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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Virginia by County

All Cancer Sites, 2016-2020

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages <65

Sorted by CI*Rank

Explanation of Column Headers

Objective - The objective of 122.7 is from the Healthy People 2020 project done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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


Covington City


Martinsville City


Petersburg City


Galax City


Dickenson County


Franklin City


Hopewell City


Lexington City


Sussex County


King and Queen County


Buchanan County


Halifax County with South Boston City


Cumberland County


Danville City


Waynesboro City


Colonial Heights City


Wise County


Tazewell County


Bristol City


Brunswick County


Scott County


Madison County


Norton City


Smyth County


Staunton City


Portsmouth City


Northampton County


Greensville County


Russell County


Prince Edward County


Norfolk City


Henry County


Roanoke City


Wythe County


Nottoway County


Bath County


Surry County


Accomack County


Patrick County


Emporia City


Salem City


Amelia County


Page County


Lunenburg County


Lee County


Gloucester County


Essex County


Goochland County


Fairfax City


Craig County


Giles County


Lancaster County


Grayson County


Westmoreland County


Lynchburg City


Mecklenburg County


Appomattox County


Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City


Richmond County


Hampton City


Floyd County


Pittsylvania County


Suffolk City


Shenandoah County


Newport News City


Middlesex County


Warren County


Caroline County


Washington County


Pulaski County


Nelson County


Charles City County


Frederick County


Campbell County


King William County


New Kent County


Radford City


Dinwiddie County


Amherst County


Winchester City


Orange County


Poquoson City


Richmond City


Southampton County


Fredericksburg City


Louisa County


Chesapeake City


Charlotte County


Carroll County


Fauquier County


Franklin County


Isle of Wight County


Spotsylvania County


Buckingham County


Hanover County


Bedford City and County


Manassas City


Virginia Beach City


Fluvanna County


Culpeper County


Rockingham County


King George County


Henrico County


Clarke County


Chesterfield County


Powhatan County


Roanoke County


Stafford County


James City County


Greene County


Rockbridge County


Montgomery County


Prince George County


Northumberland County


Bland County


Harrisonburg City


Mathews County


Augusta County


Charlottesville City


Prince William County


York County


Albemarle County


Rappahannock County


Botetourt County


Loudoun County


Fairfax County


Alexandria City


Arlington County


Falls Church City


Buena Vista City Highland County Manassas Park City Williamsburg City

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/29/2024 4:17 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 (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85+). 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.

* 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).

Please note that the data comes from different sources. Due to different years of data availability, most of the trends are AAPCs based on APCs but some are APCs calculated in SEER*Stat. Please refer to the source for each graph for additional information.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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.