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Health Profile, Giles County, 2006
Vital Event
Virginia
Planning District 4
Giles County
Total Live Births 106,474 1,706 181
Birth Rate/1,000 Estimated Population 13.9 10.3 10.4
Non-Marital Births 36,290 499 60
Percent Non-Marital Births 34.1 29.2 33.1
Low Weight Birth (<2,500 grams) 8,883 148 15
Low Weight Birth Percent of Total Births 8.3 8.7 8.3
Began Care in First 13 Weeks 88,867 1,533 160
Percent Began Care in First 13 Weeks 83.5 89.9 88.4
Induced Terminations of Pregnancy 27,024 322 36
Natural Fetal Deaths 6,918 116 12
Total Teenage Pregnancies 13,704 202 28
Preg Rate/1,000 Pop Ages 10-19 27.3 16.8 28.8
Pregnancies Ages<15 yrs 278 1 1
Preg Rate/1,000 Pop Ages<15 1.1 0.3 2.0
Pregnancies Ages 15-17 3,918 57 11
Preg Rate/1,000 Ages 15-17 25.3 23.2 34.5
Pregnancies Ages 18-19 9,508 144 16
Preg Rate/1,000 Ages 18-19 91.6 25.5 108.1
Total Infant Deaths 760 17 1
Infant Death Rate/1,000 Live Births 7.1 10.0 5.5
Total Deaths for All Ages 57,409 1,427 207
Death Rate/1,000 Estimated Pop (All Ages) 7.5 8.6 11.9
Death Rate/100,000 Estimated Pop (Cause of Death) 751.1 858.0 1,189.5
Diseases of Heart 13,929 371 56
Diseases of Heart Rate/100,000 182.2 223.1 321.8
Malignant Neoplasms 13,748 320 50
Malignant Neoplasms Rate/100,000 179.9 192.4 287.3
Cerebrovascular Diseases 3,513 102 13
Cerebrovascular Diseases Rate/100,000 46.0 61.3 74.7
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 2,683 67 12
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases Rate/100,000 35.1 40.3 69.0
Unintentional Injury 2,665 76 10
Unintentional Injury Rate/100,000 34.9 45.7 57.5
Diabetes Mellitus 1,627 37 5
Diabetes Mellitus Rate/100,000 21.3 22.2 28.7
Alzheimer's 1,568 43 10
Alzheimer's Rate/100,000 20.5 25.9 57.5
Nephritis and Nephrosis 1,397 24 7
Nephritis and Nephrosis Rate/100,000 18.3 14.4 40.2
Pneumonia and Influenza 1,277 37 6
Pneumonia and Influenza Rate/100,000 16.7 22.2 34.5
Septicemia 1,254 19 1
Septicemia Rate/100,000 16.4 11.4 5.7
Suicide 869 26 2
Suicide Rate/100,000 11.4 15.6 11.5
Chronic Liver Disease 563 12 0
Chronic Liver Disease Rate/100,000 7.4 7.2 0.0
Pneumonitis Due to Solids and Liquids 561 12 3
Pneumonitis Due to Solids and Liquids Rate/100,000 7.3 7.2 17.2
2006 Census Population 7,642,884 166,313 17,403
Females Ages 10-19 Population 502,344 12,014 972
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