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Incidence Rate Report for Massachusetts by County

All Cancer Sites (All Stages^), 2016-2020

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages

Sorted by Name
County
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Age-Adjusted Incidence Rate
cases 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 Incidence Rates
(95% Confidence Interval)
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Massachusetts 7 449.4 (447.4, 451.5) N/A 38,719 stable stable trend -0.4 (-1.1, 0.9)
US (SEER+NPCR) 1 442.3 (442.0, 442.6) N/A 1,698,328 stable stable trend -0.3 (-0.6, 0.1)
Barnstable County 7 483.7 (472.9, 494.8) 3 (1, 6) 1,982 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.4, -0.7)
Berkshire County 7 463.2 (449.1, 477.7) 7 (4, 9) 936 stable stable trend 0.8 (-0.2, 3.0)
Bristol County 7 473.0 (465.7, 480.3) 5 (3, 7) 3,432 falling falling trend -0.5 (-0.9, -0.1)
Dukes County 7 482.8 (444.8, 523.7) 4 (1, 9) 139 stable stable trend -1.0 (-1.9, 0.1)
Essex County 7 453.1 (447.1, 459.2) 9 (7, 9) 4,595 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.4, 0.8)
Franklin County 7 413.8 (395.7, 432.6) 12 (10, 14) 452 falling falling trend -0.7 (-1.3, -0.2)
Hampden County 7 436.8 (429.1, 444.7) 10 (9, 11) 2,574 falling falling trend -0.7 (-0.9, -0.4)
Hampshire County 7 406.4 (393.3, 419.8) 14 (12, 14) 809 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.6, -0.8)
Middlesex County 7 426.6 (422.4, 430.9) 11 (10, 12) 8,136 falling falling trend -1.4 (-4.1, -0.9)
Nantucket County 7 526.4 (471.5, 586.1) 1 (1, 7) 71 stable stable trend -1.0 (-2.7, 0.9)
Norfolk County 7 462.7 (456.2, 469.2) 8 (5, 9) 4,177 stable stable trend -0.6 (-1.1, 0.8)
Plymouth County 7 484.7 (477.1, 492.3) 2 (1, 4) 3,402 falling falling trend -0.8 (-1.3, -0.4)
Suffolk County 7 408.9 (402.5, 415.4) 13 (12, 14) 3,210 falling falling trend -2.3 (-3.3, -1.8)
Worcester County 7 470.1 (464.0, 476.3) 6 (4, 8) 4,805 stable stable trend -0.1 (-0.3, 0.2)
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/28/2024 6:57 am.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
Trend
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.

† Incidence rates (cases per 100,000 population per year) are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85+). Rates are for invasive cancer only (except for bladder cancer which is invasive and in situ) or unless otherwise specified. Rates calculated using SEER*Stat. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI. The US Population Data File is used for SEER and NPCR incidence rates.
‡ Incidence data come 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 area for additional information.

Rates and trends are computed using different standards for malignancy. For more information see malignant.html.

^ All Stages refers to any stage in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) summary stage.
⋔ 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.


1 Source: National Program of Cancer Registries and Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results SEER*Stat Database - United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute. Based on the 2022 submission.
7 Source: SEER November 2022 submission.
8 Source: Incidence data provided by the SEER Program. AAPCs are calculated by the Joinpoint Regression Program and are based on APCs. Data are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84,85+). Rates are for invasive cancer only (except for bladder cancer which is invasive and in situ) or unless otherwise specified. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modifed by NCI. The US Population Data File is used with SEER November 2022 data.
Data for the United States does not include data from Nevada.
Data for the United States does not include Puerto Rico.

When displaying county information, the CI*Rank for the state is not shown because it's not comparable. To see the state CI*Rank please view the statistics at the US By State level.

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