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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Virginia by County

Prostate, 2019-2023

All Races (includes Hispanic), Male, 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


Alexandria City


Smyth County


Chesapeake City


Franklin County


Spotsylvania County


Chesterfield County


Suffolk City


Halifax County with South Boston City


Orange County


Louisa County


Mecklenburg County


Henry County


James City County


Pulaski County


Augusta County


Loudoun County


Wythe County


Albemarle County


Campbell County


Fauquier County


Hampton City


Prince William County


Washington County


Bedford City and County


York County


Arlington County


Nelson County


Roanoke County


Fairfax County


Newport News City


Russell County


Culpeper County


Frederick County


Rockingham County


Montgomery County


Petersburg City


Warren County


Gloucester County


Hanover County


Roanoke City


Carroll County


Salem City


Shenandoah County


Winchester City


Danville City


Portsmouth City


Henrico County


Virginia Beach City


Richmond City


Norfolk City


Lynchburg City


Accomack County


Stafford County


Wise County


Amherst County


Botetourt County


Caroline County


Charlottesville City


Clarke County


Colonial Heights City


Dinwiddie County


Fluvanna County


Goochland County


Isle of Wight County


Lancaster County


Lee County


Middlesex County


Northampton County


Pittsylvania County


Powhatan County


Scott County


Southampton County


Tazewell County


Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City Amelia County Appomattox County Bath County Bland County Bristol City Brunswick County Buchanan County Buckingham County Buena Vista City Charles City County Charlotte County Covington City Craig County Cumberland County Dickenson County Emporia City Essex County Fairfax City Falls Church City Floyd County Franklin City Fredericksburg City Galax City Giles County Grayson County Greene County Greensville County Harrisonburg City Highland County Hopewell City King George County King William County King and Queen County Lexington City Lunenburg County Madison County Manassas City Manassas Park City Martinsville City Mathews County New Kent County Northumberland County Norton City Nottoway County Page County Patrick County Poquoson City Prince Edward County Prince George County Radford City Rappahannock County Richmond County Rockbridge County Staunton City Surry County Sussex County Waynesboro City Westmoreland County Williamsburg City


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/24/2026 11:47 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.