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HEALTH PROFILE MASSACHUSETTS

 

A comprehensive summary of Massachusetts's health including total deaths and death rates for 50 causes of death by age and gender. Use navigation on left side for more comparisions including cause of death county data. Navigate to other states from drop down at top left. Latest CDC data is used.

 

MASSACHUSETTS TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY GENDER
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
MASSACHUSETTS MALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
222.39
23
2. Heart Disease
212.21
37
3. Accidents
43.22
47
4. Stroke
37.00
37
5. Chronic Lung Disease
35.02
48
6. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
24.43
9
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
24.14
6
8. Diabetes
21.01
46
9. Alzheimer's
17.08
37
10. Blood Poisoning
14.23
19
11. Suicide
12.59
47
12. Liver Disease
11.81
27
13. Parkinson's Disease
10.61
19
14. Hypertension/Renal
5.78
36
15. Homicide
4.37
38
     
MASSACHUSETTS FEMALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
152.14
31
2. Heart Disease
130.78
36
3. Stroke
35.53
44
4. Chronic Lung Disease
29.81
43
5. Alzheimer's
22.73
38
6. Accidents
19.59
46
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.62
13
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
14.17
19
9. Diabetes
13.51
50
10. Blood Poisoning
10.30
22
11. Hypertension/Renal
5.72
40
12. Liver Disease
5.37
28
13. Parkinson's Disease
3.60
46
14. Suicide
3.13
47
15. Homicide
1.53
41
   
   

MASSACHUSETTS TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT OF TOP 50 CAUSES

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
8,073
22.13
2. Lung Cancers
3,611
9.90
3. Stroke
2,832
7.76
4. Lung Disease
2,261
6.20
5. Alzheimers
1,694
4.64
6. Influenza & Pneumonia
1,545
4.24
7. Kidney Disease
1,385
3.80
8. Diabetes Mellitus
1,222
3.35
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,183
3.24
10. Pancreas Cancer
875
2.40
11. Breast Cancer
849
2.33
12. Poisonings
789
2.16
13. Lymphomas
730
2.00
14. Prostate Cancer
661
1.81
15. Endocrine Disorders
617
1.69
16. Liver Disease
609
1.67
17. Inflammatory/Heart
561
1.54
18. Suicide
516
1.41
19. Parkinson Disease
464
1.27
20. Falls
463
1.27
21. Hypertension
458
1.26
22. Leukemia
447
1.23
23. Road Traffic Accidents
446
1.22
24. Other Injuries
419
1.15
25. Liver Cancer
412
1.13

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
26. Oesophagus Cancer
366
1.00
27. Other Neoplasms
356
0.98
28. Bladder Cancer
352
0.96
29. Ovary Cancer
351
0.96
30. Skin Cancers
270
0.74
31. Stomach Cancer
257
0.70
32. Diarrhoeal diseases
230
0.63
33. Violence
188
0.52
34. Oral Cancer
185
0.51
35. Alcohol
176
0.48
36. Uterin Cancer
156
0.43
37. HIV/AIDS
143
0.39
38. Congenital Anomalies
141
0.39
39. Multiple Sclerosis
109
0.30
40. Low Birth Weight
93
0.25
41. Hepatitis C
88
0.24
42. Drug Use
81
0.22
43. Skin Disease
78
0.21
44. Anaemia
74
0.20
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
73
0.20
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
53
0.15
47. Drownings
52
0.14
48. Asthma
47
0.13
49. Cervical Cancer
46
0.13
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
45
0.12
   
   

MASSACHUSETTS CANCER PROFILE
AGE-STANDARDIZED RATES
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
   

CANCER INCIDENCE RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
64.5
32
2. Breast Cancer
131.0
3
3. Stomach Cancer
6.1
23
4. Bladder Cancer
26.0
6
5. Lymphomas
16.9
42
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
45.8
34
7. Leukaemia
9.4
47
8. Cervical Cancer
5.7
47
9. Prostate Cancer
159.4
22
10. Oral Cancer
10.1
32
11. Ovary Cancer
12.3
28
12. Liver Cancer
6.1
16
13. Pancreas Cancer
12.3
10
14. Uterin Cancer
29.6
7
15. Oesophagus Cancer
5.2
21
16. Skin Cancers
20.0
19
17. Brain Cancer
7.6
6

CANCER DEATH RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
52.8
24
2. Breast Cancer
23.3
26
3. Stomach Cancer
3.6
23
4. Bladder Cancer
4.8
14
5. Lymphomas
6.7
26
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.0
32
7. Leukaemia
7.3
28
8. Cervical Cancer
1.3
41
9. Prostate Cancer
24.6
24
10. Oral Cancer
2.5
25
11. Ovary Cancer
9.6
8
12. Liver Cancer
5.5
13
13. Pancreas Cancer
11.3
21
14. Uterin Cancer
4.3
22
15. Oesophagus Cancer
5.5
5
16. Skin Cancers
3.0
18
17. Brain Cancer
4.2
32
   
   

MASSACHUSETTS USA TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH COMPARISION
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
UNITED STATES
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
190.88
1
2. Cancer
178.37
2
3. Stroke
42.24
3
4. Chronic Lung Disease
40.76
4
5. Accidents
39.97
5
6. Alzheimer's
22.68
6
7. Diabetes
22.54
7
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.23
8
9. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
14.55
9
10. Suicide
11.26
10
11. Blood Poisoning
10.97
11
12. Liver Disease
9.11
12
13. Hypertension/Renal
7.38
13
14. Parkinson's Disease
6.37
14
15. Homicide
6.10
15
     
MASSACHUSETTS
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
179.32
31
2. Heart Disease
164.96
37
3. Stroke
36.39
44
4. Chronic Lung Disease
31.53
47
5. Accidents
30.74
48
6. Alzheimer's
20.84
39
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
19.40
9
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
17.90
14
9. Diabetes
16.58
49
10. Blood Poisoning
11.78
21
11. Liver Disease
8.37
28
12. Suicide
7.64
47
13. Parkinson's Disease
6.08
37
14. Hypertension/Renal
5.85
39
15. Homicide
2.95
39
 
 


HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD       POOR
Alcohol
Binge Drinkers
Percent Rank
17.5
13
 
Smoking
Percent Rank
16.0
44
 
Physical Activity
Percent Rank
51.4
19
 
Obesity
Percent Rank
21.7
48