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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Virginia by County

All Cancer Sites, 2018-2022

White Non-Hispanic, Both Sexes, All Ages

Sorted by Rate

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 (6)


Petersburg City


Galax City


Norton City


Fairfax City


Hopewell City


Covington City


Sussex County


Waynesboro City


Wise County


Colonial Heights City


Martinsville City


Danville City


King and Queen County


Smyth County


Lee County


Halifax County with South Boston City


Dickenson County


Buchanan County


Lexington City


Tazewell County


Giles County


Nottoway County


Amelia County


Roanoke City


Russell County


Buena Vista City


Lancaster County


Grayson County


Gloucester County


Greensville County


Salem City


Hampton City


Page County


Richmond County


Radford City


New Kent County


Henry County


Dinwiddie County


Staunton City


Warren County


Charlotte County


Orange County


Patrick County


Portsmouth City


Westmoreland County


Scott County


Franklin City


Wythe County


Essex County


Caroline County


Norfolk City


Chesapeake City


Shenandoah County


Bath County


Newport News City


Craig County


Lynchburg City


Isle of Wight County


Frederick County


Mathews County


Bristol City


Southampton County


Accomack County


Poquoson City


Madison County


Washington County


Mecklenburg County


Buckingham County


Brunswick County


Prince George County


Suffolk City


Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City


Amherst County


King George County


Bedford City and County


Louisa County


Highland County


Surry County


Floyd County


Nelson County


Pittsylvania County


Middlesex County


Prince Edward County


Fredericksburg City


Lunenburg County


Spotsylvania County


Winchester City


Northampton County


Carroll County


Culpeper County


Appomattox County


Stafford County


Campbell County


Pulaski County


Cumberland County


Hanover County


King William County


Manassas City


Charles City County


Franklin County


Virginia Beach City


Henrico County


Chesterfield County


Fauquier County


Falls Church City


Rockbridge County


Botetourt County


Rockingham County


Bland County


Montgomery County


Fluvanna County


Harrisonburg City


Roanoke County


Clarke County


Augusta County


Prince William County


York County


Charlottesville City


Northumberland County


Greene County


Williamsburg City


Powhatan County


Loudoun County


James City County


Goochland County


Rappahannock County


Emporia City


Albemarle County


Fairfax County


Richmond City


Arlington County


Alexandria City


Manassas Park City




Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/03/2025 12:14 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.
6 Hispanic mortality recent trend data for the United States has been excluded for the following states: Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Oklahoma. The data on Hispanic and non-Hispanic mortality for these states may be unreliable for the time period used in the generation of the recent trend (1990 - 2022) and has been excluded from the calculation of the United States recent trend. This was based on the NCHS Policy.

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.