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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Virginia by County

All Cancer Sites, 2018-2022

Black Non-Hispanic, Both Sexes, All Ages

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 (6)


Manassas City


Appomattox County


Charlottesville City


Montgomery County


York County


Loudoun County


Westmoreland County


Arlington County


Emporia City


Stafford County


Alexandria City


Fredericksburg City


Powhatan County


Prince William County


Fairfax County


Prince George County


Warren County


Fauquier County


Henry County


Richmond City


Essex County


Spotsylvania County


Lancaster County


Culpeper County


King William County


New Kent County


Staunton City


Caroline County


Henrico County


Surry County


Brunswick County


Campbell County


Chesapeake City


Fluvanna County


Isle of Wight County


Amelia County


Buckingham County


Sussex County


Accomack County


Chesterfield County


Hampton City


Hanover County


James City County


Norfolk City


Orange County


Suffolk City


Virginia Beach City


Franklin County


Gloucester County


Newport News City


Petersburg City


Roanoke City


Bedford City and County


Goochland County


Halifax County with South Boston City


Northumberland County


Salem City


Southampton County


Amherst County


Charles City County


Hopewell City


King George County


Pittsylvania County


Albemarle County


Dinwiddie County


Nelson County


Portsmouth City


Richmond County


Winchester City


Charlotte County


Danville City


Franklin City


King and Queen County


Mecklenburg County


Louisa County


Cumberland County


Nottoway County


Northampton County


Greensville County


Lunenburg County


Martinsville City


Lynchburg City


Roanoke County


Prince Edward County


Fairfax City


Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City


Augusta County


Colonial Heights City


Frederick County


Harrisonburg City


Middlesex County


Waynesboro City


Williamsburg City


Bath County Bland County Botetourt County Bristol City Buchanan County Buena Vista City Carroll County Clarke County Covington City Craig County Dickenson County Falls Church City Floyd County Galax City Giles County Grayson County Greene County Highland County Lee County Lexington City Madison County Manassas Park City Mathews County Norton City Page County Patrick County Poquoson City Pulaski County Radford City Rappahannock County Rockbridge County Rockingham County Russell County Scott County Shenandoah County Smyth County Tazewell County Washington County Wise County Wythe County

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 11/14/2025 9:58 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.

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.

* 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.