Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for Massachusetts by County
All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023
Black Non-Hispanic, Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by Rate
County
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? |
Age-Adjusted Death Rate † deaths per 100,000 (95% Confidence Interval) 
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CI*Rank ⋔ (95% Confidence Interval)
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Average Annual Count
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Recent Trend |
Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval)
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| Massachusetts | N/A | No | 137.4 (132.6, 142.2) | N/A | 675 |
stable 
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0.2 (-2.1, 2.6) |
| United States | N/A | No | 166.5 (165.9, 167.1) | N/A | 70,844 |
falling 
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-2.0 (-2.0, -1.9) |
| Plymouth County | Urban | Yes | 116.9 (103.6, 131.2) | 11 (7, 11) | 61 |
falling
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-3.4 (-4.5, -2.2) |
| Bristol County | Urban | Yes | 122.4 (101.6, 145.9) | 10 (4, 11) | 28 |
rising 
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6.2 (0.5, 17.3) |
| Middlesex County | Urban | No | 122.9 (111.4, 135.3) | 9 (6, 11) | 91 |
falling
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-1.9 (-2.7, -1.1) |
| Hampshire County | Urban | No | 132.9 (82.2, 202.7) | 8 (1, 11) | 4 |
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| Worcester County | Urban | No | 135.1 (113.8, 158.9) | 7 (3, 11) | 38 |
falling
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-2.3 (-3.7, -0.5) |
| Suffolk County | Urban | No | 140.9 (133.1, 149.1) | 6 (3, 8) | 254 |
falling
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-2.6 (-3.1, -2.0) |
| Norfolk County | Urban | No | 142.0 (127.0, 158.1) | 5 (2, 9) | 72 |
stable
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-1.4 (-2.8, 0.5) |
| Essex County | Urban | No | 155.7 (131.5, 182.8) | 4 (1, 8) | 35 |
stable
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9.7 (-0.9, 18.2) |
| Barnstable County | Urban | No | 160.3 (119.9, 209.2) | 3 (1, 11) | 12 |
falling
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-4.5 (-6.7, -2.7) |
| Berkshire County | Urban | No | 168.8 (111.1, 244.0) | 2 (1, 11) | 6 |
stable
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-1.4 (-4.4, 1.7) |
| Hampden County | Urban | No | 177.7 (158.9, 198.0) | 1 (1, 4) | 68 |
falling
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-1.5 (-2.6, -0.4) |
| Dukes County | Rural | *** |
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| Franklin County | Rural | *** |
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| Nantucket County | Rural | *** |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/27/2026 9:21 pm.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
† 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+).
Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI.
The US Population Data File is used with mortality data.
Φ Rural–urban county classifications are based on the 2023 USDA Rural–Urban Continuum Codes (except for Connecticut Counties which use 2013 codes). State-level cancer rates for rural areas are calculated using cancer cases registered exclusively in rural counties, while state-level cancer rates for urban areas are calculated using cases registered exclusively in urban counties.
* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category.
If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.