Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for Massachusetts by County
All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 50+
Sorted by Recentaapc
County
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? |
Age-Adjusted Death Rate † deaths per 100,000 (95% Confidence Interval)
|
CI*Rank ⋔ (95% Confidence Interval)
|
Average Annual Count
|
Recent Trend |
Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval) 
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | N/A | No | 463.3 (459.6, 467.1) | N/A | 12,026 |
falling 
|
-1.9 (-2.0, -1.9) |
| United States | N/A | No | 488.7 (488.1, 489.2) | N/A | 576,743 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.7, -1.3) |
| Nantucket County | Rural | No | 357.4 (284.3, 443.2) | 14 (7, 14) | 17 |
falling
|
-3.8 (-5.6, -2.1) |
| Dukes County | Rural | No | 380.2 (327.7, 438.8) | 13 (9, 14) | 39 |
falling
|
-3.2 (-4.1, -2.2) |
| Suffolk County | Urban | No | 429.2 (416.8, 441.8) | 12 (9, 13) | 938 |
falling
|
-2.6 (-2.9, -2.3) |
| Essex County | Urban | No | 447.4 (436.8, 458.2) | 9 (7, 11) | 1,380 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.4, -2.0) |
| Middlesex County | Urban | No | 432.7 (424.9, 440.6) | 11 (9, 13) | 2,425 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-2.3, -2.0) |
| Barnstable County | Urban | No | 434.3 (418.9, 450.2) | 10 (8, 13) | 634 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.2, -1.7) |
| Norfolk County | Urban | No | 462.1 (450.7, 473.8) | 7 (5, 9) | 1,268 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.1, -1.7) |
| Plymouth County | Urban | No | 502.1 (488.5, 515.9) | 3 (1, 5) | 1,069 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.1, -1.7) |
| Hampshire County | Urban | No | 455.5 (431.6, 480.5) | 8 (5, 12) | 281 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.4, -1.2) |
| Worcester County | Urban | No | 489.1 (477.9, 500.5) | 4 (2, 6) | 1,500 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-1.8, -1.4) |
| Hampden County | Urban | No | 505.9 (490.9, 521.3) | 2 (1, 5) | 884 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.7, -1.1) |
| Bristol County | Urban | No | 515.3 (501.6, 529.2) | 1 (1, 4) | 1,113 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.4, -0.7) |
| Franklin County | Rural | No | 476.9 (442.9, 512.8) | 6 (1, 10) | 156 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.8, -0.5) |
| Berkshire County | Urban | No | 483.8 (459.8, 508.6) | 5 (1, 8) | 316 |
stable 
|
-0.7 (-2.7, 0.9) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/24/2026 2:14 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 for United States does not include Puerto Rico.