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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 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


Galax City


Martinsville City


Petersburg City


Greensville County


Franklin City


Covington City


Hopewell City


Buena Vista City


Fairfax City


Salem City


Lexington City


Richmond County


Sussex County


Waynesboro City


Gloucester County


Norton City


Amelia County


Giles County


Dickenson County


Colonial Heights City


Warren County


Portsmouth City


Accomack County


Wise County


Newport News City


Charlotte County


Radford City


Bath County


Smyth County


Norfolk City


Lancaster County


Nottoway County


Scott County


Halifax County with South Boston City


Tazewell County


Roanoke City


Lynchburg City


Poquoson City


Staunton City


Hampton City


Culpeper County


Caroline County


Page County


Danville City


Shenandoah County


Lee County


Bristol City


Russell County


Orange County


Westmoreland County


Prince Edward County


Mecklenburg County


Suffolk City


Chesapeake City


New Kent County


Northampton County


Dinwiddie County


Essex County


Winchester City


Louisa County


Highland County


Campbell County


Isle of Wight County


Bedford City and County


King and Queen County


Lunenburg County


Buchanan County


Nelson County


Grayson County


Charles City County


Buckingham County


Wythe County


Patrick County


Brunswick County


Manassas City


Chesterfield County


Frederick County


Henrico County


Mathews County


Harrisonburg City


Southampton County


Surry County


Emporia City


Amherst County


Washington County


Falls Church City


Cumberland County


Hanover County


Pittsylvania County


Appomattox County


Middlesex County


Spotsylvania County


Virginia Beach City


Charlottesville City


Carroll County


Henry County


Stafford County


Fluvanna County


Botetourt County


Clarke County


James City County


King William County


Floyd County


Prince George County


Richmond City


Fauquier County


Greene County


Rockingham County


Franklin County


Northumberland County


Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City


Augusta County


Madison County


King George County


Roanoke County


Prince William County


Powhatan County


Rockbridge County


Goochland County


Pulaski County


Montgomery County


Craig County


Rappahannock County


Fredericksburg City


Loudoun County


Albemarle County


Bland County


York County


Alexandria City


Fairfax County


Arlington County


Manassas Park City


Williamsburg City




Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 04/18/2024 7:59 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.