Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for Kentucky by County
All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023
White Non-Hispanic, Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by Name
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 | 183.8 (182.1, 185.5) | N/A | 9,479 |
falling 
|
-1.0 (-1.1, -0.9) |
| United States | N/A | No | 151.2 (151.0, 151.4) | N/A | 464,032 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.3, -1.0) |
| Adair County | Rural | No | 194.1 (169.9, 221.1) | 66 (15, 115) | 49 |
stable 
|
-0.3 (-1.5, 0.9) |
| Allen County | Urban | No | 185.8 (163.2, 211.0) | 79 (23, 116) | 51 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.3, 0.1) |
| Anderson County | Rural | No | 175.9 (154.4, 199.9) | 96 (32, 119) | 50 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.0, 0.3) |
| Ballard County | Urban | No | 199.1 (163.3, 241.6) | 55 (3, 118) | 22 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.4, 1.0) |
| Barren County | Rural | No | 198.4 (181.8, 216.2) | 58 (20, 100) | 110 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.2, 0.3) |
| Bath County | Rural | No | 217.3 (185.5, 253.3) | 27 (2, 104) | 35 |
stable
|
7.5 (-0.7, 12.9) |
| Bell County | Rural | No | 232.3 (209.0, 257.7) | 18 (2, 68) | 77 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.2, 0.7) |
| Boone County | Urban | No | 142.1 (133.3, 151.4) | 119 (111, 120) | 202 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.8, -1.7) |
| Bourbon County | Urban | No | 192.2 (169.0, 218.1) | 68 (17, 114) | 51 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.1, 0.3) |
| Boyd County | Urban | No | 187.5 (172.9, 203.2) | 75 (36, 108) | 128 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.0, -0.9) |
| Boyle County | Rural | No | 167.4 (149.4, 187.2) | 109 (57, 119) | 65 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.0, -0.4) |
| Bracken County | Urban | No | 181.2 (145.9, 223.2) | 89 (7, 120) | 19 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-3.0, 0.4) |
| Breathitt County | Rural | No | 214.6 (184.0, 249.4) | 32 (2, 106) | 38 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.3, 0.6) |
| Breckinridge County | Rural | No | 189.4 (167.0, 214.3) | 74 (19, 115) | 55 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.4, -0.3) |
| Bullitt County | Urban | No | 157.6 (146.4, 169.4) | 115 (89, 119) | 156 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.3, -0.8) |
| Butler County | Urban | No | 222.9 (190.8, 259.3) | 23 (1, 100) | 36 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.4, 1.0) |
| Caldwell County | Rural | No | 175.2 (148.5, 205.9) | 99 (24, 119) | 32 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.7, -0.3) |
| Calloway County | Rural | No | 211.6 (192.2, 232.6) | 35 (9, 89) | 92 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.2, 0.9) |
| Campbell County | Urban | No | 164.9 (154.3, 176.2) | 112 (79, 117) | 189 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.2, -1.3) |
| Carlisle County | Urban | No | 259.0 (206.2, 322.8) | 3 (1, 99) | 17 |
stable
|
1.5 (-0.6, 3.8) |
| Carroll County | Rural | No | 209.2 (174.8, 249.0) | 39 (2, 115) | 27 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.6, 0.9) |
| Carter County | Urban | No | 213.1 (192.2, 235.8) | 33 (9, 89) | 80 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.7, 0.3) |
| Casey County | Rural | No | 202.2 (176.0, 231.6) | 52 (8, 110) | 45 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-12.8, -0.8) |
| Christian County | Urban | No | 198.6 (181.6, 216.7) | 57 (17, 100) | 105 |
stable
|
1.0 (-0.3, 6.3) |
| Clark County | Urban | No | 178.7 (161.3, 197.5) | 93 (40, 116) | 81 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.6, 0.3) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 256.1 (227.5, 287.5) | 5 (1, 42) | 62 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.9, 0.8) |
| Clinton County | Rural | No | 257.9 (219.8, 301.6) | 4 (1, 67) | 34 |
stable
|
0.6 (-0.6, 1.8) |
| Crittenden County | Rural | No | 205.5 (171.1, 245.7) | 45 (3, 116) | 26 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-2.0, 1.7) |
| Cumberland County | Rural | No | 262.0 (216.8, 315.8) | 2 (1, 71) | 24 |
stable
|
1.2 (-0.5, 3.0) |
| Daviess County | Urban | No | 182.2 (171.5, 193.5) | 86 (51, 108) | 224 |
stable
|
5.3 (-0.6, 8.9) |
| Edmonson County | Urban | No | 182.8 (155.6, 214.3) | 83 (15, 119) | 34 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.5, 0.2) |
| Elliott County | Rural | No | 183.0 (148.8, 224.2) | 82 (10, 120) | 20 |
falling
|
-2.9 (-4.7, -1.1) |
| Estill County | Rural | No | 223.7 (193.5, 257.8) | 21 (1, 96) | 43 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.5, 0.6) |
| Fayette County | Urban | No | 146.6 (140.2, 153.2) | 117 (110, 120) | 411 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.0, -1.2) |
| Fleming County | Rural | No | 208.6 (180.4, 240.4) | 41 (5, 107) | 41 |
stable
|
0.2 (-1.0, 1.5) |
| Floyd County | Rural | No | 235.4 (215.6, 256.8) | 17 (2, 52) | 113 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.6, -0.4) |
| Franklin County | Rural | No | 157.1 (143.2, 172.1) | 116 (81, 120) | 99 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.7, -1.2) |
| Fulton County | Rural | No | 237.0 (186.3, 299.0) | 14 (1, 114) | 17 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.4, 1.5) |
| Gallatin County | Urban | No | 204.4 (164.6, 251.3) | 48 (2, 119) | 20 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-3.5, 0.2) |
| Garrard County | Rural | No | 186.0 (161.2, 213.9) | 78 (18, 118) | 42 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.8, 1.2) |
| Grant County | Urban | No | 189.6 (166.0, 215.7) | 73 (18, 116) | 50 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.8, 0.2) |
| Graves County | Rural | No | 196.3 (178.3, 215.8) | 61 (20, 104) | 92 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.1, 0.2) |
| Grayson County | Rural | No | 225.5 (202.8, 250.2) | 20 (3, 77) | 77 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.2, 1.0) |
| Green County | Rural | No | 202.3 (172.4, 236.7) | 51 (6, 114) | 34 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-2.1, 1.6) |
| 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) |
| Hardin County | Urban | No | 195.3 (183.4, 207.8) | 64 (31, 95) | 209 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.1, 1.6) |
| Harlan County | Rural | No | 235.5 (212.7, 260.3) | 16 (1, 61) | 83 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.7, 0.0) |
| Harrison County | Rural | No | 197.1 (173.1, 223.9) | 59 (12, 113) | 50 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.1, 1.3) |
| Hart County | Rural | No | 204.2 (177.9, 233.5) | 49 (6, 111) | 46 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.2, 1.4) |
| Henderson County | Rural | No | 186.0 (169.7, 203.6) | 77 (32, 112) | 102 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.0, 0.2) |
| Henry County | Urban | No | 210.7 (182.4, 242.6) | 37 (4, 111) | 42 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.4, 0.6) |
| Hickman County | Rural | No | 176.8 (135.8, 230.1) | 95 (8, 120) | 13 |
stable
|
0.5 (-1.9, 3.0) |
| Hopkins County | Rural | No | 173.5 (158.3, 190.0) | 100 (50, 117) | 100 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.1, -0.4) |
| Jackson County | Rural | No | 178.2 (150.3, 210.2) | 94 (15, 120) | 31 |
stable
|
-5.1 (-9.8, 1.5) |
| Jefferson County | Urban | No | 160.9 (156.8, 165.1) | 114 (100, 116) | 1,221 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-1.8, -1.4) |
| Jessamine County | Urban | No | 166.1 (151.7, 181.5) | 110 (68, 119) | 102 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.6, -0.3) |
| Johnson County | Rural | No | 204.5 (181.4, 230.1) | 47 (9, 105) | 60 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-2.0, -0.1) |
| Kenton County | Urban | No | 171.4 (162.8, 180.4) | 102 (73, 114) | 313 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-1.9, -1.3) |
| Knott County | Rural | No | 202.0 (173.8, 233.9) | 53 (6, 114) | 40 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.6, 0.4) |
| Knox County | Rural | No | 251.6 (229.2, 275.7) | 8 (1, 37) | 96 |
rising 
|
1.3 (0.2, 4.4) |
| Larue County | Urban | No | 181.4 (153.7, 213.1) | 87 (19, 119) | 32 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.4, 0.7) |
| Laurel County | Rural | No | 198.7 (184.5, 213.9) | 56 (24, 96) | 151 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.8, -0.5) |
| Lawrence County | Urban | No | 253.8 (222.8, 288.2) | 7 (1, 57) | 52 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.0, 0.7) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 244.5 (201.5, 295.1) | 11 (1, 93) | 24 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.2, 0.2) |
| Leslie County | Rural | No | 245.5 (209.7, 286.4) | 10 (1, 80) | 35 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.5, 1.1) |
| Letcher County | Rural | No | 208.7 (185.5, 234.4) | 40 (7, 98) | 64 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.1, 0.4) |
| Lewis County | Rural | No | 215.2 (185.1, 249.2) | 29 (3, 104) | 39 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.9, 0.8) |
| Lincoln County | Rural | No | 202.5 (180.5, 226.7) | 50 (12, 105) | 64 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.4, 0.0) |
| Livingston County | Urban | No | 223.7 (188.9, 264.2) | 22 (1, 109) | 31 |
stable
|
0.5 (-1.2, 2.2) |
| Logan County | Rural | No | 194.4 (173.8, 217.1) | 65 (18, 111) | 67 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.6, 0.1) |
| Lyon County | Rural | No | 172.9 (141.8, 210.6) | 101 (17, 120) | 24 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-3.0, 0.9) |
| Madison County | Rural | No | 183.6 (171.3, 196.5) | 81 (44, 109) | 173 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-2.0, -0.1) |
| Magoffin County | Rural | No | 191.5 (160.6, 227.1) | 70 (9, 119) | 29 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.7, -0.2) |
| Marion County | Rural | No | 186.1 (161.4, 213.9) | 76 (17, 118) | 42 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.4, 0.3) |
| Marshall County | Rural | No | 192.2 (174.7, 211.1) | 69 (22, 107) | 94 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.9, 0.6) |
| Martin County | Rural | No | 210.3 (176.4, 249.4) | 38 (2, 115) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-2.0, 1.0) |
| Mason County | Rural | No | 196.6 (170.2, 226.4) | 60 (11, 115) | 42 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.0, 0.3) |
| McCracken County | Urban | No | 168.3 (156.1, 181.3) | 108 (71, 116) | 149 |
stable
|
0.5 (-0.9, 4.5) |
| McCreary County | Rural | No | 236.3 (206.6, 269.5) | 15 (1, 87) | 48 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.4, 0.2) |
| McLean County | Urban | No | 181.1 (149.0, 219.0) | 90 (12, 120) | 23 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-2.7, 0.1) |
| Meade County | Urban | No | 175.6 (155.3, 198.0) | 97 (35, 119) | 58 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-3.5, -1.3) |
| Menifee County | Rural | No | 211.8 (170.8, 261.3) | 34 (1, 117) | 20 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.4, 1.3) |
| Mercer County | Rural | No | 208.1 (185.0, 233.6) | 42 (8, 101) | 62 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.8, 0.1) |
| Metcalfe County | Rural | No | 231.0 (196.6, 270.4) | 19 (1, 93) | 33 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.7, 1.0) |
| Monroe County | Rural | No | 240.4 (205.6, 280.1) | 13 (1, 84) | 36 |
stable
|
1.0 (-0.1, 2.2) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | No | 195.8 (174.7, 218.9) | 63 (17, 110) | 65 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.2, 0.7) |
| Morgan County | Rural | No | 211.4 (180.6, 246.5) | 36 (2, 112) | 36 |
stable
|
-2.2 (-10.0, 0.0) |
| Muhlenberg County | Rural | No | 185.1 (166.8, 205.1) | 80 (28, 114) | 78 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.1, -0.4) |
| Nelson County | Urban | No | 201.1 (184.0, 219.4) | 54 (18, 99) | 108 |
stable
|
2.1 (-0.4, 8.1) |
| Nicholas County | Rural | No | 182.4 (145.3, 226.7) | 84 (6, 120) | 17 |
falling
|
-5.3 (-19.0, -1.4) |
| Ohio County | Rural | No | 190.5 (169.1, 214.2) | 72 (22, 114) | 59 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.7, -0.1) |
| Oldham County | Urban | No | 143.2 (130.4, 156.9) | 118 (103, 120) | 98 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.8, -1.0) |
| Owen County | Rural | No | 169.2 (141.1, 202.1) | 106 (30, 120) | 26 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.5, 0.2) |
| Owsley County | Rural | No | 272.6 (212.6, 345.9) | 1 (1, 94) | 15 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.6, 1.5) |
| Pendleton County | Urban | No | 215.1 (184.5, 249.6) | 30 (2, 106) | 38 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.7, 1.3) |
| Perry County | Rural | No | 254.8 (231.1, 280.4) | 6 (1, 34) | 91 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.3, 0.5) |
| Pike County | Rural | No | 205.6 (191.3, 220.8) | 44 (19, 87) | 165 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-6.1, -1.0) |
| Powell County | Rural | No | 248.3 (211.8, 289.6) | 9 (1, 77) | 37 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.1, 0.9) |
| Pulaski County | Rural | No | 205.1 (191.7, 219.3) | 46 (20, 84) | 184 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.1, 0.0) |
| Robertson County | Rural | Yes | 112.8 (71.3, 177.6) | 120 (48, 120) | 4 |
falling
|
-13.6 (-40.7, -3.4) |
| Rockcastle County | Rural | No | 218.8 (191.4, 249.5) | 25 (2, 98) | 49 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.5, 0.8) |
| Rowan County | Rural | No | 190.8 (167.2, 217.0) | 71 (14, 115) | 49 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-10.6, -0.7) |
| Russell County | Rural | No | 217.2 (191.3, 245.9) | 28 (4, 98) | 55 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.5, 0.9) |
| Scott County | Urban | No | 170.3 (153.9, 187.9) | 103 (53, 118) | 86 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.6, -0.2) |
| Shelby County | Urban | No | 162.3 (146.9, 179.1) | 113 (71, 120) | 85 |
falling
|
-4.0 (-10.6, -0.9) |
| Simpson County | Rural | No | 195.9 (169.2, 225.8) | 62 (11, 115) | 41 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.2, 1.0) |
| Spencer County | Urban | No | 166.0 (141.2, 194.1) | 111 (34, 120) | 35 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.5, 0.5) |
| Taylor County | Rural | No | 221.9 (198.6, 247.4) | 24 (4, 83) | 70 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.6, 1.2) |
| Todd County | Rural | No | 214.9 (180.6, 254.1) | 31 (2, 112) | 29 |
stable
|
0.3 (-1.2, 1.8) |
| Trigg County | Urban | No | 182.3 (156.5, 211.9) | 85 (19, 119) | 39 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.3, 0.0) |
| Trimble County | Rural | No | 169.6 (135.7, 210.1) | 105 (16, 120) | 18 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.6, 1.3) |
| Union County | Rural | No | 206.8 (176.3, 241.7) | 43 (4, 114) | 35 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.3, 0.5) |
| Warren County | Urban | No | 175.3 (164.7, 186.4) | 98 (65, 113) | 212 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.6) |
| Washington County | Rural | No | 170.0 (141.6, 203.0) | 104 (24, 120) | 26 |
stable
|
1.8 (-0.4, 11.3) |
| Wayne County | Rural | No | 181.2 (159.1, 206.0) | 88 (26, 118) | 52 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.8, 0.1) |
| Webster County | Rural | No | 193.8 (163.0, 229.3) | 67 (8, 118) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.8, 0.4) |
| Whitley County | Rural | No | 218.0 (198.3, 239.2) | 26 (6, 79) | 93 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.0, 1.3) |
| Wolfe County | Rural | No | 242.6 (197.1, 296.4) | 12 (1, 102) | 21 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.8, 1.9) |
| Woodford County | Urban | No | 168.7 (149.4, 190.1) | 107 (50, 119) | 59 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.7, 3.4) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/22/2026 7:08 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 for United States does not include Puerto Rico.