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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 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)


Fairfax City


Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City


Martinsville City


Franklin City


Cumberland County


Orange County


Harrisonburg City


Prince Edward County


Greensville County


Lynchburg City


Salem City


Nottoway County


Lancaster County


Waynesboro City


Petersburg City


Charlotte County


Hopewell City


Brunswick County


Richmond County


Mecklenburg County


Danville City


Williamsburg City


Northampton County


Sussex County


Accomack County


Franklin County


Norfolk City


Winchester City


Portsmouth City


Newport News City


Goochland County


Roanoke City


Northumberland County


King William County


Colonial Heights City


King and Queen County


Culpeper County


Powhatan County


Fauquier County


Richmond City


Halifax County with South Boston City


Emporia City


Campbell County


Suffolk City


Gloucester County


Amherst County


Essex County


Lunenburg County


Pittsylvania County


Bedford City and County


Louisa County


Staunton City


Charles City County


Albemarle County


Hampton City


Fredericksburg City


Dinwiddie County


Alexandria City


Roanoke County


Virginia Beach City


Charlottesville City


Hanover County


Warren County


Chesterfield County


Isle of Wight County


James City County


Chesapeake City


Buckingham County


Westmoreland County


Henrico County


Nelson County


Caroline County


Appomattox County


Amelia County


Henry County


Manassas City


Fluvanna County


Southampton County


Stafford County


Loudoun County


Prince George County


Prince William County


Arlington County


Spotsylvania County


New Kent County


Frederick County


Surry County


King George County


Fairfax County


Montgomery County


Augusta County


York County


Middlesex County


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 04/25/2025 7:41 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.

* 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.