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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Virginia by County

All Cancer Sites, 2016-2020

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


Williamsburg City


Manassas Park City


Arlington County


Fairfax County


Alexandria City


York County


Bland County


Albemarle County


Loudoun County


Fredericksburg City


Rappahannock County


Craig County


Montgomery County


Pulaski County


Goochland County


Rockbridge County


Powhatan County


Prince William County


Roanoke County


King George County


Madison County


Augusta County


Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City


Northumberland County


Franklin County


Rockingham County


Greene County


Fauquier County


Richmond City


Prince George County


Floyd County


King William County


James City County


Clarke County


Botetourt County


Fluvanna County


Stafford County


Henry County


Carroll County


Charlottesville City


Virginia Beach City


Spotsylvania County


Middlesex County


Appomattox County


Pittsylvania County


Hanover County


Cumberland County


Falls Church City


Washington County


Amherst County


Emporia City


Surry County


Southampton County


Harrisonburg City


Mathews County


Henrico County


Frederick County


Chesterfield County


Manassas City


Brunswick County


Patrick County


Wythe County


Buckingham County


Charles City County


Grayson County


Nelson County


Buchanan County


Lunenburg County


King and Queen County


Bedford City and County


Isle of Wight County


Campbell County


Highland County


Louisa County


Winchester City


Essex County


Dinwiddie County


Northampton County


New Kent County


Chesapeake City


Suffolk City


Mecklenburg County


Prince Edward County


Westmoreland County


Orange County


Russell County


Bristol City


Lee County


Shenandoah County


Danville City


Page County


Caroline County


Culpeper County


Hampton City


Staunton City


Poquoson City


Lynchburg City


Roanoke City


Tazewell County


Halifax County with South Boston City


Scott County


Nottoway County


Lancaster County


Norfolk City


Smyth County


Bath County


Radford City


Charlotte County


Newport News City


Wise County


Accomack County


Portsmouth City


Warren County


Colonial Heights City


Dickenson County


Giles County


Amelia County


Norton City


Gloucester County


Waynesboro City


Sussex County


Richmond County


Lexington City


Salem City


Fairfax City


Buena Vista City


Hopewell City


Covington City


Franklin City


Greensville County


Petersburg City


Martinsville City


Galax City




Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 04/28/2024 3:14 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.

* 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.