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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 CI*Rank

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


Fairfax City


Hopewell City


Petersburg City


Amelia County


Lunenburg County


Colonial Heights City


Wise County


Buchanan County


Dickenson County


Brunswick County


Nelson County


Danville City


Fredericksburg City


Dinwiddie County


Russell County


Salem City


Spotsylvania County


Orange County


Hampton City


Wythe County


New Kent County


Portsmouth City


Manassas City


Lynchburg City


Halifax County with South Boston City


Tazewell County


Scott County


Isle of Wight County


Lee County


Culpeper County


Bristol City


Roanoke City


Staunton City


Richmond City


Suffolk City


Frederick County


Norfolk City


Fauquier County


Waynesboro City


Charlottesville City


Shenandoah County


Warren County


Washington County


Chesapeake City


Accomack County


Hanover County


Stafford County


Newport News City


Gloucester County


Mecklenburg County


Henrico County


Carroll County


Chesterfield County


Franklin County


Montgomery County


Bedford City and County


Page County


Virginia Beach City


Roanoke County


Botetourt County


Winchester City


Goochland County


Powhatan County


Prince William County


Pittsylvania County


Henry County


Rockbridge County


James City County


Arlington County


Fairfax County


Loudoun County


Prince George County


Rockingham County


Pulaski County


Amherst County


Augusta County


Alexandria City


Louisa County


Campbell County


Albemarle County


York County


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 03/11/2026 1:21 pm.

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).

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.