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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Kentucky by County

Breast, 2019-2023

All Races (includes Hispanic), Female, All Ages

Sorted by Count

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


Leslie County


Montgomery County


Knott County


Bourbon County


Mercer County


Carter County


Grant County


Lincoln County


Rowan County


Bell County


Hart County


Johnson County


Ohio County


Woodford County


Marshall County


Boyle County


Harrison County


Lawrence County


Whitley County


Grayson County


Oldham County


Allen County


Knox County


Taylor County


Muhlenberg County


Greenup County


Harlan County


Hopkins County


Graves County


Shelby County


Calloway County


Clark County


Jessamine County


Perry County


Floyd County


Franklin County


Scott County


Henderson County


Barren County


Nelson County


Boyd County


Laurel County


Pike County


Bullitt County


Christian County


Madison County


Boone County


McCracken County


Campbell County


Pulaski County


Daviess County


Hardin County


Warren County


Kenton County


Fayette County


Jefferson County


Adair County Anderson County Ballard County Bath County Bracken County Breathitt County Breckinridge County Butler County Caldwell County Carlisle County Carroll County Casey County Clay County Clinton County Crittenden County Cumberland County Edmonson County Elliott County Estill County Fleming County Fulton County Gallatin County Garrard County Green County Hancock County Henry County Hickman County Jackson County Larue County Lee County Letcher County Lewis County Livingston County Logan County Lyon County Magoffin County Marion County Martin County Mason County McCreary County McLean County Meade County Menifee County Metcalfe County Monroe County Morgan County Nicholas County Owen County Owsley County Pendleton County Powell County Robertson County Rockcastle County Russell County Simpson County Spencer County Todd County Trigg County Trimble County Union County Washington County Wayne County Webster County Wolfe County


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/17/2026 1:33 am.

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.