Distance to Delivery in Virginia
Explore how far and how long Virginians travel for childbirth, including differences by geography, rurality, payer type, delivery type and maternal characteristics.
How far do Virginians travel for childbirth?
The Distance to Delivery Dashboard provides an interactive view of estimated travel time and distance for childbirth across Virginia. Users can explore how travel burden varies by geography, rurality, health insurance type, delivery type, maternal demographics, selected maternal health indicators and hospital characteristics.
The dashboard highlights differences between urban and rural communities and helps users better understand geographic access to delivery services across the Commonwealth.
Additional Information
Virginia Hospital Discharge Data (Patient Level Data), 2019-2024
Use the interactive dashboard to explore estimated travel time and distance for childbirth across Virginia. Filter by geography, year, health insurance type, delivery type, maternal demographics, risk indicators and hospital characteristics to better understand differences in geographic access to delivery services.
Download the methodology overview here.
- Data include births occurring between 2019 and 2024.
- Birth events include both vaginal and cesarean deliveries.
- Travel distance and travel time are estimates based on the mother’s residence and delivery hospital.
- Data are presented in aggregate to protect patient privacy.
- Certain data may be suppressed in accordance with VHI data protection policies.
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Hospital Discharge Data
Access hospital data from Virginia’s Hospital Discharge database (Patient Level Data). Full datasets are available for licensing.