This map graphically depicts county level variability in the percentage of Medicare beneficiaries who received treatment for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) across Arkansas in 2013.
COPD is a chronic lung disease that causes individuals to have difficulty breathing.
- The average rate of COPD for Medicare recipients in Arkansas is 11.6 percent, which is slightly higher than the national average of 11.2 percent.
- The lightest shade on this map shows the counties with a rate that is lower than the national average.
- The lowest county rate (8.6 percent) is less than half of the highest county rate (19.1 percent).
- Counties in the northeastern and southwestern areas of the state generally have higher rates of COPD than other areas of the state.