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RESIDENT BIRTH BY HEALTHY BIRTH INDEX*

BY PLANNING DISTRICT AND CITY/COUNTY OF RESIDENCE

VIRGINIA 1995-2000**

* A HEALTHY BIRTH IS ONE THAT MEETS ALL FOUR OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:

BIRTH WEIGHT OF 5.5 POUNDS OR MORE

5 MINUTE APGAR SCORE OF 9 OR 10

GESTATION OF 37 WEEKS OR GREATER

PRENATAL CARE BEGUN IN THE FIRST TRIMESTER

** DATA FOR 2000 IS PRELIMINARY
Year	Jurisdiction	Total Births	Births (4 Criteria Available)	Births (4 Criteria Positive)	Healthy Birth Index

	Augusta Co.
1995		693	689	519	75.3
1996		638	630	458	72.7
1997		694	687	501	72.9
1998		703	698	500	71.6
1999		651	641	442	69.0
2000		680	671	428	63.8
	Bath Co.
1995		42	42	27	64.3
1996		44	44	34	77.3
1997		44	44	31	70.5
1998		53	53	35	66.0
1999		50	50	36	72.0
2000		44	43	34	79.1
	Highland Co.
1995		18	18	14	77.8
1996		15	15	10	66.7
1997		20	20	12	60.0
1998		11	11	7	63.6
1999		19	19	12	63.2
2000		14	14	9	64.3
	Rockbridge Co.
1995		174	169	119	70.4
1996		227	227	144	63.4
1997		209	206	112	54.4
1998		195	194	129	66.5
1999		215	214	155	72.4
2000		170	169	106	62.7
	Rockingham Co
1995		873	865	621	71.8
1996		852	845	596	70.5
1997		798	785	568	72.4
1998		772	765	529	69.2
1999		909	899	610	67.9
2000		860	855	616	72.0
	Buena Vista
1995		74	74	49	66.2
1996		65	63	41	65.1
1997		70	70	45	64.3
1998		83	80	57	71.3
1999		85	84	58	69.0
2000		94	94	57	60.6
	Harrisonburg
1995		368	365	257	70.4
1996		334	327	221	67.6
1997		381	372	240	64.5
1998		412	406	275	67.7
1999		403	398	247	62.1
2000		449	441	305	69.2
	Lexington
1995		72	71	47	66.2
1996		32	32	23	71.9
1997		44	43	31	72.1
1998		52	51	31	60.8
1999		51	50	35	70.0
2000		82	81	54	66.7
	Staunton
1995		217	212	146	68.9
1996		259	254	169	66.5
1997		249	245	166	67.8
1998		267	264	192	72.7
1999		251	244	172	70.5
2000		263	260	156	60.0
	Waynesboro
1995		244	243	163	67.1
1996		227	225	166	73.8
1997		252	248	177	71.4
1998		293	285	189	66.3
1999		307	300	199	66.3
2000		297	294	187	63.6
	Central Shenandoah H.D.
1995		2,775	2,748	1,962	71.4
1996		2,693	2,662	1,862	69.9
1997		2,761	2,720	1,883	69.2
1998		2,841	2,807	1,944	69.3
1999		2,941	2,899	1,966	67.8
2000		2,953	2,922	1,952	66.8
	Virginia
1995		91,871	89,076	62,065	69.7
1996		92,115	89,801	62,841	70.0
1997		91,664	89,490	63,012	70.4
1998		94,114	91,924	64,744	70.4
1999		95,207	93,633	65,383	69.8
2000		M	97,460	67,415	69.2

Last Updated: 08-19-2008

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