| Vital Event | Virginia |
Planning District 19 |
Petersburg City |
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| Births | Total Live Births | 91,664 | 1,975 | 524 |
| Birth Rate/1,000 Estimated Population | 13.7 | 12.5 | 14.6 | |
| Non-Marital Births | 26,893 | 954 | 359 | |
| Percent Non-Marital Births | 29.3 | 48.3 | 68.5 | |
| Low Weight Birth (<2,500 grams) | 7,081 | 174 | 56 | |
| Low Weight Birth Percent of Total Births | 7.7 | 8.8 | 10.7 | |
| Prenatal Care | Began Care in First 13 Weeks | 77,310 | 1,627 | 394 |
| Percent Began Care in First 13 Weeks | 84.3 | 82.4 | 75.2 | |
| Induced | Induced Terminations of Pregnancy | 25,875 | 831 | 344 |
| Fetals | Natural Fetal Deaths | 7,532 | 237 | 102 |
| Teen Pregnancy | Total Teenage Pregnancies | 15,787 | 580 | 211 |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Pop Ages 10-19 | 34.8 | 54.1 | 87.5 | |
| Pregnancies Ages<15 yrs | 458 | 19 | 7 | |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Pop Ages<15 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 5.8 | |
| Pregnancies Ages 15-17 | 5,500 | 202 | 68 | |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Ages 15-17 | 44.9 | 68.7 | 106.8 | |
| Pregnancies Ages 18-19 | 9,829 | 359 | 136 | |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Ages 18-19 | 96.2 | 154.5 | 238.1 | |
| Infant Deaths | Total Infant Deaths | 711 | 17 | 5 |
| Infant Death Rate/1,000 Live Births | 7.8 | 8.6 | 9.5 | |
| All Deaths | Total Deaths for All Ages | 53,554 | 1,795 | 516 |
| Death Rate/1,000 Estimated Pop (All Ages) | 8.0 | 11.4 | 14.4 | |
| Death Rate/100,000 Estimated Pop (Cause of Death) | 800.6 | 1,139.9 | 1,435.4 | |
| Diseases of Heart | 15,547 | 487 | 132 | |
| Diseases of Heart Rate/100,000 | 232.4 | 309.3 | 367.2 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 12,849 | 432 | 117 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms Rate/100,000 | 192.1 | 274.3 | 325.5 | |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases | 4,010 | 159 | 41 | |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases Rate/100,000 | 59.9 | 101.0 | 114.1 | |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases | 2,383 | 83 | 26 | |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Rate/100,000 | 35.6 | 52.7 | 72.3 | |
| Unintentional Injury | 2,305 | 82 | 19 | |
| Unintentional Injury Rate/100,000 | 34.5 | 52.1 | 52.9 | |
| Pneumonia and Influenza | 2,031 | 55 | 17 | |
| Pneumonia and Influenza Rate/100,000 | 30.4 | 34.9 | 47.3 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 1,244 | 34 | 11 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus Rate/100,000 | 18.6 | 21.6 | 30.6 | |
| Septicemia | 791 | 20 | 13 | |
| Septicemia Rate/100,000 | 11.8 | 12.7 | 36.2 | |
| Suicide | 743 | 31 | 5 | |
| Suicide Rate/100,000 | 11.1 | 19.7 | 13.9 | |
| Nephritis and Nephrosis | 732 | 33 | 12 | |
| Nephritis and Nephrosis Rate/100,000 | 10.9 | 21.0 | 33.4 | |
| Alzheimer's | 542 | 20 | 3 | |
| Alzheimer's Rate/100,000 | 8.1 | 12.7 | 8.3 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 509 | 23 | 11 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention Rate/100,000 | 7.6 | 14.6 | 30.6 | |
| Chronic Liver Disease | 496 | 16 | 4 | |
| Chronic Liver Disease Rate/100,000 | 7.4 | 10.2 | 11.1 | |
| Population | State Data Center 1997 Population | 6,689,569 | 157,468 | 35,947 |
| Females Ages 10-19 Population | 453,071 | 10,723 | 2,411 |