Health and Family Summary
Making progress toward healthy lives and strong families is essential to achieving and maintaining an enviable quality of life. Highlights of the progress in Hampton Roads include:
- Cancer and cardiovascular death rates have dropped significantly in the Hampton Roads region over the last decade.
- The Hampton Roads region has the second lowest percentage of uninsured residents under age 65 in Virginia.
- The rate of teenage pregnancy has been declining since 2000, but it still exceeds the state average.
- Although it remains high, the rate of infant deaths in the Hampton Roads region has generally improved in recent years.
- Foster care rates in the region are among the lowest in Virginia.
- Obesity among adults in the Hampton Roads region is lower than the average for both Virginia and the nation.
The health and family indicators help to assess the progress that the region is making and understand the key factors that influence the quality of life in the region.
