Cities in Virginia by COPD in adults, local model estimate
Danville, VA had the highest COPD in adults, local model estimate of 39 cities in 2021, at 10.6%. Falls Church, VA had the lowest, at 3.5%. The median was 6.3%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
All cities, 2021
Full ranking
| Rank | Cities | 2021 (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danville, VA | 10.6 |
| 2 | Bristol, VA | 10.5 |
| 3 | Martinsville, VA | 10.3 |
| 4 | Hopewell, VA | 9.9 |
| 5 | Petersburg, VA | 8.9 |
| 6 | Roanoke, VA | 8.8 |
| 6 | Waynesboro, VA | 8.8 |
| 8 | Front Royal, VA | 8.7 |
| 9 | Colonial Heights, VA | 8.1 |
| 10 | Staunton, VA | 7.6 |
| 11 | Portsmouth, VA | 7.4 |
| 12 | Salem, VA | 7.3 |
| 13 | Winchester, VA | 7.2 |
| 14 | Hampton, VA | 6.7 |
| 14 | Lynchburg, VA | 6.7 |
| 16 | Richmond, VA | 6.6 |
| 17 | Newport News, VA | 6.5 |
| 17 | Suffolk, VA | 6.5 |
| 19 | Christiansburg, VA | 6.3 |
| 19 | Poquoson, VA | 6.3 |
| 21 | Chesapeake, VA | 6.1 |
| 21 | Culpeper, VA | 6.1 |
| 21 | Norfolk, VA | 6.1 |
| 24 | Radford, VA | 5.9 |
| 24 | Warrenton, VA | 5.9 |
| 26 | Harrisonburg, VA | 5.5 |
| 27 | Fredericksburg, VA | 5.4 |
| 28 | Manassas, VA | 5.3 |
| 29 | Charlottesville, VA | 5.1 |
| 29 | Virginia Beach, VA | 5.1 |
| 31 | Williamsburg, VA | 4.9 |
| 32 | Manassas Park, VA | 4.8 |
| 33 | Fairfax, VA | 4.5 |
| 34 | Leesburg, VA | 4.1 |
| 35 | Alexandria, VA | 4 |
| 35 | Blacksburg, VA | 4 |
| 35 | Herndon, VA | 4 |
| 35 | Vienna, VA | 4 |
| 39 | Falls Church, VA | 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 Virginia 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 Virginia 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/virginia-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 Virginia 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/virginia-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 Virginia 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/virginia-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 Virginia by COPD in adults, local model estimate, 2021}},
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Questions
Which city has the highest COPD in adults, local model estimate?
Danville, VA, with 10.6% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Which city has the lowest COPD in adults, local model estimate?
Falls Church, VA, 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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