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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Virginia by County

Colon & Rectum, 2016-2020

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

Sorted by CI*Rank

Explanation of Column Headers

Objective - The objective of 74.4 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


Greensville County


Danville City


Fairfax City


Richmond County


Martinsville City


Buchanan County


Staunton City


Hopewell City


Page County


Halifax County with South Boston City


Louisa County


Tazewell County


Petersburg City


Giles County


Cumberland County


Accomack County


Wise County


Nottoway County


Northumberland County


Russell County


Dickenson County


Campbell County


King George County


Grayson County


Charlotte County


Salem City


Smyth County


Rockbridge County


Waynesboro City


Pittsylvania County


Amherst County


King William County


Lancaster County


Colonial Heights City


Newport News City


Mecklenburg County


Portsmouth City


Suffolk City


Shenandoah County


Brunswick County


Roanoke City


Prince Edward County


Henry County


Lynchburg City


Pulaski County


Bedford City and County


Frederick County


Scott County


Warren County


Westmoreland County


Chesapeake City


Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City


Goochland County


Appomattox County


Hanover County


Orange County


Isle of Wight County


Norfolk City


Gloucester County


Spotsylvania County


Stafford County


Culpeper County


Dinwiddie County


Hampton City


Northampton County


Floyd County


Richmond City


New Kent County


James City County


Prince George County


Wythe County


Harrisonburg City


Chesterfield County


Henrico County


Franklin County


Fauquier County


Botetourt County


Prince William County


Rockingham County


Caroline County


Washington County


Augusta County


Carroll County


Virginia Beach City


Charlottesville City


Montgomery County


Winchester City


Lee County


Manassas City


Loudoun County


York County


Patrick County


Alexandria City


Albemarle County


Fluvanna County


Fairfax County


Powhatan County


Roanoke County


Arlington County


Amelia County Bath County Bland County Bristol City Buckingham County Buena Vista City Charles City County Clarke County Covington City Craig County Emporia City Essex County Falls Church City Franklin City Fredericksburg City Galax City Greene County Highland County King and Queen County Lexington City Lunenburg County Madison County Manassas Park City Mathews County Middlesex County Nelson County Norton City Poquoson City Radford City Rappahannock County Southampton County Surry County Sussex County Williamsburg City

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 04/16/2024 11:55 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.

* 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.