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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Virginia by County

Brain & ONS (All Stages^), 2018-2022

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

Sorted by Name

Explanation of Column Headers
Incidence Rate (95% Confidence Interval) - The incidence rate is based upon 100,000 people and is an annual rate (or average annual rate) based on the time period indicated. Rates are age-adjusted by 5-year age groups to the 2000 U.S. standard million population.

Recent Trends - This is an interpretation of the AAPC/APC:

AAPC/APC (95% Confidence Interval) - the change in rate over time


Other Notes


Line by Line Interpretation of the Report


Virginia2


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Albemarle County2


Alexandria City2


Arlington County2


Augusta County2


Bedford City and County2


Botetourt County2


Campbell County2


Chesapeake City2


Chesterfield County2


Culpeper County2


Danville City2


Fairfax County2


Fauquier County2


Franklin County2


Frederick County2


Hampton City2


Hanover County2


Henrico County2


Henry County2


James City County2


King George County2


Loudoun County2


Louisa County2


Lynchburg City2


Mecklenburg County2


Montgomery County2


Newport News City2


Norfolk City2


Pittsylvania County2


Portsmouth City2


Prince William County2


Richmond City2


Roanoke City2


Roanoke County2


Rockingham County2


Shenandoah County2


Spotsylvania County2


Stafford County2


Staunton City2


Suffolk City2


Virginia Beach City2


Washington County2


Accomack County2 Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City2 Amelia County2 Amherst County2 Appomattox County2 Bath County2 Bland County2 Bristol City2 Brunswick County2 Buchanan County2 Buckingham County2 Buena Vista City2 Caroline County2 Carroll County2 Charles City County2 Charlotte County2 Charlottesville City2 Clarke County2 Colonial Heights City2 Covington City2 Craig County2 Cumberland County2 Dickenson County2 Dinwiddie County2 Emporia City2 Essex County2 Fairfax City2 Falls Church City2 Floyd County2 Fluvanna County2 Franklin City2 Fredericksburg City2 Galax City2 Giles County2 Gloucester County2 Goochland County2 Grayson County2 Greene County2 Greensville County2 Halifax County with South Boston City2 Harrisonburg City2 Highland County2 Hopewell City2 Isle of Wight County2 King William County2 King and Queen County2 Lancaster County2 Lee County2 Lexington City2 Lunenburg County2 Madison County2 Manassas City2 Manassas Park City2 Martinsville City2 Mathews County2 Middlesex County2 Nelson County2 New Kent County2 Northampton County2 Northumberland County2 Norton City2 Nottoway County2 Orange County2 Page County2 Patrick County2 Petersburg City2 Poquoson City2 Powhatan County2 Prince Edward County2 Prince George County2 Pulaski County2 Radford City2 Rappahannock County2 Richmond County2 Rockbridge County2 Russell County2 Salem City2 Scott County2 Smyth County2 Southampton County2 Surry County2 Sussex County2 Tazewell County2 Warren County2 Waynesboro City2 Westmoreland County2 Williamsburg City2 Winchester City2 Wise County2 Wythe County2 York County2


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/13/2026 3:11 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.


† Incidence rates (cases per 100,000 population per year) are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (SEER areas use 20 age groups and NPCR areas use 19 age groups). Rates are for invasive cancer only (except for bladder cancer which is invasive and in situ) or unless otherwise specified. Rates calculated using SEER*Stat. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI. The US Population Data File is used for SEER and NPCR incidence rates.

‡ Incidence data come from different sources. 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.

Rates and trends are computed using different standards for malignancy. For more information see malignant.html.

^ All Stages refers to any stage. Due to changes in stage coding, Combined Summary Stage with Expanded Regional Codes (2004+) is used for data from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) databases and Merged Summary Stage is used for data from National Program of Cancer Registries databases. Due to the increased complexity with staging, other staging variables maybe used if necessary.

⋔ 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. The rates used in CI*Rank are all age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population using 19 age groups for SEER and NPCR areas. More information about methodology can be found on the CI*Rank website.

Φ Rural–urban county classifications are based on the 2023 USDA Rural–Urban Continuum Codes (except for Connecticut Counties which use 2013 codes). State-level cancer rates for rural areas are calculated using cancer cases registered exclusively in rural counties, while state-level cancer rates for urban areas are calculated using cases registered exclusively in urban counties.

1 Source: National Program of Cancer Registries and Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results SEER*Stat Database - United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute. Based on the 2024 submission.

2 Source: National Program of Cancer Registries SEER*Stat Database - United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (based on the 2024 submission).

* 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.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.