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MA CANCER FACT SHEET: INCIDENCE & MORTALITY IN MA Cancer Fact Sheets provide information about disparities in cancer rates among Massachusetts residents, to help identify and address this urgent public health concern. INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY BY COUNTY Rates are age-adjusted per 100,000 population

COUNTY RATE US Rate: 155.5 COUNTY RATE Dukes 487.6 MA Rate: 149.9 Worcester 161.9 Nantucket 477.9 Hampden 159.7 MORTALITY Plymouth 470.1 Bristol 158.6 Barnstable 469.4 Plymouth 158.1 Norfolk 459.0 Franklin 157.4 Worcester 457.1 Barnstable 153.7 451.8 Berkshire 152.9 Bristol 435.0 Hampshire 149.5 Middlesex 434.4 Su olk 147.8 Su olk 430.7 Norfolk 144.6 Berkshire 424.2 Essex 143.3 INCIDENCE Hampden 422.0 US Rate: 422.0 Middlesex 140.3 Hampshire 405.7 MA Rate: 443.5 Dukes 139.7 Franklin 381.6 Nantucket 137.5

INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY BY RACE AND SEX Rates are age-adjusted per 100,000 population ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER

NON-HISPANIC MORTALITY Female Not enough data Male Not enough data BLACK NON-HISPANIC 209.6 Female Not enough data 439.1 Male HISPANIC (ANY RACE) 976.6 Female Not enough data INCIDENCE Not enough data Male WHITE NON-HISPANIC 564.4 Female 144.8 416.3 Male 130.2

RATES BY CANCER TYPE FOR ALL SEXES AND RACES

190.2 Breast (Female) Not enough data 91.1 Prostate Not enough data 63.9 Lung & Bronchus 29.5

45.7 Colon and Rectum Not enough data MORTALITY 32.8 Melanoma Not enough data 28.6 Thyroid Not enough data 24.3 Corpus & Uterus Not enough data 18.3 Oral Cavity & Pharynx Not enough data 18.1 Leukemia Not enough data

INCIDENCE 17.9 Urinary Bladder Not enough data 13.1 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Not enough data 10.8 Myeloma Not enough data 8.5 Esophagus Not enough data 8.4 Pancreas Not enough data Rates are age-adjusted per 100,000 population

SOURCE Incidence data: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program (www.seer.cancer.gov) Mortality data: National Center for Health Statistics (www.cdc.gov/nchs)

MA Cancer Fact Sheets are produced by the Dana Farber/Harvard Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center,INCIDENCE which is dedicated to reducing cancer risks, Find more fact sheets: Cancer Center disparities, and deaths in Massachusetts and beyond. CancerInMass.org