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PLACES 2023 release

Data updated 10 Jul 2024 on data.cdc.gov. 37 measures based on BRFSS 2020 and 2021; estimates for 3,143 counties, 28,484 places and 32,409 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

37measures

+7measures added

—measures removed

1state with 10%+ of county estimates missing

Notes from CDC's release notes

CDC: estimates for Florida were not available for measures based on the 2021 BRFSS; the seven even-year measures from the 2020 BRFSS were carried over for Florida.
CDC: the 2020 BRFSS colorectal cancer screening question was changed to five test types, so screening estimates were higher than in earlier years.
CDC changed how 95% confidence intervals are simulated from this release: intervals may be wider than in earlier releases.
Seven disability measures were added.

Paraphrased from CDC's PLACES release notes and FAQ.

Measures added and removed

Added: Cognitive disability among adults ages >=18 years; Any disability among adults aged >=18 years; Hearing disability among adults aged >=18 years; Independent living disability among adults aged >=18 years; Mobility disability among adults aged >=18 years; Self-care disability among adults aged >=18 years; Vision disability among adults aged >=18 years.

States with missing estimates

State	County estimates not published
Florida	78%

Share of county × measure cells with no published value in this release. Around 18% means the seven health-related social needs measures were not estimated for that state; 70% or more means the state's BRFSS year did not qualify and only the carried-over measures were published.

National estimates in this release

Measure	Crude	95% interval	Age-adjusted	Previous release, crude
All teeth lost among adults aged ≥65 years	13.4%	12.9–13.9	13.9%	13.4%
Arthritis among adults	25.2%	24.9–25.5	22.2%	24.2%
Cancer (non-skin) or melanoma among adults	7.0%	6.8–7.1	6.0%	6.5%
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults	6.4%	6.3–6.6	5.7%	6.4%
Coronary heart disease among adults	6.1%	5.9–6.2	5.2%	6.4%
Current asthma among adults	9.7%	9.5–9.9	9.7%	9.2%
Depression among adults	19.5%	19.3–19.8	19.8%	18.4%
Diagnosed diabetes among adults	11.3%	11.1–11.5	9.9%	11.1%
High blood pressure among adults	32.7%	32.4–33.0	29.6%	32.6%
High cholesterol among adults who have ever been screened	36.4%	36.0–36.8	31.0%	33.6%
Obesity among adults	33.0%	32.6–33.3	33.0%	31.9%
Stroke among adults	3.3%	3.2–3.4	2.8%	3.2%
Cholesterol screening among adults	86.4%	86.1–86.6	84.3%	87.6%
Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 years	72.4%	71.8–72.9	70.6%	72.4%
Current lack of health insurance among adults aged 18-64 years	10.8%	10.5–11.1	11.3%	15.3%
Mammography use among women aged 50-74 years	78.2%	77.5–78.8	77.8%	78.2%
Taking medicine to control high blood pressure among adults with high blood pressure	78.2%	77.7–78.7	58.9%	76.2%
Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adults	64.8%	64.5–65.2	64.5%	64.8%
Visits to doctor for routine checkup within the past year among adults	73.6%	73.3–73.9	71.8%	74.7%
Binge drinking among adults	15.5%	15.2–15.7	16.7%	15.5%
Current cigarette smoking among adults	13.5%	13.3–13.7	13.8%	14.3%
No leisure-time physical activity among adults	23.7%	23.4–23.9	23.0%	23.5%
Short sleep duration among adults	32.7%	32.4–33.1	33.3%	32.7%
Any disability among adults	28.3%	28.0–28.7	26.8%	—
Cognitive disability among adults	12.4%	12.2–12.7	12.6%	—
Hearing disability among adults	6.9%	6.7–7.0	6.1%	—
Independent living disability among adults	7.4%	7.2–7.6	7.1%	—
Mobility disability among adults	13.5%	13.3–13.7	11.9%	—
Self-care disability among adults	3.9%	3.8–4.1	3.6%	—
Vision disability among adults	5.0%	4.8–5.1	4.7%	—
Fair or poor self-rated health status among adults	16.1%	15.9–16.4	15.2%	14.5%
Frequent mental distress among adults	14.7%	14.5–14.9	15.2%	13.5%
Frequent physical distress among adults	10.9%	10.7–11.1	10.3%	10.0%

CDC's US row from the county file. Measures in this release that are no longer in the current release are listed above under removals. Differences between releases reflect new survey years, changed questions and modelling changes as well as any real change; CDC does not support reading them as trends.

Datasets

Zcta (GIS-friendly format): data.cdc.gov/d/c7b2-4ecy
Place (GIS-friendly format): data.cdc.gov/d/xx8k-iu94
County (GIS-friendly format): data.cdc.gov/d/7cmc-7y5g
County (long format, with US row): data.cdc.gov/d/h3ej-a9ec

Provenance

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 release (data updated 4 Dec 2025), with the 2022, 2023, 2024 releases for reference; US government work, public domain. Boundaries and ZIP-to-county relationships: US Census Bureau. Percentages are shown to one decimal as CDC publishes them; state figures are population-weighted means computed by this site. Processing errors are corrected at the next daily build; see corrections. Generated 30 Sep 2026.