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Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer Table

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Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2016-2020

Virginia Counties versus United States

All Cancer Sites

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

Greensville County		 Priority 2: rising and similar

Washington County		 Priority 3: rising and below

Stable
Trend		 Priority 4: stable and above

Bath County
Buchanan County
Colonial Heights City
Dickenson County
Galax City
Grayson County
Halifax County with South Boston City
Hopewell City
Lee County
Martinsville City
Nottoway County
Patrick County
Russell County
Salem City
Scott County
Smyth County
Staunton City
Sussex County
Tazewell County
Waynesboro City
Wise County
Wythe County		 Priority 6: stable and similar

Amelia County
Appomattox County
Bland County
Bristol City
Buckingham County
Buena Vista City
Carroll County
Charles City County
Charlotte County
Covington City
Cumberland County
Dinwiddie County
Emporia City
Essex County
Floyd County
Henry County
King and Queen County
Lexington City
Louisa County
Lunenburg County
Madison County
Middlesex County
Nelson County
Norton City
Page County
Pittsylvania County
Radford City
Richmond County
Rockingham County
Southampton County
Surry County		 Priority 7: stable and below

Augusta County
Botetourt County
Falling
Trend		 Priority 5: falling and above

Accomack County
Caroline County
Fairfax City
Franklin City
Gloucester County
Lynchburg City
Newport News City
Norfolk City
Petersburg City
Portsmouth City
Roanoke City
Suffolk City		 Priority 8: falling and similar

Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City
Amherst County
Bedford City and County
Brunswick County
Campbell County
Charlottesville City
Chesapeake City
Chesterfield County
Clarke County
Culpeper County
Danville City
Falls Church City
Fauquier County
Fluvanna County
Franklin County
Frederick County
Fredericksburg City
Giles County
Goochland County
Greene County
Hampton City
Hanover County
Harrisonburg City
Henrico County
Isle of Wight County
James City County
King George County
King William County
Lancaster County
Manassas City
Mathews County
Mecklenburg County
New Kent County
Northampton County
Northumberland County
Orange County
Poquoson City
Powhatan County
Prince Edward County
Prince George County
Prince William County
Pulaski County
Richmond City
Rockbridge County
Shenandoah County
Spotsylvania County
Stafford County
Virginia Beach City
Warren County
Westmoreland County
Winchester City		 Priority 9: falling and below

Albemarle County
Alexandria City
Arlington County
Fairfax County
Loudoun County
Montgomery County
Rappahannock County
Roanoke County
Williamsburg City
York County
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 04/20/2024 11:05 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 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).

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.

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