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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Virginia by County

Colon & Rectum (Late Stage^), 2017-2021

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 50+

Sorted by Ruralurban

Explanation of Column Headers

Objective - The objective of *** is from the Healthy People 2020 project done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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.

Percent of Cases with Late Stage - This is the number of late stages cases compared to the number of cases for all stages.


Other Notes


Line by Line Interpretation of the Report


Virginia6


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Albemarle County6


Alexandria City6


Amelia County6


Amherst County6


Appomattox County6


Arlington County6


Augusta County6


Bedford City and County6


Botetourt County6


Campbell County6


Charlottesville City6


Chesapeake City6


Chesterfield County6


Clarke County6


Colonial Heights City6


Culpeper County6


Dinwiddie County6


Fairfax City6


Fairfax County6


Fauquier County6


Floyd County6


Fluvanna County6


Franklin County6


Frederick County6


Fredericksburg City6


Giles County6


Gloucester County6


Goochland County6


Greene County6


Hampton City6


Hanover County6


Harrisonburg City6


Henrico County6


Hopewell City6


Isle of Wight County6


James City County6


King William County6


Loudoun County6


Lynchburg City6


Manassas City6


Mathews County6


Montgomery County6


Nelson County6


New Kent County6


Newport News City6


Norfolk City6


Petersburg City6


Portsmouth City6


Powhatan County6


Prince George County6


Prince William County6


Pulaski County6


Rappahannock County6


Richmond City6


Roanoke City6


Roanoke County6


Rockingham County6


Salem City6


Scott County6


Spotsylvania County6


Stafford County6


Staunton City6


Suffolk City6


Virginia Beach City6


Warren County6


Washington County6


Waynesboro City6


Winchester City6


York County6


Accomack County6


Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City6


Bath County6


Brunswick County6


Buchanan County6


Buckingham County6


Buena Vista City6


Caroline County6


Carroll County6


Charlotte County6


Danville City6


Dickenson County6


Essex County6


Grayson County6


Greensville County6


Halifax County with South Boston City6


Henry County6


King George County6


Lancaster County6


Lee County6


Louisa County6


Lunenburg County6


Madison County6


Martinsville City6


Mecklenburg County6


Middlesex County6


Northampton County6


Northumberland County6


Nottoway County6


Orange County6


Page County6


Patrick County6


Pittsylvania County6


Prince Edward County6


Richmond County6


Rockbridge County6


Russell County6


Shenandoah County6


Smyth County6


Southampton County6


Tazewell County6


Westmoreland County6


Wise County6


Wythe County6


Bland County6 Bristol City6 Charles City County6 Covington City6 Craig County6 Cumberland County6 Emporia City6 Falls Church City6 Franklin City6 Galax City6 Highland County6 King and Queen County6 Lexington City6 Manassas Park City6 Norton City6 Poquoson City6 Radford City6 Surry County6 Sussex County6 Williamsburg City6

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 11/03/2024 6:38 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 (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85+). 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.

Rates are computed using cancers classified as malignant based on ICD-O-3. For more information see malignant.html.

^ Late Stage is defined as cases determined to be regional or distant. Due to changes in stage coding, Combined Summary Stage (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. More information about methodology can be found on the CI*Rank website.

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).
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 2023 submission.
6 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 2023 submission).

Data for the United States does not include data from Indiana.
Data for the United States does not include Puerto Rico.