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Death Rate Report for Kentucky by County

All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages <50

Sorted by CI*Rank

County
sort alphabetically by name ascending 		2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
sort by rural urban descending 		Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7?
 Age-Adjusted Death Rate †
deaths per 100,000
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by rate descending 		CI*Rank ⋔
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by CI rank descending 		Average Annual Count
sort by count descending 		Recent Trend
 Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Death Rates
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by trend descending
Kentucky N/A Yes 18.0 (17.3, 18.8) N/A 486 falling falling trend -1.6 (-1.9, -1.3)
United States N/A Yes 14.3 (14.3, 14.4) N/A 29,028 stable stable trend -0.1 (-0.9, 0.3)
Rockcastle County Rural Yes 37.5 (22.1, 59.6) 1 (1, 37) 3
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Floyd County Rural Yes 35.1 (24.7, 48.4) 2 (1, 25) 7 stable stable trend 1.4 (-1.1, 3.9)
Knox County Rural Yes 34.8 (23.6, 49.4) 3 (1, 27) 6 stable stable trend -1.3 (-4.1, 1.1)
Russell County Rural Yes 33.3 (19.4, 53.4) 4 (1, 43) 3 rising rising trend 2.8 (0.3, 5.7)
Simpson County Rural Yes 29.9 (17.4, 47.7) 5 (1, 43) 3
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Letcher County Rural Yes 28.7 (17.0, 45.6) 6 (1, 44) 3 stable stable trend -0.4 (-3.7, 2.5)
Johnson County Rural Yes 26.6 (15.7, 42.0) 7 (1, 44) 3
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Perry County Rural Yes 26.2 (16.4, 39.7) 8 (1, 44) 4 stable stable trend -0.2 (-3.1, 2.3)
Lincoln County Rural Yes 26.2 (15.5, 41.3) 9 (1, 45) 3 stable stable trend 0.1 (-2.9, 3.0)
Bell County Rural Yes 26.1 (15.4, 41.3) 10 (1, 45) 3 stable stable trend -2.4 (-6.3, 0.5)
Taylor County Rural Yes 25.3 (14.7, 40.2) 11 (1, 45) 3 stable stable trend 1.8 (-1.4, 5.1)
Clay County Rural Yes 24.6 (14.0, 40.1) 12 (1, 45) 3 stable stable trend -0.8 (-3.6, 1.7)
Montgomery County Rural Yes 24.1 (15.1, 36.6) 13 (1, 44) 4
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Henderson County Rural Yes 24.0 (16.3, 34.0) 14 (2, 41) 6 stable stable trend 0.3 (-1.6, 2.0)
Calloway County Rural Yes 23.9 (15.1, 35.8) 15 (1, 44) 4
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Barren County Rural Yes 22.8 (15.4, 32.5) 16 (2, 44) 6 stable stable trend -1.4 (-5.2, 2.1)
Madison County Rural Yes 22.5 (17.2, 28.9) 17 (4, 38) 12 stable stable trend 0.5 (-1.6, 2.7)
Laurel County Rural Yes 22.4 (16.2, 30.1) 18 (3, 40) 8 stable stable trend -1.8 (-4.5, 0.5)
Hopkins County Rural Yes 21.6 (14.4, 31.0) 19 (3, 44) 5 stable stable trend -0.4 (-2.8, 2.0)
Muhlenberg County Rural Yes 20.9 (12.6, 32.7) 20 (2, 45) 3
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Whitley County Rural Yes 20.7 (12.9, 31.3) 21 (3, 45) 4 stable stable trend -1.4 (-4.2, 1.1)
Hardin County Urban Yes 20.5 (16.0, 25.8) 22 (7, 40) 14 stable stable trend -0.4 (-2.5, 1.6)
Harlan County Rural Yes 20.3 (11.6, 33.1) 23 (2, 45) 3 falling falling trend -8.2 (-32.8, -2.6)
Pike County Rural Yes 20.2 (14.1, 28.2) 24 (5, 44) 7 stable stable trend -1.0 (-3.4, 1.0)
Pulaski County Rural Yes 19.4 (13.7, 26.7) 25 (6, 44) 7 falling falling trend -7.8 (-14.7, -3.8)
Christian County Urban Yes 19.3 (13.1, 27.0) 26 (5, 44) 6 stable stable trend 18.8 (-1.0, 36.2)
Daviess County Urban Yes 19.0 (14.4, 24.6) 27 (8, 42) 11 stable stable trend -1.0 (-3.3, 1.1)
Clark County Urban Yes 19.0 (11.7, 29.1) 28 (4, 45) 4 stable stable trend -0.1 (-2.5, 2.4)
Graves County Rural Yes 19.0 (11.6, 29.3) 29 (4, 45) 4 stable stable trend 0.0 (-3.9, 3.7)
McCracken County Urban Yes 17.9 (12.5, 24.8) 30 (8, 45) 7 stable stable trend -0.7 (-3.0, 1.3)
Kenton County Urban Yes 17.3 (13.9, 21.3) 31 (14, 43) 17 stable stable trend -1.4 (-3.3, 0.1)
Warren County Urban Yes 17.3 (13.4, 21.8) 32 (12, 43) 13 falling falling trend -2.0 (-3.0, -1.1)
Bullitt County Urban Yes 16.8 (12.2, 22.6) 33 (12, 45) 8 stable stable trend -1.5 (-3.8, 0.5)
Greenup County Urban Yes 16.7 (9.7, 26.9) 34 (6, 45) 3
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Boyd County Urban Yes 16.7 (10.7, 24.9) 35 (7, 45) 4 stable stable trend -1.4 (-3.8, 0.6)
Nelson County Urban Yes 16.2 (10.2, 24.5) 36 (9, 45) 4 stable stable trend -2.0 (-5.4, 1.0)
Jefferson County Urban Yes 16.2 (14.6, 17.9) 37 (23, 41) 75 falling falling trend -2.1 (-3.0, -1.3)
Jessamine County Urban Yes 15.9 (10.4, 23.3) 38 (10, 45) 5 stable stable trend -2.1 (-5.3, 0.7)
Franklin County Rural Yes 14.3 (8.9, 21.7) 39 (13, 45) 4 stable stable trend -1.4 (-4.0, 0.8)
Campbell County Urban Yes 13.2 (9.2, 18.2) 40 (22, 45) 7 falling falling trend -3.4 (-5.8, -1.5)
Boone County Urban Yes 13.2 (10.0, 17.0) 41 (25, 45) 11 stable stable trend -1.6 (-3.5, 0.2)
Shelby County Urban Yes 12.6 (7.6, 19.6) 42 (15, 45) 3 falling falling trend -3.4 (-6.3, -0.9)
Oldham County Urban Yes 12.4 (8.3, 17.8) 43 (22, 45) 6 rising rising trend 21.3 (10.6, 44.0)
Fayette County Urban Yes 12.3 (10.2, 14.8) 44 (33, 45) 24 falling falling trend -1.8 (-2.8, -0.8)
Scott County Urban Yes 11.6 (7.3, 17.4) 45 (23, 45) 4 falling falling trend -3.5 (-6.5, -0.8)
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/21/2026 5:20 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.

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