| Vital Event | Virginia |
Planning District 4 |
Pulaski County |
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| Births | Total Live Births | 91,664 | 1,646 | 367 |
| Birth Rate/1,000 Estimated Population | 13.7 | 10.4 | 10.7 | |
| Non-Marital Births | 26,893 | 400 | 104 | |
| Percent Non-Marital Births | 29.3 | 24.3 | 28.3 | |
| Low Weight Birth (<2,500 grams) | 7,081 | 106 | 27 | |
| Low Weight Birth Percent of Total Births | 7.7 | 6.4 | 7.4 | |
| Prenatal Care | Began Care in First 13 Weeks | 77,310 | 1,355 | 314 |
| Percent Began Care in First 13 Weeks | 84.3 | 82.3 | 85.6 | |
| Induced | Induced Terminations of Pregnancy | 25,875 | 516 | 60 |
| Fetals | Natural Fetal Deaths | 7,532 | 137 | 31 |
| Teen Pregnancy | Total Teenage Pregnancies | 15,787 | 341 | 69 |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Pop Ages 10-19 | 34.8 | 27.2 | 34.6 | |
| Pregnancies Ages<15 yrs | 458 | 7 | 0 | |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Pop Ages<15 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | |
| Pregnancies Ages 15-17 | 5,500 | 78 | 12 | |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Ages 15-17 | 44.9 | 33.5 | 20.2 | |
| Pregnancies Ages 18-19 | 9,829 | 256 | 57 | |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Ages 18-19 | 96.2 | 41.4 | 140.4 | |
| Infant Deaths | Total Infant Deaths | 711 | 11 | 4 |
| Infant Death Rate/1,000 Live Births | 7.8 | 6.7 | 10.9 | |
| All Deaths | Total Deaths for All Ages | 53,554 | 1,324 | 398 |
| Death Rate/1,000 Estimated Pop (All Ages) | 8.0 | 8.4 | 11.6 | |
| Death Rate/100,000 Estimated Pop (Cause of Death) | 800.6 | 840.3 | 1,160.6 | |
| Diseases of Heart | 15,547 | 414 | 128 | |
| Diseases of Heart Rate/100,000 | 232.4 | 262.7 | 373.3 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 12,849 | 284 | 86 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms Rate/100,000 | 192.1 | 180.2 | 250.8 | |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases | 4,010 | 89 | 23 | |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases Rate/100,000 | 59.9 | 56.5 | 67.1 | |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases | 2,383 | 92 | 31 | |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Rate/100,000 | 35.6 | 58.4 | 90.4 | |
| Unintentional Injury | 2,305 | 44 | 7 | |
| Unintentional Injury Rate/100,000 | 34.5 | 27.9 | 20.4 | |
| Pneumonia and Influenza | 2,031 | 66 | 14 | |
| Pneumonia and Influenza Rate/100,000 | 30.4 | 41.9 | 40.8 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 1,244 | 22 | 8 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus Rate/100,000 | 18.6 | 14.0 | 23.3 | |
| Septicemia | 791 | 19 | 4 | |
| Septicemia Rate/100,000 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 11.7 | |
| Suicide | 743 | 22 | 5 | |
| Suicide Rate/100,000 | 11.1 | 14.0 | 14.6 | |
| Nephritis and Nephrosis | 732 | 21 | 10 | |
| Nephritis and Nephrosis Rate/100,000 | 10.9 | 13.3 | 29.2 | |
| Alzheimer's | 542 | 18 | 9 | |
| Alzheimer's Rate/100,000 | 8.1 | 11.4 | 26.2 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 509 | 3 | 0 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention Rate/100,000 | 7.6 | 1.9 | 0.0 | |
| Chronic Liver Disease | 496 | 12 | 1 | |
| Chronic Liver Disease Rate/100,000 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 2.9 | |
| Population | State Data Center 1997 Population | 6,689,569 | 157,565 | 34,292 |
| Females Ages 10-19 Population | 453,071 | 12,520 | 1,992 |