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

All 55 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/west-virginia-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Pendleton County | 47.2 |
| 2 | Webster County | 47.1 |
| 3 | Calhoun County | 46.8 |
| 4 | Pocahontas County | 46.6 |
| 4 | Ritchie County | 46.6 |
| 6 | Tyler County | 46.5 |
| 7 | Mingo County | 46.3 |
| 7 | Monroe County | 46.3 |
| 7 | Wyoming County | 46.3 |
| 10 | Tucker County | 45.9 |
| 11 | Roane County | 45.7 |
| 11 | Wirt County | 45.7 |
| 13 | Fayette County | 45.6 |
| 14 | Clay County | 45.5 |
| 14 | Summers County | 45.5 |
| 16 | Hardy County | 45.4 |
| 16 | Wetzel County | 45.4 |
| 18 | Hampshire County | 45.2 |
| 18 | Logan County | 45.2 |
| 20 | Boone County | 45.1 |
| 20 | Mason County | 45.1 |
| 22 | Mercer County | 45 |
| 23 | Morgan County | 44.9 |
| 24 | McDowell County | 44.8 |
| 25 | Braxton County | 44.7 |
| 25 | Jackson County | 44.7 |
| 27 | Nicholas County | 44.6 |
| 28 | Raleigh County | 44.4 |
| 29 | Taylor County | 44.3 |
| 30 | Grant County | 44.1 |
| 30 | Upshur County | 44.1 |
| 32 | Barbour County | 43.8 |
| 33 | Greenbrier County | 43.7 |
| 33 | Wayne County | 43.7 |
| 35 | Doddridge County | 43.6 |
| 35 | Kanawha County | 43.6 |
| 37 | Harrison County | 43.4 |
| 37 | Lincoln County | 43.4 |
| 39 | Brooke County | 43.2 |
| 39 | Hancock County | 43.2 |
| 39 | Lewis County | 43.2 |
| 42 | Putnam County | 43.1 |
| 43 | Wood County | 43 |
| 44 | Marshall County | 42.7 |
| 44 | Pleasants County | 42.7 |
| 46 | Preston County | 42.6 |
| 47 | Randolph County | 42.4 |
| 48 | Marion County | 41.7 |
| 49 | Ohio County | 41.5 |
| 50 | Gilmer County | 41.3 |
| 51 | Mineral County | 41.2 |
| 52 | Cabell County | 40.5 |
| 53 | Jefferson County | 40.4 |
| 54 | Berkeley County | 39.8 |
| 55 | Monongalia County | 34.6 |