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Cities in Massachusetts by COPD in adults, local model estimate, 2023

Fall River, MA had the highest COPD in adults, local model estimate of 54 cities in 2023, at 10.2%. Cambridge, MA had the lowest, at 3.1%. The median was 6.4%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest10.2Fall River, MA
Lowest3.1Cambridge, MA
Median6.454 cities

All cities, 2023

Fall River, MA: 10.2 %Fall River, MA10.2New Bedford, MA: 10.2 %New Bedford, MA10.2North Adams, MA: 9.5 %North Adams, MA9.5Holyoke, MA: 8.8 %Holyoke, MA8.8Gardner, MA: 8.7 %Gardner, MA8.7Brockton, MA: 8.4 %Brockton, MA8.4Taunton, MA: 8.3 %Taunton, MA8.3Chicopee, MA: 8.2 %Chicopee, MA8.2Greenfield, MA: 8.2 %Greenfield, MA8.2Southbridge Town, MA: 8.2 %Southbridge Town, MA8.2Springfield, MA: 8.1 %Springfield, MA8.1Pittsfield, MA: 8 %Pittsfield, MA8Gloucester, MA: 7.9 %Gloucester, MA7.9Palmer Town, MA: 7.9 %Palmer Town, MA7.9West Springfield Town, MA: 7.5 %West Springfield Town, MA7.5Barnstable Town, MA: 7.4 %Barnstable Town, MA7.4Agawam Town, MA: 7.1 %Agawam Town, MA7.1Fitchburg, MA: 7.1 %Fitchburg, MA7.1Lynn, MA: 7.1 %Lynn, MA7.1Peabody, MA: 7.1 %Peabody, MA7.1Attleboro, MA: 7 %Attleboro, MA7Westfield, MA: 7 %Westfield, MA7Haverhill, MA: 6.9 %Haverhill, MA6.9Everett, MA: 6.7 %Everett, MA6.7Leominster, MA: 6.7 %Leominster, MA6.7Worcester, MA: 6.7 %Worcester, MA6.7Revere, MA: 6.6 %Revere, MA6.6Chelsea, MA: 6.2 %Chelsea, MA6.2Lawrence, MA: 6.2 %Lawrence, MA6.2Lowell, MA: 6.1 %Lowell, MA6.1Marlborough, MA: 6.1 %Marlborough, MA6.1Winthrop Town, MA: 6 %Winthrop Town, MA6Weymouth Town, MA: 5.9 %Weymouth Town, MA5.9Salem, MA: 5.8 %Salem, MA5.8Beverly, MA: 5.7 %Beverly, MA5.7Northampton, MA: 5.7 %Northampton, MA5.7Randolph Town, MA: 5.7 %Randolph Town, MA5.7Framingham, MA: 5.6 %Framingham, MA5.6Woburn, MA: 5.6 %Woburn, MA5.6Braintree Town, MA: 5.5 %Braintree Town, MA5.5Bridgewater Town, MA: 5.4 %Bridgewater Town, MA5.4Newburyport, MA: 5.4 %Newburyport, MA5.4North Attleborough Town, MA: 5.4 %North Attleborough Town, MA5.4Quincy, MA: 5.4 %Quincy, MA5.4Malden, MA: 5.2 %Malden, MA5.2Franklin Town, MA: 5.1 %Franklin Town, MA5.1Boston, MA: 4.9 %Boston, MA4.9Medford, MA: 4.5 %Medford, MA4.5Melrose, MA: 4.5 %Melrose, MA4.5Waltham, MA: 4.2 %Waltham, MA4.2Newton, MA: 3.8 %Newton, MA3.8Amherst Town, MA: 3.6 %Amherst Town, MA3.6Somerville, MA: 3.3 %Somerville, MA3.3Cambridge, MA: 3.1 %Cambridge, MA3.1Fall River, MA: 10.2 %Fall River, MA10.2New Bedford, MA: 10.2 %New Bedford, MA10.2North Adams, MA: 9.5 %North Adams, MA9.5Holyoke, MA: 8.8 %Holyoke, MA8.8Gardner, MA: 8.7 %Gardner, MA8.7Brockton, MA: 8.4 %Brockton, MA8.4Taunton, MA: 8.3 %Taunton, MA8.3Chicopee, MA: 8.2 %Chicopee, MA8.2Greenfield, MA: 8.2 %Greenfield, MA8.2Southbridge Town, MA: 8.2 %Southbridge Town, MA8.2Springfield, MA: 8.1 %Springfield, MA8.1Pittsfield, MA: 8 %Pittsfield, MA8Gloucester, MA: 7.9 %Gloucester, MA7.9Palmer Town, MA: 7.9 %Palmer Town, MA7.9West Springfield Town, MA: 7.5 %West Springfield Town, MA7.5Barnstable Town, MA: 7.4 %Barnstable Town, MA7.4Agawam Town, MA: 7.1 %Agawam Town, MA7.1Fitchburg, MA: 7.1 %Fitchburg, MA7.1Lynn, MA: 7.1 %Lynn, MA7.1Peabody, MA: 7.1 %Peabody, MA7.1Attleboro, MA: 7 %Attleboro, MA7Westfield, MA: 7 %Westfield, MA7Haverhill, MA: 6.9 %Haverhill, MA6.9Everett, MA: 6.7 %Everett, MA6.7Leominster, MA: 6.7 %Leominster, MA6.7Worcester, MA: 6.7 %Worcester, MA6.7Revere, MA: 6.6 %Revere, MA6.6Chelsea, MA: 6.2 %Chelsea, MA6.2Lawrence, MA: 6.2 %Lawrence, MA6.2Lowell, MA: 6.1 %Lowell, MA6.1Marlborough, MA: 6.1 %Marlborough, MA6.1Winthrop Town, MA: 6 %Winthrop Town, MA6Weymouth Town, MA: 5.9 %Weymouth Town, MA5.9Salem, MA: 5.8 %Salem, MA5.8Beverly, MA: 5.7 %Beverly, MA5.7Northampton, MA: 5.7 %Northampton, MA5.7Randolph Town, MA: 5.7 %Randolph Town, MA5.7Framingham, MA: 5.6 %Framingham, MA5.6Woburn, MA: 5.6 %Woburn, MA5.6Braintree Town, MA: 5.5 %Braintree Town, MA5.5Bridgewater Town, MA: 5.4 %Bridgewater Town, MA5.4Newburyport, MA: 5.4 %Newburyport, MA5.4North Attleborough Town, MA: 5.4 %North Attleborough Town, MA5.4Quincy, MA: 5.4 %Quincy, MA5.4Malden, MA: 5.2 %Malden, MA5.2Franklin Town, MA: 5.1 %Franklin Town, MA5.1Boston, MA: 4.9 %Boston, MA4.9Medford, MA: 4.5 %Medford, MA4.5Melrose, MA: 4.5 %Melrose, MA4.5Waltham, MA: 4.2 %Waltham, MA4.2Newton, MA: 3.8 %Newton, MA3.8Amherst Town, MA: 3.6 %Amherst Town, MA3.6Somerville, MA: 3.3 %Somerville, MA3.3Cambridge, MA: 3.1 %Cambridge, MA3.1
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), copd in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Fall River, MA10.20 pts
1New Bedford, MA10.2+0.1 pts
3North Adams, MA9.5+0.4 pts
4Holyoke, MA8.8+0.3 pts
5Gardner, MA8.7-0.2 pts
6Brockton, MA8.4+0.4 pts
7Taunton, MA8.3-0.6 pts
8Chicopee, MA8.2+0.1 pts
8Greenfield, MA8.20 pts
8Southbridge Town, MA8.2-0.5 pts
11Springfield, MA8.1+0.3 pts
12Pittsfield, MA8+0.4 pts
13Gloucester, MA7.9-0.1 pts
13Palmer Town, MA7.9-0.4 pts
15West Springfield Town, MA7.5+0.1 pts
16Barnstable Town, MA7.4-0.3 pts
17Agawam Town, MA7.1+0.3 pts
17Fitchburg, MA7.1-0.2 pts
17Lynn, MA7.1+0.1 pts
17Peabody, MA7.1+0.1 pts
21Attleboro, MA7+0.1 pts
21Westfield, MA70 pts
23Haverhill, MA6.90 pts
24Everett, MA6.7-0.2 pts
24Leominster, MA6.7-0.2 pts
24Worcester, MA6.70 pts
27Revere, MA6.6-0.1 pts
28Chelsea, MA6.20 pts
28Lawrence, MA6.2-0.1 pts
30Lowell, MA6.10 pts
30Marlborough, MA6.1-0.3 pts
32Winthrop Town, MA6-0.4 pts
33Weymouth Town, MA5.9-0.1 pts
34Salem, MA5.80 pts
35Beverly, MA5.70 pts
35Northampton, MA5.7+0.2 pts
35Randolph Town, MA5.7-0.5 pts
38Framingham, MA5.60 pts
38Woburn, MA5.6-0.3 pts
40Braintree Town, MA5.5+0.1 pts
41Bridgewater Town, MA5.4-0.6 pts
41Newburyport, MA5.40 pts
41North Attleborough Town, MA5.4-0.2 pts
41Quincy, MA5.4+0.2 pts
45Malden, MA5.2-0.2 pts
46Franklin Town, MA5.1+0.2 pts
47Boston, MA4.9+0.1 pts
48Medford, MA4.5-0.3 pts
48Melrose, MA4.5-0.3 pts
50Waltham, MA4.2-0.2 pts
51Newton, MA3.8-0.1 pts
52Amherst Town, MA3.6+0.2 pts
53Somerville, MA3.3-0.2 pts
54Cambridge, MA3.10 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 had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema or chronic bronchitis. 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), copd 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), copd in adults, crude prevalence (Cities in Massachusetts by COPD in adults, local model estimate, 2023) [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), copd in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in Massachusetts by COPD in adults, local model estimate, 2023. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-copd-rate-county-estimate/massachusetts-cities. 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), copd in adults, crude prevalence. Cities in Massachusetts by COPD in adults, local model estimate, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-copd-rate-county-estimate/massachusetts-cities.

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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), copd in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in Massachusetts by COPD in adults, local model estimate, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-copd-rate-county-estimate/massachusetts-cities (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), copd in adults, crude prevalence: Cities in Massachusetts by COPD in adults, local model estimate, 2023}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which city has the highest COPD in adults, local model estimate?

Fall River, MA, with 10.2% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Cambridge, MA, with 3.1% in 2023.

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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), copd in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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