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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Kentucky by County

All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023

All Races (includes Hispanic), Male, All Ages

Sorted by CI*Rank

Explanation of Column Headers

Death Rate (95% Confidence Interval) - The death rate is based upon 100,000 people and is for 5 year(s). Rates are age-adjusted by 5-year age groups to the 2000 U.S. standard million population (the Healthy People 2020 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal).

Recent Trends - This is an interpretation of the AAPC:

AAPC (95% Confidence Interval) - The Average Annual Percent Change is the change in rate over time. These AAPCs are based upon APCs that were calculated by Joinpoint Regression Program


Other Notes


Line by Line Interpretation of the Report


Kentucky


United States


Owsley County


Clinton County


Lawrence County


Knox County


Monroe County


Casey County


Lee County


Metcalfe County


Taylor County


Cumberland County


Wolfe County


Powell County


Henry County


Letcher County


Breathitt County


Union County


Perry County


Whitley County


Clay County


McCreary County


Harlan County


Lewis County


Menifee County


Estill County


Pendleton County


Nelson County


Gallatin County


Grayson County


Livingston County


Rockcastle County


Montgomery County


Carroll County


Barren County


Fulton County


Bell County


Simpson County


Butler County


Calloway County


Adair County


Carter County


Marshall County


Leslie County


Mercer County


Hart County


Fleming County


Hickman County


Carlisle County


Mason County


Pike County


Floyd County


Garrard County


Grant County


Elliott County


Harrison County


Crittenden County


Pulaski County


Washington County


Marion County


Laurel County


Magoffin County


Hancock County


Russell County


Ohio County


Webster County


Bath County


Graves County


Breckinridge County


Christian County


Muhlenberg County


Boyd County


Logan County


Rowan County


Hopkins County


Trigg County


Johnson County


Madison County


Hardin County


Greenup County


Bourbon County


Daviess County


Morgan County


Jackson County


Owen County


Lincoln County


Todd County


Allen County


Ballard County


Henderson County


Knott County


Kenton County


Wayne County


Bracken County


Green County


Martin County


Clark County


Jessamine County


Meade County


Spencer County


McCracken County


Woodford County


McLean County


Anderson County


Warren County


Trimble County


Jefferson County


Nicholas County


Edmonson County


Larue County


Franklin County


Boyle County


Scott County


Campbell County


Lyon County


Oldham County


Fayette County


Caldwell County


Bullitt County


Shelby County


Boone County


Robertson County


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/23/2026 4:27 pm.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.

Trend
Rising when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is above 0.
Stable when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change includes 0.
Falling when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is below 0.


† 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+).

The Healthy People 2030 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal.

Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI.

The US Population Data File is used with mortality data.

‡ The Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) is based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint. Due to data availability issues, the time period used in the calculation of the joinpoint regression model may differ for selected counties.

⋔ 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.

Healthy People 2030 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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.