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Counties in Alaska by COPD in adults, local model estimate, 2023

Kusilvak Census Area had the highest COPD in adults, local model estimate of 30 counties in 2023, at 11.6%. Aleutians West Census Area had the lowest, at 4.3%. The median was 7.2%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest11.6Kusilvak Census Area
Lowest4.3Aleutians West Census Area
Median7.230 counties

Map of counties, 2023

Aleutians East Borough: 5 %Aleutians West Census Area: 4.3 %Anchorage Municipality: 5.3 %Bethel Census Area: 9.9 %Bristol Bay Borough: 7.1 %Chugach Census Area: 6.3 %Copper River Census Area: 8 %Denali Borough: 5.9 %Dillingham Census Area: 8.6 %Fairbanks North Star Borough: 4.9 %Haines Borough: 7.2 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 9.4 %Juneau City and Borough: 5.9 %Kenai Peninsula Borough: 7.3 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 6.6 %Kodiak Island Borough: 5.5 %Kusilvak Census Area: 11.6 %Lake and Peninsula Borough: 9.1 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 6.7 %Nome Census Area: 8.7 %North Slope Borough: 6 %Northwest Arctic Borough: 8.8 %Petersburg Borough: 6.8 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 9.4 %Sitka City and Borough: 6 %Skagway Municipality: 6.3 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 7.5 %Wrangell City and Borough: 9.1 %Yakutat City and Borough: 8.6 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 10.5 %
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  • 5.8 to 6.3
  • 6.3 to 7.2
  • 7.2 to 8.6
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  • 9.2 and over
%, 2023. 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.

All counties, 2023

Kusilvak Census Area: 11.6 %Kusilvak Census Area11.6Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 10.5 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area10.5Bethel Census Area: 9.9 %Bethel Census Area9.9Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 9.4 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area9.4Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 9.4 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area9.4Lake and Peninsula Borough: 9.1 %Lake and Peninsula Borough9.1Wrangell City and Borough: 9.1 %Wrangell City and Borough9.1Northwest Arctic Borough: 8.8 %Northwest Arctic Borough8.8Nome Census Area: 8.7 %Nome Census Area8.7Dillingham Census Area: 8.6 %Dillingham Census Area8.6Yakutat City and Borough: 8.6 %Yakutat City and Borough8.6Copper River Census Area: 8 %Copper River Census Area8Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 7.5 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area7.5Kenai Peninsula Borough: 7.3 %Kenai Peninsula Borough7.3Haines Borough: 7.2 %Haines Borough7.2Bristol Bay Borough: 7.1 %Bristol Bay Borough7.1Petersburg Borough: 6.8 %Petersburg Borough6.8Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 6.7 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough6.7Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 6.6 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough6.6Chugach Census Area: 6.3 %Chugach Census Area6.3Skagway Municipality: 6.3 %Skagway Municipality6.3North Slope Borough: 6 %North Slope Borough6Sitka City and Borough: 6 %Sitka City and Borough6Denali Borough: 5.9 %Denali Borough5.9Juneau City and Borough: 5.9 %Juneau City and Borough5.9Kodiak Island Borough: 5.5 %Kodiak Island Borough5.5Anchorage Municipality: 5.3 %Anchorage Municipality5.3Aleutians East Borough: 5 %Aleutians East Borough5Fairbanks North Star Borough: 4.9 %Fairbanks North Star Borough4.9Aleutians West Census Area: 4.3 %Aleutians West Census Area4.3Kusilvak Census Area: 11.6 %Kusilvak Census Area11.6Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 10.5 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area10.5Bethel Census Area: 9.9 %Bethel Census Area9.9Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 9.4 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area9.4Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 9.4 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area9.4Lake and Peninsula Borough: 9.1 %Lake and Peninsula Borough9.1Wrangell City and Borough: 9.1 %Wrangell City and Borough9.1Northwest Arctic Borough: 8.8 %Northwest Arctic Borough8.8Nome Census Area: 8.7 %Nome Census Area8.7Dillingham Census Area: 8.6 %Dillingham Census Area8.6Yakutat City and Borough: 8.6 %Yakutat City and Borough8.6Copper River Census Area: 8 %Copper River Census Area8Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 7.5 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area7.5Kenai Peninsula Borough: 7.3 %Kenai Peninsula Borough7.3Haines Borough: 7.2 %Haines Borough7.2Bristol Bay Borough: 7.1 %Bristol Bay Borough7.1Petersburg Borough: 6.8 %Petersburg Borough6.8Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 6.7 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough6.7Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 6.6 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough6.6Chugach Census Area: 6.3 %Chugach Census Area6.3Skagway Municipality: 6.3 %Skagway Municipality6.3North Slope Borough: 6 %North Slope Borough6Sitka City and Borough: 6 %Sitka City and Borough6Denali Borough: 5.9 %Denali Borough5.9Juneau City and Borough: 5.9 %Juneau City and Borough5.9Kodiak Island Borough: 5.5 %Kodiak Island Borough5.5Anchorage Municipality: 5.3 %Anchorage Municipality5.3Aleutians East Borough: 5 %Aleutians East Borough5Fairbanks North Star Borough: 4.9 %Fairbanks North Star Borough4.9Aleutians West Census Area: 4.3 %Aleutians West Census Area4.3
%. 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

RankCounties2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Kusilvak Census Area11.6-0.3 pts
2Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area10.5-0.6 pts
3Bethel Census Area9.9-0.4 pts
4Hoonah-Angoon Census Area9.40 pts
4Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area9.4-0.7 pts
6Lake and Peninsula Borough9.1+0.3 pts
6Wrangell City and Borough9.10 pts
8Northwest Arctic Borough8.8-0.3 pts
9Nome Census Area8.7-1 pts
10Dillingham Census Area8.6-0.8 pts
10Yakutat City and Borough8.60 pts
12Copper River Census Area8-0.2 pts
13Southeast Fairbanks Census Area7.5-1.1 pts
14Kenai Peninsula Borough7.3-0.2 pts
15Haines Borough7.20 pts
16Bristol Bay Borough7.1-0.1 pts
17Petersburg Borough6.8-0.3 pts
18Matanuska-Susitna Borough6.7-1 pts
19Ketchikan Gateway Borough6.6+0.4 pts
20Chugach Census Area6.3+0.1 pts
20Skagway Municipality6.3-0.7 pts
22North Slope Borough6-0.8 pts
22Sitka City and Borough6-0.6 pts
24Denali Borough5.9-0.2 pts
24Juneau City and Borough5.9+0.4 pts
26Kodiak Island Borough5.5-0.3 pts
27Anchorage Municipality5.3+0.6 pts
28Aleutians East Borough5-0.1 pts
29Fairbanks North Star Borough4.9+0.1 pts
30Aleutians West Census Area4.3-0.2 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.

How to cite

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 Alaska 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, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), copd in adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Alaska by COPD in adults, local model estimate, 2023. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-copd-rate-county-estimate/alaska-counties. 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 Alaska 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/alaska-counties.

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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 Alaska 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/alaska-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), copd in adults, crude prevalence: Counties in Alaska by COPD in adults, local model estimate, 2023}},
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Which county has the highest COPD in adults, local model estimate?

Kusilvak Census Area, with 11.6% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Aleutians West Census Area, with 4.3% in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

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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