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 ![]() ![]() |
Priority 2: rising ![]() ![]() |
Priority 3: rising ![]() ![]() |
Stable Trend |
Priority 4: stable ![]() ![]() Buchanan County Charlotte County Danville City Fairfax City Giles County Halifax County with South Boston City Hopewell City Smyth County Tazewell County |
Priority 6: stable ![]() ![]() Alexandria City Botetourt County Carroll County Colonial Heights City Culpeper County Dinwiddie County Frederick County Grayson County Henry County King William County Lancaster County Louisa County Madison County Martinsville City Nottoway County Prince Edward County Prince William County Pulaski County Russell County Salem City Scott County Shenandoah County Staunton City Waynesboro City Westmoreland County |
Priority 7: stable ![]() ![]() Fairfax County |
Falling Trend |
Priority 5: falling ![]() ![]() Petersburg City Portsmouth City Roanoke City Wise County |
Priority 8: falling ![]() ![]() Accomack County Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City Amherst County Augusta County Bedford City and County Brunswick County Campbell County Charlottesville City Chesapeake City Chesterfield County Fauquier County Franklin County Gloucester County Goochland County Hampton City Hanover County Harrisonburg City Henrico County Isle of Wight County Lee County Lynchburg City Mecklenburg County Montgomery County Newport News City Norfolk City Orange County Page County Pittsylvania County Prince George County Richmond City Rockbridge County Rockingham County Spotsylvania County Stafford County Suffolk City Warren County Washington County Winchester City Wythe County York County |
Priority 9: falling ![]() ![]() Albemarle County Arlington County Loudoun County Roanoke County Virginia Beach City |
Notes: Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/13/2025 8:33 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: Amelia County, Bath County, Bland County, Bristol City, Buena Vista City, Charles City County, Covington City, Craig County, Cumberland County, Emporia City, Falls Church City, Floyd County, Galax City, Greene County, Greensville County, Highland County, King and Queen County, Lexington City, Lunenburg County, Manassas Park City, Mathews County, Middlesex County, Nelson County, Norton City, Poquoson City, Radford City, Rappahannock County, Southampton County, Surry County, Sussex County, Williamsburg City Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year: Appomattox County, Buckingham County, Caroline County, Clarke County, Dickenson County, Essex County, Fluvanna County, Franklin City, Fredericksburg City, James City County, King George County, Manassas City, New Kent County, Northampton County, Northumberland County, Patrick County, Powhatan County, Richmond 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. |