Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for Kentucky by County
All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages <65
Sorted by Rate
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 | Yes | 59.7 (58.7, 60.7) | N/A | 2,986 |
falling 
|
-1.3 (-1.6, -1.1) |
| United States | N/A | Yes | 44.0 (43.9, 44.1) | N/A | 158,490 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.8, -1.3) |
| Oldham County | Urban | Yes | 35.9 (30.1, 42.6) | 119 (107, 119) | 27 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-3.3, -1.3) |
| Shelby County | Urban | Yes | 40.8 (33.5, 49.5) | 118 (90, 119) | 23 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-3.6, -1.2) |
| Boone County | Urban | Yes | 42.1 (37.5, 47.2) | 117 (98, 119) | 63 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.0, -1.1) |
| Fayette County | Urban | Yes | 42.6 (39.4, 46.1) | 116 (103, 119) | 135 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.9, -1.2) |
| Owen County | Rural | Yes | 43.5 (28.7, 64.3) | 115 (40, 119) | 6 |
falling
|
-2.8 (-5.1, -0.6) |
| Scott County | Urban | Yes | 45.2 (37.9, 53.6) | 114 (80, 119) | 27 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-4.0, -0.2) |
| Bullitt County | Urban | Yes | 45.6 (39.5, 52.4) | 113 (83, 119) | 44 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-3.0, -1.4) |
| Spencer County | Urban | Yes | 47.3 (35.2, 62.6) | 112 (46, 119) | 11 |
stable 
|
-1.8 (-3.9, 0.5) |
| Meade County | Urban | Yes | 47.9 (38.2, 59.7) | 111 (54, 119) | 17 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-3.8, 0.7) |
| Boyle County | Rural | Yes | 48.5 (38.1, 61.0) | 110 (53, 119) | 16 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-3.7, 0.3) |
| Elliott County | Rural | Yes | 48.7 (30.2, 76.8) | 109 (17, 119) | 4 |
falling
|
-4.5 (-7.6, -1.8) |
| Bracken County | Urban | Yes | 49.0 (31.5, 74.3) | 108 (22, 119) | 5 |
falling
|
-11.8 (-43.6, -2.8) |
| Ballard County | Urban | Yes | 49.9 (30.5, 78.6) | 107 (15, 119) | 4 |
stable
|
-2.0 (-5.5, 0.8) |
| Jessamine County | Urban | Yes | 50.1 (42.1, 59.2) | 106 (61, 118) | 30 |
stable
|
-1.7 (-3.4, 0.1) |
| Campbell County | Urban | Yes | 50.6 (44.5, 57.3) | 105 (71, 117) | 55 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.5, -0.6) |
| Jefferson County | Urban | Yes | 51.5 (49.3, 53.8) | 104 (85, 110) | 434 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.4, -1.6) |
| Franklin County | Rural | Yes | 51.8 (43.6, 61.1) | 103 (59, 117) | 31 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.9, -0.6) |
| Woodford County | Urban | Yes | 52.8 (41.5, 66.5) | 102 (38, 119) | 16 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-3.4, 0.2) |
| Hancock County | Rural | Yes | 54.0 (35.1, 80.5) | 101 (12, 119) | 5 |
stable
|
-2.2 (-4.9, 0.4) |
| Marion County | Rural | Yes | 54.1 (40.9, 70.6) | 100 (29, 119) | 12 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-4.0, -0.5) |
| Kenton County | Urban | Yes | 54.1 (49.3, 59.3) | 99 (67, 110) | 100 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.7, -1.2) |
| Grant County | Urban | Yes | 54.3 (42.6, 68.5) | 98 (37, 119) | 15 |
falling
|
-6.3 (-19.4, -1.4) |
| Allen County | Urban | Yes | 54.4 (41.8, 70.2) | 97 (29, 119) | 13 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-4.3, -0.6) |
| Ohio County | Rural | Yes | 54.6 (42.3, 69.7) | 96 (35, 119) | 14 |
stable
|
-1.5 (-3.2, 0.1) |
| Hickman County | Rural | Yes | 54.8 (30.4, 95.8) | 95 (3, 119) | 3 |
|
|
| Trigg County | Urban | Yes | 55.0 (39.6, 75.4) | 94 (21, 119) | 9 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-4.9, -0.3) |
| Edmonson County | Urban | Yes | 55.3 (39.4, 76.8) | 93 (18, 119) | 8 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-3.4, 1.6) |
| Anderson County | Rural | Yes | 55.6 (43.7, 70.1) | 92 (34, 118) | 16 |
stable
|
-1.5 (-3.9, 1.0) |
| Harrison County | Rural | Yes | 55.8 (43.4, 71.3) | 91 (29, 118) | 14 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-3.6, -0.6) |
| Washington County | Rural | Yes | 56.1 (38.9, 79.0) | 90 (14, 119) | 7 |
stable
|
0.7 (-2.0, 3.7) |
| Garrard County | Rural | Yes | 56.6 (42.6, 74.5) | 89 (23, 119) | 12 |
stable
|
0.3 (-1.7, 2.5) |
| Greenup County | Urban | Yes | 56.9 (46.6, 69.1) | 88 (33, 116) | 23 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.6, -0.6) |
| Warren County | Urban | Yes | 57.1 (51.3, 63.4) | 87 (54, 107) | 74 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-2.1, -0.1) |
| Marshall County | Rural | Yes | 57.5 (46.8, 70.2) | 86 (33, 116) | 22 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-2.5, 1.5) |
| McCracken County | Urban | Yes | 57.6 (49.9, 66.3) | 85 (43, 110) | 43 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.4, -0.2) |
| Breckinridge County | Rural | Yes | 57.9 (45.2, 73.6) | 84 (24, 118) | 15 |
falling
|
-2.6 (-3.9, -1.4) |
| Hardin County | Urban | Yes | 57.9 (51.8, 64.6) | 83 (51, 108) | 69 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.6, -0.4) |
| Daviess County | Urban | Yes | 58.1 (51.7, 65.2) | 82 (48, 108) | 65 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.9, -0.1) |
| Lyon County | Rural | Yes | 59.5 (39.8, 88.0) | 81 (6, 119) | 6 |
stable
|
-1.4 (-4.8, 1.7) |
| Hart County | Rural | Yes | 59.5 (45.5, 77.0) | 80 (20, 118) | 14 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-3.4, 1.3) |
| Boyd County | Urban | Yes | 59.8 (50.7, 70.3) | 79 (33, 112) | 33 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-3.1, -0.8) |
| Nelson County | Urban | Yes | 59.8 (50.6, 70.4) | 78 (36, 111) | 32 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.4, 0.5) |
| Hopkins County | Rural | Yes | 60.2 (50.6, 71.3) | 77 (32, 112) | 30 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.9, -0.2) |
| Mason County | Rural | Yes | 60.6 (45.5, 79.5) | 76 (15, 118) | 12 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-3.5, 1.3) |
| Henderson County | Rural | Yes | 60.7 (50.8, 72.1) | 75 (31, 113) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.6, 0.3) |
| Laurel County | Rural | Yes | 60.9 (52.6, 70.2) | 74 (36, 108) | 41 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.8, -0.1) |
| Mercer County | Rural | Yes | 61.0 (48.1, 76.7) | 73 (21, 115) | 17 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.8, 0.6) |
| McLean County | Urban | Yes | 61.2 (40.8, 89.2) | 72 (5, 119) | 6 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-3.2, 1.5) |
| Bourbon County | Urban | Yes | 62.3 (48.6, 79.1) | 71 (15, 116) | 15 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.3, 0.5) |
| Simpson County | Rural | Yes | 62.4 (47.4, 80.8) | 70 (14, 117) | 13 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-3.0, 0.9) |
| Madison County | Rural | Yes | 63.5 (56.3, 71.6) | 69 (34, 100) | 58 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-2.1, -0.2) |
| Adair County | Rural | Yes | 63.8 (48.8, 82.3) | 68 (10, 116) | 13 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-2.5, 1.9) |
| Henry County | Urban | Yes | 64.3 (48.5, 84.1) | 67 (12, 117) | 12 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-3.1, 1.1) |
| Caldwell County | Rural | Yes | 65.5 (47.7, 88.7) | 66 (4, 118) | 10 |
stable
|
-1.8 (-4.5, 0.7) |
| Rowan County | Rural | Yes | 65.7 (51.0, 83.5) | 65 (11, 115) | 14 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-2.6, 0.1) |
| Gallatin County | Urban | Yes | 66.2 (45.7, 94.0) | 64 (3, 119) | 7 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-4.3, 3.1) |
| Logan County | Rural | Yes | 66.6 (53.9, 81.7) | 63 (13, 110) | 20 |
stable
|
-1.4 (-2.8, 0.0) |
| Calloway County | Rural | Yes | 66.7 (54.7, 80.7) | 62 (16, 109) | 23 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.4, 1.1) |
| Graves County | Rural | Yes | 66.8 (55.6, 79.8) | 61 (18, 107) | 27 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.7, 1.0) |
| Webster County | Rural | Yes | 66.9 (48.2, 90.9) | 60 (5, 118) | 9 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.1, 0.9) |
| Wayne County | Rural | Yes | 67.0 (52.1, 85.2) | 59 (8, 114) | 15 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.5, 0.3) |
| Barren County | Rural | Yes | 67.2 (57.1, 78.8) | 58 (18, 102) | 34 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.1, 0.2) |
| Nicholas County | Rural | Yes | 67.4 (43.9, 99.9) | 57 (2, 119) | 5 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-3.3, 2.4) |
| Larue County | Urban | Yes | 67.6 (50.0, 89.9) | 56 (5, 117) | 10 |
stable
|
0.5 (-1.8, 3.0) |
| Casey County | Rural | Yes | 67.9 (51.3, 88.8) | 55 (7, 117) | 12 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-3.2, 0.5) |
| Pulaski County | Rural | Yes | 68.1 (59.7, 77.5) | 54 (22, 92) | 52 |
falling
|
-3.1 (-5.6, -1.7) |
| Crittenden County | Rural | Yes | 70.0 (47.8, 100.1) | 53 (1, 119) | 7 |
stable
|
0.8 (-2.0, 3.8) |
| Metcalfe County | Rural | Yes | 70.2 (50.3, 96.4) | 52 (3, 117) | 9 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-4.4, -0.2) |
| Martin County | Rural | Yes | 70.3 (50.6, 95.9) | 51 (3, 117) | 8 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-3.6, 1.2) |
| Jackson County | Rural | Yes | 70.3 (52.4, 93.0) | 50 (5, 115) | 11 |
falling
|
-4.2 (-22.8, -0.9) |
| Bath County | Rural | Yes | 70.3 (52.2, 93.4) | 49 (3, 115) | 10 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-3.2, 1.0) |
| Lewis County | Rural | Yes | 70.3 (52.1, 93.7) | 48 (3, 116) | 11 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-2.1, 1.8) |
| Clark County | Urban | Yes | 70.4 (59.1, 83.4) | 47 (11, 98) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.2, 0.9) |
| Pendleton County | Urban | Yes | 70.7 (53.7, 92.1) | 46 (6, 113) | 13 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.6, 1.4) |
| Monroe County | Rural | Yes | 70.9 (50.5, 97.4) | 45 (2, 117) | 9 |
stable
|
0.1 (-2.6, 2.8) |
| Todd County | Rural | Yes | 71.9 (52.2, 97.2) | 44 (2, 116) | 9 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-3.5, -0.3) |
| Carter County | Urban | Yes | 72.0 (58.7, 87.7) | 43 (10, 102) | 22 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-3.0, -0.3) |
| Muhlenberg County | Rural | Yes | 72.0 (59.5, 86.7) | 42 (10, 98) | 25 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.5, 0.9) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | Yes | 72.9 (59.8, 88.2) | 41 (7, 102) | 23 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.7, 0.7) |
| Morgan County | Rural | Yes | 73.6 (55.5, 96.5) | 40 (3, 113) | 12 |
stable
|
1.0 (-1.2, 3.6) |
| Butler County | Urban | Yes | 73.8 (54.1, 98.8) | 39 (2, 114) | 10 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-3.5, 1.2) |
| Trimble County | Rural | Yes | 74.8 (51.8, 105.7) | 38 (1, 118) | 7 |
stable
|
0.6 (-1.9, 3.3) |
| Union County | Rural | Yes | 74.9 (56.1, 98.6) | 37 (2, 110) | 11 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-3.0, 0.7) |
| Pike County | Rural | Yes | 75.5 (66.2, 85.9) | 36 (12, 77) | 52 |
falling
|
-8.9 (-17.4, -1.3) |
| Christian County | Urban | Yes | 75.6 (65.4, 86.9) | 35 (11, 81) | 41 |
stable
|
5.3 (-0.8, 14.2) |
| Taylor County | Rural | Yes | 76.1 (61.4, 93.4) | 34 (4, 99) | 21 |
stable
|
0.3 (-1.2, 1.8) |
| Grayson County | Rural | Yes | 76.5 (62.7, 92.8) | 33 (3, 93) | 23 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-2.9, 0.2) |
| Livingston County | Urban | Yes | 78.3 (56.1, 108.0) | 32 (1, 114) | 9 |
stable
|
1.2 (-1.6, 4.2) |
| Green County | Rural | Yes | 78.3 (58.9, 103.4) | 31 (1, 110) | 12 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-2.7, 2.3) |
| Menifee County | Rural | Yes | 78.5 (51.0, 117.7) | 30 (1, 118) | 6 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-3.2, 3.0) |
| Lawrence County | Urban | Yes | 80.7 (62.7, 102.7) | 29 (1, 102) | 15 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.9, 0.9) |
| Carlisle County | Urban | Yes | 81.0 (48.6, 128.5) | 28 (1, 119) | 4 |
stable
|
1.2 (-2.1, 4.5) |
| Powell County | Rural | Yes | 81.2 (61.7, 105.5) | 27 (1, 104) | 12 |
stable
|
-1.5 (-10.5, 0.5) |
| Johnson County | Rural | Yes | 81.3 (65.9, 99.6) | 26 (2, 87) | 21 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-2.0, 1.5) |
| Carroll County | Rural | Yes | 81.4 (59.9, 108.8) | 25 (1, 106) | 10 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-3.8, 1.1) |
| Fleming County | Rural | Yes | 81.6 (62.8, 104.7) | 24 (1, 99) | 13 |
stable
|
0.3 (-1.6, 2.4) |
| Whitley County | Rural | Yes | 82.9 (70.1, 97.5) | 23 (3, 72) | 31 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-2.1, 1.5) |
| Lincoln County | Rural | Yes | 83.7 (68.4, 101.6) | 22 (2, 83) | 23 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.8, 0.9) |
| Letcher County | Rural | Yes | 84.1 (68.0, 103.3) | 21 (1, 82) | 21 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.9, 1.7) |
| McCreary County | Rural | Yes | 84.6 (66.7, 106.1) | 20 (1, 90) | 16 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-2.0, 1.6) |
| Lee County | Rural | Yes | 84.9 (59.0, 120.0) | 19 (1, 114) | 7 |
stable
|
-1.5 (-4.1, 0.9) |
| Breathitt County | Rural | Yes | 84.9 (64.9, 109.8) | 18 (1, 97) | 13 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.5, 0.6) |
| Cumberland County | Rural | Yes | 85.6 (58.2, 124.1) | 17 (1, 116) | 7 |
stable
|
0.4 (-2.7, 3.4) |
| Magoffin County | Rural | Yes | 85.8 (64.2, 113.1) | 16 (1, 102) | 12 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-4.4, 1.7) |
| Rockcastle County | Rural | Yes | 86.9 (68.0, 109.9) | 15 (1, 85) | 16 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.7, 1.3) |
| Estill County | Rural | Yes | 89.7 (69.1, 115.0) | 14 (1, 88) | 14 |
stable
|
0.2 (-2.0, 2.3) |
| Russell County | Rural | Yes | 90.3 (71.8, 112.6) | 13 (1, 74) | 18 |
stable
|
0.9 (-0.8, 2.7) |
| Fulton County | Rural | Yes | 91.0 (59.9, 133.5) | 12 (1, 113) | 6 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-3.9, 2.7) |
| Clay County | Rural | Yes | 92.1 (75.3, 112.1) | 11 (1, 63) | 22 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-2.4, 1.4) |
| Perry County | Rural | Yes | 92.7 (78.0, 109.6) | 10 (1, 52) | 31 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.9, 0.2) |
| Harlan County | Rural | Yes | 93.7 (78.4, 111.4) | 9 (1, 51) | 28 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.9, 0.6) |
| Bell County | Rural | Yes | 95.1 (78.9, 114.0) | 8 (1, 56) | 26 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.6, 1.5) |
| Leslie County | Rural | Yes | 95.2 (71.7, 125.1) | 7 (1, 80) | 12 |
stable
|
-1.7 (-10.3, 0.1) |
| Knott County | Rural | Yes | 97.1 (76.0, 123.0) | 6 (1, 71) | 16 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.9, 1.7) |
| Floyd County | Rural | Yes | 99.0 (85.2, 114.6) | 5 (1, 39) | 41 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.9, 0.9) |
| Knox County | Rural | Yes | 99.6 (84.2, 117.0) | 4 (1, 41) | 32 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.6, 0.7) |
| Clinton County | Rural | Yes | 100.0 (74.6, 132.4) | 3 (1, 76) | 11 |
stable
|
0.8 (-2.7, 4.5) |
| Owsley County | Rural | Yes | 104.2 (63.5, 162.9) | 2 (1, 118) | 4 |
stable
|
0.8 (-1.9, 3.6) |
| Wolfe County | Rural | Yes | 114.1 (80.0, 158.8) | 1 (1, 81) | 8 |
stable
|
0.3 (-2.5, 3.3) |
| Robertson County | Rural | *** |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/22/2026 1:14 am.
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.