Cities in Kentucky by COPD in adults, local model estimate, 2022
Somerset, KY had the highest COPD in adults, local model estimate of 42 cities in 2022, at 13.9%. St. Matthews, KY had the lowest, at 5.9%. The median was 9.8%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
All cities, 2022
Full ranking
| Rank | Cities | 2022 (%) | Change on 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset, KY | 13.9 | +0.8 pts |
| 2 | Glasgow, KY | 12.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 3 | Hopkinsville, KY | 12.1 | +1.2 pts |
| 4 | Madisonville, KY | 11.9 | +1 pts |
| 4 | Paris, KY | 11.9 | +1.4 pts |
| 6 | Paducah, KY | 11.8 | +0.8 pts |
| 7 | Ashland, KY | 11.3 | 0 pts |
| 7 | Henderson, KY | 11.3 | +0.8 pts |
| 9 | Winchester, KY | 10.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 10 | Radcliff, KY | 10.6 | +1.7 pts |
| 11 | Shively, KY | 10.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 12 | Franklin, KY | 10.4 | +0.5 pts |
| 13 | Covington, KY | 10.3 | +1.2 pts |
| 14 | Owensboro, KY | 10.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 15 | Danville, KY | 10.1 | +0.3 pts |
| 16 | Berea, KY | 10 | +0.9 pts |
| 16 | Campbellsville, KY | 10 | +0.5 pts |
| 18 | Frankfort, KY | 9.9 | +1.7 pts |
| 18 | Newport, KY | 9.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 18 | Nicholasville, KY | 9.9 | +0.4 pts |
| 18 | Shepherdsville, KY | 9.9 | +2.1 pts |
| 22 | Lawrenceburg, KY | 9.6 | +0.8 pts |
| 23 | Bardstown, KY | 9.3 | +1 pts |
| 23 | Shelbyville, KY | 9.3 | +0.5 pts |
| 25 | Elizabethtown, KY | 9.2 | +0.5 pts |
| 26 | Murray, KY | 9.1 | +1.5 pts |
| 27 | Mount Washington, KY | 8.9 | +1.3 pts |
| 28 | Bowling Green, KY | 8.7 | +1 pts |
| 28 | Erlanger, KY | 8.7 | +0.9 pts |
| 28 | Florence, KY | 8.7 | +0.9 pts |
| 31 | Louisville, KY | 8.6 | +0.7 pts |
| 31 | Versailles, KY | 8.6 | +0.2 pts |
| 33 | La Grange, KY | 8.5 | +0.7 pts |
| 34 | Richmond, KY | 8.4 | +0.9 pts |
| 35 | Alexandria, KY | 8.1 | +1.4 pts |
| 36 | Georgetown, KY | 7.9 | +0.6 pts |
| 37 | Jeffersontown, KY | 7.4 | +0.6 pts |
| 38 | Lexington, KY | 7.3 | +0.3 pts |
| 39 | Lyndon, KY | 6.9 | +1.3 pts |
| 40 | Independence, KY | 6.7 | +0.9 pts |
| 41 | Fort Thomas, KY | 6.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 42 | St. Matthews, KY | 5.9 | +0.2 pts |
Other periods
- 2022
- 2021
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 cities 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, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j 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.
Citation styles
APA 7
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), copd in adults, crude prevalence (Cities in Kentucky by COPD in adults, local model estimate, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/
MLA 9
PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), copd in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in Kentucky by COPD in adults, local model estimate, 2022. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-copd-rate-county-estimate/kentucky-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), copd in adults, crude prevalence. Cities in Kentucky 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/kentucky-cities.
Harvard
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), copd in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in Kentucky 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/kentucky-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{centers_cities_in_kentucky_by_2022,
author = {{Centers for Disease Control and Prevention}},
title = {{PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), copd in adults, crude prevalence: Cities in Kentucky by COPD in adults, local model estimate, 2022}},
year = {2025},
howpublished = {Data set},
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urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-copd-rate-county-estimate/kentucky-cities. Publisher attribution: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j 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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Questions
Which city has the highest COPD in adults, local model estimate?
Somerset, KY, with 13.9% in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Which city has the lowest COPD in adults, local model estimate?
St. Matthews, KY, with 5.9% in 2022.
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, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), copd in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
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