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. 2022 Aug 9;22:1515. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13809-2

Table 3.

Rankings of highest at-risk municipalities for each disease outcome

Rank Municipality 2012–2016 ACS Population Prevalence Confidence Interval
(a) Top 5 MA asthma-risk municipalities by Wilson lower bound
1 Revere 42,125 0.170 (0.167, 0.174)
2 Orange 6061 0.167 (0.157, 0.176)
3 Malden 48,521 0.155 (0.151, 0.158)
4 Chelsea 27,849 0.149 (0.145, 0.154)
5 North Adams 12,390 0.145 (0.139, 0.151)
(b) Top 5 MA diabetes-risk municipalities by Wilson lower bound
1 Brockton 67,992 0.189 (0.186, 0.192)
2 Everett 33,062 0.188 (0.183, 0.192)
3 Lawrence 55,244 0.178 (0.175, 0.182)
4 Chelsea 27,849 0.174 (0.170, 0.178)
5 New Bedford 71,200 0.171 (0.168, 0.174)
(c) Top 5 MA hypertension-risk municipalities by Wilson lower bound
1 Lenox 4094 0.435 (0.420, 0.450)
(d) Top 5 MA obesity-risk municipalities by Wilson lower bound
1 Lawrence 55,244 0.329 (0.326, 0.333)
2 Chelsea 27,849 0.324 (0.318, 0.329)
3 Randolph 26,684 0.304 (0.298, 0.309)
4 Brockton 67,992 0.301 (0.297, 0.304)
(e) Top 5 MA smoking-risk municipalities by Wilson lower bound
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