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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Virginia by County

All Cancer Sites (All Stages^), 2017-2021

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.

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


Virginia6


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Galax City6


Essex County6


Mathews County6


Hopewell City6


Covington City6


Petersburg City6


Nottoway County6


Amelia County6


Lancaster County6


Lexington City6


Martinsville City6


Fredericksburg City6


Buena Vista City6


Sussex County6


Bath County6


Brunswick County6


Northampton County6


Goochland County6


New Kent County6


Williamsburg City6


Waynesboro City6


Giles County6


Colonial Heights City6


Greensville County6


Dinwiddie County6


Danville City6


Staunton City6


Mecklenburg County6


Emporia City6


Charles City County6


Lunenburg County6


Orange County6


Prince George County6


Franklin City6


Prince Edward County6


Salem City6


Rappahannock County6


King George County6


Roanoke City6


Wythe County6


Caroline County6


Suffolk City6


King and Queen County6


Southampton County6


Craig County6


Culpeper County6


Spotsylvania County6


Norfolk City6


Charlotte County6


Henrico County6


Isle of Wight County6


Gloucester County6


Augusta County6


Botetourt County6


Franklin County6


King William County6


Portsmouth City6


Middlesex County6


Chesapeake City6


Richmond City6


Louisa County6


Fluvanna County6


Virginia Beach City6


Amherst County6


Floyd County6


Westmoreland County6


Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City6


Chesterfield County6


Richmond County6


Buckingham County6


Roanoke County6


Surry County6


Bland County6


Grayson County6


Powhatan County6


Lynchburg City6


Poquoson City6


Hanover County6


Radford City6


Rockbridge County6


Page County6


Winchester City6


Campbell County6


Bedford City and County6


Cumberland County6


Stafford County6


Newport News City6


Greene County6


Halifax County with South Boston City6


Shenandoah County6


James City County6


Nelson County6


Carroll County6


Pulaski County6


York County6


Hampton City6


Highland County6


Henry County6


Warren County6


Northumberland County6


Patrick County6


Rockingham County6


Madison County6


Frederick County6


Fairfax City6


Norton City6


Albemarle County6


Charlottesville City6


Accomack County6


Montgomery County6


Harrisonburg City6


Appomattox County6


Fauquier County6


Pittsylvania County6


Smyth County6


Loudoun County6


Dickenson County6


Falls Church City6


Manassas City6


Wise County6


Prince William County6


Clarke County6


Manassas Park City6


Tazewell County6


Alexandria City6


Fairfax County6


Russell County6


Arlington County6


Lee County6


Washington County6


Buchanan County6


Bristol City6


Scott County6




Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/03/2025 6:47 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.

† 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.
‡ 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 in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Summary/Historic Combined Summary Stage (2004+).
⋔ 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.
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).
8 Source: Incidence data provided by the SEER Program. AAPCs are calculated by the Joinpoint Regression Program and are based on APCs. Data 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. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI. The US Population Data File is used with SEER November 2023 data.

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