The Hanover County Community Profile: Health District
The Hanover Health District strives to provide education and quality
service in an efficient, consistent, and caring manner. Links to
services provided by the health district can be found on the following
website:
http://www.vdh.state.va.us/LHD/hanover/index.htm
The Virginia State Department of Health collects data on a wide
range of health and health related events. This data can be accessed
at the following website by county by year:
http://www.vdh.state.va.us/HealthStats/index.asp
Data summarizing births and birth-related events, are summarized
in the following table:
Birth and Birth-related Events
| |
| Indicators |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
| Live Births |
1004 |
1123 |
1060 |
1091 |
1069 |
| Birth rate/1000 Estimated Population |
60.1 |
66.4 |
57.7 |
59.4 |
54.6 |
| Induced pregnancy terminations |
220 |
225 |
236 |
217 |
218 |
| Natural fetal deaths |
78 |
87 |
74 |
98 |
95 |
| Non-marital births (percent of total births) |
15.4% |
14.3% |
15.7% |
15.0% |
16.7% |
| Source: Virginia Health Department
website; Atlas of Community Health of Hanover Co. |
At risk pregnancies and teenaged pregnancy are presented in the
following tables:
At-Risk Pregnancy
| |
| Indicators |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
| Infant deaths/1,000 live births |
9 |
3.6 |
3.8 |
6.4 |
4.7 |
| Number low weight births (<2500 grams) |
73 |
92 |
79 |
76 |
84 |
| Low-weight births (percent of total births) |
7.3% |
8.2% |
7.5% |
7.0% |
7.9% |
| Source: Virginia Health Department
website |
Teen Pregnancy
| |
Actual Numbers |
| Indicators |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
| Total teen pregnancies |
103 |
120 |
101 |
95 |
93 |
| Teen pregnancy rate/1,000 (age 10-19) |
19.3 |
22 |
16.1 |
15.1 |
13.7 |
| Live births to teen girls/1,000 (age 10-17) |
4.73 |
4.11 |
3.56 |
2.2 |
2.32 |
| Source: Hanover Archival Prevention
Social Indicators; Virginia Health Department website |
The leading causes of death in the county are summarized in the
following table:
Leading Causes of Death
| Cause of Death |
Actual Numbers |
| |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
| Malignant neoplasms (cancer) |
221 |
170 |
174 |
164 |
158 |
| Diseases of the heart |
164 |
144 |
169 |
138 |
176 |
| Cerebrovascular disease |
40 |
35 |
49 |
38 |
44 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases* |
29 |
40 |
35 |
36 |
42 |
| Unintentional injury |
29 |
40 |
35 |
36 |
42 |
| Pneumonia and influenza |
25 |
11 |
14 |
18 |
11 |
| Suicide |
9 |
6 |
12 |
16 |
5 |
Source: Virginia Department of
Health website
*changed to Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases, 2000 |
Those deaths specifically attributable to alcohol consumption are
summarized in the following table:
Alcohol-related Deaths
| Disease |
Rate per 10,000 population |
| |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
| Liver disease and cirrhosis |
0.485 |
0.823 |
0.348 |
0.561 |
0.978 |
| Total alcohol-induced deaths |
n/a |
0.588 |
0 |
0.336 |
0.217 |
| Source: Hanover Archival Prevention
Social Indicators |
Rates of sexually transmitted disease are presented in the following
table:
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
| Disease |
Rate per 10,000 population |
| |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
| HIV |
0.353 |
0.116 |
0.448 |
0.109 |
| AIDS |
0.47 |
0.579 |
0.112 |
0.109 |
| Chlamydia Cases |
77 |
61 |
77 |
97 |
| Rate per 10,000 population |
10.06 |
7.07 |
8.58 |
10.5 |
| Gonorrhea Cases |
45 |
39 |
25 |
58 |
| Rate per 10,000 population |
5.88 |
4.52 |
2.79 |
6.3 |
| Syphilis Cases |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Rate per 10,000 population |
|
|
|
0.33 |
| Source: Hanover Archival Prevention
Social Indicators; Atlas of Community Health of Hanover Co. |
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