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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Virginia by County

All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023

Hispanic (any race), Both Sexes, All Ages

Sorted by Count

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


Culpeper County


Roanoke City


Fauquier County


Fairfax City


Frederick County


Harrisonburg City


Richmond City


Chesapeake City


Spotsylvania County


Newport News City


Stafford County


Norfolk City


Manassas City


Henrico County


Alexandria City


Chesterfield County


Virginia Beach City


Arlington County


Loudoun County


Prince William County


Fairfax County


Accomack County Albemarle County Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City Amelia County Amherst County Appomattox County Augusta County Bath County Bedford City and County Bland County Botetourt County Bristol City Brunswick County Buchanan County Buckingham County Buena Vista City Campbell County Caroline County Carroll County Charles City County Charlotte County Charlottesville City Clarke County Colonial Heights City Covington City Craig County Cumberland County Danville City Dickenson County Dinwiddie County Emporia City Essex County Falls Church City Floyd County Fluvanna County Franklin City Franklin County Fredericksburg City Galax City Giles County Gloucester County Goochland County Grayson County Greene County Greensville County Halifax County with South Boston City Hampton City Hanover County Henry County Highland County Hopewell City Isle of Wight County James City County King George County King William County King and Queen County Lancaster County Lee County Lexington City Louisa County Lunenburg County Lynchburg City Madison County Manassas Park City Martinsville City Mathews County Mecklenburg County Middlesex County Montgomery County Nelson County New Kent County Northampton County Northumberland County Norton City Nottoway County Orange County Page County Patrick County Petersburg City Pittsylvania County Poquoson City Portsmouth City Powhatan County Prince Edward County Prince George County Pulaski County Radford City Rappahannock County Richmond County Roanoke County Rockbridge County Rockingham County Russell County Salem City Scott County Shenandoah County Smyth County Southampton County Staunton City Suffolk City Surry County Sussex County Tazewell County Warren County Washington County Waynesboro City Westmoreland County Williamsburg City Winchester City Wise County Wythe County York County


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/12/2026 2:39 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.

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).

NHIA (NAACCR Hispanic Identification Algorithm) was used for Hispanic Ethnicity (see Technical Notes section of the USCS).

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.