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 ![]() ![]() Covington City Dickenson County Fairfax City Franklin City Galax City Greensville County Lexington City Lynchburg City Prince Edward County Richmond County Staunton City Waynesboro City |
Priority 6: stable ![]() ![]() Buckingham County Craig County Floyd County Grayson County Madison County Nelson County Norton City Radford City |
Priority 7: stable ![]() ![]() Prince William County |
Falling Trend |
Priority 5: falling ![]() ![]() Accomack County Amelia County Amherst County Brunswick County Buchanan County Charlotte County Chesapeake City Danville City Dinwiddie County Giles County Gloucester County Halifax County with South Boston City Hampton City Henry County Hopewell City Isle of Wight County King and Queen County Lancaster County Lee County Mecklenburg County Newport News City Norfolk City Northampton County Nottoway County Orange County Page County Petersburg City Pittsylvania County Portsmouth City Roanoke City Russell County Salem City Scott County Shenandoah County Smyth County Southampton County Suffolk City Sussex County Tazewell County Warren County Westmoreland County Wise County |
Priority 8: falling ![]() ![]() Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City Appomattox County Augusta County Bath County Bedford City and County Botetourt County Bristol City Buena Vista City Campbell County Caroline County Carroll County Charles City County Chesterfield County Clarke County Culpeper County Cumberland County Emporia City Essex County Falls Church City Fauquier County Fluvanna County Franklin County Frederick County Fredericksburg City Goochland County Greene County Hanover County Harrisonburg City Henrico County King George County King William County Louisa County Lunenburg County Manassas City Mathews County Middlesex County Montgomery County New Kent County Northumberland County Patrick County Poquoson City Powhatan County Prince George County Pulaski County Richmond City Roanoke County Rockbridge County Rockingham County Spotsylvania County Stafford County Surry County Virginia Beach City Washington County Williamsburg City Winchester City Wythe County |
Priority 9: falling ![]() ![]() Albemarle County Alexandria City Arlington County Charlottesville City Fairfax County James City County Loudoun County Manassas Park City Rappahannock County York County |
Notes: Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/03/2025 10:13 pm. 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). 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 does not include Puerto Rico. |