Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for Kentucky by County
All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023
White Non-Hispanic, Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by CI*Rank
County
|
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? |
Age-Adjusted Death Rate † deaths per 100,000 (95% Confidence Interval)
|
CI*Rank ⋔ (95% Confidence Interval) 
|
Average Annual Count
|
Recent Trend |
Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owsley County | Rural | No | 272.6 (212.6, 345.9) | 1 (1, 94) | 15 |
stable 
|
0.0 (-1.6, 1.5) |
| Cumberland County | Rural | No | 262.0 (216.8, 315.8) | 2 (1, 71) | 24 |
stable
|
1.2 (-0.5, 3.0) |
| Carlisle County | Urban | No | 259.0 (206.2, 322.8) | 3 (1, 99) | 17 |
stable
|
1.5 (-0.6, 3.8) |
| Clinton County | Rural | No | 257.9 (219.8, 301.6) | 4 (1, 67) | 34 |
stable
|
0.6 (-0.6, 1.8) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 256.1 (227.5, 287.5) | 5 (1, 42) | 62 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.9, 0.8) |
| Perry County | Rural | No | 254.8 (231.1, 280.4) | 6 (1, 34) | 91 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.3, 0.5) |
| Lawrence County | Urban | No | 253.8 (222.8, 288.2) | 7 (1, 57) | 52 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.0, 0.7) |
| Knox County | Rural | No | 251.6 (229.2, 275.7) | 8 (1, 37) | 96 |
rising 
|
1.3 (0.2, 4.4) |
| Powell County | Rural | No | 248.3 (211.8, 289.6) | 9 (1, 77) | 37 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.1, 0.9) |
| Leslie County | Rural | No | 245.5 (209.7, 286.4) | 10 (1, 80) | 35 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.5, 1.1) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 244.5 (201.5, 295.1) | 11 (1, 93) | 24 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.2, 0.2) |
| Wolfe County | Rural | No | 242.6 (197.1, 296.4) | 12 (1, 102) | 21 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.8, 1.9) |
| Monroe County | Rural | No | 240.4 (205.6, 280.1) | 13 (1, 84) | 36 |
stable
|
1.0 (-0.1, 2.2) |
| Fulton County | Rural | No | 237.0 (186.3, 299.0) | 14 (1, 114) | 17 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.4, 1.5) |
| McCreary County | Rural | No | 236.3 (206.6, 269.5) | 15 (1, 87) | 48 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.4, 0.2) |
| Harlan County | Rural | No | 235.5 (212.7, 260.3) | 16 (1, 61) | 83 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.7, 0.0) |
| Floyd County | Rural | No | 235.4 (215.6, 256.8) | 17 (2, 52) | 113 |
falling 
|
-1.0 (-1.6, -0.4) |
| Bell County | Rural | No | 232.3 (209.0, 257.7) | 18 (2, 68) | 77 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.2, 0.7) |
| Metcalfe County | Rural | No | 231.0 (196.6, 270.4) | 19 (1, 93) | 33 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.7, 1.0) |
| Grayson County | Rural | No | 225.5 (202.8, 250.2) | 20 (3, 77) | 77 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.2, 1.0) |
| Estill County | Rural | No | 223.7 (193.5, 257.8) | 21 (1, 96) | 43 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.5, 0.6) |
| Livingston County | Urban | No | 223.7 (188.9, 264.2) | 22 (1, 109) | 31 |
stable
|
0.5 (-1.2, 2.2) |
| Butler County | Urban | No | 222.9 (190.8, 259.3) | 23 (1, 100) | 36 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.4, 1.0) |
| Taylor County | Rural | No | 221.9 (198.6, 247.4) | 24 (4, 83) | 70 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.6, 1.2) |
| Rockcastle County | Rural | No | 218.8 (191.4, 249.5) | 25 (2, 98) | 49 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.5, 0.8) |
| Whitley County | Rural | No | 218.0 (198.3, 239.2) | 26 (6, 79) | 93 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.0, 1.3) |
| Bath County | Rural | No | 217.3 (185.5, 253.3) | 27 (2, 104) | 35 |
stable
|
7.5 (-0.7, 12.9) |
| Russell County | Rural | No | 217.2 (191.3, 245.9) | 28 (4, 98) | 55 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.5, 0.9) |
| Lewis County | Rural | No | 215.2 (185.1, 249.2) | 29 (3, 104) | 39 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.9, 0.8) |
| Pendleton County | Urban | No | 215.1 (184.5, 249.6) | 30 (2, 106) | 38 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.7, 1.3) |
| Todd County | Rural | No | 214.9 (180.6, 254.1) | 31 (2, 112) | 29 |
stable
|
0.3 (-1.2, 1.8) |
| Breathitt County | Rural | No | 214.6 (184.0, 249.4) | 32 (2, 106) | 38 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.3, 0.6) |
| Carter County | Urban | No | 213.1 (192.2, 235.8) | 33 (9, 89) | 80 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.7, 0.3) |
| Menifee County | Rural | No | 211.8 (170.8, 261.3) | 34 (1, 117) | 20 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.4, 1.3) |
| Calloway County | Rural | No | 211.6 (192.2, 232.6) | 35 (9, 89) | 92 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.2, 0.9) |
| Morgan County | Rural | No | 211.4 (180.6, 246.5) | 36 (2, 112) | 36 |
stable
|
-2.2 (-10.0, 0.0) |
| Henry County | Urban | No | 210.7 (182.4, 242.6) | 37 (4, 111) | 42 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.4, 0.6) |
| Martin County | Rural | No | 210.3 (176.4, 249.4) | 38 (2, 115) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-2.0, 1.0) |
| Carroll County | Rural | No | 209.2 (174.8, 249.0) | 39 (2, 115) | 27 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.6, 0.9) |
| Letcher County | Rural | No | 208.7 (185.5, 234.4) | 40 (7, 98) | 64 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.1, 0.4) |
| Fleming County | Rural | No | 208.6 (180.4, 240.4) | 41 (5, 107) | 41 |
stable
|
0.2 (-1.0, 1.5) |
| Mercer County | Rural | No | 208.1 (185.0, 233.6) | 42 (8, 101) | 62 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.8, 0.1) |
| Union County | Rural | No | 206.8 (176.3, 241.7) | 43 (4, 114) | 35 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.3, 0.5) |
| Pike County | Rural | No | 205.6 (191.3, 220.8) | 44 (19, 87) | 165 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-6.1, -1.0) |
| Crittenden County | Rural | No | 205.5 (171.1, 245.7) | 45 (3, 116) | 26 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-2.0, 1.7) |
| Pulaski County | Rural | No | 205.1 (191.7, 219.3) | 46 (20, 84) | 184 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.1, 0.0) |
| Johnson County | Rural | No | 204.5 (181.4, 230.1) | 47 (9, 105) | 60 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-2.0, -0.1) |
| Gallatin County | Urban | No | 204.4 (164.6, 251.3) | 48 (2, 119) | 20 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-3.5, 0.2) |
| Hart County | Rural | No | 204.2 (177.9, 233.5) | 49 (6, 111) | 46 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.2, 1.4) |
| Lincoln County | Rural | No | 202.5 (180.5, 226.7) | 50 (12, 105) | 64 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.4, 0.0) |
| Green County | Rural | No | 202.3 (172.4, 236.7) | 51 (6, 114) | 34 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-2.1, 1.6) |
| Casey County | Rural | No | 202.2 (176.0, 231.6) | 52 (8, 110) | 45 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-12.8, -0.8) |
| Knott County | Rural | No | 202.0 (173.8, 233.9) | 53 (6, 114) | 40 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.6, 0.4) |
| Nelson County | Urban | No | 201.1 (184.0, 219.4) | 54 (18, 99) | 108 |
stable
|
2.1 (-0.4, 8.1) |
| Ballard County | Urban | No | 199.1 (163.3, 241.6) | 55 (3, 118) | 22 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.4, 1.0) |
| Laurel County | Rural | No | 198.7 (184.5, 213.9) | 56 (24, 96) | 151 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.8, -0.5) |
| Christian County | Urban | No | 198.6 (181.6, 216.7) | 57 (17, 100) | 105 |
stable
|
1.0 (-0.3, 6.3) |
| Barren County | Rural | No | 198.4 (181.8, 216.2) | 58 (20, 100) | 110 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.2, 0.3) |
| Harrison County | Rural | No | 197.1 (173.1, 223.9) | 59 (12, 113) | 50 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.1, 1.3) |
| Mason County | Rural | No | 196.6 (170.2, 226.4) | 60 (11, 115) | 42 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.0, 0.3) |
| Graves County | Rural | No | 196.3 (178.3, 215.8) | 61 (20, 104) | 92 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.1, 0.2) |
| Simpson County | Rural | No | 195.9 (169.2, 225.8) | 62 (11, 115) | 41 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.2, 1.0) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | No | 195.8 (174.7, 218.9) | 63 (17, 110) | 65 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.2, 0.7) |
| Hardin County | Urban | No | 195.3 (183.4, 207.8) | 64 (31, 95) | 209 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.1, 1.6) |
| Logan County | Rural | No | 194.4 (173.8, 217.1) | 65 (18, 111) | 67 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.6, 0.1) |
| Adair County | Rural | No | 194.1 (169.9, 221.1) | 66 (15, 115) | 49 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.5, 0.9) |
| Webster County | Rural | No | 193.8 (163.0, 229.3) | 67 (8, 118) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.8, 0.4) |
| Bourbon County | Urban | No | 192.2 (169.0, 218.1) | 68 (17, 114) | 51 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.1, 0.3) |
| Marshall County | Rural | No | 192.2 (174.7, 211.1) | 69 (22, 107) | 94 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.9, 0.6) |
| Magoffin County | Rural | No | 191.5 (160.6, 227.1) | 70 (9, 119) | 29 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.7, -0.2) |
| Rowan County | Rural | No | 190.8 (167.2, 217.0) | 71 (14, 115) | 49 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-10.6, -0.7) |
| Ohio County | Rural | No | 190.5 (169.1, 214.2) | 72 (22, 114) | 59 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.7, -0.1) |
| Grant County | Urban | No | 189.6 (166.0, 215.7) | 73 (18, 116) | 50 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.8, 0.2) |
| Breckinridge County | Rural | No | 189.4 (167.0, 214.3) | 74 (19, 115) | 55 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.4, -0.3) |
| Boyd County | Urban | No | 187.5 (172.9, 203.2) | 75 (36, 108) | 128 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.0, -0.9) |
| Marion County | Rural | No | 186.1 (161.4, 213.9) | 76 (17, 118) | 42 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.4, 0.3) |
| Henderson County | Rural | No | 186.0 (169.7, 203.6) | 77 (32, 112) | 102 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.0, 0.2) |
| Garrard County | Rural | No | 186.0 (161.2, 213.9) | 78 (18, 118) | 42 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.8, 1.2) |
| Allen County | Urban | No | 185.8 (163.2, 211.0) | 79 (23, 116) | 51 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.3, 0.1) |
| Muhlenberg County | Rural | No | 185.1 (166.8, 205.1) | 80 (28, 114) | 78 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.1, -0.4) |
| Madison County | Rural | No | 183.6 (171.3, 196.5) | 81 (44, 109) | 173 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-2.0, -0.1) |
| Elliott County | Rural | No | 183.0 (148.8, 224.2) | 82 (10, 120) | 20 |
falling
|
-2.9 (-4.7, -1.1) |
| Edmonson County | Urban | No | 182.8 (155.6, 214.3) | 83 (15, 119) | 34 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.5, 0.2) |
| Nicholas County | Rural | No | 182.4 (145.3, 226.7) | 84 (6, 120) | 17 |
falling
|
-5.3 (-19.0, -1.4) |
| Trigg County | Urban | No | 182.3 (156.5, 211.9) | 85 (19, 119) | 39 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.3, 0.0) |
| Daviess County | Urban | No | 182.2 (171.5, 193.5) | 86 (51, 108) | 224 |
stable
|
5.3 (-0.6, 8.9) |
| Larue County | Urban | No | 181.4 (153.7, 213.1) | 87 (19, 119) | 32 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.4, 0.7) |
| Wayne County | Rural | No | 181.2 (159.1, 206.0) | 88 (26, 118) | 52 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.8, 0.1) |
| Bracken County | Urban | No | 181.2 (145.9, 223.2) | 89 (7, 120) | 19 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-3.0, 0.4) |
| McLean County | Urban | No | 181.1 (149.0, 219.0) | 90 (12, 120) | 23 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-2.7, 0.1) |
| Greenup County | Urban | No | 181.1 (165.0, 198.6) | 91 (39, 115) | 98 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.4, -0.5) |
| Hancock County | Rural | No | 180.2 (147.2, 219.2) | 92 (13, 120) | 21 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-3.0, 0.7) |
| Clark County | Urban | No | 178.7 (161.3, 197.5) | 93 (40, 116) | 81 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.6, 0.3) |
| Jackson County | Rural | No | 178.2 (150.3, 210.2) | 94 (15, 120) | 31 |
stable
|
-5.1 (-9.8, 1.5) |
| Hickman County | Rural | No | 176.8 (135.8, 230.1) | 95 (8, 120) | 13 |
stable
|
0.5 (-1.9, 3.0) |
| Anderson County | Rural | No | 175.9 (154.4, 199.9) | 96 (32, 119) | 50 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.0, 0.3) |
| Meade County | Urban | No | 175.6 (155.3, 198.0) | 97 (35, 119) | 58 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-3.5, -1.3) |
| Warren County | Urban | No | 175.3 (164.7, 186.4) | 98 (65, 113) | 212 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.6) |
| Caldwell County | Rural | No | 175.2 (148.5, 205.9) | 99 (24, 119) | 32 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.7, -0.3) |
| Hopkins County | Rural | No | 173.5 (158.3, 190.0) | 100 (50, 117) | 100 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.1, -0.4) |
| Lyon County | Rural | No | 172.9 (141.8, 210.6) | 101 (17, 120) | 24 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-3.0, 0.9) |
| Kenton County | Urban | No | 171.4 (162.8, 180.4) | 102 (73, 114) | 313 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-1.9, -1.3) |
| Scott County | Urban | No | 170.3 (153.9, 187.9) | 103 (53, 118) | 86 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.6, -0.2) |
| Washington County | Rural | No | 170.0 (141.6, 203.0) | 104 (24, 120) | 26 |
stable
|
1.8 (-0.4, 11.3) |
| Trimble County | Rural | No | 169.6 (135.7, 210.1) | 105 (16, 120) | 18 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.6, 1.3) |
| Owen County | Rural | No | 169.2 (141.1, 202.1) | 106 (30, 120) | 26 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.5, 0.2) |
| Woodford County | Urban | No | 168.7 (149.4, 190.1) | 107 (50, 119) | 59 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.7, 3.4) |
| McCracken County | Urban | No | 168.3 (156.1, 181.3) | 108 (71, 116) | 149 |
stable
|
0.5 (-0.9, 4.5) |
| Boyle County | Rural | No | 167.4 (149.4, 187.2) | 109 (57, 119) | 65 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.0, -0.4) |
| Jessamine County | Urban | No | 166.1 (151.7, 181.5) | 110 (68, 119) | 102 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.6, -0.3) |
| Spencer County | Urban | No | 166.0 (141.2, 194.1) | 111 (34, 120) | 35 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.5, 0.5) |
| Campbell County | Urban | No | 164.9 (154.3, 176.2) | 112 (79, 117) | 189 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.2, -1.3) |
| Shelby County | Urban | No | 162.3 (146.9, 179.1) | 113 (71, 120) | 85 |
falling
|
-4.0 (-10.6, -0.9) |
| Jefferson County | Urban | No | 160.9 (156.8, 165.1) | 114 (100, 116) | 1,221 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-1.8, -1.4) |
| Bullitt County | Urban | No | 157.6 (146.4, 169.4) | 115 (89, 119) | 156 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.3, -0.8) |
| Franklin County | Rural | No | 157.1 (143.2, 172.1) | 116 (81, 120) | 99 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.7, -1.2) |
| Fayette County | Urban | No | 146.6 (140.2, 153.2) | 117 (110, 120) | 411 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.0, -1.2) |
| Oldham County | Urban | No | 143.2 (130.4, 156.9) | 118 (103, 120) | 98 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.8, -1.0) |
| Boone County | Urban | No | 142.1 (133.3, 151.4) | 119 (111, 120) | 202 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.8, -1.7) |
| Robertson County | Rural | Yes | 112.8 (71.3, 177.6) | 120 (48, 120) | 4 |
falling
|
-13.6 (-40.7, -3.4) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/23/2026 8:58 am.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
† Death data provided by the National Vital Statistics System public use data file. Death rates calculated by the National Cancer Institute using SEER*Stat. Death rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (20 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85-89, 90+).
Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI.
The US Population Data File is used with mortality data.
⋔ Results presented with the CI*Rank statistics help show the usefulness of ranks. For example, ranks for relatively rare diseases or less populated areas may be essentially meaningless because of their large variability, but ranks for more common diseases in densely populated regions can be very useful. More information about methodology can be found on the CI*Rank website.
When displaying county information, the CI*Rank for the state is not shown because it's not comparable. To see the state CI*Rank please view the statistics at the US By State level.
Φ Rural–urban county classifications are based on the 2023 USDA Rural–Urban Continuum Codes (except for Connecticut Counties which use 2013 codes). State-level cancer rates for rural areas are calculated using cancer cases registered exclusively in rural counties, while state-level cancer rates for urban areas are calculated using cases registered exclusively in urban counties.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.