| Vital Event | Virginia |
Planning District 16 |
Spotsylvania County |
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| Births | Total Live Births | 91,664 | 3,209 | 1,183 |
| Birth Rate/1,000 Estimated Population | 13.7 | 15.8 | 16.8 | |
| Non-Marital Births | 26,893 | 868 | 280 | |
| Percent Non-Marital Births | 29.3 | 27.0 | 23.7 | |
| Low Weight Birth (<2,500 grams) | 7,081 | 221 | 80 | |
| Low Weight Birth Percent of Total Births | 7.7 | 6.9 | 6.8 | |
| Prenatal Care | Began Care in First 13 Weeks | 77,310 | 2,827 | 1,067 |
| Percent Began Care in First 13 Weeks | 84.3 | 88.1 | 90.2 | |
| Induced | Induced Terminations of Pregnancy | 25,875 | 763 | 166 |
| Fetals | Natural Fetal Deaths | 7,532 | 183 | 61 |
| Teen Pregnancy | Total Teenage Pregnancies | 15,787 | 584 | 173 |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Pop Ages 10-19 | 34.8 | 38.1 | 32.3 | |
| Pregnancies Ages<15 yrs | 458 | 14 | 3 | |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Pop Ages<15 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.0 | |
| Pregnancies Ages 15-17 | 5,500 | 199 | 64 | |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Ages 15-17 | 44.9 | 49.1 | 42.1 | |
| Pregnancies Ages 18-19 | 9,829 | 371 | 106 | |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Ages 18-19 | 96.2 | 118.0 | 123.3 | |
| Infant Deaths | Total Infant Deaths | 711 | 23 | 8 |
| Infant Death Rate/1,000 Live Births | 7.8 | 7.2 | 6.8 | |
| All Deaths | Total Deaths for All Ages | 53,554 | 1,354 | 440 |
| Death Rate/1,000 Estimated Pop (All Ages) | 8.0 | 6.7 | 6.2 | |
| Death Rate/100,000 Estimated Pop (Cause of Death) | 800.6 | 666.3 | 623.6 | |
| Diseases of Heart | 15,547 | 348 | 109 | |
| Diseases of Heart Rate/100,000 | 232.4 | 171.2 | 154.5 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 12,849 | 378 | 140 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms Rate/100,000 | 192.1 | 186.0 | 198.4 | |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases | 4,010 | 86 | 29 | |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases Rate/100,000 | 59.9 | 42.3 | 41.1 | |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases | 2,383 | 42 | 15 | |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Rate/100,000 | 35.6 | 20.7 | 21.3 | |
| Unintentional Injury | 2,305 | 81 | 25 | |
| Unintentional Injury Rate/100,000 | 34.5 | 39.9 | 35.4 | |
| Pneumonia and Influenza | 2,031 | 31 | 7 | |
| Pneumonia and Influenza Rate/100,000 | 30.4 | 15.3 | 9.9 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 1,244 | 33 | 13 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus Rate/100,000 | 18.6 | 16.2 | 18.4 | |
| Septicemia | 791 | 26 | 8 | |
| Septicemia Rate/100,000 | 11.8 | 12.8 | 11.3 | |
| Suicide | 743 | 28 | 5 | |
| Suicide Rate/100,000 | 11.1 | 13.8 | 7.1 | |
| Nephritis and Nephrosis | 732 | 13 | 5 | |
| Nephritis and Nephrosis Rate/100,000 | 10.9 | 6.4 | 7.1 | |
| Alzheimer's | 542 | 14 | 4 | |
| Alzheimer's Rate/100,000 | 8.1 | 6.9 | 5.7 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 509 | 8 | 2 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention Rate/100,000 | 7.6 | 3.9 | 2.8 | |
| Chronic Liver Disease | 496 | 12 | 4 | |
| Chronic Liver Disease Rate/100,000 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 5.7 | |
| Population | State Data Center 1997 Population | 6,689,569 | 203,215 | 70,560 |
| Females Ages 10-19 Population | 453,071 | 15,324 | 5,362 |