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

All 82 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/mississippi-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Amite County | 43.4 |
| 2 | Franklin County | 42.7 |
| 2 | Jefferson Davis County | 42.7 |
| 2 | Sharkey County | 42.7 |
| 5 | Carroll County | 42.6 |
| 6 | Montgomery County | 42.5 |
| 7 | Alcorn County | 42.3 |
| 7 | Hancock County | 42.3 |
| 7 | Yalobusha County | 42.3 |
| 10 | Choctaw County | 42.2 |
| 10 | Smith County | 42.2 |
| 10 | Tishomingo County | 42.2 |
| 13 | Perry County | 41.9 |
| 14 | Monroe County | 41.7 |
| 14 | Walthall County | 41.7 |
| 16 | Union County | 41.6 |
| 17 | Benton County | 41.4 |
| 17 | Chickasaw County | 41.4 |
| 17 | Clarke County | 41.4 |
| 20 | Humphreys County | 41.3 |
| 20 | Webster County | 41.3 |
| 22 | Winston County | 41.2 |
| 23 | Jefferson County | 41 |
| 24 | Adams County | 40.8 |
| 24 | Calhoun County | 40.8 |
| 24 | Jasper County | 40.8 |
| 27 | Marshall County | 40.7 |
| 28 | Coahoma County | 40.6 |
| 28 | Simpson County | 40.6 |
| 30 | Lawrence County | 40.5 |
| 31 | Bolivar County | 40.4 |
| 32 | Clay County | 40.3 |
| 32 | Marion County | 40.3 |
| 34 | Jones County | 40.2 |
| 34 | Pearl River County | 40.2 |
| 34 | Quitman County | 40.2 |
| 34 | Scott County | 40.2 |
| 38 | Tippah County | 40.1 |
| 38 | Wayne County | 40.1 |
| 38 | Wilkinson County | 40.1 |
| 41 | Attala County | 40 |
| 41 | Lincoln County | 40 |
| 41 | Tallahatchie County | 40 |
| 44 | Grenada County | 39.9 |
| 45 | Holmes County | 39.8 |
| 45 | Panola County | 39.8 |
| 47 | Harrison County | 39.6 |
| 47 | Kemper County | 39.6 |
| 49 | Itawamba County | 39.5 |
| 49 | Leake County | 39.5 |
| 49 | Pike County | 39.5 |
| 52 | Neshoba County | 39.4 |
| 53 | Tate County | 39.3 |
| 54 | Copiah County | 39.2 |
| 54 | Prentiss County | 39.2 |
| 56 | Leflore County | 39.1 |
| 56 | Noxubee County | 39.1 |
| 58 | Lee County | 39 |
| 58 | Stone County | 39 |
| 58 | Washington County | 39 |
| 61 | Covington County | 38.9 |
| 61 | Lauderdale County | 38.9 |
| 63 | Rankin County | 38.8 |
| 63 | Warren County | 38.8 |
| 65 | Jackson County | 38.7 |
| 66 | Newton County | 38.6 |
| 67 | Pontotoc County | 38.5 |
| 68 | George County | 38.4 |
| 68 | Lamar County | 38.4 |
| 70 | Yazoo County | 38.3 |
| 71 | Tunica County | 38.1 |
| 72 | Hinds County | 37.9 |
| 73 | Greene County | 37.8 |
| 74 | Claiborne County | 37.4 |
| 75 | Lowndes County | 37.3 |
| 75 | Sunflower County | 37.3 |
| 77 | DeSoto County | 36.5 |
| 78 | Issaquena County | 35.7 |
| 78 | Madison County | 35.7 |
| 80 | Lafayette County | 34.5 |
| 81 | Forrest County | 34 |
| 82 | Oktibbeha County | 30.5 |