# Counties in Alaska by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate, 2023

All 30 values come from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `adult_high_cholesterol_rate_modelled`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Percentage of adults who have ever had their cholesterol checked and were told by a doctor, nurse or other health professional that it was high. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.
- Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence (https://www.cdc.gov/places/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/cdc
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-high-cholesterol-rate-county-estimate/alaska-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Wrangell City and Borough | 40.5 |
| 2 | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 39.9 |
| 3 | Haines Borough | 38.3 |
| 4 | Yakutat City and Borough | 38 |
| 4 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 38 |
| 6 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 37.9 |
| 7 | Petersburg Borough | 36.7 |
| 8 | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 36.6 |
| 9 | Copper River Census Area | 36 |
| 10 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 35.6 |
| 11 | Bristol Bay Borough | 35.2 |
| 11 | Juneau City and Borough | 35.2 |
| 13 | Chugach Census Area | 35 |
| 14 | Kodiak Island Borough | 34.8 |
| 15 | Aleutians East Borough | 34.7 |
| 16 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 34.6 |
| 17 | Lake and Peninsula Borough | 34.5 |
| 18 | Skagway Municipality | 34.3 |
| 19 | Aleutians West Census Area | 33.4 |
| 20 | Sitka City and Borough | 33.3 |
| 21 | Denali Borough | 33.2 |
| 22 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 33.1 |
| 23 | Dillingham Census Area | 32.4 |
| 24 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 32.2 |
| 25 | North Slope Borough | 32 |
| 26 | Kusilvak Census Area | 31.9 |
| 26 | Nome Census Area | 31.9 |
| 28 | Northwest Arctic Borough | 31.8 |
| 29 | Bethel Census Area | 31.7 |
| 30 | Anchorage Municipality | 31.5 |