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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Virginia by County

All Cancer Sites, 2018-2022

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages <65

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


Arlington County


Loudoun County


Fairfax County


Albemarle County


Falls Church City


Alexandria City


Greene County


Surry County


Rappahannock County


Prince William County


Williamsburg City


Clarke County


James City County


Powhatan County


York County


Stafford County


Botetourt County


Poquoson City


Northumberland County


Fauquier County


Harrisonburg City


Augusta County


Chesterfield County


Montgomery County


Manassas City


Roanoke County


Charlottesville City


Charles City County


Carroll County


Henrico County


Rockingham County


Virginia Beach City


Southampton County


Goochland County


Hanover County


Bland County


Prince George County


Winchester City


Spotsylvania County


Floyd County


Radford City


Isle of Wight County


Culpeper County


Bedford City and County


Chesapeake City


Rockbridge County


Nelson County


Fluvanna County


Caroline County


Richmond City


Middlesex County


Buckingham County


Amelia County


Greensville County


King George County


Lunenburg County


Buena Vista City


Franklin County


Pulaski County


Fredericksburg City


Appomattox County


King William County


Suffolk City


Orange County


Gloucester County


New Kent County


Louisa County


Campbell County


Richmond County


Newport News City


Salem City


Shenandoah County


Hampton City


Westmoreland County


Dinwiddie County


Frederick County


Mathews County


Grayson County


Accomack County


Bath County


Charlotte County


Mecklenburg County


Norfolk City


Pittsylvania County


Washington County


Nottoway County


Giles County


Amherst County


Staunton City


Bristol City


Fairfax City


Essex County


Lynchburg City


Warren County


Portsmouth City


Page County


Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City


Northampton County


Patrick County


Halifax County with South Boston City


Madison County


Wythe County


Prince Edward County


Roanoke City


Henry County


Lee County


Franklin City


Cumberland County


Emporia City


Scott County


Brunswick County


Lancaster County


Smyth County


Danville City


Russell County


Waynesboro City


Craig County


Tazewell County


Colonial Heights City


Wise County


Covington City


Buchanan County


Galax City


Sussex County


Dickenson County


Norton City


Martinsville City


King and Queen County


Hopewell City


Petersburg City


Highland County Lexington City Manassas Park City

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 04/24/2025 12:48 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.

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.