Interpretation of Death Rates Data
Death Rate Report for Massachusetts by County
Lung & Bronchus, 2018-2022
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by Count
Explanation of Column HeadersObjective - The objective of 25.1 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 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 30.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 30.1 to 31.2 and 2,832 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -4.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.1 to -4.1.
United States
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 32.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 32.3 to 32.5 and 136,831 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -4.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.4 to -4.1.
Middlesex County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 26.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 25.6 to 27.7 and 530 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 12 (10, 12)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -5.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -6.2 to -4.3.
Worcester County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 32.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 30.6 to 33.7 and 352 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 4 (3, 7)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -5.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -6.6 to -4.0.
Essex County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 29.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 28.0 to 30.9 and 323 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 8 (5, 11)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -4.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.8 to -3.4.
Bristol County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 40.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 38.0 to 42.1 and 311 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 1 (1, 2)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.4 to -1.6.
Norfolk County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 29.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 27.9 to 31.0 and 286 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 7 (5, 11)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -4.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.4 to -3.7.
Plymouth County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 33.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 31.3 to 35.0 and 252 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 3 (3, 6)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.6 to -3.2.
Hampden County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 37.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 35.0 to 39.4 and 230 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 2 (1, 3)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.1 to -2.1.
Suffolk County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 27.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 25.8 to 29.2 and 215 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 11 (7, 12)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -6.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -8.4 to -5.1.
Barnstable County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 28.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 26.6 to 31.0 and 150 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 9 (6, 12)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -4.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.0 to -3.3.
Berkshire County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 31.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 28.6 to 35.4 and 74 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 5 (3, 10)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -4.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.4 to -3.0.
Hampshire County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 28.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 24.9 to 31.6 and 61 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 10 (5, 12)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -4.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -13.3 to -2.4.
Franklin County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 31.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 27.3 to 36.9 and 39 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 6 (2, 12)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to -0.7.
Dukes County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 18.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 12.6 to 26.4 and 7 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 13 (13, 13)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -7.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -16.3 to -4.7.
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : ***
- Rate : * 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).
- CI*Rank ⋔ : *
- Recent Trend : * 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).
Notes:
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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.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
* 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).
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.