Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for Kentucky by County
All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023
All Races (includes Hispanic), Female, 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)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | N/A | No | 154.6 (152.6, 156.6) | N/A | 4,783 |
falling 
|
-0.8 (-0.9, -0.7) |
| United States | N/A | No | 126.3 (126.1, 126.6) | N/A | 287,034 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.2, -1.0) |
| Carlisle County | Urban | No | 266.8 (193.3, 362.1) | 1 (1, 88) | 10 |
stable 
|
2.8 (-0.3, 6.5) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 243.8 (206.5, 286.5) | 2 (1, 32) | 32 |
stable
|
0.5 (-0.7, 1.7) |
| Leslie County | Rural | No | 239.0 (191.3, 296.5) | 3 (1, 62) | 18 |
stable
|
0.7 (-1.8, 3.3) |
| Cumberland County | Rural | No | 233.2 (176.9, 305.5) | 4 (1, 100) | 12 |
stable
|
1.4 (-0.8, 3.8) |
| Perry County | Rural | No | 229.9 (199.3, 264.2) | 5 (1, 35) | 43 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.3, 1.3) |
| Floyd County | Rural | No | 228.8 (202.9, 257.5) | 6 (1, 35) | 61 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.7, 0.5) |
| Wolfe County | Rural | No | 216.4 (158.5, 290.4) | 7 (1, 113) | 10 |
stable
|
0.8 (-2.1, 4.2) |
| Lawrence County | Urban | No | 216.3 (178.5, 260.5) | 8 (1, 75) | 24 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.8, 1.2) |
| Knox County | Rural | No | 215.6 (188.1, 246.3) | 9 (1, 51) | 46 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.4, 1.3) |
| Clinton County | Rural | No | 208.6 (163.2, 264.5) | 10 (1, 101) | 15 |
stable
|
1.2 (-1.1, 3.7) |
| Martin County | Rural | No | 208.1 (161.5, 265.2) | 11 (1, 103) | 14 |
stable
|
0.8 (-1.4, 3.1) |
| Bell County | Rural | No | 206.9 (177.9, 239.9) | 12 (1, 64) | 39 |
stable
|
0.5 (-0.6, 1.7) |
| Todd County | Rural | No | 206.0 (163.2, 257.2) | 13 (1, 106) | 16 |
stable
|
1.4 (-0.1, 3.1) |
| Harlan County | Rural | No | 205.3 (177.5, 236.8) | 14 (2, 66) | 41 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.0, 0.6) |
| Powell County | Rural | No | 202.6 (160.3, 253.4) | 15 (1, 105) | 16 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-2.4, 1.6) |
| Owsley County | Rural | No | 202.5 (137.5, 292.4) | 16 (1, 119) | 6 |
stable
|
0.2 (-3.2, 3.5) |
| Russell County | Rural | No | 197.2 (164.3, 235.4) | 17 (2, 93) | 28 |
stable
|
0.7 (-0.6, 2.0) |
| Bath County | Rural | No | 195.7 (156.1, 243.2) | 18 (1, 106) | 17 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-3.0, 1.8) |
| Fulton County | Rural | No | 195.5 (141.6, 266.0) | 19 (1, 118) | 9 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-4.5, 1.1) |
| Morgan County | Rural | No | 195.4 (153.4, 246.5) | 20 (1, 110) | 16 |
stable
|
0.4 (-1.5, 2.3) |
| Lincoln County | Rural | No | 192.9 (164.1, 225.7) | 21 (3, 91) | 33 |
stable
|
0.6 (-0.2, 1.5) |
| Butler County | Urban | No | 192.2 (151.9, 240.8) | 22 (1, 110) | 16 |
stable
|
0.8 (-1.6, 3.3) |
| Monroe County | Rural | No | 191.3 (149.8, 242.0) | 23 (1, 112) | 15 |
stable
|
0.9 (-0.7, 2.5) |
| Green County | Rural | No | 190.6 (152.0, 237.7) | 24 (1, 110) | 17 |
stable
|
0.6 (-1.4, 2.8) |
| Knott County | Rural | No | 190.5 (153.1, 235.4) | 25 (2, 107) | 19 |
stable
|
0.9 (-1.0, 3.0) |
| Metcalfe County | Rural | No | 190.5 (149.3, 241.3) | 26 (1, 111) | 15 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.9, 2.1) |
| Grayson County | Rural | No | 189.7 (161.7, 221.7) | 27 (4, 96) | 34 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.6, 1.4) |
| McCreary County | Rural | No | 189.4 (153.4, 232.1) | 28 (2, 107) | 20 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.8, 1.0) |
| Johnson County | Rural | No | 185.8 (156.0, 220.1) | 29 (4, 103) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.3, 0.5) |
| Rockcastle County | Rural | No | 185.7 (152.0, 225.6) | 30 (2, 109) | 22 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.3, 1.0) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 184.6 (135.8, 248.9) | 31 (1, 119) | 10 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-3.5, -0.9) |
| Menifee County | Rural | No | 184.3 (131.1, 254.8) | 32 (1, 119) | 8 |
stable
|
0.2 (-2.1, 2.8) |
| Estill County | Rural | No | 183.6 (147.6, 226.9) | 33 (3, 111) | 19 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-2.1, 1.8) |
| Livingston County | Urban | No | 181.6 (138.4, 236.1) | 34 (2, 118) | 13 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-2.4, 1.9) |
| Ballard County | Urban | No | 180.9 (137.0, 237.5) | 35 (1, 118) | 11 |
stable
|
11.8 (-0.9, 28.6) |
| Pulaski County | Rural | No | 178.3 (161.8, 196.3) | 36 (12, 79) | 89 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.7, 0.8) |
| Fleming County | Rural | No | 177.6 (142.1, 219.8) | 37 (2, 115) | 18 |
stable
|
1.1 (-0.7, 3.1) |
| Carter County | Urban | No | 176.7 (151.4, 205.7) | 38 (8, 104) | 36 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.4, 0.3) |
| Nicholas County | Rural | No | 176.6 (127.5, 239.9) | 39 (1, 119) | 9 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-2.5, 1.7) |
| Christian County | Urban | No | 173.4 (154.8, 193.7) | 40 (15, 97) | 66 |
rising 
|
5.7 (0.9, 13.0) |
| Larue County | Urban | No | 173.1 (137.4, 216.0) | 41 (4, 116) | 17 |
stable
|
0.4 (-1.3, 2.0) |
| Union County | Rural | No | 173.1 (138.1, 215.5) | 42 (4, 116) | 18 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-3.2, 0.6) |
| Calloway County | Rural | No | 172.8 (149.6, 198.9) | 43 (11, 104) | 42 |
stable
|
4.3 (0.0, 11.1) |
| Crittenden County | Rural | No | 172.4 (131.8, 223.8) | 44 (2, 119) | 12 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-2.5, 2.2) |
| Caldwell County | Rural | No | 170.9 (135.5, 213.8) | 45 (4, 118) | 17 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.7, 1.0) |
| Mercer County | Rural | No | 170.8 (144.0, 201.8) | 46 (10, 111) | 30 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.1, 0.8) |
| Pike County | Rural | No | 170.7 (153.3, 189.7) | 47 (18, 97) | 75 |
falling
|
-3.0 (-6.8, -1.4) |
| Whitley County | Rural | No | 170.3 (147.1, 196.4) | 48 (12, 107) | 40 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.9, 1.0) |
| Edmonson County | Urban | No | 170.0 (134.3, 213.8) | 49 (5, 118) | 16 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.3, 1.3) |
| Taylor County | Rural | No | 169.6 (143.3, 199.7) | 50 (11, 112) | 32 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.6, 1.9) |
| Graves County | Rural | No | 168.8 (147.0, 193.3) | 51 (14, 106) | 45 |
stable
|
0.2 (-1.1, 1.4) |
| Hart County | Rural | No | 168.1 (137.2, 204.3) | 52 (8, 116) | 22 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-2.3, 1.6) |
| Lewis County | Rural | No | 167.0 (131.2, 210.7) | 53 (6, 118) | 15 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.6, 0.6) |
| Carroll County | Rural | No | 165.6 (124.7, 216.3) | 54 (4, 119) | 11 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.9, 0.5) |
| Laurel County | Rural | No | 165.4 (148.0, 184.5) | 55 (21, 106) | 68 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-2.1, -0.1) |
| Webster County | Rural | No | 164.9 (128.3, 209.6) | 56 (5, 118) | 14 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.3, 1.6) |
| Bracken County | Urban | No | 163.2 (119.0, 219.9) | 57 (3, 119) | 9 |
stable
|
0.3 (-2.0, 2.7) |
| Bourbon County | Urban | No | 161.9 (134.5, 194.1) | 58 (13, 115) | 25 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.7, 0.3) |
| Harrison County | Rural | No | 161.9 (134.0, 194.7) | 59 (12, 117) | 24 |
stable
|
0.2 (-2.0, 2.4) |
| McLean County | Urban | No | 161.7 (121.0, 213.5) | 60 (5, 119) | 11 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.6, 1.4) |
| Pendleton County | Urban | No | 161.7 (126.3, 204.7) | 61 (7, 119) | 15 |
stable
|
0.4 (-1.8, 2.8) |
| Breathitt County | Rural | No | 161.5 (126.1, 204.8) | 62 (7, 119) | 15 |
stable
|
-1.4 (-3.5, 0.4) |
| Lyon County | Rural | No | 161.4 (118.1, 219.7) | 63 (3, 119) | 11 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-3.3, 2.7) |
| Hardin County | Urban | No | 161.3 (148.0, 175.4) | 64 (30, 99) | 113 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.2, 0.0) |
| Clark County | Urban | No | 160.6 (139.5, 184.3) | 65 (18, 112) | 43 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.3, 0.5) |
| Ohio County | Rural | No | 158.1 (131.9, 188.5) | 66 (15, 117) | 27 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.4, 0.8) |
| Magoffin County | Rural | No | 157.9 (120.2, 204.9) | 67 (7, 119) | 12 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-4.3, -0.6) |
| Henderson County | Rural | No | 157.4 (138.4, 178.5) | 68 (24, 112) | 53 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.2, 0.6) |
| Warren County | Urban | No | 157.3 (144.7, 170.7) | 69 (33, 103) | 119 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.4, 0.0) |
| Anderson County | Rural | No | 157.3 (131.4, 187.3) | 70 (18, 117) | 26 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.2, 0.7) |
| Boyd County | Urban | No | 156.2 (138.5, 175.8) | 71 (27, 111) | 60 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.1, -0.8) |
| Mason County | Rural | No | 155.9 (126.1, 191.4) | 72 (14, 118) | 20 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.9, 0.5) |
| Rowan County | Rural | No | 155.7 (127.9, 188.2) | 73 (16, 118) | 22 |
stable
|
0.1 (-2.0, 2.5) |
| Allen County | Urban | No | 154.8 (127.2, 187.2) | 74 (16, 118) | 23 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-3.0, 2.0) |
| Grant County | Urban | No | 154.2 (126.7, 186.1) | 75 (16, 118) | 23 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.5, 0.3) |
| Logan County | Rural | No | 153.7 (129.5, 181.4) | 76 (20, 117) | 30 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.6, 0.7) |
| Nelson County | Urban | No | 152.8 (133.9, 173.8) | 77 (30, 113) | 49 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.5, 1.1) |
| Henry County | Urban | No | 152.1 (120.6, 190.2) | 78 (13, 119) | 17 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.6, 1.9) |
| Daviess County | Urban | No | 151.7 (138.9, 165.5) | 79 (41, 109) | 109 |
stable
|
8.2 (-0.7, 14.0) |
| Greenup County | Urban | No | 151.7 (132.1, 173.8) | 80 (29, 116) | 46 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.0, -0.3) |
| Madison County | Rural | No | 151.6 (137.1, 167.2) | 81 (38, 112) | 83 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.6, -0.2) |
| Letcher County | Rural | No | 150.8 (124.2, 182.0) | 82 (20, 118) | 25 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-2.7, 0.1) |
| Wayne County | Rural | No | 150.8 (123.1, 183.6) | 83 (19, 119) | 23 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.4, 0.4) |
| Breckinridge County | Rural | No | 150.1 (123.5, 181.5) | 84 (20, 118) | 23 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.6, -0.4) |
| Simpson County | Rural | No | 149.3 (120.1, 183.9) | 85 (16, 119) | 19 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.2, 0.9) |
| Boyle County | Rural | No | 149.0 (126.9, 174.4) | 86 (28, 118) | 34 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.4, 0.5) |
| Barren County | Rural | No | 148.1 (129.7, 168.6) | 87 (32, 116) | 49 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.5, 0.3) |
| Gallatin County | Urban | No | 147.8 (104.6, 203.9) | 88 (6, 119) | 8 |
stable
|
-1.9 (-4.4, 0.5) |
| Adair County | Rural | No | 146.8 (118.5, 180.6) | 89 (21, 119) | 20 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.2, 1.1) |
| Campbell County | Urban | No | 146.7 (133.3, 161.2) | 90 (45, 114) | 92 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.1, -0.7) |
| Marshall County | Rural | No | 146.2 (125.9, 169.5) | 91 (30, 118) | 39 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.7, 1.0) |
| McCracken County | Urban | No | 146.1 (131.6, 162.0) | 92 (45, 113) | 80 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.2, 0.2) |
| Jefferson County | Urban | No | 146.0 (141.4, 150.8) | 93 (68, 104) | 790 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.6, -1.0) |
| Shelby County | Urban | No | 146.0 (127.2, 167.0) | 94 (34, 116) | 45 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.7, 0.7) |
| Muhlenberg County | Rural | No | 145.8 (124.4, 170.4) | 95 (31, 118) | 35 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.2, -0.2) |
| Scott County | Urban | No | 145.6 (126.6, 166.6) | 96 (36, 117) | 44 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.9, 0.5) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | No | 144.4 (121.0, 171.4) | 97 (29, 119) | 27 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.3, 1.0) |
| Woodford County | Urban | No | 144.4 (121.0, 171.5) | 98 (25, 119) | 29 |
stable
|
0.6 (-6.9, 13.6) |
| Marion County | Rural | No | 142.3 (115.2, 174.4) | 99 (23, 119) | 20 |
stable
|
-1.5 (-3.6, 0.7) |
| Kenton County | Urban | No | 142.2 (132.0, 153.0) | 100 (62, 113) | 151 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-6.0, -0.9) |
| Jackson County | Rural | No | 142.0 (109.4, 182.4) | 101 (16, 119) | 13 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.9, 1.4) |
| Bullitt County | Urban | No | 141.7 (127.6, 157.1) | 102 (50, 116) | 77 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.7, -0.1) |
| Trimble County | Rural | No | 141.0 (100.1, 194.6) | 103 (10, 119) | 8 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-2.8, 2.0) |
| Meade County | Urban | No | 140.9 (116.8, 168.8) | 104 (29, 119) | 25 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.2, 0.9) |
| Trigg County | Urban | No | 140.8 (111.7, 176.9) | 105 (21, 119) | 17 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-3.1, -0.3) |
| Garrard County | Rural | No | 139.6 (111.6, 173.3) | 106 (24, 119) | 18 |
stable
|
0.2 (-1.3, 1.8) |
| Casey County | Rural | No | 138.6 (110.7, 172.6) | 107 (25, 119) | 18 |
stable
|
-3.6 (-23.9, 0.8) |
| Hopkins County | Rural | No | 136.9 (119.5, 156.5) | 108 (50, 118) | 47 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.5, -0.4) |
| Elliott County | Rural | No | 135.6 (95.8, 191.0) | 109 (13, 119) | 7 |
stable
|
-1.9 (-4.6, 0.8) |
| Washington County | Rural | No | 134.7 (102.7, 174.8) | 110 (23, 119) | 13 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.9, 1.8) |
| Spencer County | Urban | No | 134.2 (104.8, 169.8) | 111 (26, 119) | 15 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.1, 1.2) |
| Hancock County | Rural | No | 132.2 (94.1, 182.1) | 112 (14, 119) | 8 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.6, 1.3) |
| Franklin County | Rural | No | 131.8 (115.7, 149.6) | 113 (63, 119) | 51 |
falling
|
-2.6 (-4.6, -1.8) |
| Owen County | Rural | No | 131.3 (97.6, 174.3) | 114 (18, 119) | 10 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.7, 2.0) |
| Hickman County | Rural | No | 129.0 (87.8, 191.6) | 115 (14, 119) | 6 |
stable
|
0.8 (-1.8, 3.6) |
| Fayette County | Urban | Yes | 122.1 (115.1, 129.4) | 116 (102, 119) | 237 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.2, -1.0) |
| Jessamine County | Urban | Yes | 122.0 (105.9, 140.0) | 117 (76, 119) | 43 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.9, -0.3) |
| Boone County | Urban | Yes | 118.7 (108.2, 129.9) | 118 (101, 119) | 97 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-2.8, -1.3) |
| Oldham County | Urban | Yes | 108.7 (94.1, 125.1) | 119 (103, 119) | 41 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.0, -0.8) |
| Robertson County | Rural | *** |
|
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/21/2026 2:50 pm.
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.
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 has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category.
If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.