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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Virginia by County

All Cancer Sites, 2018-2022

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


Fairfax County


Virginia Beach City


Prince William County


Chesterfield County


Henrico County


Norfolk City


Chesapeake City


Loudoun County


Richmond City


Newport News City


Hampton City


Roanoke City


Spotsylvania County


Portsmouth City


Stafford County


Arlington County


Hanover County


Frederick County


Suffolk City


Bedford City and County


Roanoke County


Alexandria City


Pittsylvania County


Rockingham County


Augusta County


Henry County


Lynchburg City


Fauquier County


Tazewell County


Washington County


Danville City


Franklin County


Montgomery County


Albemarle County


Campbell County


Petersburg City


James City County


Wise County


Warren County


York County


Shenandoah County


Louisa County


Culpeper County


Gloucester County


Smyth County


Halifax County with South Boston City


Russell County


Accomack County


Wythe County


Amherst County


Isle of Wight County


Mecklenburg County


Orange County


Pulaski County


Buchanan County


Hopewell City


Dinwiddie County


Lee County


Page County


Scott County


Caroline County


Charlottesville City


Waynesboro City


Manassas City


Prince George County


Botetourt County


Staunton City


Carroll County


Fairfax City


Fluvanna County


New Kent County


Brunswick County


Powhatan County


Harrisonburg City


King George County


Colonial Heights City


Goochland County


Martinsville City


Patrick County


Salem City


Dickenson County


Winchester City


Rockbridge County


Westmoreland County


Fredericksburg City


Prince Edward County


Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City


Giles County


King William County


Southampton County


Nottoway County


Bristol City


Grayson County


Buckingham County


Madison County


Northampton County


Sussex County


Appomattox County


Nelson County


Amelia County


Lancaster County


Floyd County


Charlotte County


Middlesex County


Essex County


Clarke County


Cumberland County


Northumberland County


Franklin City


Greene County


King and Queen County


Galax City


Lunenburg County


Greensville County


Poquoson City


Richmond County


Covington City


Mathews County


Charles City County


Craig County


Radford City


Emporia City


Williamsburg City


Falls Church City


Norton City


Bath County


Bland County


Buena Vista City


Rappahannock County


Surry County


Highland County Lexington City Manassas Park City

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/12/2025 3:56 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.

Healthy People 2030 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.

* 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.