TABLE 2.
Characteristics of the Massachusetts Communities with the 20 Highest and the 20 Lowest Cigarette Smoking Prevalence Rates: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2005
| Ranka | Community (5-digit zip codeb) | Total Sample Size 1999–2005, No. | Smoking Prevalence, % (95% CI) | Per capita Income, $1000 | Unemployment Rate, % | Racial Diversity Indexc | Rural Population,d % | Substance Abuse Hospitalizations per 1000 Adults | Tobacco Outlets per 10 Miles of Road, No. |
| Communities with the 20 highest smoking prevalence rates | |||||||||
| 398 | New Bedford (02744) | 169 | 36.3 (31.4, 41.5) | 11.7 | 6.5 | 0.63 | 0.00 | 4.52 | 12.3 |
| 397 | New Bedford (02746) | 172 | 34.7 (29.9, 39.7) | 11.4 | 6.9 | 0.55 | 0.00 | 4.52 | 8.1 |
| 396 | Fall River (02724) | 285 | 34.6 (30.2, 39.3) | 14.3 | 4.3 | 0.86 | 0.00 | 4.66 | 9.4 |
| 395 | Fall River (02721) | 370 | 34.5 (30.3, 39.0) | 15.6 | 3.9 | 0.83 | 0.00 | 4.66 | 7.0 |
| 394 | Fall River (02723) | 238 | 34.2 (29.7, 39.0) | 12.1 | 4.4 | 0.85 | 0.00 | 4.66 | 7.0 |
| 393 | Worcester (01610) | 330 | 33.8 (29.6, 38.3) | 11.6 | 5.4 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 4.46 | 13.4 |
| 392 | Worcester (01607) | 143 | 31.3 (26.7, 36.3) | 12.2 | 10.1 | 0.68 | 0.00 | 4.46 | 5.2 |
| 391 | North Adams | 94 | 30.3 (25.6, 35.4) | 16.4 | 3.4 | 0.91 | 8.30 | 2.84 | 2.5 |
| 390 | Fall River (02720) | 462 | 29.9 (26.1, 33.9) | 20.4 | 3.6 | 0.89 | 2.30 | 4.66 | 3.2 |
| 389 | New Bedford (02745) | 369 | 28.5 (24.6, 32.6) | 20.2 | 3.6 | 0.84 | 1.30 | 4.52 | 2.4 |
| 388 | Springfield (01103, 01105, 01107) | 305 | 28.2 (24.4, 32.3) | 17.4 | 6.2 | 0.39 | 0.00 | 5.24 | 14.2 |
| 387 | Winchendon | 63 | 28.1 (23.5, 33.2) | 18.8 | 3.8 | 0.92 | 40.9 | 1.43 | 0.9 |
| 386 | Revere | 272 | 28.1 (24.1, 32.5) | 19.7 | 3.4 | 0.69 | 0.00 | 3.15 | 7.3 |
| 385 | Lowell (01850) | 262 | 28.0 (24.0, 32.4) | 16.7 | 5.4 | 0.45 | 0.00 | 3.51 | 7.0 |
| 384 | Webster | 157 | 27.8 (23.6, 32.6) | 20.4 | 2.9 | 0.89 | 6.90 | 2.37 | 2.7 |
| 383 | Warren | 30 | 27.5 (22.8, 32.7) | 17.2 | 3.3 | 0.95 | 53.8 | 1.80 | 0.8 |
| 382 | Salisbury | 40 | 27.0 (22.5, 32.2) | 21.6 | 2.5 | 0.95 | 11.9 | 2.37 | 2.4 |
| 381 | Worcester (01603) | 306 | 27.0 (23.3, 31.2) | 18.3 | 3.3 | 0.61 | 0.00 | 4.46 | 6.6 |
| 380 | Gardner | 140 | 27.0 (22.8, 31.6) | 18.6 | 2.8 | 0.85 | 6.1 | 2.28 | 2.6 |
| 379 | Fitchburg | 445 | 26.8 (22.9, 31.1) | 17.3 | 5.3 | 0.67 | 5.5 | 3.08 | 3.0 |
| Average | 233 | 30.2 | 16.6 | 4.6 | 0.74 | 6.9 | 3.68 | 5.9 | |
| Communities with the 20 lowest smoking prevalence ratese | |||||||||
| 1 | Carlisle Town | 31 | 4.7 (3.7, 6.0) | 59.6 | 0.5 | 0.88 | 85.6 | 0.62 | 0.16 |
| 2 | Weston Town | 63 | 5.5 (4.4, 7.0) | 79.6 | 1.0 | 0.80 | 0.0 | 0.30 | 1.10 |
| 3 | Dover Town | 41 | 5.6 (4.4, 7.1) | 64.9 | 0.9 | 0.90 | 41.3 | 0.38 | 0.26 |
| 4 | Sherborn Town | 23 | 5.9 (4.7, 7.5) | 58.1 | 2.9 | 0.92 | 66.8 | 0.70 | 0.89 |
| 5 | Concord Town | 118 | 6.1 (4.8, 7.7) | 51.5 | 1.1 | 0.82 | 11.8 | 0.78 | 1.60 |
| 6 | Wellesley Town | 130 | 6.3 (5.0, 7.9) | 52.9 | 2.2 | 0.78 | 0.0 | 0.28 | 1.25 |
| 7 | Wayland Town | 78 | 6.7 (5.3, 8.4) | 52.7 | 1.3 | 0.85 | 9.9 | 0.59 | 0.80 |
| 8 | Winchester Town | 124 | 7.0 (5.6, 8.8) | 50.4 | 1.6 | 0.87 | 0.0 | 0.55 | 1.00 |
| 9 | Lincoln Town | 38 | 7.1 (5.6, 8.9) | 49.1 | 1.1 | 0.77 | 22.6 | 0.26 | 0.26 |
| 10 | Lexington Town | 220 | 7.2 (5.7, 8.9) | 46.1 | 1.6 | 0.77 | 0.0 | 0.38 | 1.02 |
| 11 | Sudbury Town | 113 | 7.4 (5.9, 9.3) | 53.3 | 1.3 | 0.88 | 10.0 | 0.53 | 1.50 |
| 12 | Newton (02461, 02464, 02468) | 88 | 7.7 (6.1, 9.6) | 38.0 | 1.6 | 0.78 | 0.0 | 0.45 | 2.09 |
| 13 | Harvard Town | 39 | 7.7 (6.1, 9.7) | 40.9 | 2.0 | 0.73 | 98.8 | 0.45 | 0.06 |
| 14 | Newton (02459, 02467) | 183 | 7.7 (6.2, 9.6) | 37.6 | 2.3 | 0.74 | 0.0 | 0.45 | 1.14 |
| 15 | Sharon Town | 101 | 7.9 (6.3, 9.8) | 41.3 | 1.7 | 0.82 | 15.5 | 0.43 | 1.63 |
| 16 | Boxford Town | 44 | 8.3 (6.6, 10.4) | 48.8 | 1.1 | 0.95 | 48.6 | 0.76 | 0.16 |
| 17 | Newton (02462, 02466) | 49 | 8.6 (6.8, 10.6) | 37.2 | 3.6 | 0.75 | 0.0 | 0.45 | 1.90 |
| 18 | Westwood Town | 85 | 8.7 (6.9, 10.8) | 41.6 | 1.6 | 0.93 | 2.9 | 0.47 | 2.07 |
| 19 | Longmeadow Town | 93 | 8.8 (7.0, 10.9) | 38.9 | 2.1 | 0.91 | 0.0 | 0.60 | 2.01 |
| 20 | Needham | 172 | 8.8 (7.1, 10.9) | 44.5 | 1.9 | 0.90 | 2.9 | 0.28 | 1.20 |
| Average | 92 | 7.2 | 49.4 | 1.7 | 0.80 | 20.8 | 0.49 | 0.98 | |
Note. CI = confidence interval.
Rank of the community-level smoking prevalence estimates (highest = 398, lowest = 1).
Zip codes are only listed for communities located within a larger city whose multiple communities are identifiable only by 5-digit zip code.
Diversity index of racial composition in the community with a range of 0 to 1. A value of 0 indicates a single-race community (e.g., 100% non-Hispanic White or 100% non-Hispanic Black). A value of 1 indicates that equal proportions of 2 or more races are present (e.g., 25% non-Hispanic White, 25% non-Hispanic Black, 25% Hispanic, and 25% other).
Per the 2000 US Census.
These communities met the national goal of smoking prevalence rates of 12% or less of the adult population.