Low Weight Birth Percent of Total Births | 7.7 | 8.7 | 10.8 | |
| Prenatal Care | Began Care in First 13 Weeks | 77,310 | 13,319 | 2,985 |
| Percent Began Care in First 13 Weeks | 84.3 | 82.6 | 76.3 | |
| Induced | Induced Terminations of Pregnancy | 25,875 | 5,668 | 1,719 |
| Fetals | Natural Fetal Deaths | 7,532 | 1,500 | 346 |
| Teen Pregnancy | Total Teenage Pregnancies | 15,787 | 3,413 | 1,032 |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Pop Ages 10-19 | 34.8 | 42.4 | 60.1 | |
| Pregnancies Ages<15 yrs | 458 | 119 | 38 | |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Pop Ages<15 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 4.9 | |
| Pregnancies Ages 15-17 | 5,500 | 1,213 | 360 | |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Ages 15-17 | 44.9 | 57.4 | 92.6 | |
| Pregnancies Ages 18-19 | 9,829 | 2,081 | 634 | |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Ages 18-19 | 96.2 | 119.8 | 112.9 | |
| Infant Deaths | Total Infant Deaths | 711 | 194 | 74 |
| Infant Death Rate/1,000 Live Births | 7.8 | 12.0 | 18.9 | |
| All Deaths | Total Deaths for All Ages | 53,554 | 7,855 | 2,183 |
| Death Rate/1,000 Estimated Pop (All Ages) | 8.0 | 7.1 | 8.5 | |
| Death Rate/100,000 Estimated Pop (Cause of Death) | 800.6 | 709.1 | 847.4 | |
| Diseases of Heart | 15,547 | 2,273 | 633 | |
| Diseases of Heart Rate/100,000 | 232.4 | 205.2 | 245.7 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 12,849 | 1,904 | 510 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms Rate/100,000 | 192.1 | 171.9 | 198.0 | |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases | 4,010 | 566 | 140 | |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases Rate/100,000 | 59.9 | 51.1 | 54.3 | |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases | 2,383 | 315 | 75 | |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Rate/100,000 | 35.6 | 28.4 | 29.1 | |
| Unintentional Injury | 2,305 | 313 | 87 | |
| Unintentional Injury Rate/100,000 | 34.5 | 28.3 | 33.8 | |
| Pneumonia and Influenza | 2,031 | 275 | 63 | |
| Pneumonia and Influenza Rate/100,000 | 30.4 | 24.8 | 24.5 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 1,244 | 187 | 57 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus Rate/100,000 | 18.6 | 16.9 | 22.1 | |
| Septicemia | 791 | 142 | 36 | |
| Septicemia Rate/100,000 | 11.8 | 12.8 | 14.0 | |
| Suicide | 743 | 98 | 26 | |
| Suicide Rate/100,000 | 11.1 | 8.8 | 10.1 | |
| Nephritis and Nephrosis | 732 | 101 | 36 | |
| Nephritis and Nephrosis Rate/100,000 | 10.9 | 9.1 | 14.0 | |
| Alzheimer's | 542 | 75 | 20 | |
| Alzheimer's Rate/100,000 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 7.8 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 509 | 113 | 41 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention Rate/100,000 | 7.6 | 10.2 | 15.9 | |
| Chronic Liver Disease | 496 | 85 | 24 | |
| Chronic Liver Disease Rate/100,000 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 9.3 | |
| Population | State Data Center 1997 Population | 6,689,569 | 1,107,709 | 257,606 |
| Females Ages 10-19 Population | 453,071 | 80,498 | 17,183 |