Interpretation of Death Rates Data
Death Rate Report for Massachusetts by County
All Cancer Sites, 2018-2022
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 65+
Sorted by Recentaapc
Explanation of Column HeadersObjective - The objective of 122.7 is from the Healthy People 2020 project done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Death Rate (95% Confidence Interval) - The death rate is based upon 100,000 people and is for 5 year(s). Rates are age-adjusted by 5-year age groups to the 2000 U.S. standard million population (the Healthy People 2020 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal).
Recent Trends - This is an interpretation of the AAPC:
- 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.
AAPC (95% Confidence Interval) - The Average Annual Percent Change is the change in rate over time. These AAPCs are based upon APCs that were calculated by Joinpoint Regression Program
Other Notes
- Larger confidence intervals indicate less stability of the data. This is often due to low counts that are not quite low enough to be suppressed.
- Data is currently being suppressed if there are fewer than 16 counts for the time period.
Line by Line Interpretation of the Report
Massachusetts
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 828.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 821.0 to 836.1 and 9,530 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to -1.6.
United States
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 844.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 842.9 to 845.1 and 441,232 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to -1.5.
Nantucket County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 692.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 537.2 to 877.4 and 14 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 14 (3, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.6 to -2.0.
Dukes County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 742.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 632.7 to 865.8 and 34 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 13 (4, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.1 to -1.9.
Suffolk County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 780.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 755.3 to 806.3 and 742 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 11 (7, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.1 to -2.3.
Essex County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 786.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 765.6 to 808.3 and 1,073 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 10 (7, 13)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.5 to -2.1.
Middlesex County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 788.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 772.3 to 804.0 and 1,961 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 9 (7, 13)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.5 to -1.6.
Barnstable County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 773.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 744.7 to 803.7 and 539 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 12 (7, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.7 to -1.6.
Worcester County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 860.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 838.4 to 883.9 and 1,141 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 5 (3, 7)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.1 to -1.4.
Norfolk County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 831.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 808.0 to 854.5 and 1,011 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 6 (4, 9)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.9 to -1.5.
Plymouth County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 905.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 878.1 to 933.4 and 848 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 2 (1, 4)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to -1.5.
Hampshire County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 795.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 747.8 to 844.6 and 218 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 8 (5, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to -1.0.
Bristol County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 912.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 885.4 to 940.5 and 870 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 1 (1, 4)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to -0.9.
Hampden County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 896.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 867.0 to 927.5 and 699 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 3 (1, 5)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.2 to -0.8.
Franklin County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 861.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 794.4 to 933.2 and 128 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 4 (1, 11)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to -0.4.
Berkshire County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 825.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 780.2 to 873.2 and 250 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 7 (4, 12)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.9 to 2.5.
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 12/13/2024 1:41 pm.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
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.
† 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 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.
‡ The Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) is based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint. Due to data availability issues, the time period used in the calculation of the joinpoint regression model may differ for selected counties.
⋔ Results presented with the CI*Rank statistics help show the usefulness of ranks. For example, ranks for relatively rare diseases or less populated areas may be essentially meaningless because of their large variability, but ranks for more common diseases in densely populated regions can be very useful. More information about methodology can be found on the CI*Rank website.
Healthy People 2030 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
Please note that the data comes from different sources. Due to different years of data availability, most of the trends are AAPCs based on APCs but some are APCs calculated in SEER*Stat. Please refer to the source for each graph for additional information.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.