Cities in Maryland by COPD in adults, local model estimate
Cumberland, MD had the highest COPD in adults, local model estimate of 23 cities in 2021, at 9.3%. College Park, MD had the lowest, at 3.5%. The median was 5.3%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
All cities, 2021
Full ranking
| Rank | Cities | 2021 (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cumberland, MD | 9.3 |
| 1 | Hagerstown, MD | 9.3 |
| 3 | Cambridge, MD | 8.4 |
| 4 | Elkton, MD | 7.6 |
| 5 | Aberdeen, MD | 7.5 |
| 6 | Easton, MD | 7 |
| 7 | Baltimore, MD | 6.7 |
| 8 | Havre de Grace, MD | 6.4 |
| 9 | Salisbury, MD | 6.3 |
| 10 | Bel Air, MD | 5.8 |
| 11 | La Plata, MD | 5.6 |
| 12 | Westminster, MD | 5.3 |
| 13 | Annapolis, MD | 5.2 |
| 14 | Frederick, MD | 5 |
| 15 | New Carrollton, MD | 4.9 |
| 16 | Hyattsville, MD | 4.4 |
| 17 | Bowie, MD | 4.1 |
| 17 | Takoma Park, MD | 4.1 |
| 19 | Laurel, MD | 3.9 |
| 20 | Greenbelt, MD | 3.8 |
| 21 | Gaithersburg, MD | 3.7 |
| 21 | Rockville, MD | 3.7 |
| 23 | College Park, MD | 3.5 |
Other periods
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 Maryland by COPD in adults, local model estimate, 2021) [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 Maryland by COPD in adults, local model estimate, 2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-copd-rate-county-estimate/maryland-cities?period=2021. 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 Maryland by COPD in adults, local model estimate, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-copd-rate-county-estimate/maryland-cities?period=2021.
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 Maryland by COPD in adults, local model estimate, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-copd-rate-county-estimate/maryland-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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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 Maryland by COPD in adults, local model estimate, 2021}},
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Questions
Which city has the highest COPD in adults, local model estimate?
Cumberland, MD, with 9.3% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Which city has the lowest COPD in adults, local model estimate?
College Park, MD, with 3.5% in 2021.
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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