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Interpretation of Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer Data

Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2016-2020

Virginia Counties versus United States

All Cancer Sites

All Races, Both Sexes

Sorted by rateratio

Explanation of Column Headers

State/County - The site and sex combination for this comparison.

Priority Index 1 - The priority index is based upon the direction of the trend and the rate comparison. An index of 1 is the highest priority - that trend is rising and the rate is already higher. An index of 9 is the lowest priority - the trend is falling and the rate is already lower.

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


United States


Virginia


Galax City


Martinsville City


Covington City


Petersburg City


Franklin City


Hopewell City


Greensville County


Lexington City


Sussex County


Dickenson County


Salem City


Waynesboro City


Fairfax City


Colonial Heights City


Norton City


Wise County


Halifax County with South Boston City


Richmond County


Portsmouth City


Tazewell County


Gloucester County


Amelia County


Scott County


Smyth County


Accomack County


Danville City


King and Queen County


Giles County


Norfolk City


Buchanan County


Bath County


Staunton City


Nottoway County


Roanoke City


Bristol City


Buena Vista City


Warren County


Lancaster County


Newport News City


Russell County


Prince Edward County


Lynchburg City


Page County


Northampton County


Brunswick County


Cumberland County


Lee County


Radford City


Hampton City


Charlotte County


Westmoreland County


Mecklenburg County


Wythe County


Essex County


Lunenburg County


Patrick County


Caroline County


Shenandoah County


Suffolk City


Grayson County


Poquoson City


Surry County


Emporia City


Orange County


New Kent County


Campbell County


Henry County


Nelson County


Dinwiddie County


Chesapeake City


Culpeper County


Charles City County


Winchester City


Madison County


Louisa County


Appomattox County


Frederick County


Isle of Wight County


Pittsylvania County


Washington County


Bedford City and County


Middlesex County


Buckingham County


Amherst County


Southampton County


Highland County


Manassas City


Floyd County


Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City


Henrico County


Goochland County


King William County


Chesterfield County


Carroll County


Spotsylvania County


Hanover County


Virginia Beach City


Richmond City


Fluvanna County


Craig County


Harrisonburg City


Fauquier County


Pulaski County


Mathews County


Franklin County


Clarke County


Stafford County


James City County


Rockingham County


Greene County


Charlottesville City


King George County


Prince George County


Northumberland County


Roanoke County


Fredericksburg City


Powhatan County


Rockbridge County


Botetourt County


Augusta County


Falls Church City


Montgomery County


Prince William County


Bland County


Rappahannock County


Albemarle County


York County


Loudoun County


Alexandria City


Fairfax County


Arlington County


Williamsburg City


Manassas Park City




Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/09/2024 5:39 pm.

Trend2
     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.
Rate Comparison
     Above     when 95% confident the rate is above and Rate Ratio3 > 1.10
     Similar     when unable to conclude above or below with confidence.
     Below     when 95% confident the rate is below and Rate Ratio3 < 0.90

1 Priority indices were created by ordering from rates that are rising and above the comparison rate to rates that are falling and below the comparison rate.
2 Recent trend in death rates is usually an Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint Version 4.8.0.0. Due to data availability issues, the time period and/or calculation method used in the calculation of the trends may differ for selected geographic areas.
3 Rate ratio is the county rate divided by the US rate. Previous versions of this table used one-year rates for states and five-year rates for counties. As of June 2018, only five-year rates are used.
Source: 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 2020 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.
Note: When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic effect on the calculated rate. Suppression is used to avoid misinterpretation when rates are unstable.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data. Data presented on the State Cancer Profiles Web Site may differ from statistics reported by the State Cancer Registries (for more information).


Interpret Rankings provides insight into interpreting cancer statistics. When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic effect on the calculated rate.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.