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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 Count

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


Bland County


Norton City


Falls Church City


Rappahannock County


Bath County


Lexington City


Emporia City


Mathews County


Craig County


Surry County


Charles City County


Richmond County


King and Queen County


Radford City


Galax City


Lancaster County


Poquoson City


Northumberland County


Charlotte County


Covington City


Franklin City


Essex County


Greensville County


Clarke County


Lunenburg County


Cumberland County


Middlesex County


Greene County


Buckingham County


Nelson County


Sussex County


King William County


Northampton County


Amelia County


Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City


Appomattox County


Floyd County


Madison County


Rockbridge County


Southampton County


Nottoway County


Giles County


Grayson County


King George County


Fredericksburg City


Bristol City


Botetourt County


Colonial Heights City


Harrisonburg City


Prince Edward County


Westmoreland County


Patrick County


Fluvanna County


Dickenson County


Brunswick County


Charlottesville City


Fairfax City


New Kent County


Winchester City


Prince George County


Martinsville City


Powhatan County


Lee County


Salem City


Dinwiddie County


Waynesboro City


Carroll County


Manassas City


Scott County


Caroline County


Staunton City


Amherst County


Hopewell City


Page County


Goochland County


Buchanan County


Orange County


Isle of Wight County


Wythe County


Russell County


Louisa County


Pulaski County


Mecklenburg County


Accomack County


York County


Culpeper County


Smyth County


Warren County


Gloucester County


Shenandoah County


Halifax County with South Boston City


Petersburg City


Franklin County


Wise County


Washington County


Montgomery County


Augusta County


Campbell County


Danville City


James City County


Tazewell County


Lynchburg City


Henry County


Albemarle County


Fauquier County


Rockingham County


Pittsylvania County


Alexandria City


Bedford City and County


Roanoke County


Frederick County


Suffolk City


Arlington County


Hanover County


Stafford County


Spotsylvania County


Portsmouth City


Roanoke City


Hampton City


Newport News City


Richmond City


Loudoun County


Chesapeake City


Norfolk City


Henrico County


Prince William County


Chesterfield County


Virginia Beach City


Fairfax County


Buena Vista City Highland County Manassas Park City Williamsburg City

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/28/2024 3:37 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.