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

Myrtle Beach, SC had the highest COPD in adults, local model estimate of 43 cities in 2023, at 9.9%. Tega Cay, SC had the lowest, at 4%. The median was 6.6%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest9.9Myrtle Beach, SC
Lowest4Tega Cay, SC
Median6.643 cities

All cities, 2023

Myrtle Beach, SC: 9.9 %Myrtle Beach, SC9.9Gaffney, SC: 9.7 %Gaffney, SC9.7Greenwood, SC: 9.3 %Greenwood, SC9.3North Myrtle Beach, SC: 9.3 %North Myrtle Beach, SC9.3Hardeeville, SC: 8.9 %Hardeeville, SC8.9Newberry, SC: 8.9 %Newberry, SC8.9Anderson, SC: 8.8 %Anderson, SC8.8York, SC: 8.8 %York, SC8.8Spartanburg, SC: 8.6 %Spartanburg, SC8.6Orangeburg, SC: 8.5 %Orangeburg, SC8.5Easley, SC: 8.3 %Easley, SC8.3Florence, SC: 8.3 %Florence, SC8.3Conway, SC: 8.1 %Conway, SC8.1Sumter, SC: 7.9 %Sumter, SC7.9West Columbia, SC: 7.6 %West Columbia, SC7.6Aiken, SC: 7.5 %Aiken, SC7.5Hilton Head Island, SC: 7.1 %Hilton Head Island, SC7.1Summerville, SC: 7.1 %Summerville, SC7.1Cayce, SC: 7 %Cayce, SC7Fountain Inn, SC: 6.9 %Fountain Inn, SC6.9Beaufort, SC: 6.8 %Beaufort, SC6.8Greer, SC: 6.6 %Greer, SC6.6Rock Hill, SC: 6.6 %Rock Hill, SC6.6Columbia, SC: 6.5 %Columbia, SC6.5North Charleston, SC: 6.5 %North Charleston, SC6.5Hanahan, SC: 6.2 %Hanahan, SC6.2North Augusta, SC: 6.2 %North Augusta, SC6.2Simpsonville, SC: 5.9 %Simpsonville, SC5.9Clemson, SC: 5.8 %Clemson, SC5.8Irmo, SC: 5.7 %Irmo, SC5.7Mauldin, SC: 5.7 %Mauldin, SC5.7Forest Acres, SC: 5.5 %Forest Acres, SC5.5Lexington, SC: 5.5 %Lexington, SC5.5Moncks Corner, SC: 5.5 %Moncks Corner, SC5.5Bluffton, SC: 5.4 %Bluffton, SC5.4Goose Creek, SC: 5.3 %Goose Creek, SC5.3Greenville, SC: 5.3 %Greenville, SC5.3James Island, SC: 5 %James Island, SC5Charleston, SC: 4.8 %Charleston, SC4.8Fort Mill, SC: 4.8 %Fort Mill, SC4.8Port Royal, SC: 4.7 %Port Royal, SC4.7Mount Pleasant, SC: 4.5 %Mount Pleasant, SC4.5Tega Cay, SC: 4 %Tega Cay, SC4Myrtle Beach, SC: 9.9 %Myrtle Beach, SC9.9Gaffney, SC: 9.7 %Gaffney, SC9.7Greenwood, SC: 9.3 %Greenwood, SC9.3North Myrtle Beach, SC: 9.3 %North Myrtle Beach, SC9.3Hardeeville, SC: 8.9 %Hardeeville, SC8.9Newberry, SC: 8.9 %Newberry, SC8.9Anderson, SC: 8.8 %Anderson, SC8.8York, SC: 8.8 %York, SC8.8Spartanburg, SC: 8.6 %Spartanburg, SC8.6Orangeburg, SC: 8.5 %Orangeburg, SC8.5Easley, SC: 8.3 %Easley, SC8.3Florence, SC: 8.3 %Florence, SC8.3Conway, SC: 8.1 %Conway, SC8.1Sumter, SC: 7.9 %Sumter, SC7.9West Columbia, SC: 7.6 %West Columbia, SC7.6Aiken, SC: 7.5 %Aiken, SC7.5Hilton Head Island, SC: 7.1 %Hilton Head Island, SC7.1Summerville, SC: 7.1 %Summerville, SC7.1Cayce, SC: 7 %Cayce, SC7Fountain Inn, SC: 6.9 %Fountain Inn, SC6.9Beaufort, SC: 6.8 %Beaufort, SC6.8Greer, SC: 6.6 %Greer, SC6.6Rock Hill, SC: 6.6 %Rock Hill, SC6.6Columbia, SC: 6.5 %Columbia, SC6.5North Charleston, SC: 6.5 %North Charleston, SC6.5Hanahan, SC: 6.2 %Hanahan, SC6.2North Augusta, SC: 6.2 %North Augusta, SC6.2Simpsonville, SC: 5.9 %Simpsonville, SC5.9Clemson, SC: 5.8 %Clemson, SC5.8Irmo, SC: 5.7 %Irmo, SC5.7Mauldin, SC: 5.7 %Mauldin, SC5.7Forest Acres, SC: 5.5 %Forest Acres, SC5.5Lexington, SC: 5.5 %Lexington, SC5.5Moncks Corner, SC: 5.5 %Moncks Corner, SC5.5Bluffton, SC: 5.4 %Bluffton, SC5.4Goose Creek, SC: 5.3 %Goose Creek, SC5.3Greenville, SC: 5.3 %Greenville, SC5.3James Island, SC: 5 %James Island, SC5Charleston, SC: 4.8 %Charleston, SC4.8Fort Mill, SC: 4.8 %Fort Mill, SC4.8Port Royal, SC: 4.7 %Port Royal, SC4.7Mount Pleasant, SC: 4.5 %Mount Pleasant, SC4.5Tega Cay, SC: 4 %Tega Cay, SC4
%. 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
1Myrtle Beach, SC9.9+0.7 pts
2Gaffney, SC9.7+0.5 pts
3Greenwood, SC9.3+0.3 pts
3North Myrtle Beach, SC9.3+0.4 pts
5Hardeeville, SC8.9-0.8 pts
5Newberry, SC8.9+0.7 pts
7Anderson, SC8.8-0.4 pts
7York, SC8.8+0.3 pts
9Spartanburg, SC8.6+0.5 pts
10Orangeburg, SC8.5+0.5 pts
11Easley, SC8.3+0.4 pts
11Florence, SC8.3+0.3 pts
13Conway, SC8.1+0.5 pts
14Sumter, SC7.90 pts
15West Columbia, SC7.6+0.1 pts
16Aiken, SC7.50 pts
17Hilton Head Island, SC7.1-0.2 pts
17Summerville, SC7.10 pts
19Cayce, SC7+0.3 pts
20Fountain Inn, SC6.9+0.2 pts
21Beaufort, SC6.80 pts
22Greer, SC6.6+0.1 pts
22Rock Hill, SC6.60 pts
24Columbia, SC6.5+0.2 pts
24North Charleston, SC6.5-0.3 pts
26Hanahan, SC6.2-0.2 pts
26North Augusta, SC6.2-0.1 pts
28Simpsonville, SC5.9+0.1 pts
29Clemson, SC5.8+0.3 pts
30Irmo, SC5.7-0.8 pts
30Mauldin, SC5.7+0.1 pts
32Forest Acres, SC5.5-0.6 pts
32Lexington, SC5.5+0.2 pts
32Moncks Corner, SC5.5-0.2 pts
35Bluffton, SC5.4-0.7 pts
36Goose Creek, SC5.3-0.5 pts
36Greenville, SC5.3+0.1 pts
38James Island, SC5-0.2 pts
39Charleston, SC4.8-0.2 pts
39Fort Mill, SC4.80 pts
41Port Royal, SC4.7+0.1 pts
42Mount Pleasant, SC4.5-0.4 pts
43Tega Cay, SC4-0.4 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 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.

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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 South 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 South 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/south-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 South 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/south-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 South 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/south-carolina-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest COPD in adults, local model estimate?

Myrtle Beach, SC, with 9.9% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Tega Cay, SC, with 4% 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, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), copd in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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