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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Virginia by County

Melanoma of the Skin, 2018-2022

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

Sorted by Rate

Explanation of Column Headers

Objective - The objective of *** 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


Prince William County


Fairfax County


Albemarle County


Norfolk City


Loudoun County


Chesapeake City


Henrico County


Chesterfield County


Spotsylvania County


Roanoke County


Virginia Beach City


Arlington County


Hanover County


Augusta County


Stafford County


Bedford City and County


Frederick County


Pittsylvania County


Montgomery County


Washington County


Accomack County Alexandria City Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City Amelia County Amherst County Appomattox County Bath County Bland County Botetourt County Bristol City Brunswick County Buchanan County Buckingham County Buena Vista City Campbell County Caroline County Carroll County Charles City County Charlotte County Charlottesville City Clarke County Colonial Heights City Covington City Craig County Culpeper County Cumberland County Danville City Dickenson County Dinwiddie County Emporia City Essex County Fairfax City Falls Church City Fauquier County Floyd County Fluvanna County Franklin City Franklin County Fredericksburg City Galax City Giles County Gloucester County Goochland County Grayson County Greene County Greensville County Halifax County with South Boston City Hampton City Harrisonburg City Henry County Highland County Hopewell City Isle of Wight County James City County King George County King William County King and Queen County Lancaster County Lee County Lexington City Louisa County Lunenburg County Lynchburg City Madison County Manassas City Manassas Park City Martinsville City Mathews County Mecklenburg County Middlesex County Nelson County New Kent County Newport News City Northampton County Northumberland County Norton City Nottoway County Orange County Page County Patrick County Petersburg City Poquoson City Portsmouth City Powhatan County Prince Edward County Prince George County Pulaski County Radford City Rappahannock County Richmond City Richmond County Roanoke City Rockbridge County Rockingham County Russell County Salem City Scott County Shenandoah County Smyth County Southampton County Staunton City Suffolk City Surry County Sussex County Tazewell County Warren County Waynesboro City Westmoreland County Williamsburg City Winchester City Wise County Wythe County York County

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 12/12/2024 1:20 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.

*** No Healthy People 2030 Objective for this cancer.
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.