HEALTH RANKINGS Massachusetts

MASSACHUSETTS TOP 40 CAUSES OF DEATH

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE: CDC 12/22

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

CAUSES OF DEATH		Rate	USA Rank
1.	Coronary Heart Disease	64.22	50
2.	COVID-19	54.58	49
3.	Poisonings	36.06	20
4.	Lung Cancers	29.43	37
5.	Stroke	25.61	51
6.	Lung Disease	25.51	44
7.	Prostate Cancer	18.47	41
8.	Alzheimers	17.71	48
9.	Diabetes Mellitus	17.28	50
10.	Hypertension	16.57	51
11.	Breast Cancer	15.08	51
12.	Kidney Disease	14.29	23
13.	Endocrine Disorders	14.03	40
14.	Falls	12.83	25
15.	Pancreas Cancer	11.98	16
16.	Liver Disease	10.91	45
17.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	10.37	50
18.	Influenza & Pneumonia	9.16	34
19.	Parkinson's Disease	9.14	41
20.	Suicide	7.97	48

CAUSES OF DEATH		Rate	USA Rank
21.	Lymphomas	7.86	44
22.	Liver Cancer	6.70	25
23.	Ovary Cancer	6.17	21
24.	Inflammatory/Heart	5.63	45
25.	Uterin Cancer	5.50	17
26.	Leukemia	5.30	45
27.	Alcohol	5.29	21
28.	Bladder Cancer	4.23	25
29.	Oesophagus Cancer	3.68	33
30.	Other Neoplasms	3.63	44
31.	Skin Cancers	3.18	32
32.	Oral Cancer	2.53	33
33.	Stomach Cancer	2.50	25
34.	Homicide	2.29	46
35.	Congenital Anomalies	2.14	45
36.	Drug Use	1.44	12
37.	Cervical Cancer	1.25	36
38.	Low Birth Weight	0.85	36
39.	Drownings	0.81	40
40.	Hepatitis C	0.59	22

MASSACHUSETTS TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE

PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES: CDC 12/22

CAUSES OF DEATH		Deaths	%
1.	Coronary Heart Disease	5,770	13.56
2.	COVID-19	4,860	11.42
3.	Lung Cancers	2,730	6.42
4.	Poisonings	2,527	5.94
5.	Lung Disease	2,295	5.39
6.	Stroke	2,272	5.34
7.	Alzheimers	1,556	3.66
8.	Diabetes Mellitus	1,533	3.60
9.	Hypertension	1,478	3.47
10.	Kidney Disease	1,256	2.95
11.	Endocrine Disorders	1,213	2.85
12.	Falls	1,121	2.63
13.	Pancreas Cancer	1,099	2.58
14.	Liver Disease	930	2.19
15.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	914	2.15
16.	Influenza & Pneumonia	806	1.89
17.	Parkinson's Disease	799	1.88
18.	Breast Cancer	733	1.72
19.	Lymphomas	693	1.63
20.	Prostate Cancer	666	1.57
21.	Liver Cancer	612	1.44
22.	Suicide	600	1.41
23.	Other Injuries	522	1.23
24.	Inflammatory/Heart	477	1.12
25.	Road Traffic Accidents	464	1.09

CAUSES OF DEATH		Deaths	%
26.	Leukemia	458	1.08
27.	Alcohol	420	0.99
28.	Bladder Cancer	375	0.88
29.	Oesophagus Cancer	340	0.80
30.	Other Neoplasms	311	0.73
31.	Ovary Cancer	304	0.71
32.	Uterin Cancer	286	0.67
33.	Skin Cancers	278	0.65
34.	Oral Cancer	233	0.55
35.	Malnutrition	222	0.52
36.	Stomach Cancer	216	0.51
37.	Diarrhoeal diseases	177	0.42
38.	Homicide	142	0.33
39.	Congenital Anomalies	99	0.23
40.	Skin Disease	94	0.22
41.	Drug Use	94	0.22
42.	Multiple Sclerosis	93	0.22
43.	Peptic Ulcer Disease	64	0.15
44.	Asthma	61	0.14
45.	Anaemia	60	0.14
46.	Rheumatic/Heart	44	0.10
47.	Hepatitis C	42	0.10
48.	Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	0.10
49.	Low Birth Weight	41	0.10
50.	HIV/AIDS	37	0.09

MASSACHUSETTS CANCER RANK BY TYPE

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE: CDC 12/22

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		Rate	USA Rank
1.	Lung Cancers	29.43	37
2.	Prostate Cancer	18.47	41
3.	Breast Cancer	15.08	51
4.	Pancreas Cancer	11.98	16
5.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	10.37	50
6.	Lymphomas	7.86	44
7.	Liver Cancer	6.70	25
8.	Ovary Cancer	6.17	21

		Rate	USA Rank
9.	Uterin Cancer	5.50	17
10.	Leukemia	5.30	45
11.	Bladder Cancer	4.23	25
12.	Oesophagus Cancer	3.68	33
13.	Skin Cancers	3.18	32
14.	Oral Cancer	2.53	33
15.	Stomach Cancer	2.50	25
16.	Cervical Cancer	1.25	36

DEATH RATE HISTORY SELECTED CAUSES

HEART DISEASE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	228.49	15,871	6,317,345
2000	217.94	15,314	6,349,097
2001	213.49	15,144	6,397,634
2002	205.50	14,736	6,417,206
2003	201.54	14,634	6,422,565
2004	188.93	13,824	6,412,281
2005	179.00	13,280	6,403,290
2006	171.70	12,947	6,410,084
2007	166.39	12,710	6,431,559
2008	164.08	12,776	6,468,967
2009	156.13	12,322	6,517,613
2010	150.03	12,043	6,547,629
2011	143.76	11,765	6,587,536
2012	139.05	11,602	6,646,144
2013	141.46	12,023	6,692,824
2014	137.09	11,817	6,745,408
2015	138.49	12,130	6,794,422
2016	134.77	11,921	6,811,779
2017	134.65	12,140	6,859,819
2018	131.53	12,036	6,902,149
2019	127.22	11,761	6,892,503
2020	126.92	11,781	6,893,574
2021	134.00	11,947	6,984,723

ALL CANCERS

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	206.36	13,853	6,317,345
2000	207.21	14,027	6,349,097
2001	201.17	13,750	6,397,634
2002	201.44	13,914	6,417,206
2003	194.58	13,551	6,422,565
2004	190.10	13,337	6,412,281
2005	186.25	13,182	6,403,290
2006	187.45	13,407	6,410,084
2007	179.51	13,003	6,431,559
2008	177.23	13,031	6,468,967
2009	175.53	13,112	6,517,613
2010	171.33	12,993	6,547,629
2011	166.94	12,895	6,587,536
2012	163.34	12,864	6,646,144
2013	159.57	12,858	6,692,824
2014	155.47	12,787	6,745,408
2015	152.92	12,750	6,794,422
2016	150.15	12,717	6,811,779
2017	149.33	12,934	6,859,819
2018	142.82	12,635	6,902,149
2019	139.88	12,582	6,892,503
2020	135.21	12,376	6,893,574
2021	137.41	12,461	6,984,723

STROKE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	50.35	3,548	6,317,345
2000	51.54	3,669	6,349,097
2001	49.31	3,535	6,397,634
2002	49.17	3,559	6,417,206
2003	46.45	3,407	6,422,565
2004	44.06	3,254	6,412,281
2005	39.75	2,977	6,403,290
2006	38.07	2,880	6,410,084
2007	36.74	2,832	6,431,559
2008	35.10	2,747	6,468,967
2009	32.50	2,579	6,517,613
2010	31.32	2,516	6,547,629
2011	30.18	2,466	6,587,536
2012	28.35	2,371	6,646,144
2013	27.73	2,354	6,692,824
2014	28.74	2,460	6,745,408
2015	28.44	2,475	6,794,422
2016	27.95	2,468	6,811,779
2017	26.47	2,367	6,859,819
2018	27.09	2,466	6,902,149
2019	26.70	2,464	6,892,503
2020	24.44	2,267	6,893,574
2021	25.61	2,278	6,984,723

CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	41.58	2,862	6,317,345
2000	42.13	2,925	6,349,097
2001	40.15	2,810	6,397,634
2002	38.91	2,745	6,417,206
2003	38.88	2,765	6,422,565
2004	35.88	2,574	6,412,281
2005	36.59	2,647	6,403,290
2006	34.78	2,535	6,410,084
2007	31.60	2,332	6,431,559
2008	34.53	2,587	6,468,967
2009	33.77	2,559	6,517,613
2010	31.05	2,383	6,547,629
2011	33.89	2,651	6,587,536
2012	31.71	2,520	6,646,144
2013	31.72	2,572	6,692,824
2014	31.38	2,592	6,745,408
2015	33.01	2,784	6,794,422
2016	31.44	2,674	6,811,779
2017	32.45	2,842	6,859,819
2018	30.88	2,760	6,902,149
2019	31.23	2,839	6,892,503
2020	27.78	2,547	6,893,574
2021	26.87	2,414	6,984,723

ACCIDENTS

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	19.61	1,303	6,317,345
2000	20.21	1,357	6,349,097
2001	22.19	1,506	6,397,634
2002	20.74	1,413	6,417,206
2003	20.73	1,421	6,422,565
2004	19.87	1,366	6,412,281
2005	28.04	1,907	6,403,290
2006	32.31	2,214	6,410,084
2007	30.99	2,139	6,431,559
2008	28.96	2,040	6,468,967
2009	29.30	2,076	6,517,613
2010	28.54	2,060	6,547,629
2011	30.72	2,224	6,587,536
2012	29.85	2,195	6,646,144
2013	32.52	2,393	6,692,824
2014	36.61	2,668	6,745,408
2015	44.02	3,229	6,794,422
2016	52.79	3,831	6,811,779
2017	51.49	3,821	6,859,819
2018	53.00	3,971	6,902,149
2019	53.28	4,052	6,892,503
2020	54.34	4,081	6,893,574
2021	60.85	4,624	6,984,723

DIABETES

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	19.92	1,354	6,317,345
2000	19.81	1,361	6,349,097
2001	20.47	1,422	6,397,634
2002	20.39	1,423	6,417,206
2003	20.20	1,424	6,422,565
2004	18.66	1,329	6,412,281
2005	17.67	1,271	6,403,290
2006	15.50	1,132	6,410,084
2007	16.61	1,222	6,431,559
2008	14.48	1,079	6,468,967
2009	13.25	1,007	6,517,613
2010	13.32	1,028	6,547,629
2011	14.58	1,140	6,587,536
2012	13.64	1,099	6,646,144
2013	14.08	1,142	6,692,824
2014	14.48	1,202	6,745,408
2015	16.67	1,398	6,794,422
2016	14.86	1,268	6,811,779
2017	15.13	1,321	6,859,819
2018	15.75	1,391	6,902,149
2019	15.35	1,383	6,892,503
2020	17.22	1,557	6,893,574
2021	17.28	1,537	6,984,723

ALZHEIMER'S

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	16.51	1,182	6,317,345
2000	19.76	1,433	6,349,097
2001	20.88	1,533	6,397,634
2002	21.18	1,570	6,417,206
2003	21.28	1,609	6,422,565
2004	21.96	1,673	6,412,281
2005	21.12	1,638	6,403,290
2006	19.79	1,560	6,410,084
2007	21.14	1,695	6,431,559
2008	22.45	1,832	6,468,967
2009	20.57	1,700	6,517,613
2010	21.23	1,773	6,547,629
2011	21.20	1,819	6,587,536
2012	19.82	1,713	6,646,144
2013	19.40	1,699	6,692,824
2014	19.04	1,688	6,745,408
2015	20.15	1,815	6,794,422
2016	18.65	1,708	6,811,779
2017	19.91	1,841	6,859,819
2018	19.48	1,823	6,902,149
2019	17.67	1,663	6,892,503
2020	18.56	1,751	6,893,574
2021	17.71	1,558	6,984,723

INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	26.81	1,904	6,317,345
2000	28.88	2,078	6,349,097
2001	24.41	1,770	6,397,634
2002	28.55	2,087	6,417,206
2003	27.04	2,019	6,422,565
2004	26.10	1,959	6,412,281
2005	25.47	1,935	6,403,290
2006	22.82	1,750	6,410,084
2007	19.66	1,538	6,431,559
2008	20.08	1,598	6,468,967
2009	16.96	1,348	6,517,613
2010	15.95	1,291	6,547,629
2011	16.92	1,418	6,587,536
2012	16.05	1,356	6,646,144
2013	18.04	1,551	6,692,824
2014	15.80	1,370	6,745,408
2015	17.08	1,512	6,794,422
2016	14.15	1,251	6,811,779
2017	15.87	1,433	6,859,819
2018	15.79	1,441	6,902,149
2019	13.19	1,217	6,892,503
2020	14.52	1,331	6,893,574
2021	9.13	817	6,984,723

NEPHRITIS/KIDNEY DISEASE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	16.22	1,127	6,317,345
2000	17.61	1,231	6,349,097
2001	17.06	1,207	6,397,634
2002	18.14	1,297	6,417,206
2003	17.78	1,286	6,422,565
2004	17.09	1,250	6,412,281
2005	19.09	1,410	6,403,290
2006	18.69	1,406	6,410,084
2007	18.02	1,361	6,431,559
2008	17.92	1,377	6,468,967
2009	16.13	1,269	6,517,613
2010	17.51	1,381	6,547,629
2011	15.22	1,234	6,587,536
2012	15.49	1,271	6,646,144
2013	15.14	1,261	6,692,824
2014	14.52	1,228	6,745,408
2015	14.30	1,228	6,794,422
2016	13.16	1,139	6,811,779
2017	13.42	1,193	6,859,819
2018	13.09	1,175	6,902,149
2019	13.96	1,281	6,892,503
2020	13.22	1,214	6,893,574
2021	13.70	1,221	6,984,723

BLOOD POISONING

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	12.87	885	6,317,345
2000	12.84	892	6,349,097
2001	13.67	956	6,397,634
2002	14.43	1,019	6,417,206
2003	13.81	989	6,422,565
2004	13.39	963	6,412,281
2005	13.47	980	6,403,290
2006	12.29	900	6,410,084
2007	11.85	882	6,431,559
2008	10.40	782	6,468,967
2009	9.96	762	6,517,613
2010	9.86	765	6,547,629
2011	9.43	741	6,587,536
2012	9.47	755	6,646,144
2013	10.27	848	6,692,824
2014	9.82	820	6,745,408
2015	10.27	881	6,794,422
2016	10.29	867	6,811,779
2017	9.89	864	6,859,819
2018	11.09	975	6,902,149
2019	10.39	941	6,892,503
2020	9.70	886	6,893,574
2021	9.57	849	6,984,723

SUICIDE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	6.67	431	6,317,345
2000	5.97	387	6,349,097
2001	6.48	426	6,397,634
2002	6.61	436	6,417,206
2003	6.54	433	6,422,565
2004	6.44	425	6,412,281
2005	7.22	480	6,403,290
2006	6.68	450	6,410,084
2007	7.72	516	6,431,559
2008	7.54	509	6,468,967
2009	7.79	530	6,517,613
2010	8.78	598	6,547,629
2011	8.39	585	6,587,536
2012	8.66	604	6,646,144
2013	8.18	572	6,692,824
2014	8.23	596	6,745,408
2015	8.90	642	6,794,422
2016	8.76	631	6,811,779
2017	9.46	682	6,859,819
2018	9.93	740	6,902,149
2019	8.69	647	6,892,503
2020	8.40	618	6,893,574
2021	7.97	604	6,984,723

HYPERTENSION/RENAL

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	5.33	374	6,317,345
2000	5.79	410	6,349,097
2001	5.47	389	6,397,634
2002	6.21	450	6,417,206
2003	6.59	475	6,422,565
2004	6.15	455	6,412,281
2005	5.72	431	6,403,290
2006	5.60	424	6,410,084
2007	5.91	458	6,431,559
2008	5.82	452	6,468,967
2009	5.22	417	6,517,613
2010	5.34	433	6,547,629
2011	5.48	454	6,587,536
2012	5.91	509	6,646,144
2013	5.65	488	6,692,824
2014	5.61	483	6,745,408
2015	6.93	603	6,794,422
2016	7.04	628	6,811,779
2017	6.87	620	6,859,819
2018	7.24	668	6,902,149
2019	7.60	700	6,892,503
2020	8.02	753	6,893,574
2021	8.24	741	6,984,723

LIVER DISEASE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	9.07	590	6,317,345
2000	8.24	540	6,349,097
2001	8.33	556	6,397,634
2002	8.86	602	6,417,206
2003	8.33	569	6,422,565
2004	7.77	536	6,412,281
2005	7.22	505	6,403,290
2006	7.15	508	6,410,084
2007	8.38	609	6,431,559
2008	8.22	598	6,468,967
2009	7.74	571	6,517,613
2010	7.71	584	6,547,629
2011	7.66	583	6,587,536
2012	7.93	619	6,646,144
2013	7.49	597	6,692,824
2014	8.36	671	6,745,408
2015	8.15	661	6,794,422
2016	8.83	716	6,811,779
2017	9.20	766	6,859,819
2018	9.33	791	6,902,149
2019	8.79	746	6,892,503
2020	11.21	931	6,893,574
2021	10.91	930	6,984,723

PARKINSON'S DISEASE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	5.96	422	6,317,345
2000	5.94	425	6,349,097
2001	6.26	451	6,397,634
2002	6.39	460	6,417,206
2003	5.77	420	6,422,565
2004	5.72	419	6,412,281
2005	6.10	451	6,403,290
2006	5.65	421	6,410,084
2007	6.10	464	6,431,559
2008	5.59	423	6,468,967
2009	5.71	441	6,517,613
2010	5.88	459	6,547,629
2011	6.63	519	6,587,536
2012	6.11	487	6,646,144
2013	6.79	549	6,692,824
2014	6.97	571	6,745,408
2015	7.76	640	6,794,422
2016	7.45	637	6,811,779
2017	7.25	625	6,859,819
2018	8.09	714	6,902,149
2019	8.04	721	6,892,503
2020	9.11	822	6,893,574
2021	9.14	799	6,984,723

HOMICIDE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	2.13	133	6,317,345
2000	1.93	122	6,349,097
2001	3.82	246	6,397,634
2002	2.89	185	6,417,206
2003	2.18	140	6,422,565
2004	2.75	175	6,412,281
2005	2.79	178	6,403,290
2006	2.89	183	6,410,084
2007	2.95	188	6,431,559
2008	2.57	167	6,468,967
2009	2.73	176	6,517,613
2010	3.19	204	6,547,629
2011	3.04	200	6,587,536
2012	2.01	133	6,646,144
2013	2.15	144	6,692,824
2014	1.95	133	6,745,408
2015	2.13	144	6,794,422
2016	2.05	137	6,811,779
2017	2.59	171	6,859,819
2018	2.32	158	6,902,149
2019	2.33	157	6,892,503
2020	2.67	183	6,893,574
2021	2.29	160	6,984,723