TABLE 1—

Diabetes, Asthma, Smoking, Hypertension, and Obesity Prevalence in Adults per MDPHnet (n = 1 073 545) vs the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and 500 Cities Estimates (n = 15 654): Massachusetts, 2014

			Diabetes Prevalence, %		Asthma Prevalence, %		Smoking Prevalence, %		Hypertension Prevalence, %		Obesity Prevalence, %
Location	Census Population Aged ≥ 20 y, No.	MDPHnet Population Aged ≥ 20 y, No. (%)	MDPHnet Adjusted	BRFSS & 500 Cities	MDPHnet Adjusted	BRFSS & 500 Cities	MDPHnet Adjusted	BRFSS & 500 Cities	MDPHnet Adjusted	BRFSS & 500 Cities	MDPHnet Adjusted	BRFSS & 500 Cities
Massachusetts	4 926 489	1 073 545 (21.8)	9.4	9.7	10.0	12.0	13.5	14.7	26.3	29.6	22.8	23.3
Boston	482 004	138 369 (28.7)	8.6	8.6	8.7	12.2	15.6	17.8	21.0	24.6	19.2	21.3
Brockton	67 018	24 983 (37.3)	14.5	12.7	10.5	13.8	22.8	26.0	34.9	35.0	31.7	28.4
Cambridge	87 853	38 875 (44.3)	6.0	5.9	7.3	11.0	10.8	12.8	14.8	21.7	12.4	20.8
Fall River	67 452	5 514 (8.2)	15.2	12.4	11.0	14.6	42.1	27.9	38.0	33.7	34.3	24.9
Lawrence	51 375	1 458 (2.8)	12.6	13.6	7.5	13.1	10.4	21.4	22.3	30.4	27.3	27.7
Lowell	76 952	26 420 (34.3)	13.1	9.8	10.5	12.2	8.9	20.2	29.5	26.4	29.4	20.7
Lynn	65 129	34 110 (52.4)	14.9	11.6	9.7	13.2	21.5	21.4	31.7	32.1	17.9	24.7
New Bedford	70 533	19 586 (27.8)	14.7	13.1	18.9	14.6	36.6	27.2	38.3	34.0	34.9	26.0
Newton	62 002	15 505 (25.0)	6.7	7.5	8.2	10.2	5.4	10.1	22.8	28.0	14.9	18.2
Quincy	75 266	32 695 (43.4)	9.9	9.4	10.5	10.7	15.8	16.7	28.1	28.4	22.8	17.8
Somerville	64 498	40 792 (63.2)	7.2	6.3	8.3	11.5	14.2	15.8	16.4	21.6	16.4	21.1
Springfield	105 158	410 (0.4)	13.1	13.5	16.6	14.6	13.5	24.4	26.5	34.5	29.8	25.8
Worcester	132 434	22 161 (16.7)	12.9	10.1	8.1	12.2	13.1	21.3	30.2	28.6	27.2	25.0
Pearson correlation coefficient for MDPHnet vs 500 Citiesa
Crude				0.693		0.530		0.702		0.723
Adjusted				0.890		0.672		0.747		0.828

^aCities only.