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Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer Table

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Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2019-2023

Virginia Counties versus United States

Lung & Bronchus

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

Bristol City		 Priority 2: rising and similar

Priority 3: rising and below

Stable
Trend		 Priority 4: stable and above

Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City
Amelia County
Buckingham County
Charlotte County
Dickenson County
Fairfax City
Franklin City
Galax City
Greensville County
Hopewell City
King George County
Lancaster County
Lee County
Lunenburg County
Mecklenburg County
New Kent County
Nottoway County
Page County
Patrick County
Prince Edward County
Prince George County
Salem City
Staunton City
Waynesboro City		 Priority 6: stable and similar

Appomattox County
Botetourt County
Covington City
Essex County
Floyd County
King and Queen County
Madison County
Mathews County
Nelson County
Northumberland County
Poquoson City
Rappahannock County
Rockbridge County
Surry County		 Priority 7: stable and below

Falls Church City
Falling
Trend		 Priority 5: falling and above

Accomack County
Amherst County
Brunswick County
Buchanan County
Caroline County
Chesapeake City
Colonial Heights City
Danville City
Dinwiddie County
Giles County
Gloucester County
Grayson County
Halifax County with South Boston City
Hampton City
Henrico County
Henry County
King William County
Lynchburg City
Martinsville City
Middlesex County
Newport News City
Norfolk City
Petersburg City
Pittsylvania County
Portsmouth City
Pulaski County
Roanoke City
Scott County
Shenandoah County
Smyth County
Southampton County
Sussex County
Tazewell County
Warren County
Washington County
Westmoreland County
Wise County		 Priority 8: falling and similar

Augusta County
Bedford City and County
Campbell County
Carroll County
Charles City County
Charlottesville City
Chesterfield County
Clarke County
Culpeper County
Cumberland County
Fauquier County
Fluvanna County
Franklin County
Frederick County
Fredericksburg City
Goochland County
Greene County
Hanover County
Harrisonburg City
Isle of Wight County
Louisa County
Manassas City
Montgomery County
Northampton County
Orange County
Powhatan County
Radford City
Richmond City
Richmond County
Roanoke County
Rockingham County
Russell County
Spotsylvania County
Stafford County
Suffolk City
Virginia Beach City
Winchester City
Wythe County
York County		 Priority 9: falling and below

Albemarle County
Alexandria City
Arlington County
Fairfax County
James City County
Loudoun County
Prince William County
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/12/2026 2:28 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. 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 (20 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85-89, 90+). The Healthy People 2030 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:
Craig County, Highland County, Lexington City, Manassas Park City, Norton City

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Bath County, Bland County, Buena Vista City, Emporia City, Williamsburg 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 do not include Puerto Rico.

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