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Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer Table

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Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2019-2023

Virginia Counties versus United States

All Cancer Sites

All Races, Male
  Above US Rate Similar to US Rate Below US Rate
Rising
Trend		 Priority 1: rising and above

Botetourt County
Colonial Heights City
Franklin City
Martinsville City
Prince Edward County		 Priority 2: rising and similar

Priority 3: rising and below

Stable
Trend		 Priority 4: stable and above

Buchanan County
Charlotte County
Cumberland County
Danville City
Dickenson County
Essex County
Fairfax City
Greensville County
Halifax County with South Boston City
Hopewell City
King and Queen County
Lancaster County
Lee County
Lunenburg County
Lynchburg City
Nottoway County
Orange County
Page County
Patrick County
Russell County
Salem City
Scott County
Shenandoah County
Smyth County
Staunton City
Sussex County
Tazewell County
Warren County
Washington County
Waynesboro City
Wise County		 Priority 6: stable and similar

Bath County
Charles City County
Clarke County
Craig County
Falls Church City
Floyd County
Fluvanna County
Grayson County
Harrisonburg City
King George County
Madison County
Mathews County
New Kent County
Norton City
Poquoson City
Radford City
Richmond County
Surry County		 Priority 7: stable and below

Rappahannock County
Falling
Trend		 Priority 5: falling and above

Accomack County
Amherst County
Bristol City
Brunswick County
Buckingham County
Campbell County
Chesapeake City
Covington City
Dinwiddie County
Frederick County
Galax City
Giles County
Gloucester County
Hampton City
Henry County
Isle of Wight County
Mecklenburg County
Nelson County
Newport News City
Norfolk City
Petersburg City
Pittsylvania County
Portsmouth City
Roanoke City
Southampton County
Suffolk City
Winchester City
Wythe County		 Priority 8: falling and similar

Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City
Amelia County
Appomattox County
Augusta County
Bedford City and County
Buena Vista City
Caroline County
Carroll County
Charlottesville City
Chesterfield County
Culpeper County
Emporia City
Fauquier County
Franklin County
Fredericksburg City
Goochland County
Greene County
Hanover County
Henrico County
King William County
Lexington City
Louisa County
Manassas City
Middlesex County
Montgomery County
Northampton County
Northumberland County
Powhatan County
Prince George County
Pulaski County
Richmond City
Roanoke County
Rockbridge County
Rockingham County
Spotsylvania County
Stafford County
Virginia Beach City
Westmoreland County
Williamsburg City		 Priority 9: falling and below

Albemarle County
Alexandria City
Arlington County
Fairfax County
James City County
Loudoun County
Manassas Park City
Prince William County
York County
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/13/2026 8:38 am.

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. 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 (20 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85-89, 90+). 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.
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).
Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Bland County, Highland County

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 do not include Puerto Rico.

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