US States With the Highest High Cholesterol (CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System)

49 US states ranked by high cholesterol (CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System), from highest to lowest. First are West Virginia (40.3), Delaware (39.8) and Alabama (39). The middle one of the 49 has 34.6.

What this measures

Adults who have ever been told that their blood cholesterol is high. Source: CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

Every state

Rank	State	% of adults
1	West Virginia	40.3
2	Delaware	39.8
3	Alabama	39
4	Tennessee	38.5
5	Nevada	37.8
6	New Jersey	37.7
7	Maryland	37.5
8	Arkansas	37.4
9	Virginia	37.2
10	Mississippi	37
11	Indiana	36.9
12	California	36.8
13	New York	36.7
14	Louisiana	36.6
15	Oklahoma	36.5
16	Arizona	36.3
17	Kansas	36.1
18	Texas	35.9
19	Connecticut	35.6
20	South Carolina	35.4
21	Florida	35.1
22	Missouri	35
23	District of Columbia	34.9
24	Georgia	34.9
25	North Carolina	34.6
26	Washington	34.4
27	Ohio	34.2
28	Illinois	34.1
29	Hawaii	33.8
30	Massachusetts	33.8
31	Iowa	33.6
32	New Mexico	33.6
33	North Dakota	33.2
34	Michigan	33.1
35	South Dakota	32.9
36	Alaska	32.7
37	Maine	32.5
38	Idaho	32.5
39	Nebraska	32.1
40	Wisconsin	32.1
41	New Hampshire	31.9
42	Rhode Island	31.8
43	Colorado	31.7
44	Utah	31.6
45	Oregon	31.4
46	Wyoming	31
47	Minnesota	30.7
48	Vermont	29.8
49	Montana	29.4

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