STATE PROFILE: VIRGINIA
PERCENTAGE OF PERSONS UNDER AGE 65 WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE (2004-06 data)
VIRGINIA: 12.8%
U.S.: 16.6%
PERCENTAGE OF BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS (2006 preliminary data)
VIRGINIA 33.8
U.S. RATE 38.5
2006 RANK 38 (tie)
2005 VIRGINIA RATE 32.2
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 +1.6
EARLY PRENATAL CARE (Percent receiving prenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy, 2005)
VIRGINIA 85.0
37-STATE, D.C., AND NEW YORK CITY REPORTING AREA 83.9
2004 VIRGINIA RATE n/a
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 n/a
CESAREAN DELIVERY RATE (2006 preliminary data)
VIRGINIA 32.4
U.S. RATE 31.1
2006 RANK 15 (tie)
2005 VIRGINIA RATE 31.4
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 +1.0
PRETERM BIRTH RATE (2006 preliminary data)
VIRGINIA 12.0
U.S. RATE 12.8
2006 RANK 33
2005 VIRGINIA RATE 12.3
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 -0.3
TEEN BIRTH RATE (Number of live births per 1,000 females aged 15-19, 2006)
VIRGINIA 35.2
U.S. RATE 41.9
RANK 32
2005 VIRGINIA RATE 34.4
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 +0.8
LOW BIRTHWEIGHT RATE (2006 preliminary data)
VIRGINIA 8.3
U.S. RATE 8.3
2006 RANK 22 (tie)
2005 VIRGINIA RATE 8.2
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 +0.1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE (2005)
VIRGINIA 7.50
U.S. RATE 6.83
RANK 18
2004 VIRGINIA RATE 7.48
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 +0.02
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LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE U.S. (2005) |
1. HEART DISEASE
DEATHS 14,192
VIRGINIA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 198.0
U.S. RATE 211.1
2005 RANK 25
2004
VIRGINIA RATE
206.5
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
-8.5
2. CANCER
DEATHS 13,877
VIRGINIA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 188.8
U.S. RATE 183.8
2005 RANK 21
2004 VIRGINIA RATE 187.6
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 +1.2
3. STROKE
DEATHS 3,675
VIRGINIA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 52.1
U.S. RATE 46.6
2005 RANK 16 (tie)
2004
VIRGINIA RATE
55.5
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
-3.4
4. CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES
DEATHS 2,897
VIRGINIA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 41.2
U.S. RATE 43.2
2005 RANK 35
2004 VIRGINIA RATE 39.9
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 +1.3
5. ACCIDENTS
DEATHS 2,638
VIRGINIA
DEATH RATE
(age-adjusted) 35.3
U.S. RATE 39.1
2005 RANK 37
2004 VIRGINIA RATE 36.0
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 -0.7
6. DIABETES
DEATHS 1,642
VIRGINIA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 22.6
U.S. RATE 24.6
2005 RANK 35 (tie)
2004
VIRGINIA RATE
22.7
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
-0.1
7. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
DEATHS 1,550
VIRGINIA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 22.5
U.S. RATE 22.9
2005 RANK 31 (tie)
2004 VIRGINIA RATE 22.4
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 +0.1
8. INFLUENZA/PNEUMONIA
DEATHS 1,464
VIRGINIA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 20.9
U.S. RATE
20.3
2005 RANK
24
2004
VIRGINIA RATE 21.5
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
-0.6
9. KIDNEY DISEASE
DEATHS 1,277
VIRGINIA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 17.9
U.S. RATE 14.3
2005 RANK 16
2004
VIRGINIA RATE
18.1
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
-0.2
10. SEPTICEMIA
DEATHS 1,201
VIRGINIA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 16.8
U.S. RATE 11.2
2005 RANK 9
2004 VIRGINIA RATE n/a
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 n/a
Sources: Health Insurance data come from National Health Statistics Reports, No. 1; 2005 birth data come from National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 56, No. 6; 2006 preliminary birth data come from National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 56, No. 7; Infant mortality data come from the 2005 period linked birth/infant death data set; Leading cause of death data come from National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 56, No. 10 and rankings are based on age-adjusted death rates. States are categorized from highest rate to lowest. Although adjusted for differences in age-distribution and population size, rankings by state do not take into account other state specific population characteristics that may effect the level of mortality. When the number of deaths is small, rankings by state may be unreliable due to instability in death rates. For more information on age-adjustment, click Here.