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Counties in Maine by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate

Piscataquis County had the highest high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate of 16 counties in 2021, at 45.1%. York County had the lowest, at 35.5%. The median was 39.6%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest45.1Piscataquis County
Lowest35.5York County
Median39.616 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Androscoggin County: 39.1 %Aroostook County: 41.4 %Cumberland County: 38.1 %Franklin County: 39.6 %Hancock County: 39.6 %Kennebec County: 37.8 %Knox County: 41.7 %Lincoln County: 39.6 %Oxford County: 38.2 %Penobscot County: 39.4 %Piscataquis County: 45.1 %Sagadahoc County: 40 %Somerset County: 42.3 %Waldo County: 37.6 %Washington County: 42.5 %York County: 35.5 %
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%, 2021. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2021

Piscataquis County: 45.1 %Piscataquis County45.1Washington County: 42.5 %Washington County42.5Somerset County: 42.3 %Somerset County42.3Knox County: 41.7 %Knox County41.7Aroostook County: 41.4 %Aroostook County41.4Sagadahoc County: 40 %Sagadahoc County40Franklin County: 39.6 %Franklin County39.6Hancock County: 39.6 %Hancock County39.6Lincoln County: 39.6 %Lincoln County39.6Penobscot County: 39.4 %Penobscot County39.4Androscoggin County: 39.1 %Androscoggin County39.1Oxford County: 38.2 %Oxford County38.2Cumberland County: 38.1 %Cumberland County38.1Kennebec County: 37.8 %Kennebec County37.8Waldo County: 37.6 %Waldo County37.6York County: 35.5 %York County35.5Piscataquis County: 45.1 %Piscataquis County45.1Washington County: 42.5 %Washington County42.5Somerset County: 42.3 %Somerset County42.3Knox County: 41.7 %Knox County41.7Aroostook County: 41.4 %Aroostook County41.4Sagadahoc County: 40 %Sagadahoc County40Franklin County: 39.6 %Franklin County39.6Hancock County: 39.6 %Hancock County39.6Lincoln County: 39.6 %Lincoln County39.6Penobscot County: 39.4 %Penobscot County39.4Androscoggin County: 39.1 %Androscoggin County39.1Oxford County: 38.2 %Oxford County38.2Cumberland County: 38.1 %Cumberland County38.1Kennebec County: 37.8 %Kennebec County37.8Waldo County: 37.6 %Waldo County37.6York County: 35.5 %York County35.5
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Piscataquis County45.1
2Washington County42.5
3Somerset County42.3
4Knox County41.7
5Aroostook County41.4
6Sagadahoc County40
7Franklin County39.6
7Hancock County39.6
7Lincoln County39.6
10Penobscot County39.4
11Androscoggin County39.1
12Oxford County38.2
13Cumberland County38.1
14Kennebec County37.8
15Waldo County37.6
16York County35.5

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About this ranking

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.

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 2021; its eight former counties are not served. The question is asked in odd years only.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties 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, 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.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence (Counties in Maine by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Maine by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate, 2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-high-cholesterol-rate-county-estimate/maine-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. Counties in Maine by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-high-cholesterol-rate-county-estimate/maine-counties?period=2021.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Maine by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-high-cholesterol-rate-county-estimate/maine-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Questions

Which county has the highest high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate?

Piscataquis County, with 45.1% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which county has the lowest high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate?

York County, with 35.5% 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, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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