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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Virginia by County

Leukemia, 2019-2023

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, 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


Chesterfield County


Isle of Wight County


Arlington County


Wise County


Franklin County


Alexandria City


Fairfax County


Henrico County


York County


Henry County


Frederick County


Rockingham County


Wythe County


Albemarle County


Pittsylvania County


Roanoke City


Spotsylvania County


Loudoun County


Portsmouth City


Washington County


Culpeper County


Fauquier County


Hampton City


Hanover County


Norfolk City


Tazewell County


James City County


Richmond City


Roanoke County


Accomack County


Chesapeake City


Virginia Beach City


Montgomery County


Newport News City


Prince William County


Lynchburg City


Suffolk City


Bedford City and County


Danville City


Shenandoah County


Orange County


Harrisonburg City


Botetourt County


Stafford County


Amherst County


Augusta County


Campbell County


Halifax County with South Boston City


Louisa County


Nelson County


Patrick County


Petersburg City


Pulaski County


Warren 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 Caroline County Carroll County Charles City County Charlotte County Charlottesville City Clarke County Colonial Heights City Covington City Craig County Cumberland County Dickenson County Dinwiddie County Emporia City Essex County Fairfax City Falls Church City Floyd County Fluvanna County Franklin City Fredericksburg City Galax City Giles County Gloucester County Goochland County Grayson County Greene County Greensville County Highland County Hopewell City King George County King William County King and Queen County Lancaster County Lee County Lexington City Lunenburg County Madison County Manassas City Manassas Park City Martinsville City Mathews County Mecklenburg County Middlesex County New Kent County Northampton County Northumberland County Norton City Nottoway County Page County Poquoson City Powhatan County Prince Edward County Prince George County Radford City Rappahannock County Richmond County Rockbridge County Russell County Salem City Scott County Smyth County Southampton County Staunton City Surry County Sussex County Waynesboro City Westmoreland County Williamsburg City Winchester City


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/22/2026 7:59 am.

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

Trend
Rising when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is above 0.
Stable when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change includes 0.
Falling when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is below 0.


† 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+).

The Healthy People 2030 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal.

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

The US Population Data File is used with mortality data.

‡ The Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) is based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint. Due to data availability issues, the time period used in the calculation of the joinpoint regression model may differ for selected counties.

⋔ Results presented with the CI*Rank statistics help show the usefulness of ranks. For example, ranks for relatively rare diseases or less populated areas may be essentially meaningless because of their large variability, but ranks for more common diseases in densely populated regions can be very useful. More information about methodology can be found on the CI*Rank website.

When displaying county information, the CI*Rank for the state is not shown because it's not comparable. To see the state CI*Rank please view the statistics at the US By State level.

*** No Healthy People 2030 Objective for this cancer.

Healthy People 2030 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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.