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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Virginia by County

Breast, 2018-2022

All Races (includes Hispanic), Female, All Ages

Sorted by Recentaapc

Explanation of Column Headers

Objective - The objective of 15.3 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


Amherst County


Goochland County


Warren County


Albemarle County


Manassas City


Arlington County


Rockbridge County


York County


Alexandria City


Accomack County


Fauquier County


Mecklenburg County


Montgomery County


Prince William County


Washington County


Loudoun County


Norfolk City


Suffolk City


Scott County


Augusta County


Fairfax County


Pittsylvania County


Richmond City


Bedford City and County


Chesterfield County


Roanoke City


Stafford County


Hampton City


Pulaski County


Chesapeake City


Danville City


Frederick County


Henrico County


Newport News City


Orange County


Virginia Beach City


Campbell County


Culpeper County


Salem City


Lynchburg City


Rockingham County


Franklin County


Wise County


Charlottesville City


Hanover County


Isle of Wight County


Petersburg City


Portsmouth City


Wythe County


Buchanan County


Henry County


Fairfax City


Roanoke County


Tazewell County


Spotsylvania County


Bristol City


Halifax County with South Boston City


Martinsville City


Botetourt County


Russell County


Shenandoah County


Lee County


Hopewell City


Colonial Heights City


Brunswick County


Caroline County


Carroll County


Dickenson County


Dinwiddie County


Floyd County


Fredericksburg City


Gloucester County


James City County


Louisa County


Nottoway County


Powhatan County


Prince George County


Staunton City


Waynesboro City


Winchester City


Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City Amelia County Appomattox County Bath County Bland County Buckingham County Buena Vista City Charles City County Charlotte County Clarke County Covington City Craig County Cumberland County Emporia City Essex County Falls Church City Fluvanna County Franklin City Galax City Giles County Grayson County Greene County Greensville County Harrisonburg City Highland County King George County King William County King and Queen County Lancaster County Lexington City Lunenburg County Madison County Manassas Park City Mathews County Middlesex County Nelson County New Kent County Northampton County Northumberland County Norton City Page County Patrick County Poquoson City Prince Edward County Radford City Rappahannock County Richmond County Smyth County Southampton County Surry County Sussex County Westmoreland County Williamsburg City

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/27/2025 4:14 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.

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.