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Cities in Massachusetts by current asthma in adults, local model estimate

New Bedford, MA had the highest current asthma in adults, local model estimate of 54 cities in 2022, at 13.7%. Newton, MA had the lowest, at 10.2%. The median was 11.9%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest13.7New Bedford, MA
Lowest10.2Newton, MA
Median11.954 cities

All cities, 2022

New Bedford, MA: 13.7 %New Bedford, MA13.7Brockton, MA: 13.5 %Brockton, MA13.5Fall River, MA: 13.5 %Fall River, MA13.5Springfield, MA: 13.5 %Springfield, MA13.5Taunton, MA: 13.2 %Taunton, MA13.2Holyoke, MA: 13.1 %Holyoke, MA13.1Southbridge Town, MA: 13.1 %Southbridge Town, MA13.1Palmer Town, MA: 13 %Palmer Town, MA13Chicopee, MA: 12.9 %Chicopee, MA12.9Everett, MA: 12.9 %Everett, MA12.9Gardner, MA: 12.8 %Gardner, MA12.8Fitchburg, MA: 12.7 %Fitchburg, MA12.7Worcester, MA: 12.7 %Worcester, MA12.7Westfield, MA: 12.6 %Westfield, MA12.6Leominster, MA: 12.4 %Leominster, MA12.4North Adams, MA: 12.4 %North Adams, MA12.4Randolph Town, MA: 12.3 %Randolph Town, MA12.3West Springfield Town, MA: 12.3 %West Springfield Town, MA12.3Lynn, MA: 12.1 %Lynn, MA12.1Agawam Town, MA: 12 %Agawam Town, MA12Greenfield, MA: 12 %Greenfield, MA12Haverhill, MA: 12 %Haverhill, MA12Marlborough, MA: 12 %Marlborough, MA12Attleboro, MA: 11.9 %Attleboro, MA11.9Barnstable Town, MA: 11.9 %Barnstable Town, MA11.9Chelsea, MA: 11.9 %Chelsea, MA11.9Gloucester, MA: 11.9 %Gloucester, MA11.9Lawrence, MA: 11.9 %Lawrence, MA11.9Northampton, MA: 11.9 %Northampton, MA11.9Bridgewater Town, MA: 11.8 %Bridgewater Town, MA11.8Framingham, MA: 11.8 %Framingham, MA11.8Salem, MA: 11.8 %Salem, MA11.8Amherst Town, MA: 11.7 %Amherst Town, MA11.7Boston, MA: 11.7 %Boston, MA11.7Lowell, MA: 11.7 %Lowell, MA11.7Beverly, MA: 11.6 %Beverly, MA11.6Pittsfield, MA: 11.6 %Pittsfield, MA11.6Revere, MA: 11.6 %Revere, MA11.6Weymouth Town, MA: 11.6 %Weymouth Town, MA11.6Peabody, MA: 11.5 %Peabody, MA11.5Woburn, MA: 11.5 %Woburn, MA11.5Medford, MA: 11.4 %Medford, MA11.4North Attleborough Town, MA: 11.3 %North Attleborough Town, MA11.3Malden, MA: 11.2 %Malden, MA11.2Somerville, MA: 11.2 %Somerville, MA11.2Winthrop Town, MA: 11.2 %Winthrop Town, MA11.2Franklin Town, MA: 11.1 %Franklin Town, MA11.1Waltham, MA: 11.1 %Waltham, MA11.1Melrose, MA: 10.9 %Melrose, MA10.9Newburyport, MA: 10.9 %Newburyport, MA10.9Braintree Town, MA: 10.8 %Braintree Town, MA10.8Cambridge, MA: 10.7 %Cambridge, MA10.7Quincy, MA: 10.5 %Quincy, MA10.5Newton, MA: 10.2 %Newton, MA10.2New Bedford, MA: 13.7 %New Bedford, MA13.7Brockton, MA: 13.5 %Brockton, MA13.5Fall River, MA: 13.5 %Fall River, MA13.5Springfield, MA: 13.5 %Springfield, MA13.5Taunton, MA: 13.2 %Taunton, MA13.2Holyoke, MA: 13.1 %Holyoke, MA13.1Southbridge Town, MA: 13.1 %Southbridge Town, MA13.1Palmer Town, MA: 13 %Palmer Town, MA13Chicopee, MA: 12.9 %Chicopee, MA12.9Everett, MA: 12.9 %Everett, MA12.9Gardner, MA: 12.8 %Gardner, MA12.8Fitchburg, MA: 12.7 %Fitchburg, MA12.7Worcester, MA: 12.7 %Worcester, MA12.7Westfield, MA: 12.6 %Westfield, MA12.6Leominster, MA: 12.4 %Leominster, MA12.4North Adams, MA: 12.4 %North Adams, MA12.4Randolph Town, MA: 12.3 %Randolph Town, MA12.3West Springfield Town, MA: 12.3 %West Springfield Town, MA12.3Lynn, MA: 12.1 %Lynn, MA12.1Agawam Town, MA: 12 %Agawam Town, MA12Greenfield, MA: 12 %Greenfield, MA12Haverhill, MA: 12 %Haverhill, MA12Marlborough, MA: 12 %Marlborough, MA12Attleboro, MA: 11.9 %Attleboro, MA11.9Barnstable Town, MA: 11.9 %Barnstable Town, MA11.9Chelsea, MA: 11.9 %Chelsea, MA11.9Gloucester, MA: 11.9 %Gloucester, MA11.9Lawrence, MA: 11.9 %Lawrence, MA11.9Northampton, MA: 11.9 %Northampton, MA11.9Bridgewater Town, MA: 11.8 %Bridgewater Town, MA11.8Framingham, MA: 11.8 %Framingham, MA11.8Salem, MA: 11.8 %Salem, MA11.8Amherst Town, MA: 11.7 %Amherst Town, MA11.7Boston, MA: 11.7 %Boston, MA11.7Lowell, MA: 11.7 %Lowell, MA11.7Beverly, MA: 11.6 %Beverly, MA11.6Pittsfield, MA: 11.6 %Pittsfield, MA11.6Revere, MA: 11.6 %Revere, MA11.6Weymouth Town, MA: 11.6 %Weymouth Town, MA11.6Peabody, MA: 11.5 %Peabody, MA11.5Woburn, MA: 11.5 %Woburn, MA11.5Medford, MA: 11.4 %Medford, MA11.4North Attleborough Town, MA: 11.3 %North Attleborough Town, MA11.3Malden, MA: 11.2 %Malden, MA11.2Somerville, MA: 11.2 %Somerville, MA11.2Winthrop Town, MA: 11.2 %Winthrop Town, MA11.2Franklin Town, MA: 11.1 %Franklin Town, MA11.1Waltham, MA: 11.1 %Waltham, MA11.1Melrose, MA: 10.9 %Melrose, MA10.9Newburyport, MA: 10.9 %Newburyport, MA10.9Braintree Town, MA: 10.8 %Braintree Town, MA10.8Cambridge, MA: 10.7 %Cambridge, MA10.7Quincy, MA: 10.5 %Quincy, MA10.5Newton, MA: 10.2 %Newton, MA10.2
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), current asthma in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022 (%)Change on 2021
1New Bedford, MA13.7+0.6 pts
2Brockton, MA13.5+0.4 pts
2Fall River, MA13.5+0.3 pts
2Springfield, MA13.50 pts
5Taunton, MA13.2+0.7 pts
6Holyoke, MA13.1+0.4 pts
6Southbridge Town, MA13.1+0.3 pts
8Palmer Town, MA13+1 pts
9Chicopee, MA12.9+0.5 pts
9Everett, MA12.9+1.4 pts
11Gardner, MA12.8+0.5 pts
12Fitchburg, MA12.7+0.2 pts
12Worcester, MA12.7-0.1 pts
14Westfield, MA12.6+0.8 pts
15Leominster, MA12.4+0.2 pts
15North Adams, MA12.40 pts
17Randolph Town, MA12.3+0.9 pts
17West Springfield Town, MA12.3+0.4 pts
19Lynn, MA12.10 pts
20Agawam Town, MA12+0.6 pts
20Greenfield, MA12n/a
20Haverhill, MA12+0.3 pts
20Marlborough, MA12+1.3 pts
24Attleboro, MA11.9+0.3 pts
24Barnstable Town, MA11.9+1 pts
24Chelsea, MA11.9+0.5 pts
24Gloucester, MA11.9+0.6 pts
24Lawrence, MA11.9-0.3 pts
24Northampton, MA11.9+0.5 pts
30Bridgewater Town, MA11.8+0.2 pts
30Framingham, MA11.8+1 pts
30Salem, MA11.8+0.2 pts
33Amherst Town, MA11.7n/a
33Boston, MA11.7+0.1 pts
33Lowell, MA11.7+0.5 pts
36Beverly, MA11.6+0.4 pts
36Pittsfield, MA11.60 pts
36Revere, MA11.6+0.6 pts
36Weymouth Town, MA11.6+0.8 pts
40Peabody, MA11.5+0.4 pts
40Woburn, MA11.5+1.2 pts
42Medford, MA11.4+0.8 pts
43North Attleborough Town, MA11.3n/a
44Malden, MA11.2+0.3 pts
44Somerville, MA11.2+0.6 pts
44Winthrop Town, MA11.2+0.5 pts
47Franklin Town, MA11.1+0.8 pts
47Waltham, MA11.1+0.8 pts
49Melrose, MA10.9+0.7 pts
49Newburyport, MA10.9+0.1 pts
51Braintree Town, MA10.8+0.4 pts
52Cambridge, MA10.7+0.4 pts
53Quincy, MA10.5+0.2 pts
54Newton, MA10.2+0.4 pts

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About this ranking

Percentage of adults who have ever been told by a doctor, nurse or other health professional that they have asthma and say they still have it. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

US counties and cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). CDC PLACES combines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) answers with local population data through multilevel regression and poststratification, so a county or city value is a model estimate, not a survey count. The year is the BRFSS survey year, not the release year. CDC says the method does not support tracking change in a place over time, and each annual release can change the model, so values for different years are not strictly comparable. A state is missing in a year when its BRFSS data did not meet standards (Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2023, Florida in 2021). Connecticut counties appear as its nine planning regions from 2022; its eight former counties are not served. City values for 2021 come from the 2023 release, built on 2010 Census place boundaries; later years use 2020 boundaries.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), current asthma in adults, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), current asthma in adults, crude prevalence (Cities in Massachusetts by current asthma in adults, local model estimate, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), current asthma in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in Massachusetts by current asthma in adults, local model estimate, 2022. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-asthma-rate-county-estimate/massachusetts-cities?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), current asthma in adults, crude prevalence. Cities in Massachusetts by current asthma in adults, local model estimate, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-asthma-rate-county-estimate/massachusetts-cities?period=2022.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), current asthma in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in Massachusetts by current asthma in adults, local model estimate, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-asthma-rate-county-estimate/massachusetts-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), current asthma in adults, crude prevalence: Cities in Massachusetts by current asthma in adults, local model estimate, 2022}},
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Which city has the highest current asthma in adults, local model estimate?

New Bedford, MA, with 13.7% in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Newton, MA, with 10.2% in 2022.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), current asthma in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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