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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 CI*Rank

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)


Middlesex County


York County


Augusta County


Montgomery County


Fairfax County


King George County


Surry County


Frederick County


New Kent County


Spotsylvania County


Arlington County


Prince William County


Prince George County


Loudoun County


Stafford County


Southampton County


Fluvanna County


Manassas City


Henry County


Amelia County


Appomattox County


Caroline County


Nelson County


Henrico County


Westmoreland County


Buckingham County


Chesapeake City


James City County


Isle of Wight County


Chesterfield County


Warren County


Hanover County


Charlottesville City


Virginia Beach City


Roanoke County


Alexandria City


Dinwiddie County


Fredericksburg City


Hampton City


Albemarle County


Charles City County


Staunton City


Louisa County


Bedford City and County


Pittsylvania County


Lunenburg County


Essex County


Amherst County


Gloucester County


Suffolk City


Campbell County


Emporia City


Halifax County with South Boston City


Richmond City


Fauquier County


Powhatan County


Culpeper County


King and Queen County


Colonial Heights City


King William County


Northumberland County


Roanoke City


Goochland County


Newport News City


Portsmouth City


Winchester City


Norfolk City


Franklin County


Accomack County


Sussex County


Northampton County


Williamsburg City


Danville City


Mecklenburg County


Richmond County


Brunswick County


Hopewell City


Charlotte County


Petersburg City


Waynesboro City


Lancaster County


Nottoway County


Salem City


Lynchburg City


Greensville County


Prince Edward County


Harrisonburg City


Orange County


Cumberland County


Franklin City


Martinsville City


Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City


Fairfax 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 05/13/2025 10:06 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.
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.