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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Virginia by County

Breast, 2019-2023

All Races (includes Hispanic), Female, All Ages

Sorted by Recentaapc

Explanation of Column Headers

Death Rate (95% Confidence Interval) - The death rate is based upon 100,000 people and is for 5 year(s). Rates are age-adjusted by 5-year age groups to the 2000 U.S. standard million population (the Healthy People 2020 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal).

Recent Trends - This is an interpretation of the AAPC:

AAPC (95% Confidence Interval) - The Average Annual Percent Change is the change in rate over time. These AAPCs are based upon APCs that were calculated by Joinpoint Regression Program


Other Notes


Line by Line Interpretation of the Report


Virginia


United States


Albemarle County


Goochland County


York County


Pulaski County


Warren County


Scott County


Arlington County


Manassas City


Amherst County


Prince William County


Richmond City


Suffolk City


Loudoun County


Pittsylvania County


Waynesboro City


Campbell County


James City County


Mecklenburg County


Portsmouth City


Alexandria City


Fairfax County


Fauquier County


Henrico County


Culpeper County


Rockingham County


Stafford County


Henry County


Norfolk City


Bristol City


Washington County


Botetourt County


Virginia Beach City


Bedford City and County


Chesapeake City


Halifax County with South Boston City


Hanover County


Hampton City


Montgomery County


Newport News City


Isle of Wight County


Orange County


Augusta County


Rockbridge County


Wythe County


Franklin County


Lee County


Petersburg City


Frederick County


Roanoke City


Accomack County


Danville City


Roanoke County


Spotsylvania County


Buchanan County


Charlottesville City


Shenandoah County


Tazewell County


Lynchburg City


Chesterfield County


Wise County


Russell County


Fairfax City


Hopewell City


Salem City


Colonial Heights City


Nelson County


Amelia County


Brunswick County


Carroll County


Dickenson County


Dinwiddie County


Fredericksburg City


Gloucester County


Louisa County


Lunenburg County


New Kent County


Page County


Powhatan County


Prince George County


Staunton City


Winchester City


Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City Appomattox County Bath County Bland County Buckingham County Buena Vista City Caroline County Charles City County Charlotte County Clarke County Covington City Craig County Cumberland County Emporia City Essex County Falls Church City Floyd County Fluvanna County Franklin City Galax City Giles County Grayson County Greene County Greensville County Harrisonburg City Highland County King George County King William County King and Queen County Lancaster County Lexington City Madison County Manassas Park City Martinsville City Mathews County Middlesex County Northampton County Northumberland County Norton City Nottoway County Patrick County Poquoson City Prince Edward County Radford City Rappahannock County Richmond County Smyth County Southampton County Surry County Sussex County Westmoreland County Williamsburg City


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/24/2026 7:09 pm.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.

† Death data provided by the National Vital Statistics System public use data file. Death rates calculated by the National Cancer Institute using SEER*Stat. Death rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (20 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85-89, 90+).

Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI.

The US Population Data File is used with mortality data.

Φ Rural–urban county classifications are based on the 2023 USDA Rural–Urban Continuum Codes (except for Connecticut Counties which use 2013 codes). State-level cancer rates for rural areas are calculated using cancer cases registered exclusively in rural counties, while state-level cancer rates for urban areas are calculated using cases registered exclusively in urban counties.

* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category.

If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.