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Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7?
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Virginia No 179.8 (178.0, 181.7) N/A 7,995 falling falling trend -2.1 (-2.2, -2.0)
United States No 177.5 (177.2, 177.8) N/A 315,770 falling falling trend -2.2 (-2.5, -2.0)
Galax City No 437.4 (343.0, 550.8) 1 (1, 9) 15 stable stable trend -20.0 (-36.6, 0.9)
Martinsville City No 420.1 (337.3, 515.8) 2 (1, 9) 24 rising rising trend 7.5 (1.6, 13.7)
Covington City No 419.1 (317.9, 542.8) 3 (1, 20) 13 rising rising trend 8.6 (1.5, 16.2)
Petersburg City No 358.7 (315.5, 406.3) 4 (1, 10) 55 falling falling trend -0.8 (-1.3, -0.4)
Lexington City No 339.7 (250.2, 453.1) 5 (1, 75) 10 stable stable trend 11.4 (-2.0, 26.6)
Franklin City No 331.2 (260.0, 417.3) 6 (1, 66) 16 stable stable trend -0.6 (-1.5, 0.3)
Hopewell City No 303.0 (257.3, 354.5) 7 (2, 41) 33 falling falling trend -0.8 (-1.4, -0.2)
Norton City No 278.5 (185.3, 403.5) 8 (1, 129) 6 falling falling trend -1.9 (-3.7, -0.1)
Fairfax City No 273.6 (230.5, 322.2) 9 (4, 63) 30 stable stable trend -1.4 (-2.8, 0.0)
Danville City No 270.7 (240.9, 303.4) 10 (5, 46) 64 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.6, -0.4)
Northampton County No 270.4 (223.6, 325.9) 11 (4, 81) 26 falling falling trend -1.1 (-2.0, -0.2)
Dickenson County No 259.3 (216.5, 309.0) 12 (5, 87) 28 stable stable trend -0.4 (-1.2, 0.5)
Halifax County with South Boston City No 254.9 (226.9, 285.8) 13 (6, 61) 65 falling falling trend -1.4 (-2.0, -0.8)
Salem City No 252.8 (217.5, 292.5) 14 (6, 75) 38 falling falling trend -0.7 (-1.3, -0.1)
Colonial Heights City No 252.6 (210.7, 301.0) 15 (5, 92) 26 falling falling trend -1.5 (-2.3, -0.7)
Richmond County No 251.8 (198.7, 316.3) 16 (4, 113) 16 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.9, -0.1)
Bristol City No 247.5 (206.0, 295.4) 17 (5, 100) 26 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.8, -0.2)
Waynesboro City No 246.7 (209.3, 289.1) 18 (5, 84) 32 falling falling trend -0.9 (-1.6, -0.1)
Norfolk City No 242.1 (227.6, 257.2) 19 (11, 50) 229 stable stable trend 0.8 (-1.8, 3.4)
Tazewell County No 241.4 (216.0, 269.3) 20 (8, 69) 71 falling falling trend -1.3 (-1.8, -0.8)
Warren County No 241.0 (211.6, 273.4) 21 (7, 84) 54 falling falling trend -1.3 (-1.9, -0.7)
Amelia County No 239.2 (193.0, 293.9) 22 (6, 112) 21 falling falling trend -1.5 (-2.6, -0.5)
King and Queen County No 238.5 (178.5, 314.2) 23 (4, 124) 12 falling falling trend -1.6 (-2.7, -0.4)
Greensville County No 238.5 (184.2, 303.8) 24 (5, 121) 15 falling falling trend -1.8 (-3.1, -0.4)
Giles County No 236.1 (197.1, 281.4) 25 (6, 102) 28 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.8, -0.1)
Sussex County No 236.1 (186.0, 296.3) 26 (5, 121) 16 falling falling trend -2.5 (-3.5, -1.6)
Staunton City No 234.9 (201.2, 273.1) 27 (7, 98) 36 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.1, 0.2)
Smyth County No 234.4 (206.3, 265.7) 28 (8, 82) 52 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.6, -0.3)
Wise County No 234.3 (206.5, 264.9) 29 (8, 83) 55 falling falling trend -1.5 (-2.0, -0.9)
Gloucester County No 234.2 (206.8, 264.6) 30 (8, 83) 57 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.8, -0.6)
Lancaster County No 232.8 (189.3, 286.8) 31 (6, 113) 27 falling falling trend -1.8 (-2.8, -0.9)
Lynchburg City No 232.8 (210.6, 256.7) 32 (10, 75) 83 falling falling trend -1.4 (-1.8, -0.9)
Portsmouth City No 231.4 (211.7, 252.4) 33 (12, 73) 108 falling falling trend -1.8 (-2.2, -1.3)
Radford City No 231.4 (176.1, 298.0) 34 (5, 126) 13 stable stable trend -1.2 (-2.5, 0.1)
Hampton City No 227.6 (211.3, 244.8) 35 (16, 68) 153 falling falling trend -1.5 (-1.9, -1.1)
Newport News City No 227.2 (211.8, 243.3) 36 (16, 69) 173 falling falling trend -1.8 (-2.1, -1.5)
Roanoke City No 226.6 (207.8, 246.6) 37 (12, 75) 116 falling falling trend -1.5 (-1.8, -1.1)
Charlotte County No 226.1 (182.2, 278.6) 38 (6, 119) 20 falling falling trend -1.3 (-2.2, -0.4)
Nottoway County No 225.0 (184.2, 272.7) 39 (7, 121) 22 falling falling trend -2.0 (-2.7, -1.3)
Prince Edward County No 223.3 (186.2, 266.0) 40 (8, 112) 27 falling falling trend -1.2 (-2.0, -0.5)
Lunenburg County No 222.6 (178.5, 275.1) 41 (7, 121) 19 falling falling trend -1.7 (-2.8, -0.6)
Page County No 220.4 (189.6, 255.4) 42 (9, 105) 39 falling falling trend -1.3 (-2.1, -0.6)
Westmoreland County No 218.7 (185.6, 257.2) 43 (9, 112) 33 falling falling trend -2.0 (-2.8, -1.1)
Brunswick County No 218.4 (181.0, 262.1) 44 (9, 117) 25 falling falling trend -2.6 (-3.5, -1.7)
Buckingham County No 218.2 (181.1, 261.3) 45 (8, 117) 26 stable stable trend -1.0 (-2.1, 0.1)
Scott County No 218.1 (187.9, 252.7) 46 (10, 110) 39 falling falling trend -1.3 (-1.9, -0.7)
Nelson County No 217.0 (178.3, 263.0) 47 (8, 119) 26 stable stable trend -0.3 (-1.2, 0.7)
Cumberland County No 216.7 (169.8, 274.4) 48 (7, 125) 16 falling falling trend -2.0 (-3.0, -1.1)
Essex County No 216.1 (170.6, 271.8) 49 (6, 125) 17 falling falling trend -1.6 (-2.7, -0.5)
Accomack County No 214.3 (188.9, 242.7) 50 (15, 104) 55 falling falling trend -1.7 (-2.2, -1.2)
Emporia City No 214.0 (147.3, 303.0) 51 (5, 132) 7 falling falling trend -2.8 (-4.3, -1.2)
Buena Vista City No 213.9 (152.9, 293.3) 52 (5, 132) 8 falling falling trend -1.9 (-3.1, -0.7)
Shenandoah County No 212.8 (190.0, 237.9) 53 (16, 100) 66 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.5, -0.6)
Russell County No 212.3 (183.0, 245.4) 54 (13, 115) 40 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.2, 0.2)
Isle of Wight County No 211.9 (185.2, 241.6) 55 (14, 109) 49 falling falling trend -2.2 (-3.1, -1.4)
Orange County No 211.2 (185.8, 239.5) 56 (15, 110) 51 falling falling trend -1.6 (-2.1, -1.0)
Suffolk City No 209.9 (190.6, 230.5) 57 (21, 95) 95 falling falling trend -1.9 (-2.4, -1.4)
Mecklenburg County No 209.5 (184.2, 237.9) 58 (14, 108) 53 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.9, -0.6)
Poquoson City No 207.1 (163.2, 260.0) 59 (8, 126) 16 falling falling trend -2.6 (-4.1, -1.1)
Buchanan County No 206.5 (175.1, 242.7) 60 (12, 119) 33 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.9, -0.3)
Pittsylvania County No 205.7 (186.6, 226.5) 61 (23, 103) 93 falling falling trend -1.5 (-2.0, -1.0)
Dinwiddie County No 205.7 (174.9, 240.6) 62 (13, 120) 34 falling falling trend -1.8 (-2.6, -1.0)
Wythe County No 204.1 (176.3, 235.7) 63 (14, 118) 41 falling falling trend -1.7 (-2.4, -1.0)
Appomattox County No 204.0 (166.3, 248.5) 64 (9, 125) 22 falling falling trend -1.4 (-2.7, -0.2)
Surry County No 202.4 (147.9, 274.1) 65 (7, 131) 10 falling falling trend -2.3 (-3.5, -1.0)
Floyd County No 201.0 (164.9, 243.8) 66 (12, 125) 23 stable stable trend -0.1 (-1.1, 0.8)
Campbell County No 200.7 (180.2, 223.0) 67 (27, 109) 73 falling falling trend -1.5 (-2.2, -0.9)
Lee County No 200.1 (170.4, 234.0) 68 (14, 121) 34 falling falling trend -1.7 (-2.3, -1.0)
Chesapeake City No 199.8 (187.4, 212.8) 69 (44, 97) 215 falling falling trend -2.1 (-2.4, -1.7)
Caroline County No 198.8 (168.4, 233.1) 70 (14, 121) 33 falling falling trend -2.2 (-3.0, -1.4)
Madison County No 198.7 (159.6, 245.8) 71 (11, 127) 19 stable stable trend -0.9 (-2.2, 0.3)
Culpeper County No 198.4 (175.0, 224.1) 72 (24, 118) 55 falling falling trend -1.5 (-2.1, -1.0)
Henry County No 198.3 (178.5, 220.1) 73 (29, 112) 78 falling falling trend -0.9 (-1.3, -0.6)
Patrick County No 198.1 (165.1, 236.9) 74 (12, 124) 28 stable stable trend -0.9 (-1.8, 0.0)
Southampton County No 197.2 (162.9, 237.4) 75 (11, 124) 25 falling falling trend -2.4 (-3.2, -1.7)
Bedford City and County No 196.0 (179.5, 213.8) 76 (37, 108) 111 falling falling trend -1.7 (-2.1, -1.2)
Highland County No 195.6 (123.5, 327.1) 77 (4, 133) 5
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New Kent County No 194.9 (159.5, 235.9) 78 (13, 126) 26 falling falling trend -2.1 (-3.2, -1.0)
Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City No 194.7 (159.5, 236.8) 79 (15, 126) 23 falling falling trend -1.7 (-2.6, -0.7)
Amherst County No 194.1 (167.8, 223.8) 80 (23, 121) 41 falling falling trend -1.6 (-2.3, -0.9)
Charles City County No 193.8 (143.9, 259.8) 81 (7, 132) 11 falling falling trend -2.4 (-3.4, -1.3)
Middlesex County No 192.9 (157.9, 237.1) 82 (15, 126) 22 falling falling trend -2.1 (-2.8, -1.5)
Harrisonburg City No 192.5 (163.8, 224.6) 83 (20, 124) 33 falling falling trend -2.1 (-3.0, -1.1)
Goochland County No 192.4 (163.0, 226.4) 84 (18, 124) 34 falling falling trend -2.1 (-3.1, -1.1)
King William County No 191.8 (152.5, 238.4) 85 (14, 129) 18 falling falling trend -1.8 (-2.9, -0.7)
Winchester City No 186.8 (156.7, 221.0) 86 (22, 126) 28 falling falling trend -1.9 (-2.5, -1.3)
Frederick County No 185.2 (168.9, 202.6) 87 (50, 117) 99 falling falling trend -1.9 (-2.4, -1.4)
Grayson County No 185.1 (151.5, 225.1) 88 (20, 128) 23 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.9, -0.2)
Craig County No 184.6 (128.0, 262.8) 89 (7, 133) 8 stable stable trend -0.3 (-1.9, 1.4)
Bath County No 184.5 (129.9, 263.6) 90 (8, 133) 8 falling falling trend -2.5 (-3.9, -1.1)
Clarke County No 183.8 (147.8, 227.1) 91 (19, 130) 19 falling falling trend -1.6 (-2.7, -0.4)
Louisa County No 183.2 (159.3, 210.0) 92 (38, 125) 46 falling falling trend -1.9 (-2.6, -1.2)
Chesterfield County No 182.9 (173.4, 192.8) 93 (67, 110) 306 falling falling trend -1.9 (-2.2, -1.5)
Henrico County No 180.1 (170.7, 189.8) 94 (69, 113) 293 falling falling trend -1.9 (-2.2, -1.6)
Washington County No 179.8 (160.9, 200.6) 95 (50, 123) 71 falling falling trend -1.6 (-2.1, -1.1)
Pulaski County No 179.5 (156.4, 205.6) 96 (42, 125) 45 falling falling trend -1.8 (-2.5, -1.2)
Virginia Beach City No 177.2 (169.1, 185.6) 97 (77, 114) 377 falling falling trend -1.9 (-2.0, -1.7)
Greene County No 176.9 (142.8, 216.9) 98 (26, 130) 20 falling falling trend -1.6 (-2.8, -0.4)
Richmond City No 176.6 (164.7, 189.1) 99 (70, 119) 182 falling falling trend -4.5 (-5.5, -3.5)
Spotsylvania County No 175.6 (161.2, 191.0) 100 (63, 120) 118 falling falling trend -2.2 (-2.8, -1.7)
Rockingham County No 173.7 (157.9, 190.8) 101 (62, 123) 91 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.4, -0.6)
Mathews County No 173.4 (135.9, 222.6) 102 (20, 132) 16 falling falling trend -2.4 (-3.5, -1.3)
Carroll County No 173.0 (150.2, 199.1) 103 (55, 127) 43 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.8, -0.2)
James City County No 172.9 (158.2, 188.8) 104 (66, 122) 108 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.8, -0.6)
Roanoke County No 172.0 (157.5, 187.5) 105 (68, 122) 109 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.6, -0.7)
King George County No 171.8 (140.4, 208.0) 106 (34, 131) 23 falling falling trend -2.2 (-3.2, -1.1)
Fauquier County No 170.7 (152.7, 190.3) 107 (61, 126) 71 falling falling trend -2.2 (-2.9, -1.6)
Franklin County No 170.5 (152.4, 190.4) 108 (61, 126) 72 falling falling trend -1.4 (-2.0, -0.9)
Montgomery County No 169.0 (151.4, 188.1) 109 (64, 126) 70 falling falling trend -1.7 (-2.2, -1.3)
Fredericksburg City No 168.9 (135.3, 207.9) 110 (33, 132) 19 stable stable trend 13.1 (-13.1, 47.2)
Stafford County No 167.5 (151.7, 184.4) 111 (72, 125) 96 falling falling trend -2.6 (-3.3, -2.0)
Falls Church City No 166.1 (122.1, 220.3) 112 (18, 133) 10 falling falling trend -2.3 (-3.6, -1.0)
Manassas City No 166.0 (134.6, 201.8) 113 (37, 132) 24 falling falling trend -2.4 (-3.4, -1.5)
Hanover County No 165.4 (151.3, 180.6) 114 (79, 125) 107 falling falling trend -2.5 (-3.0, -2.0)
Powhatan County No 163.4 (136.8, 193.9) 115 (52, 131) 30 falling falling trend -2.8 (-3.6, -2.0)
Botetourt County No 162.6 (140.1, 188.1) 116 (63, 129) 40 falling falling trend -2.1 (-2.9, -1.3)
Prince George County No 161.5 (136.6, 189.6) 117 (59, 130) 32 falling falling trend -2.8 (-3.7, -2.0)
Fluvanna County No 161.4 (135.3, 191.6) 118 (57, 131) 28 falling falling trend -2.2 (-3.1, -1.4)
Charlottesville City No 160.2 (134.0, 190.0) 119 (56, 132) 29 falling falling trend -2.5 (-3.3, -1.8)
Augusta County No 159.7 (144.9, 175.8) 120 (84, 127) 88 falling falling trend -1.9 (-2.4, -1.3)
Northumberland County No 159.7 (130.3, 197.7) 121 (48, 132) 24 falling falling trend -3.0 (-3.9, -2.0)
Rockbridge County No 159.0 (133.6, 188.8) 122 (61, 131) 31 falling falling trend -1.8 (-2.7, -0.9)
Rappahannock County No 157.4 (116.7, 212.0) 123 (29, 133) 10 falling falling trend -2.5 (-4.0, -1.1)
Prince William County No 147.6 (138.7, 156.8) 124 (110, 128) 245 falling falling trend -2.9 (-3.2, -2.5)
Albemarle County No 145.6 (132.6, 159.6) 125 (106, 130) 95 falling falling trend -1.8 (-2.3, -1.2)
York County No 134.9 (118.6, 152.9) 126 (110, 133) 51 falling falling trend -3.3 (-4.0, -2.6)
Loudoun County No 133.6 (124.8, 142.8) 127 (119, 132) 190 falling falling trend -2.9 (-3.3, -2.5)
Alexandria City No 133.4 (120.0, 147.8) 128 (115, 133) 79 falling falling trend -3.0 (-3.4, -2.6)
Bland County No 131.4 (88.7, 191.0) 129 (45, 133) 6
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Fairfax County No 123.0 (118.7, 127.4) 130 (126, 133) 664 falling falling trend -2.4 (-2.6, -2.2)
Arlington County Yes 119.1 (108.9, 130.1) 131 (125, 133) 106 falling falling trend -2.8 (-3.2, -2.5)
Williamsburg City Yes 109.4 (78.5, 150.1) 132 (107, 133) 9 stable stable trend 14.1 (-21.9, 66.6)
Manassas Park City Yes 96.3 (60.2, 144.1) 133 (93, 133) 5 falling falling trend -5.1 (-7.6, -2.4)
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/28/2024 4:02 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.

* 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.

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