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Counties in Alabama by COPD in adults, local model estimate

Wilcox County had the highest COPD in adults, local model estimate of 67 counties in 2022, at 13.3%. Shelby County had the lowest, at 5.5%. The median was 10.6%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest13.3Wilcox County
Lowest5.5Shelby County
Median10.667 counties

Map of counties, 2022

Autauga County: 7.8 %Baldwin County: 7.9 %Barbour County: 11.7 %Bibb County: 10.3 %Blount County: 10.5 %Bullock County: 12.3 %Butler County: 10.9 %Calhoun County: 9.1 %Chambers County: 11.3 %Cherokee County: 10 %Chilton County: 9.2 %Choctaw County: 12.5 %Clarke County: 11.3 %Clay County: 11.9 %Cleburne County: 12 %Coffee County: 8.2 %Colbert County: 9.3 %Conecuh County: 11.7 %Coosa County: 10.9 %Covington County: 9.4 %Crenshaw County: 10 %Cullman County: 10.8 %Dale County: 10 %Dallas County: 11 %DeKalb County: 13 %Elmore County: 7.6 %Escambia County: 10.9 %Etowah County: 10.4 %Fayette County: 12.1 %Franklin County: 11.4 %Geneva County: 11 %Greene County: 13 %Hale County: 10.7 %Henry County: 12.5 %Houston County: 9.6 %Jackson County: 12 %Jefferson County: 7.4 %Lamar County: 11.2 %Lauderdale County: 8.3 %Lawrence County: 11.4 %Lee County: 6.9 %Limestone County: 7.5 %Lowndes County: 12 %Macon County: 10.3 %Madison County: 6.4 %Marengo County: 11.3 %Marion County: 12.4 %Marshall County: 8.8 %Mobile County: 9.7 %Monroe County: 11 %Montgomery County: 8.3 %Morgan County: 9.8 %Perry County: 12 %Pickens County: 10.5 %Pike County: 7.2 %Randolph County: 10.6 %Russell County: 10.1 %St. Clair County: 7.9 %Shelby County: 5.5 %Sumter County: 9.5 %Talladega County: 10.3 %Tallapoosa County: 10.6 %Tuscaloosa County: 7.4 %Walker County: 12.4 %Washington County: 11.3 %Wilcox County: 13.3 %Winston County: 11.6 %
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%, 2022. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), copd in adults, crude prevalence. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2022

Wilcox County: 13.3 %Wilcox County13.3DeKalb County: 13 %DeKalb County13Greene County: 13 %Greene County13Choctaw County: 12.5 %Choctaw County12.5Henry County: 12.5 %Henry County12.5Marion County: 12.4 %Marion County12.4Walker County: 12.4 %Walker County12.4Bullock County: 12.3 %Bullock County12.3Fayette County: 12.1 %Fayette County12.1Cleburne County: 12 %Cleburne County12Jackson County: 12 %Jackson County12Lowndes County: 12 %Lowndes County12Perry County: 12 %Perry County12Clay County: 11.9 %Clay County11.9Barbour County: 11.7 %Barbour County11.7Conecuh County: 11.7 %Conecuh County11.7Winston County: 11.6 %Winston County11.6Franklin County: 11.4 %Franklin County11.4Lawrence County: 11.4 %Lawrence County11.4Chambers County: 11.3 %Chambers County11.3Clarke County: 11.3 %Clarke County11.3Marengo County: 11.3 %Marengo County11.3Washington County: 11.3 %Washington County11.3Lamar County: 11.2 %Lamar County11.2Dallas County: 11 %Dallas County11Geneva County: 11 %Geneva County11Monroe County: 11 %Monroe County11Butler County: 10.9 %Butler County10.9Coosa County: 10.9 %Coosa County10.9Escambia County: 10.9 %Escambia County10.9Cullman County: 10.8 %Cullman County10.8Hale County: 10.7 %Hale County10.7Randolph County: 10.6 %Randolph County10.6Tallapoosa County: 10.6 %Tallapoosa County10.6Blount County: 10.5 %Blount County10.5Pickens County: 10.5 %Pickens County10.5Etowah County: 10.4 %Etowah County10.4Bibb County: 10.3 %Bibb County10.3Macon County: 10.3 %Macon County10.3Talladega County: 10.3 %Talladega County10.3Wilcox County: 13.3 %Wilcox County13.3DeKalb County: 13 %DeKalb County13Greene County: 13 %Greene County13Choctaw County: 12.5 %Choctaw County12.5Henry County: 12.5 %Henry County12.5Marion County: 12.4 %Marion County12.4Walker County: 12.4 %Walker County12.4Bullock County: 12.3 %Bullock County12.3Fayette County: 12.1 %Fayette County12.1Cleburne County: 12 %Cleburne County12Jackson County: 12 %Jackson County12Lowndes County: 12 %Lowndes County12Perry County: 12 %Perry County12Clay County: 11.9 %Clay County11.9Barbour County: 11.7 %Barbour County11.7Conecuh County: 11.7 %Conecuh County11.7Winston County: 11.6 %Winston County11.6Franklin County: 11.4 %Franklin County11.4Lawrence County: 11.4 %Lawrence County11.4Chambers County: 11.3 %Chambers County11.3Clarke County: 11.3 %Clarke County11.3Marengo County: 11.3 %Marengo County11.3Washington County: 11.3 %Washington County11.3Lamar County: 11.2 %Lamar County11.2Dallas County: 11 %Dallas County11Geneva County: 11 %Geneva County11Monroe County: 11 %Monroe County11Butler County: 10.9 %Butler County10.9Coosa County: 10.9 %Coosa County10.9Escambia County: 10.9 %Escambia County10.9Cullman County: 10.8 %Cullman County10.8Hale County: 10.7 %Hale County10.7Randolph County: 10.6 %Randolph County10.6Tallapoosa County: 10.6 %Tallapoosa County10.6Blount County: 10.5 %Blount County10.5Pickens County: 10.5 %Pickens County10.5Etowah County: 10.4 %Etowah County10.4Bibb County: 10.3 %Bibb County10.3Macon County: 10.3 %Macon County10.3Talladega County: 10.3 %Talladega County10.3
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), copd in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Wilcox County13.3+1.3 pts
2DeKalb County13+2 pts
2Greene County13-0.2 pts
4Choctaw County12.5+1.2 pts
4Henry County12.5+2.6 pts
6Marion County12.4+1.4 pts
6Walker County12.4+1.8 pts
8Bullock County12.3+1.2 pts
9Fayette County12.1+0.7 pts
10Cleburne County12+1.7 pts
10Jackson County12+1.2 pts
10Lowndes County12+1.1 pts
10Perry County12-0.1 pts
14Clay County11.9+1.2 pts
15Barbour County11.7+0.3 pts
15Conecuh County11.7+0.8 pts
17Winston County11.6-0.2 pts
18Franklin County11.4+0.9 pts
18Lawrence County11.4+1.1 pts
20Chambers County11.3+1.7 pts
20Clarke County11.3+1 pts
20Marengo County11.3+1.2 pts
20Washington County11.3+0.7 pts
24Lamar County11.2+0.4 pts
25Dallas County11+0.9 pts
25Geneva County11-0.4 pts
25Monroe County11-0.4 pts
28Butler County10.9+0.9 pts
28Coosa County10.9+1 pts
28Escambia County10.9-0.4 pts
31Cullman County10.8+1.6 pts
32Hale County10.7-0.1 pts
33Randolph County10.6+0.4 pts
33Tallapoosa County10.6+0.3 pts
35Blount County10.5+1.3 pts
35Pickens County10.5+0.3 pts
37Etowah County10.4+0.9 pts
38Bibb County10.3+0.6 pts
38Macon County10.3+1.6 pts
38Talladega County10.3+0.4 pts
41Russell County10.1+1.4 pts
42Cherokee County10-1.3 pts
42Crenshaw County100 pts
42Dale County10+1.1 pts
45Morgan County9.8+0.8 pts
46Mobile County9.7+1.1 pts
47Houston County9.6+0.6 pts
48Sumter County9.5-0.3 pts
49Covington County9.4-1.1 pts
50Colbert County9.3+0.3 pts
51Chilton County9.2-0.5 pts
52Calhoun County9.1-0.3 pts
53Marshall County8.8-0.5 pts
54Lauderdale County8.3-0.3 pts
54Montgomery County8.3+0.9 pts
56Coffee County8.2-0.1 pts
57Baldwin County7.9-0.2 pts
57St. Clair County7.9-0.6 pts
59Autauga County7.8+0.2 pts
60Elmore County7.60 pts
61Limestone County7.50 pts
62Jefferson County7.4+0.6 pts
62Tuscaloosa County7.4+0.4 pts
64Pike County7.2-0.5 pts
65Lee County6.9+0.3 pts
66Madison County6.4+0.1 pts
67Shelby County5.5-0.4 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 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 counties 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, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec 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, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), copd in adults, crude prevalence (Counties in Alabama by COPD 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, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), copd in adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Alabama by COPD in adults, local model estimate, 2022. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-copd-rate-county-estimate/alabama-counties?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), copd in adults, crude prevalence. Counties in Alabama by COPD 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-copd-rate-county-estimate/alabama-counties?period=2022.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), copd in adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Alabama by COPD in adults, local model estimate, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-copd-rate-county-estimate/alabama-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest COPD in adults, local model estimate?

Wilcox County, with 13.3% in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which county has the lowest COPD in adults, local model estimate?

Shelby County, with 5.5% 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, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), copd in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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