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 ![]() ![]() Colonial Heights City |
Priority 3: rising ![]() ![]() |
Stable Trend |
Priority 4: stable ![]() ![]() Fairfax City Halifax County with South Boston City Hopewell City Petersburg City Spotsylvania County |
Priority 6: stable ![]() ![]() Botetourt County Bristol City Buchanan County Campbell County Charlottesville City Culpeper County Franklin County Hanover County Henry County Isle of Wight County Lee County Lynchburg City Martinsville City Orange County Portsmouth City Pulaski County Roanoke County Rockingham County Russell County Salem City Scott County Shenandoah County Tazewell County Wise County Wythe County |
Priority 7: stable ![]() ![]() Fairfax County |
Falling Trend |
Priority 5: falling ![]() ![]() Chesapeake City Henrico County Richmond City |
Priority 8: falling ![]() ![]() Accomack County Amherst County Augusta County Bedford City and County Chesterfield County Danville City Fauquier County Frederick County Goochland County Hampton City Loudoun County Manassas City Mecklenburg County Montgomery County Newport News City Norfolk City Pittsylvania County Prince William County Roanoke City Rockbridge County Stafford County Suffolk City Virginia Beach City Warren County Washington County |
Priority 9: falling ![]() ![]() Albemarle County Alexandria City Arlington County York County |
Notes: Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/05/2025 9:14 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). Data for the following has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate and trend estimates: Alleghany County and Clifton Forge City, Amelia County, Appomattox County, Bath County, Bland County, Buckingham County, Buena Vista City, Charles City County, Charlotte County, Clarke County, Covington City, Craig County, Cumberland County, Emporia City, Essex County, Falls Church City, Fluvanna County, Franklin City, Galax City, Giles County, Grayson County, Greene County, Greensville County, Harrisonburg City, Highland County, King George County, King William County, King and Queen County, Lancaster County, Lexington City, Lunenburg County, Madison County, Manassas Park City, Mathews County, Middlesex County, Nelson County, New Kent County, Northampton County, Northumberland County, Norton City, Page County, Patrick County, Poquoson City, Prince Edward County, Radford City, Rappahannock County, Richmond County, Smyth County, Southampton County, Surry County, Sussex County, Westmoreland County, Williamsburg City Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year: Brunswick County, Caroline County, Carroll County, Dickenson County, Dinwiddie County, Floyd County, Fredericksburg City, Gloucester County, James City County, Louisa County, Nottoway County, Powhatan County, Prince George County, Staunton City, Waynesboro City, Winchester 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. |