| Vital Event | Virginia |
Planning District 21 |
Poquoson City |
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| Births | Total Live Births | 91,664 | 6,207 | 91 |
| Birth Rate/1,000 Estimated Population | 13.7 | 14.3 | 7.4 | |
| Non-Marital Births | 26,893 | 2,207 | 18 | |
| Percent Non-Marital Births | 29.3 | 35.6 | 19.8 | |
| Low Weight Birth (<2,500 grams) | 7,081 | 513 | 6 | |
| Low Weight Birth Percent of Total Births | 7.7 | 8.3 | 6.6 | |
| Prenatal Care | Began Care in First 13 Weeks | 77,310 | 5,109 | 84 |
| Percent Began Care in First 13 Weeks | 84.3 | 82.3 | 92.3 | |
| Induced | Induced Terminations of Pregnancy | 25,875 | 2,314 | 31 |
| Fetals | Natural Fetal Deaths | 7,532 | 436 | 8 |
| Teen Pregnancy | Total Teenage Pregnancies | 15,787 | 1,345 | 12 |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Pop Ages 10-19 | 34.8 | 41.3 | 12.8 | |
| Pregnancies Ages<15 yrs | 458 | 50 | 0 | |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Pop Ages<15 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 0.0 | |
| Pregnancies Ages 15-17 | 5,500 | 454 | 10 | |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Ages 15-17 | 44.9 | 53.5 | 32.4 | |
| Pregnancies Ages 18-19 | 9,829 | 841 | 2 | |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Ages 18-19 | 96.2 | 105.0 | 13.1 | |
| Infant Deaths | Total Infant Deaths | 711 | 57 | 0 |
| Infant Death Rate/1,000 Live Births | 7.8 | 9.2 | 0.0 | |
| All Deaths | Total Deaths for All Ages | 53,554 | 3,223 | 80 |
| Death Rate/1,000 Estimated Pop (All Ages) | 8.0 | 7.4 | 6.5 | |
| Death Rate/100,000 Estimated Pop (Cause of Death) | 800.6 | 742.4 | 648.7 | |
| Diseases of Heart | 15,547 | 970 | 33 | |
| Diseases of Heart Rate/100,000 | 232.4 | 223.4 | 267.6 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 12,849 | 834 | 19 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms Rate/100,000 | 192.1 | 192.1 | 154.1 | |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases | 4,010 | 226 | 7 | |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases Rate/100,000 | 59.9 | 52.1 | 56.8 | |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases | 2,383 | 123 | 3 | |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Rate/100,000 | 35.6 | 28.3 | 24.3 | |
| Unintentional Injury | 2,305 | 126 | 5 | |
| Unintentional Injury Rate/100,000 | 34.5 | 29.0 | 40.5 | |
| Pneumonia and Influenza | 2,031 | 97 | 1 | |
| Pneumonia and Influenza Rate/100,000 | 30.4 | 22.3 | 8.1 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 1,244 | 63 | 4 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus Rate/100,000 | 18.6 | 14.5 | 32.4 | |
| Septicemia | 791 | 38 | 0 | |
| Septicemia Rate/100,000 | 11.8 | 8.8 | 0.0 | |
| Suicide | 743 | 30 | 0 | |
| Suicide Rate/100,000 | 11.1 | 6.9 | 0.0 | |
| Nephritis and Nephrosis | 732 | 43 | 1 | |
| Nephritis and Nephrosis Rate/100,000 | 10.9 | 9.9 | 8.1 | |
| Alzheimer's | 542 | 23 | 0 | |
| Alzheimer's Rate/100,000 | 8.1 | 5.3 | 0.0 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 509 | 30 | 0 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention Rate/100,000 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 0.0 | |
| Chronic Liver Disease | 496 | 26 | 0 | |
| Chronic Liver Disease Rate/100,000 | 7.4 | 6.0 | 0.0 | |
| Population | State Data Center 1997 Population | 6,689,569 | 434,133 | 12,333 |
| Females Ages 10-19 Population | 453,071 | 32,606 | 936 |