Incidence of Health Problems: High Cholesterol by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Incidence of Health Problems: High Cholesterol across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Flushing-Willets Point (46.2%). Lowest: Long Island City-Hunters Point (27.8%). New York City avg: 37%. Data: 2023.
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Incidence of Health Problems: High Cholesterol · all 197 New York City neighborhoods · 2023

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New York City citywide · Incidence of Health Problems: High Cholesterol 37%
Highest neighborhood Flushing-Willets Point: 46.2%
Lowest neighborhood Long Island City-Hunters Point: 27.8%

Note: High cholesterol is defined as reporting that they have ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that their blood cholesterol is high, among adults who have had their cholesterol checked.

Universe: Adult population (Age 18+) · Geography: Census Tract · Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES (2023 BRFSS; 2019–2023 ACS)

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Min 28% 25th pct 35% Median 37% 75th pct 40% Max 46%

Neighborhood ranking: Incidence of Health Problems: High Cholesterol

#1 Flushing-Willets Point 46.2%+9.2 pts
#2 Chinatown-Two Bridges 45.6%+8.6 pts
#3 Bay Terrace-Clearview 45%+8 pts
#4 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 44.9%+7.9 pts
#5 East Flushing 44.7%+7.7 pts
#6 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 44.6%+7.6 pts
#7 Douglaston-Little Neck 44.1%+7.1 pts
#8 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 43.6%+6.6 pts
#9 Auburndale 43.5%+6.5 pts
#10 Coney Island-Sea Gate 43.2%+6.2 pts
#11 Whitestone-Beechhurst 43.2%+6.2 pts
#12 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 43.1%+6.1 pts
#13 Queensboro Hill 43.1%+6 pts
#14 Bayside 42.6%+5.6 pts
#15 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 42.4%+5.4 pts
#16 Oakwood-Richmondtown 42.4%+5.4 pts
#17 Brighton Beach 42.3%+5.3 pts
#18 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 42%+5 pts
#19 Bellerose 41.9%+4.9 pts
#20 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 41.8%+4.8 pts
#21 Rego Park 41.7%+4.7 pts
#22 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 41.7%+4.7 pts
#23 New Dorp-Midland Beach 41.7%+4.7 pts
#24 Gravesend (South) 41.5%+4.5 pts
#25 Great Kills-Eltingville 41.5%+4.5 pts
#26 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 41.5%+4.5 pts
#27 Spring Creek-Starrett City 41.5%+4.5 pts
#28 Middle Village 41.4%+4.4 pts
#29 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 41.3%+4.3 pts
#30 Forest Hills 41.2%+4.2 pts
#31 Gravesend (West) 41%+4 pts
#32 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 40.9%+3.9 pts
#33 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 40.9%+3.9 pts
#34 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 40.8%+3.8 pts
#35 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 40.8%+3.8 pts
#36 Dyker Heights 40.7%+3.7 pts
#37 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 40.6%+3.6 pts
#38 Arden Heights-Rossville 40.6%+3.6 pts
#39 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 40.5%+3.5 pts
#40 Bensonhurst 40.5%+3.5 pts
#41 College Point 40.5%+3.5 pts
#42 Elmhurst 40.3%+3.3 pts
#43 Jackson Heights 40.3%+3.3 pts
#44 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 40%+3 pts
#45 St. George-New Brighton 40%+3 pts
#46 Bath Beach 40%+3 pts
#47 Sunset Park (Central) 40%+3 pts
#48 Jamaica 40%+3 pts
#49 Madison 39.9%+2.9 pts
#50 Tottenville-Charleston 39.8%+2.8 pts
#51 Co-op City 39.8%+2.8 pts
#52 Maspeth 39.7%+2.7 pts
#53 South Richmond Hill 39.5%+2.5 pts
#54 Woodside 39.5%+2.5 pts
#55 Kew Gardens Hills 39.4%+2.4 pts
#56 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 39.4%+2.4 pts
#57 South Ozone Park 39.3%+2.3 pts
#58 Ozone Park 39.2%+2.2 pts
#59 Queens Village 39.2%+2.1 pts
#60 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 39.1%+2.1 pts
#61 Lower East Side 39.1%+2.1 pts
#62 Kew Gardens 38.9%+1.9 pts
#63 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 38.9%+1.9 pts
#64 Woodhaven 38.8%+1.8 pts
#65 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 38.7%+1.7 pts
#66 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 38.6%+1.6 pts
#67 Hollis 38.6%+1.6 pts
#68 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 38.5%+1.5 pts
#69 Richmond Hill 38.4%+1.4 pts
#70 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 38.4%+1.4 pts
#71 Cambria Heights 38.4%+1.4 pts
#72 Corona 38.3%+1.3 pts
#73 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 38.3%+1.3 pts
#74 Glendale 38.2%+1.2 pts
#75 Upper West Side (Central) 38.2%+1.2 pts
#76 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 38.2%+1.2 pts
#77 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 38%+1 pts
#78 Ozone Park (North) 38%+1 pts
#79 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 38%+1 pts
#80 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 38%+1 pts
#81 West Farms 37.9%+0.9 pts
#82 Bay Ridge 37.9%+0.9 pts
#83 Port Richmond 37.9%+0.9 pts
#84 Inwood 37.8%+0.8 pts
#85 Midwood 37.7%+0.7 pts
#86 East Elmhurst 37.5%+0.5 pts
#87 Pelham Gardens 37.5%+0.5 pts
#88 East Harlem (South) 37.4%+0.4 pts
#89 South Jamaica 37.4%+0.4 pts
#90 Parkchester 37.4%+0.4 pts
#91 Washington Heights (South) 37.4%+0.4 pts
#92 Washington Heights (North) 37.4%+0.4 pts
#93 Westchester Square 37.3%+0.3 pts
#94 East Harlem (North) 37.3%+0.3 pts
#95 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 37.3%+0.3 pts
#96 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 37.2%+0.2 pts
#97 Sunnyside 37.2%+0.2 pts
#98 Laurelton 37.2%+0.2 pts
#99 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 37.2%+0.2 pts
#100 St. Albans 37.1%+0.1 pts
#101 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 37.1%+0.1 pts
#102 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 37%+0 pts
#103 Castle Hill-Unionport 37%0 pts
#104 Soundview-Clason Point 37%-0 pts
#105 East New York-City Line 36.9%-0.1 pts
#106 Allerton 36.9%-0.1 pts
#107 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 36.8%-0.2 pts
#108 Baisley Park 36.8%-0.3 pts
#109 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 36.7%-0.3 pts
#110 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 36.7%-0.3 pts
#111 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 36.6%-0.4 pts
#112 Flatlands 36.6%-0.4 pts
#113 University Heights (North)-Fordham 36.6%-0.4 pts
#114 Melrose 36.6%-0.5 pts
#115 Concourse-Concourse Village 36.5%-0.5 pts
#116 Mott Haven-Port Morris 36.5%-0.5 pts
#117 Kensington 36.5%-0.5 pts
#118 East Flatbush-Farragut 36.4%-0.6 pts
#119 Tremont 36.4%-0.6 pts
#120 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 36.4%-0.6 pts
#121 Brownsville 36.4%-0.6 pts
#122 East Flatbush-Rugby 36.4%-0.6 pts
#123 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 36.3%-0.7 pts
#124 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 36.3%-0.7 pts
#125 Rosedale 36.3%-0.7 pts
#126 Longwood 36.2%-0.8 pts
#127 Bedford Park 36.2%-0.8 pts
#128 Morris Park 36.2%-0.8 pts
#129 Borough Park 36.1%-0.9 pts
#130 Highbridge 36.1%-0.9 pts
#131 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 36.1%-0.9 pts
#132 Cypress Hills 36%-1 pts
#133 Crotona Park East 36%-1 pts
#134 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 35.9%-1.1 pts
#135 Manhattanville-West Harlem 35.8%-1.2 pts
#136 East New York-New Lots 35.8%-1.2 pts
#137 Canarsie 35.8%-1.2 pts
#138 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 35.8%-1.2 pts
#139 Norwood 35.7%-1.3 pts
#140 Mount Hope 35.6%-1.4 pts
#141 South Williamsburg 35.6%-1.4 pts
#142 Morrisania 35.6%-1.4 pts
#143 Harlem (North) 35.5%-1.5 pts
#144 Hunts Point 35.5%-1.5 pts
#145 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 35.5%-1.5 pts
#146 East New York (North) 35.4%-1.6 pts
#147 North Corona 35.4%-1.6 pts
#148 Midtown-Times Square 35.4%-1.6 pts
#149 Fordham Heights 35.4%-1.6 pts
#150 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 35.3%-1.7 pts
#151 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 35.2%-1.8 pts
#152 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 35.1%-1.9 pts
#153 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 35.1%-1.9 pts
#154 Wakefield-Woodlawn 35%-2 pts
#155 Ridgewood 35%-2 pts
#156 Sunset Park (West) 35%-2 pts
#157 Williamsbridge-Olinville 34.9%-2.1 pts
#158 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 34.5%-2.5 pts
#159 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 34.5%-2.5 pts
#160 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 34.4%-2.6 pts
#161 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 34.4%-2.6 pts
#162 Upper East Side-Yorkville 34.4%-2.6 pts
#163 Flatbush 34.2%-2.8 pts
#164 East Flatbush-Erasmus 34.2%-2.8 pts
#165 Harlem (South) 34.2%-2.8 pts
#166 Crown Heights (South) 33.9%-3.1 pts
#167 Ocean Hill 33.9%-3.1 pts
#168 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 33.8%-3.2 pts
#169 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 33.4%-3.6 pts
#170 Brooklyn Heights 33.2%-3.9 pts
#171 Astoria (Central) 33.1%-3.9 pts
#172 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 33.1%-3.9 pts
#173 Hell's Kitchen 33%-4 pts
#174 West Village 33%-4 pts
#175 Belmont 33%-4 pts
#176 Fort Greene 33%-4 pts
#177 East Williamsburg 32.9%-4.1 pts
#178 Park Slope 32.5%-4.5 pts
#179 East Village 32.4%-4.6 pts
#180 Greenwich Village 32.3%-4.7 pts
#181 Tribeca-Civic Center 32.2%-4.8 pts
#182 Bushwick (East) 32.2%-4.9 pts
#183 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 31.8%-5.2 pts
#184 Crown Heights (North) 31.7%-5.3 pts
#185 Gramercy 31.4%-5.6 pts
#186 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 31%-6 pts
#187 Prospect Heights 30.9%-6.1 pts
#188 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 30.5%-6.6 pts
#189 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 30.3%-6.7 pts
#190 Clinton Hill 30.1%-6.9 pts
#191 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 29.8%-7.2 pts
#192 Morningside Heights 29.8%-7.3 pts
#193 Greenpoint 29.7%-7.3 pts
#194 Bushwick (West) 29.2%-7.8 pts
#195 Financial District-Battery Park City 28.5%-8.5 pts
#196 Williamsburg 28.4%-8.6 pts
#197 Long Island City-Hunters Point 27.8%-9.2 pts
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