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

All 30 values come from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `adult_copd_rate_modelled`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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 (https://www.cdc.gov/places/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/cdc
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-copd-rate-county-estimate/alaska-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Kusilvak Census Area | 11.6 |
| 2 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 10.5 |
| 3 | Bethel Census Area | 9.9 |
| 4 | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 9.4 |
| 4 | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 9.4 |
| 6 | Lake and Peninsula Borough | 9.1 |
| 6 | Wrangell City and Borough | 9.1 |
| 8 | Northwest Arctic Borough | 8.8 |
| 9 | Nome Census Area | 8.7 |
| 10 | Dillingham Census Area | 8.6 |
| 10 | Yakutat City and Borough | 8.6 |
| 12 | Copper River Census Area | 8 |
| 13 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 7.5 |
| 14 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 7.3 |
| 15 | Haines Borough | 7.2 |
| 16 | Bristol Bay Borough | 7.1 |
| 17 | Petersburg Borough | 6.8 |
| 18 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 6.7 |
| 19 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 6.6 |
| 20 | Chugach Census Area | 6.3 |
| 20 | Skagway Municipality | 6.3 |
| 22 | North Slope Borough | 6 |
| 22 | Sitka City and Borough | 6 |
| 24 | Denali Borough | 5.9 |
| 24 | Juneau City and Borough | 5.9 |
| 26 | Kodiak Island Borough | 5.5 |
| 27 | Anchorage Municipality | 5.3 |
| 28 | Aleutians East Borough | 5 |
| 29 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 4.9 |
| 30 | Aleutians West Census Area | 4.3 |