| Vital Event | Virginia |
Planning District 5 |
Salem City |
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| Births | Total Live Births | 91,664 | 3,048 | 256 |
| Birth Rate/1,000 Estimated Population | 13.7 | 12.0 | 10.9 | |
| Non-Marital Births | 26,893 | 1,010 | 60 | |
| Percent Non-Marital Births | 29.3 | 33.1 | 23.4 | |
| Low Weight Birth (<2,500 grams) | 7,081 | 236 | 12 | |
| Low Weight Birth Percent of Total Births | 7.7 | 7.7 | 4.7 | |
| Prenatal Care | Began Care in First 13 Weeks | 77,310 | 2,634 | 224 |
| Percent Began Care in First 13 Weeks | 84.3 | 86.4 | 87.5 | |
| Induced | Induced Terminations of Pregnancy | 25,875 | 821 | 99 |
| Fetals | Natural Fetal Deaths | 7,532 | 180 | 17 |
| Teen Pregnancy | Total Teenage Pregnancies | 15,787 | 592 | 46 |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Pop Ages 10-19 | 34.8 | 37.2 | 28.9 | |
| Pregnancies Ages<15 yrs | 458 | 15 | 2 | |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Pop Ages<15 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 3.0 | |
| Pregnancies Ages 15-17 | 5,500 | 213 | 13 | |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Ages 15-17 | 44.9 | 48.2 | 35.0 | |
| Pregnancies Ages 18-19 | 9,829 | 364 | 31 | |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Ages 18-19 | 96.2 | 100.9 | 56.3 | |
| Infant Deaths | Total Infant Deaths | 711 | 12 | 0 |
| Infant Death Rate/1,000 Live Births | 7.8 | 3.9 | 0.0 | |
| All Deaths | Total Deaths for All Ages | 53,554 | 2,973 | 287 |
| Death Rate/1,000 Estimated Pop (All Ages) | 8.0 | 11.7 | 12.2 | |
| Death Rate/100,000 Estimated Pop (Cause of Death) | 800.6 | 1,168.7 | 1,221.1 | |
| Diseases of Heart | 15,547 | 964 | 101 | |
| Diseases of Heart Rate/100,000 | 232.4 | 378.9 | 429.7 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 12,849 | 607 | 54 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms Rate/100,000 | 192.1 | 238.6 | 229.7 | |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases | 4,010 | 257 | 14 | |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases Rate/100,000 | 59.9 | 101.0 | 59.6 | |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases | 2,383 | 133 | 15 | |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Rate/100,000 | 35.6 | 52.3 | 63.8 | |
| Unintentional Injury | 2,305 | 98 | 9 | |
| Unintentional Injury Rate/100,000 | 34.5 | 38.5 | 38.3 | |
| Pneumonia and Influenza | 2,031 | 121 | 17 | |
| Pneumonia and Influenza Rate/100,000 | 30.4 | 47.6 | 72.3 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 1,244 | 79 | 9 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus Rate/100,000 | 18.6 | 31.1 | 38.3 | |
| Septicemia | 791 | 38 | 3 | |
| Septicemia Rate/100,000 | 11.8 | 14.9 | 12.8 | |
| Suicide | 743 | 45 | 1 | |
| Suicide Rate/100,000 | 11.1 | 17.7 | 4.3 | |
| Nephritis and Nephrosis | 732 | 38 | 4 | |
| Nephritis and Nephrosis Rate/100,000 | 10.9 | 14.9 | 17.0 | |
| Alzheimer's | 542 | 27 | 2 | |
| Alzheimer's Rate/100,000 | 8.1 | 10.6 | 8.5 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 509 | 10 | 1 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention Rate/100,000 | 7.6 | 3.9 | 4.3 | |
| Chronic Liver Disease | 496 | 35 | 4 | |
| Chronic Liver Disease Rate/100,000 | 7.4 | 13.8 | 17.0 | |
| Population | State Data Center 1997 Population | 6,689,569 | 254,389 | 23,504 |
| Females Ages 10-19 Population | 453,071 | 15,933 | 1,591 |