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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


Falls Church City


Arlington County


Alexandria City


Fairfax County


Loudoun County


Botetourt County


Rappahannock County


Albemarle County


York County


Prince William County


Charlottesville City


Augusta County


Mathews County


Harrisonburg City


Bland County


Northumberland County


Prince George County


Montgomery County


Rockbridge County


Greene County


James City County


Stafford County


Roanoke County


Powhatan County


Chesterfield County


Clarke County


Henrico County


King George County


Rockingham County


Culpeper County


Fluvanna County


Virginia Beach City


Manassas City


Bedford City and County


Hanover County


Buckingham County


Spotsylvania County


Isle of Wight County


Franklin County


Fauquier County


Carroll County


Charlotte County


Chesapeake City


Louisa County


Fredericksburg City


Southampton County


Richmond City


Poquoson City


Orange County


Winchester City


Amherst County


Dinwiddie County


Radford City


New Kent County


King William County


Campbell County


Frederick County


Charles City County


Nelson County


Pulaski County


Washington County


Caroline County


Warren County


Middlesex County


Newport News City


Shenandoah County


Suffolk City


Pittsylvania County


Floyd County


Hampton City


Richmond County


Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City


Appomattox County


Mecklenburg County


Lynchburg City


Westmoreland County


Grayson County


Lancaster County


Giles County


Craig County


Fairfax City


Goochland County


Essex County


Gloucester County


Lee County


Lunenburg County


Page County


Amelia County


Salem City


Emporia City


Patrick County


Accomack County


Surry County


Bath County


Nottoway County


Wythe County


Roanoke City


Henry County


Norfolk City


Prince Edward County


Russell County


Greensville County


Northampton County


Portsmouth City


Staunton City


Smyth County


Norton City


Madison County


Scott County


Brunswick County


Bristol City


Tazewell County


Wise County


Colonial Heights City


Waynesboro City


Danville City


Cumberland County


Halifax County with South Boston City


Buchanan County


King and Queen County


Sussex County


Lexington City


Hopewell City


Franklin City


Dickenson County


Galax City


Petersburg City


Martinsville City


Covington City


Buena Vista City Highland County Manassas Park City Williamsburg City

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 04/18/2024 8:32 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 (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.