| Vital Event | Virginia |
Planning District 6 |
Rockbridge County |
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| Births | Total Live Births | 91,664 | 2,761 | 209 |
| Birth Rate/1,000 Estimated Population | 13.7 | 11.8 | 11.2 | |
| Non-Marital Births | 26,893 | 802 | 62 | |
| Percent Non-Marital Births | 29.3 | 29.0 | 29.7 | |
| Low Weight Birth (<2,500 grams) | 7,081 | 187 | 27 | |
| Low Weight Birth Percent of Total Births | 7.7 | 6.8 | 12.9 | |
| Prenatal Care | Began Care in First 13 Weeks | 77,310 | 2,278 | 157 |
| Percent Began Care in First 13 Weeks | 84.3 | 82.5 | 75.1 | |
| Induced | Induced Terminations of Pregnancy | 25,875 | 470 | 59 |
| Fetals | Natural Fetal Deaths | 7,532 | 252 | 8 |
| Teen Pregnancy | Total Teenage Pregnancies | 15,787 | 511 | 37 |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Pop Ages 10-19 | 34.8 | 30.7 | 32.5 | |
| Pregnancies Ages<15 yrs | 458 | 11 | 0 | |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Pop Ages<15 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
| Pregnancies Ages 15-17 | 5,500 | 180 | 13 | |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Ages 15-17 | 44.9 | 44.5 | 38.8 | |
| Pregnancies Ages 18-19 | 9,829 | 320 | 24 | |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Ages 18-19 | 96.2 | 58.2 | 110.1 | |
| Infant Deaths | Total Infant Deaths | 711 | 21 | 1 |
| Infant Death Rate/1,000 Live Births | 7.8 | 7.6 | 4.8 | |
| All Deaths | Total Deaths for All Ages | 53,554 | 2,276 | 181 |
| Death Rate/1,000 Estimated Pop (All Ages) | 8.0 | 9.8 | 9.7 | |
| Death Rate/100,000 Estimated Pop (Cause of Death) | 800.6 | 976.1 | 969.4 | |
| Diseases of Heart | 15,547 | 690 | 60 | |
| Diseases of Heart Rate/100,000 | 232.4 | 295.9 | 321.3 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 12,849 | 528 | 35 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms Rate/100,000 | 192.1 | 226.4 | 187.4 | |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases | 4,010 | 207 | 13 | |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases Rate/100,000 | 59.9 | 88.8 | 69.6 | |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases | 2,383 | 104 | 6 | |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Rate/100,000 | 35.6 | 44.6 | 32.1 | |
| Unintentional Injury | 2,305 | 93 | 6 | |
| Unintentional Injury Rate/100,000 | 34.5 | 39.9 | 32.1 | |
| Pneumonia and Influenza | 2,031 | 119 | 4 | |
| Pneumonia and Influenza Rate/100,000 | 30.4 | 51.0 | 21.4 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 1,244 | 47 | 6 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus Rate/100,000 | 18.6 | 20.2 | 32.1 | |
| Septicemia | 791 | 36 | 2 | |
| Septicemia Rate/100,000 | 11.8 | 15.4 | 10.7 | |
| Suicide | 743 | 24 | 4 | |
| Suicide Rate/100,000 | 11.1 | 10.3 | 21.4 | |
| Nephritis and Nephrosis | 732 | 31 | 4 | |
| Nephritis and Nephrosis Rate/100,000 | 10.9 | 13.3 | 21.4 | |
| Alzheimer's | 542 | 41 | 1 | |
| Alzheimer's Rate/100,000 | 8.1 | 17.6 | 5.4 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 509 | 6 | 0 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention Rate/100,000 | 7.6 | 2.6 | 0.0 | |
| Chronic Liver Disease | 496 | 14 | 3 | |
| Chronic Liver Disease Rate/100,000 | 7.4 | 6.0 | 16.1 | |
| Population | State Data Center 1997 Population | 6,689,569 | 233,181 | 18,672 |
| Females Ages 10-19 Population | 453,071 | 16,667 | 1,140 |