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Cities in North Carolina by COPD in adults, local model estimate, 2023

Mount Airy, NC had the highest COPD in adults, local model estimate of 93 cities in 2023, at 12.6%. Morrisville, NC had the lowest, at 2.4%. The median was 6.6%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest12.6Mount Airy, NC
Lowest2.4Morrisville, NC
Median6.693 cities

Top 40 cities, 2023

Mount Airy, NC: 12.6 %Mount Airy, NC12.6Kinston, NC: 12.4 %Kinston, NC12.4Laurinburg, NC: 11.8 %Laurinburg, NC11.8Lumberton, NC: 11.8 %Lumberton, NC11.8Henderson, NC: 10.5 %Henderson, NC10.5Kings Mountain, NC: 10.5 %Kings Mountain, NC10.5Reidsville, NC: 10.4 %Reidsville, NC10.4Smithfield, NC: 10.4 %Smithfield, NC10.4Eden, NC: 10.3 %Eden, NC10.3Lexington, NC: 10.3 %Lexington, NC10.3Wilson, NC: 10.3 %Wilson, NC10.3Lenoir, NC: 10.1 %Lenoir, NC10.1Goldsboro, NC: 10 %Goldsboro, NC10Waynesville, NC: 10 %Waynesville, NC10Morganton, NC: 9.9 %Morganton, NC9.9Shelby, NC: 9.9 %Shelby, NC9.9Hendersonville, NC: 9.8 %Hendersonville, NC9.8Tarboro, NC: 9.7 %Tarboro, NC9.7Albemarle, NC: 9.5 %Albemarle, NC9.5Roanoke Rapids, NC: 9.5 %Roanoke Rapids, NC9.5Rocky Mount, NC: 9.2 %Rocky Mount, NC9.2Lincolnton, NC: 9 %Lincolnton, NC9Thomasville, NC: 9 %Thomasville, NC9Asheboro, NC: 8.8 %Asheboro, NC8.8Salisbury, NC: 8.8 %Salisbury, NC8.8Archdale, NC: 8.5 %Archdale, NC8.5Morehead City, NC: 8.4 %Morehead City, NC8.4Burlington, NC: 8.3 %Burlington, NC8.3New Bern, NC: 8.3 %New Bern, NC8.3Gastonia, NC: 8 %Gastonia, NC8Newton, NC: 8 %Newton, NC8Sanford, NC: 8 %Sanford, NC8Statesville, NC: 8 %Statesville, NC8Hickory, NC: 7.9 %Hickory, NC7.9Elizabeth City, NC: 7.8 %Elizabeth City, NC7.8Graham, NC: 7.7 %Graham, NC7.7Monroe, NC: 7.5 %Monroe, NC7.5Kannapolis, NC: 7.3 %Kannapolis, NC7.3Leland, NC: 7.3 %Leland, NC7.3High Point, NC: 7.2 %High Point, NC7.2Mount Airy, NC: 12.6 %Mount Airy, NC12.6Kinston, NC: 12.4 %Kinston, NC12.4Laurinburg, NC: 11.8 %Laurinburg, NC11.8Lumberton, NC: 11.8 %Lumberton, NC11.8Henderson, NC: 10.5 %Henderson, NC10.5Kings Mountain, NC: 10.5 %Kings Mountain, NC10.5Reidsville, NC: 10.4 %Reidsville, NC10.4Smithfield, NC: 10.4 %Smithfield, NC10.4Eden, NC: 10.3 %Eden, NC10.3Lexington, NC: 10.3 %Lexington, NC10.3Wilson, NC: 10.3 %Wilson, NC10.3Lenoir, NC: 10.1 %Lenoir, NC10.1Goldsboro, NC: 10 %Goldsboro, NC10Waynesville, NC: 10 %Waynesville, NC10Morganton, NC: 9.9 %Morganton, NC9.9Shelby, NC: 9.9 %Shelby, NC9.9Hendersonville, NC: 9.8 %Hendersonville, NC9.8Tarboro, NC: 9.7 %Tarboro, NC9.7Albemarle, NC: 9.5 %Albemarle, NC9.5Roanoke Rapids, NC: 9.5 %Roanoke Rapids, NC9.5Rocky Mount, NC: 9.2 %Rocky Mount, NC9.2Lincolnton, NC: 9 %Lincolnton, NC9Thomasville, NC: 9 %Thomasville, NC9Asheboro, NC: 8.8 %Asheboro, NC8.8Salisbury, NC: 8.8 %Salisbury, NC8.8Archdale, NC: 8.5 %Archdale, NC8.5Morehead City, NC: 8.4 %Morehead City, NC8.4Burlington, NC: 8.3 %Burlington, NC8.3New Bern, NC: 8.3 %New Bern, NC8.3Gastonia, NC: 8 %Gastonia, NC8Newton, NC: 8 %Newton, NC8Sanford, NC: 8 %Sanford, NC8Statesville, NC: 8 %Statesville, NC8Hickory, NC: 7.9 %Hickory, NC7.9Elizabeth City, NC: 7.8 %Elizabeth City, NC7.8Graham, NC: 7.7 %Graham, NC7.7Monroe, NC: 7.5 %Monroe, NC7.5Kannapolis, NC: 7.3 %Kannapolis, NC7.3Leland, NC: 7.3 %Leland, NC7.3High Point, NC: 7.2 %High Point, NC7.2
%. Source: CDC, 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.

Full ranking

RankCities2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Mount Airy, NC12.6+0.2 pts
2Kinston, NC12.4+0.9 pts
3Laurinburg, NC11.8+0.2 pts
3Lumberton, NC11.8+0.2 pts
5Henderson, NC10.5+0.5 pts
5Kings Mountain, NC10.5+0.5 pts
7Reidsville, NC10.4-1.7 pts
7Smithfield, NC10.4+0.7 pts
9Eden, NC10.3-0.7 pts
9Lexington, NC10.3+0.3 pts
9Wilson, NC10.3-0.2 pts
12Lenoir, NC10.1-0.9 pts
13Goldsboro, NC10+0.3 pts
13Waynesville, NC10-0.1 pts
15Morganton, NC9.9-0.9 pts
15Shelby, NC9.9-0.3 pts
17Hendersonville, NC9.8+0.1 pts
18Tarboro, NC9.7-1.3 pts
19Albemarle, NC9.5-0.3 pts
19Roanoke Rapids, NC9.5-0.6 pts
21Rocky Mount, NC9.2-0.2 pts
22Lincolnton, NC9-0.3 pts
22Thomasville, NC9-1.2 pts
24Asheboro, NC8.8-0.7 pts
24Salisbury, NC8.8-0.1 pts
26Archdale, NC8.5+0.3 pts
27Morehead City, NC8.40 pts
28Burlington, NC8.3-0.5 pts
28New Bern, NC8.3-0.7 pts
30Gastonia, NC8-0.5 pts
30Newton, NC8-0.8 pts
30Sanford, NC8-0.7 pts
30Statesville, NC8-0.7 pts
34Hickory, NC7.9-0.3 pts
35Elizabeth City, NC7.8-0.3 pts
36Graham, NC7.7-0.6 pts
37Monroe, NC7.5-0.4 pts
38Kannapolis, NC7.3-0.5 pts
38Leland, NC7.3-0.1 pts
40High Point, NC7.2-0.3 pts
40Winston-Salem, NC7.2-0.4 pts
40Zebulon, NC7.2-0.3 pts
43Kernersville, NC7.1-0.7 pts
44Belmont, NC6.8+0.1 pts
44Hope Mills, NC6.8-0.3 pts
46Fayetteville, NC6.7-0.2 pts
47Wilmington, NC6.6-0.4 pts
48Asheville, NC6.5-0.2 pts
48Greensboro, NC6.5-0.3 pts
48Mint Hill, NC6.5-0.2 pts
48Pinehurst, NC6.50 pts
48Southern Pines, NC6.5-0.6 pts
53Mount Holly, NC6.4-0.6 pts
54Lewisville, NC6.3-1 pts
55Greenville, NC6.2-0.3 pts
55Pineville, NC6.2-0.8 pts
57Aberdeen, NC6.1-0.5 pts
57Clemmons, NC6.1-0.6 pts
59Mebane, NC5.9-0.8 pts
60Clayton, NC5.8-0.4 pts
60Concord, NC5.8-0.5 pts
62Havelock, NC5.70 pts
62Stallings, NC5.7-0.3 pts
64Garner, NC5.60 pts
64Spring Lake, NC5.60 pts
66Knightdale, NC5.5-0.4 pts
67Winterville, NC5.4-0.2 pts
68Mooresville, NC5.3-0.5 pts
69Boone, NC5.2+0.2 pts
69Matthews, NC5.2-0.3 pts
69Summerfield, NC5.2-0.5 pts
72Fuquay-Varina, NC5.1-0.5 pts
72Indian Trail, NC5.1-0.4 pts
72Wendell, NC5.10 pts
75Charlotte, NC5-0.3 pts
75Durham, NC5-0.3 pts
77Harrisburg, NC4.8+0.1 pts
78Cornelius, NC4.7-0.6 pts
78Wake Forest, NC4.7-0.4 pts
80Elon, NC4.6-0.4 pts
80Jacksonville, NC4.6-0.3 pts
80Raleigh, NC4.6-0.3 pts
83Weddington, NC4.5-0.2 pts
84Davidson, NC4.4-0.3 pts
85Chapel Hill, NC4.3+0.1 pts
86Huntersville, NC4.2-0.5 pts
86Waxhaw, NC4.2-0.8 pts
88Rolesville, NC4.1-0.8 pts
89Cary, NC3.9-0.3 pts
90Carrboro, NC3.8-0.4 pts
91Apex, NC3.6-0.5 pts
91Holly Springs, NC3.6-0.4 pts
93Morrisville, NC2.4-0.2 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.

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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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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 North Carolina 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, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), copd in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in North Carolina by COPD in adults, local model estimate, 2023. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-copd-rate-county-estimate/north-carolina-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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 North Carolina 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/north-carolina-cities.

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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 North Carolina 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/north-carolina-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Mount Airy, NC, with 12.6% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Morrisville, NC, with 2.4% in 2023.

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