Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for Kentucky by County
Lung & Bronchus, 2019-2023
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by CI*Rank
County
|
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? |
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 | 50.2 (49.4, 51.1) | N/A | 2,967 |
falling 
|
-2.4 (-4.1, -1.2) |
| United States | N/A | No | 31.5 (31.4, 31.6) | N/A | 134,731 |
falling
|
-3.7 (-3.9, -3.5) |
| Owsley County | Rural | No | 90.8 (58.5, 136.5) | 1 (1, 110) | 5 |
stable 
|
-0.5 (-3.6, 2.5) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 84.3 (68.7, 102.6) | 2 (1, 51) | 21 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.3, 0.3) |
| Leslie County | Rural | No | 84.0 (64.3, 108.7) | 3 (1, 78) | 12 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-3.0, 1.3) |
| Perry County | Rural | No | 83.1 (70.5, 97.6) | 4 (1, 40) | 33 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-3.8, -0.9) |
| McCreary County | Rural | No | 81.4 (64.7, 101.4) | 5 (1, 67) | 17 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-4.0, -0.6) |
| Grayson County | Rural | No | 79.2 (66.4, 94.0) | 6 (1, 48) | 28 |
rising 
|
7.9 (1.5, 16.3) |
| Butler County | Urban | No | 79.2 (61.3, 101.2) | 7 (1, 78) | 13 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-3.9, 0.7) |
| Clinton County | Rural | No | 77.4 (58.4, 101.8) | 8 (1, 88) | 11 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-2.7, 2.5) |
| Floyd County | Rural | No | 77.0 (66.5, 88.9) | 9 (1, 50) | 40 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-3.0, -1.2) |
| Lewis County | Rural | No | 76.7 (59.7, 97.4) | 10 (1, 77) | 14 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-3.8, 1.7) |
| Metcalfe County | Rural | No | 76.1 (58.1, 99.0) | 11 (1, 98) | 12 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-4.6, -0.4) |
| Harlan County | Rural | No | 76.0 (63.8, 90.1) | 12 (1, 61) | 29 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.9, -0.3) |
| Breathitt County | Rural | No | 74.0 (57.1, 94.8) | 13 (1, 90) | 14 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-3.7, 0.5) |
| Carlisle County | Urban | No | 73.9 (49.1, 109.1) | 14 (1, 115) | 5 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-4.0, 3.9) |
| Bell County | Rural | No | 73.8 (61.2, 88.5) | 15 (1, 69) | 25 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-3.4, 1.1) |
| Fulton County | Rural | No | 73.8 (51.0, 104.7) | 16 (1, 111) | 7 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-2.6, 1.5) |
| Whitley County | Rural | No | 73.6 (62.7, 85.9) | 17 (1, 61) | 33 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.4, 0.5) |
| Knox County | Rural | No | 73.5 (62.2, 86.6) | 18 (1, 63) | 30 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.3, 0.4) |
| Powell County | Rural | No | 73.3 (55.9, 94.9) | 19 (1, 96) | 12 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-3.0, 1.4) |
| Carroll County | Rural | No | 72.3 (53.6, 95.9) | 20 (1, 102) | 10 |
stable
|
0.7 (-1.7, 3.5) |
| Pendleton County | Urban | No | 70.8 (54.3, 91.2) | 21 (1, 107) | 13 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.8, 1.6) |
| Russell County | Rural | No | 70.7 (57.2, 86.9) | 22 (1, 81) | 20 |
stable
|
-1.5 (-3.7, 0.7) |
| Rockcastle County | Rural | No | 67.4 (53.2, 84.7) | 23 (2, 97) | 16 |
falling
|
-3.1 (-9.8, -1.0) |
| Livingston County | Urban | No | 67.2 (49.3, 90.6) | 24 (1, 110) | 10 |
stable
|
-1.5 (-3.5, 0.5) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | No | 66.9 (55.4, 80.3) | 25 (2, 88) | 24 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-2.1, 1.6) |
| Pike County | Rural | No | 66.7 (59.0, 75.2) | 26 (8, 66) | 57 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.7, -1.0) |
| Lawrence County | Urban | No | 66.2 (51.9, 83.6) | 27 (2, 102) | 15 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.3, -0.6) |
| Menifee County | Rural | No | 66.1 (45.5, 94.9) | 28 (1, 115) | 7 |
stable
|
-3.2 (-22.5, 1.1) |
| Martin County | Rural | No | 66.0 (48.6, 88.2) | 29 (1, 112) | 10 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-3.9, -0.5) |
| Carter County | Urban | No | 66.0 (55.1, 78.7) | 30 (3, 86) | 26 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-3.0, 0.3) |
| Cumberland County | Rural | No | 65.4 (45.0, 94.3) | 31 (1, 115) | 6 |
stable
|
1.2 (-0.7, 3.4) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 65.2 (45.2, 92.3) | 32 (1, 116) | 7 |
falling
|
-3.7 (-5.8, -1.9) |
| Knott County | Rural | No | 64.9 (50.2, 83.3) | 33 (2, 103) | 14 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-4.3, -0.3) |
| Todd County | Rural | No | 64.6 (48.0, 85.5) | 34 (1, 112) | 10 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.6, 0.7) |
| McLean County | Urban | No | 64.0 (46.3, 87.3) | 35 (1, 114) | 8 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-3.0, 1.4) |
| Monroe County | Rural | No | 63.2 (46.8, 84.3) | 36 (1, 114) | 10 |
stable
|
0.0 (-2.5, 2.6) |
| Estill County | Rural | No | 62.4 (48.1, 80.4) | 37 (3, 109) | 13 |
stable
|
-1.8 (-3.9, 0.2) |
| Bracken County | Urban | No | 62.3 (42.7, 88.5) | 38 (1, 118) | 6 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-3.7, 2.4) |
| Hickman County | Rural | No | 62.0 (41.1, 93.9) | 39 (1, 119) | 5 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-3.8, 2.2) |
| Green County | Rural | No | 61.5 (46.1, 81.3) | 40 (2, 112) | 11 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-3.2, 1.2) |
| Lincoln County | Rural | No | 61.3 (50.1, 74.6) | 41 (6, 100) | 21 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-3.9, -1.1) |
| Morgan County | Rural | No | 61.1 (46.0, 80.0) | 42 (3, 113) | 11 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-7.0, -0.2) |
| Allen County | Urban | No | 61.0 (48.9, 75.5) | 43 (7, 106) | 18 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-4.0, -0.6) |
| Wolfe County | Rural | No | 60.7 (40.2, 89.4) | 44 (1, 119) | 6 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-3.7, 1.0) |
| Barren County | Rural | No | 60.4 (51.8, 70.2) | 45 (13, 93) | 36 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.3, 0.7) |
| Rowan County | Rural | No | 60.2 (47.8, 75.1) | 46 (6, 110) | 16 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.5, 0.6) |
| Calloway County | Rural | No | 59.9 (50.4, 70.9) | 47 (11, 99) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.5, 1.4) |
| Laurel County | Rural | No | 59.9 (52.4, 68.2) | 48 (17, 88) | 48 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.6, -0.3) |
| Harrison County | Rural | No | 59.7 (47.2, 74.9) | 49 (7, 110) | 16 |
stable
|
0.6 (-0.8, 2.1) |
| Elliott County | Rural | No | 59.6 (41.0, 85.5) | 50 (1, 119) | 6 |
stable
|
-2.9 (-5.7, 0.0) |
| Taylor County | Rural | No | 59.5 (48.4, 72.6) | 51 (8, 107) | 20 |
falling
|
-4.9 (-17.2, -1.6) |
| Ohio County | Rural | No | 59.1 (47.8, 72.6) | 52 (8, 109) | 19 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-3.8, -0.2) |
| Magoffin County | Rural | No | 59.1 (43.1, 79.7) | 53 (2, 115) | 9 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-4.5, -0.2) |
| Edmonson County | Urban | No | 58.9 (44.4, 77.4) | 54 (4, 114) | 11 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-3.9, -0.8) |
| Bath County | Rural | No | 58.7 (43.6, 77.9) | 55 (3, 116) | 10 |
stable
|
-1.4 (-3.5, 0.7) |
| Breckinridge County | Rural | No | 58.3 (46.7, 72.3) | 56 (9, 110) | 18 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.7, 1.1) |
| Casey County | Rural | No | 58.0 (45.2, 73.7) | 57 (7, 111) | 14 |
stable
|
-5.3 (-9.8, 4.3) |
| Hart County | Rural | No | 57.9 (45.3, 73.2) | 58 (9, 112) | 15 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-3.3, -0.5) |
| Trigg County | Urban | No | 57.8 (44.7, 74.4) | 59 (5, 113) | 14 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-3.8, 0.6) |
| Adair County | Rural | No | 57.6 (45.4, 72.5) | 60 (7, 111) | 15 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-3.1, -0.5) |
| Marshall County | Rural | No | 56.2 (47.3, 66.5) | 61 (19, 105) | 29 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-3.3, 0.1) |
| Garrard County | Rural | No | 55.1 (42.8, 70.4) | 62 (11, 114) | 14 |
falling
|
-5.1 (-17.5, -1.6) |
| Pulaski County | Rural | No | 54.7 (48.2, 61.9) | 63 (29, 97) | 53 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-3.1, -0.5) |
| Marion County | Rural | No | 54.6 (42.5, 69.5) | 64 (12, 114) | 14 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-3.4, 1.1) |
| Mercer County | Rural | No | 54.4 (43.6, 67.5) | 65 (13, 113) | 18 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-3.7, -0.9) |
| Webster County | Rural | No | 54.4 (40.0, 72.8) | 66 (6, 118) | 9 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-3.5, -1.4) |
| Johnson County | Rural | No | 54.4 (43.3, 67.7) | 67 (15, 113) | 17 |
falling
|
-7.9 (-21.7, -2.5) |
| Christian County | Urban | No | 53.3 (45.7, 61.7) | 68 (29, 107) | 36 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-3.0, -0.7) |
| Hopkins County | Rural | No | 53.2 (45.5, 62.0) | 69 (28, 107) | 35 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-3.4, -1.6) |
| Jackson County | Rural | No | 52.7 (38.4, 71.1) | 70 (8, 118) | 9 |
falling
|
-6.3 (-29.9, -2.0) |
| Meade County | Urban | No | 52.7 (42.4, 64.8) | 71 (19, 113) | 19 |
falling
|
-4.8 (-8.5, -2.4) |
| Letcher County | Rural | No | 52.2 (41.6, 65.1) | 72 (21, 115) | 17 |
falling
|
-3.2 (-5.4, -1.1) |
| Owen County | Rural | No | 52.1 (37.4, 71.5) | 73 (9, 119) | 8 |
stable
|
-2.1 (-4.2, 0.1) |
| Mason County | Rural | No | 52.1 (39.7, 67.6) | 74 (15, 118) | 12 |
falling
|
-7.8 (-24.0, -2.5) |
| Grant County | Urban | No | 51.9 (40.4, 65.7) | 75 (18, 115) | 15 |
stable
|
-2.1 (-4.2, 0.0) |
| Gallatin County | Urban | No | 51.7 (34.0, 76.2) | 76 (5, 119) | 5 |
falling
|
-3.7 (-6.0, -1.5) |
| Fleming County | Rural | No | 51.6 (38.6, 68.0) | 77 (15, 118) | 11 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-3.0, 0.5) |
| Muhlenberg County | Rural | No | 51.4 (42.3, 62.1) | 78 (26, 114) | 23 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-4.0, -1.1) |
| Madison County | Rural | No | 51.2 (45.2, 57.9) | 79 (41, 106) | 53 |
stable
|
-2.6 (-18.3, 2.5) |
| Graves County | Rural | No | 51.1 (42.7, 60.8) | 80 (31, 112) | 27 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.6, -0.5) |
| Hardin County | Urban | No | 51.0 (45.6, 56.9) | 81 (42, 105) | 67 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-3.3, -1.3) |
| Henry County | Urban | No | 50.9 (38.5, 66.6) | 82 (15, 118) | 11 |
stable
|
-2.7 (-5.9, 0.3) |
| Wayne County | Rural | No | 50.8 (39.7, 64.5) | 83 (18, 117) | 15 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-3.4, -0.3) |
| Simpson County | Rural | No | 50.5 (38.8, 64.9) | 84 (17, 118) | 13 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-4.3, -0.5) |
| Logan County | Rural | No | 50.2 (40.8, 61.5) | 85 (24, 116) | 20 |
falling
|
-4.6 (-9.3, -3.2) |
| Hancock County | Rural | No | 50.2 (34.4, 71.6) | 86 (6, 119) | 6 |
falling
|
-4.4 (-22.1, -0.7) |
| Clark County | Urban | No | 49.9 (41.6, 59.5) | 87 (32, 113) | 26 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-3.2, 0.1) |
| Union County | Rural | No | 49.2 (35.9, 66.4) | 88 (14, 119) | 9 |
falling
|
-6.2 (-35.7, -2.8) |
| Larue County | Urban | No | 49.1 (36.3, 65.5) | 89 (14, 119) | 10 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-3.7, 1.0) |
| Ballard County | Urban | No | 49.1 (33.2, 71.7) | 90 (8, 119) | 6 |
stable
|
-1.4 (-4.1, 1.2) |
| Warren County | Urban | No | 48.8 (43.7, 54.3) | 91 (53, 109) | 69 |
falling
|
-2.6 (-3.5, -1.7) |
| Boyd County | Urban | No | 48.2 (41.2, 56.2) | 92 (44, 113) | 34 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-3.1, -1.4) |
| Kenton County | Urban | No | 47.6 (43.3, 52.3) | 93 (55, 108) | 93 |
falling
|
-3.7 (-10.6, -2.9) |
| Daviess County | Urban | No | 47.5 (42.4, 53.1) | 94 (52, 110) | 65 |
stable
|
5.2 (-3.8, 11.4) |
| Caldwell County | Rural | No | 47.4 (34.3, 64.4) | 95 (19, 119) | 9 |
falling
|
-7.6 (-30.2, -3.1) |
| Greenup County | Urban | No | 47.1 (39.4, 56.2) | 96 (43, 115) | 27 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-4.0, -1.2) |
| Nelson County | Urban | No | 46.5 (39.1, 55.0) | 97 (46, 115) | 29 |
falling
|
-6.2 (-19.0, -1.3) |
| Trimble County | Rural | No | 46.2 (29.6, 69.4) | 98 (9, 119) | 5 |
falling
|
-7.4 (-20.3, -2.7) |
| Henderson County | Rural | No | 45.1 (38.0, 53.4) | 99 (49, 116) | 29 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-3.7, -0.9) |
| Crittenden County | Rural | No | 45.1 (30.4, 65.5) | 100 (15, 119) | 6 |
stable
|
-1.8 (-5.2, 1.3) |
| Campbell County | Urban | No | 44.0 (38.8, 49.8) | 101 (68, 116) | 53 |
falling
|
-3.2 (-4.2, -2.3) |
| Shelby County | Urban | No | 43.6 (36.3, 52.1) | 102 (56, 118) | 26 |
falling
|
-6.2 (-14.2, -1.5) |
| Jessamine County | Urban | No | 43.2 (36.4, 51.1) | 103 (58, 118) | 29 |
falling
|
-7.8 (-17.2, -3.8) |
| Bullitt County | Urban | No | 43.0 (37.5, 49.1) | 104 (68, 116) | 46 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-3.7, -1.7) |
| Scott County | Urban | No | 42.4 (35.0, 51.0) | 105 (54, 119) | 24 |
falling
|
-3.0 (-4.5, -1.6) |
| Boyle County | Rural | No | 42.1 (33.9, 52.0) | 106 (56, 119) | 18 |
falling
|
-3.8 (-5.4, -2.4) |
| McCracken County | Urban | No | 42.0 (36.5, 48.2) | 107 (71, 117) | 43 |
falling
|
-3.6 (-6.9, -2.8) |
| Jefferson County | Urban | No | 41.6 (39.8, 43.5) | 108 (93, 113) | 411 |
falling
|
-4.5 (-7.5, -3.4) |
| Bourbon County | Urban | No | 41.0 (31.4, 53.0) | 109 (47, 119) | 12 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-4.7, -0.9) |
| Woodford County | Urban | No | 40.5 (32.1, 50.8) | 110 (55, 119) | 17 |
falling
|
-3.5 (-5.3, -1.7) |
| Anderson County | Rural | No | 40.4 (30.7, 52.3) | 111 (50, 119) | 12 |
falling
|
-3.7 (-5.3, -2.1) |
| Spencer County | Urban | No | 37.8 (27.2, 51.4) | 112 (51, 119) | 9 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-4.7, -0.7) |
| Washington County | Rural | No | 36.7 (24.9, 52.9) | 113 (47, 119) | 6 |
stable
|
0.4 (-2.5, 3.8) |
| Franklin County | Rural | No | 36.7 (30.5, 44.0) | 114 (81, 119) | 25 |
falling
|
-7.8 (-15.8, -5.0) |
| Lyon County | Rural | No | 36.3 (24.3, 54.4) | 115 (43, 119) | 6 |
stable
|
-2.6 (-5.8, 0.3) |
| Nicholas County | Rural | No | 34.7 (20.7, 55.8) | 116 (28, 119) | 3 |
falling
|
-14.2 (-44.0, -4.6) |
| Fayette County | Urban | No | 33.8 (31.1, 36.7) | 117 (108, 119) | 119 |
falling
|
-6.2 (-12.7, -4.0) |
| Boone County | Urban | No | 33.7 (29.7, 38.2) | 118 (102, 119) | 52 |
falling
|
-9.8 (-19.6, -3.7) |
| Oldham County | Urban | No | 30.9 (25.4, 37.2) | 119 (105, 119) | 23 |
falling
|
-4.2 (-5.9, -2.4) |
| Robertson County | Rural | *** |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/21/2026 9:03 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.
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.