Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer Table
Above US Rate | Similar to US Rate | Below US Rate | |
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Rising Trend |
Priority 1: rising ![]() ![]() Colonial Heights City Martinsville City |
Priority 2: rising ![]() ![]() |
Priority 3: rising ![]() ![]() |
Stable Trend |
Priority 4: stable ![]() ![]() Buchanan County Charlotte County Covington City Danville City Dickenson County Fairfax City Grayson County Greensville County Henry County Hopewell City King and Queen County Lee County Norton City Page County Patrick County Russell County Salem City Smyth County Staunton City Waynesboro City |
Priority 6: stable ![]() ![]() Bath County Bland County Botetourt County Bristol City Craig County Falls Church City Floyd County Madison County Poquoson City |
Priority 7: stable ![]() ![]() |
Falling Trend |
Priority 5: falling ![]() ![]() Accomack County Amelia County Amherst County Brunswick County Chesapeake City Cumberland County Dinwiddie County Franklin City Frederick County Galax City Giles County Gloucester County Halifax County with South Boston City Hampton City Isle of Wight County Lancaster County Lynchburg City Mecklenburg County New Kent County Newport News City Norfolk City Nottoway County Orange County Petersburg City Portsmouth City Prince Edward County Radford City Richmond County Roanoke City Scott County Shenandoah County Suffolk City Sussex County Tazewell County Warren County Washington County Westmoreland County Wise County Wythe County |
Priority 8: falling ![]() ![]() Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City Appomattox County Augusta County Bedford City and County Buckingham County Buena Vista City Campbell County Caroline County Carroll County Charles City County Charlottesville City Chesterfield County Clarke County Culpeper County Emporia City Essex County Fauquier County Fluvanna County Franklin County Fredericksburg City Goochland County Hanover County Harrisonburg City Henrico County Highland County King George County King William County Lexington City Louisa County Lunenburg County Manassas City Mathews County Middlesex County Montgomery County Nelson County Northampton County Northumberland County Pittsylvania County Powhatan County Prince George County Pulaski County Richmond City Roanoke County Rockbridge County Rockingham County Southampton County Spotsylvania County Stafford County Surry County Virginia Beach City Williamsburg City Winchester City |
Priority 9: falling ![]() ![]() Albemarle County Alexandria City Arlington County Fairfax County Greene County James City County Loudoun County Manassas Park City Prince William County Rappahannock County York County |
Notes: Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/06/2025 1:52 am. Trend2 Rising ![]() Stable ![]() Falling ![]() Rate Comparison Above ![]() Similar ![]() Below ![]() 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 5.3.0. 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. |