| Vital Event | Virginia |
Planning District 20 |
Virginia Beach City |
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| Births | Total Live Births | 91,664 | 16,131 | 6,402 |
| Birth Rate/1,000 Estimated Population | 13.7 | 14.6 | 14.0 | |
| Non-Marital Births | 26,893 | 5,788 | 1,629 | |
| Percent Non-Marital Births | 29.3 | 35.9 | 25.4 | |
| Low Weight Birth (<2,500 grams) | 7,081 | 1,400 | 454 | |
| Low Weight Birth Percent of Total Births | 7.7 | 8.7 | 7.1 | |
| Prenatal Care | Began Care in First 13 Weeks | 77,310 | 13,319 | 5,503 |
| Percent Began Care in First 13 Weeks | 84.3 | 82.6 | 86.0 | |
| Induced | Induced Terminations of Pregnancy | 25,875 | 5,668 | 2,385 |
| Fetals | Natural Fetal Deaths | 7,532 | 1,500 | 519 |
| Teen Pregnancy | Total Teenage Pregnancies | 15,787 | 3,413 | 1,102 |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Pop Ages 10-19 | 34.8 | 42.4 | 31.6 | |
| Pregnancies Ages<15 yrs | 458 | 119 | 32 | |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Pop Ages<15 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 1.7 | |
| Pregnancies Ages 15-17 | 5,500 | 1,213 | 382 | |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Ages 15-17 | 44.9 | 57.4 | 42.1 | |
| Pregnancies Ages 18-19 | 9,829 | 2,081 | 688 | |
| Preg Rate/1,000 Ages 18-19 | 96.2 | 119.8 | 104.9 | |
| Infant Deaths | Total Infant Deaths | 711 | 194 | 57 |
| Infant Death Rate/1,000 Live Births | 7.8 | 12.0 | 8.9 | |
| All Deaths | Total Deaths for All Ages | 53,554 | 7,855 | 2,215 |
| Death Rate/1,000 Estimated Pop (All Ages) | 8.0 | 7.1 | 4.8 | |
| Death Rate/100,000 Estimated Pop (Cause of Death) | 800.6 | 709.1 | 484.6 | |
| Diseases of Heart | 15,547 | 2,273 | 610 | |
| Diseases of Heart Rate/100,000 | 232.4 | 205.2 | 133.5 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 12,849 | 1,904 | 544 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms Rate/100,000 | 192.1 | 171.9 | 119.0 | |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases | 4,010 | 566 | 185 | |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases Rate/100,000 | 59.9 | 51.1 | 40.5 | |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases | 2,383 | 315 | 98 | |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Rate/100,000 | 35.6 | 28.4 | 21.4 | |
| Unintentional Injury | 2,305 | 313 | 98 | |
| Unintentional Injury Rate/100,000 | 34.5 | 28.3 | 21.4 | |
| Pneumonia and Influenza | 2,031 | 275 | 73 | |
| Pneumonia and Influenza Rate/100,000 | 30.4 | 24.8 | 16.0 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 1,244 | 187 | 44 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus Rate/100,000 | 18.6 | 16.9 | 9.6 | |
| Septicemia | 791 | 142 | 41 | |
| Septicemia Rate/100,000 | 11.8 | 12.8 | 9.0 | |
| Suicide | 743 | 98 | 32 | |
| Suicide Rate/100,000 | 11.1 | 8.8 | 7.0 | |
| Nephritis and Nephrosis | 732 | 101 | 21 | |
| Nephritis and Nephrosis Rate/100,000 | 10.9 | 9.1 | 4.6 | |
| Alzheimer's | 542 | 75 | 28 | |
| Alzheimer's Rate/100,000 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 6.1 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 509 | 113 | 25 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention Rate/100,000 | 7.6 | 10.2 | 5.5 | |
| Chronic Liver Disease | 496 | 85 | 26 | |
| Chronic Liver Disease Rate/100,000 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 5.7 | |
| Population | State Data Center 1997 Population | 6,689,569 | 1,107,709 | 457,077 |
| Females Ages 10-19 Population | 453,071 | 80,498 | 34,850 |