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 ![]() ![]() Danville City |
Priority 2: rising ![]() ![]() |
Priority 3: rising ![]() ![]() |
Stable Trend |
Priority 4: stable ![]() ![]() Buchanan County Colonial Heights City Dickenson County Fairfax City Giles County Grayson County Greensville County Halifax County with South Boston City Henry County Hopewell City Lee County Martinsville City Newport News City Norton City Nottoway County Orange County Patrick County Russell County Salem City Smyth County Sussex County Tazewell County Washington County Waynesboro City Wise County Wythe County |
Priority 6: stable ![]() ![]() Amelia County Appomattox County Bath County Bland County Botetourt County Bristol City Buckingham County Carroll County Charles City County Charlotte County Covington City Cumberland County Dinwiddie County Essex County Falls Church City Floyd County Franklin City Franklin County Isle of Wight County King and Queen County Louisa County Lunenburg County Madison County Middlesex County Nelson County Page County Pittsylvania County Prince Edward County Radford City Rappahannock County Richmond County Rockingham County Scott County Southampton County Staunton City Surry County |
Priority 7: stable ![]() ![]() Arlington County |
Falling Trend |
Priority 5: falling ![]() ![]() Accomack County Chesapeake City Frederick County Galax City Gloucester County Hampton City Lynchburg City Mecklenburg County Norfolk City Petersburg City Portsmouth City Roanoke City |
Priority 8: falling ![]() ![]() Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City Amherst County Augusta County Bedford City and County Brunswick County Buena Vista City Campbell County Caroline County Charlottesville City Chesterfield County Clarke County Culpeper County Emporia City Fauquier County Fluvanna County Fredericksburg City Goochland County Greene County Hanover County Harrisonburg City Henrico County King George County King William County Lancaster County Lexington City Manassas City Mathews County New Kent County Northampton County Northumberland County Poquoson City Prince George County Pulaski County Richmond City Roanoke County Rockbridge County Shenandoah County Spotsylvania County Stafford County Suffolk City Virginia Beach City Warren County Westmoreland County Williamsburg City Winchester City |
Priority 9: falling ![]() ![]() Albemarle County Alexandria City Fairfax County James City County Loudoun County Montgomery County Powhatan County Prince William County York County |
Notes: Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/09/2025 10:48 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). Data for the following has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate and trend estimates: Highland County Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year: Craig County, Manassas Park City 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. |