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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 50+

Sorted by Recentaapc

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


Bristol City


Danville City


Fairfax City


Martinsville City


Colonial Heights City


Covington City


Floyd County


Dickenson County


Greensville County


Norton City


Page County


Waynesboro City


Lee County


Smyth County


Craig County


Grayson County


Hopewell City


Russell County


Staunton City


Wise County


Buchanan County


Carroll County


Franklin City


Salem City


Nottoway County


Patrick County


Richmond County


Halifax County with South Boston City


Scott County


King and Queen County


Lynchburg City


Nelson County


Prince Edward County


Radford City


Roanoke City


Roanoke County


Shenandoah County


Tazewell County


Wythe County


Bedford City and County


Bland County


Botetourt County


Buckingham County


Essex County


Franklin County


Lunenburg County


Mecklenburg County


Warren County


Amelia County


Appomattox County


Bath County


Cumberland County


Petersburg City


Pittsylvania County


Poquoson City


Washington County


Charlotte County


Giles County


James City County


Lexington City


Madison County


Orange County


Portsmouth City


Rockingham County


Campbell County


Dinwiddie County


Gloucester County


Louisa County


Middlesex County


Newport News City


Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City


Charles City County


Culpeper County


Hampton City


Henrico County


King William County


Southampton County


Sussex County


Amherst County


Augusta County


Clarke County


Frederick County


Harrisonburg City


New Kent County


Northampton County


Rockbridge County


Caroline County


Chesapeake City


Isle of Wight County


Montgomery County


Norfolk City


Spotsylvania County


Surry County


Virginia Beach City


Westmoreland County


Winchester City


Brunswick County


Buena Vista City


Hanover County


Lancaster County


Mathews County


Northumberland County


Charlottesville City


Fauquier County


Fluvanna County


King George County


Chesterfield County


Emporia City


Greene County


Henry County


Pulaski County


Rappahannock County


Fredericksburg City


Highland County


Prince George County


Stafford County


Goochland County


Arlington County


Prince William County


Suffolk City


Alexandria City


Fairfax County


Loudoun County


Powhatan County


Williamsburg City


York County


Albemarle County


Manassas City


Richmond City


Accomack County


Manassas Park City


Galax City




Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/05/2025 9:11 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.

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

Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.


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.