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 decreased in the Hampton Roads region over the last several years.
- The Hampton Roads region has the 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.
- The infant death rate has consistently exceeded the state average and was the third highest among the regions of Virginia in 2008.
- The foster care rates in the Hampton Roads region are among the lowest in Virginia.
- Obesity among adults in the Hampton Roads region is lower than the average for 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.
