Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for Kentucky by County
All Cancer Sites, 2018-2022
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)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | N/A | Yes | 60.0 (59.0, 61.0) | N/A | 3,015 |
falling 
|
-1.4 (-1.5, -1.3) |
| United States | N/A | Yes | 45.0 (44.9, 45.1) | N/A | 161,722 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-2.4, -1.9) |
| Wolfe County | Rural | Yes | 118.0 (83.1, 163.5) | 1 (1, 68) | 9 |
stable 
|
1.1 (-0.5, 3.0) |
| Owsley County | Rural | Yes | 109.9 (68.4, 169.2) | 2 (1, 117) | 5 |
stable
|
1.0 (-0.7, 3.0) |
| Knox County | Rural | Yes | 103.3 (87.9, 120.9) | 3 (1, 34) | 35 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.9, 0.8) |
| Fulton County | Rural | Yes | 101.8 (69.1, 145.8) | 4 (1, 106) | 7 |
stable
|
-1.5 (-3.1, 0.0) |
| Harlan County | Rural | Yes | 101.7 (85.9, 120.0) | 5 (1, 38) | 32 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.0, 0.3) |
| Knott County | Rural | Yes | 97.6 (76.2, 123.8) | 6 (1, 68) | 17 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.8, 1.0) |
| Clinton County | Rural | Yes | 94.5 (70.0, 126.1) | 7 (1, 101) | 11 |
stable
|
0.5 (-1.4, 2.6) |
| Breathitt County | Rural | Yes | 93.4 (72.2, 119.4) | 8 (1, 88) | 15 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.4, 0.9) |
| Magoffin County | Rural | Yes | 89.9 (67.9, 117.6) | 9 (1, 98) | 13 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.4, 1.0) |
| Floyd County | Rural | Yes | 89.5 (76.6, 104.2) | 10 (2, 56) | 38 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.4, -0.2) |
| Perry County | Rural | Yes | 89.4 (75.1, 105.9) | 11 (1, 58) | 30 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.4, 0.1) |
| Butler County | Urban | Yes | 89.1 (67.3, 116.4) | 12 (1, 92) | 12 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.7, 0.2) |
| Powell County | Rural | Yes | 88.5 (68.0, 113.8) | 13 (1, 90) | 13 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.4, 1.3) |
| Leslie County | Rural | Yes | 88.4 (66.1, 116.8) | 14 (1, 100) | 12 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.9, 1.1) |
| Bell County | Rural | Yes | 88.0 (72.6, 106.1) | 15 (1, 72) | 25 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-1.9, 0.0) |
| Fleming County | Rural | Yes | 86.7 (67.3, 110.4) | 16 (1, 93) | 15 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.6, 0.5) |
| Lewis County | Rural | Yes | 86.5 (65.9, 112.1) | 17 (1, 97) | 14 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.7, 0.5) |
| Estill County | Rural | Yes | 86.4 (66.6, 110.8) | 18 (1, 95) | 14 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.2, 1.2) |
| Russell County | Rural | Yes | 84.2 (66.4, 105.8) | 19 (1, 92) | 17 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.6, 0.4) |
| Johnson County | Rural | Yes | 84.2 (68.3, 103.0) | 20 (1, 87) | 21 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.8, 0.4) |
| Rockcastle County | Rural | Yes | 84.0 (65.2, 107.0) | 21 (1, 98) | 15 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.1, 0.8) |
| Whitley County | Rural | Yes | 83.3 (70.4, 97.9) | 22 (3, 69) | 32 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.5, 0.3) |
| Clay County | Rural | Yes | 82.7 (67.0, 101.5) | 23 (2, 86) | 20 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.4, 1.2) |
| Lincoln County | Rural | Yes | 82.2 (67.3, 99.8) | 24 (3, 88) | 23 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.3, 0.4) |
| Letcher County | Rural | Yes | 80.6 (64.8, 99.5) | 25 (2, 93) | 20 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.0, 0.1) |
| Pike County | Rural | Yes | 79.9 (70.4, 90.5) | 26 (8, 69) | 56 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.0, 0.0) |
| Martin County | Rural | Yes | 79.7 (58.9, 106.3) | 27 (1, 111) | 10 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.4, 1.5) |
| Monroe County | Rural | Yes | 77.5 (55.9, 105.2) | 28 (1, 114) | 10 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.3, 0.5) |
| Todd County | Rural | Yes | 77.2 (57.0, 102.7) | 29 (2, 112) | 11 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.5, 0.1) |
| Green County | Rural | Yes | 77.1 (57.7, 102.1) | 30 (2, 112) | 12 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.8, 1.7) |
| Lawrence County | Urban | Yes | 76.7 (59.5, 97.9) | 31 (3, 108) | 15 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.4, 0.8) |
| McCreary County | Rural | Yes | 76.7 (59.7, 97.4) | 32 (2, 105) | 14 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.5, 0.7) |
| Morgan County | Rural | Yes | 76.5 (57.9, 99.9) | 33 (2, 109) | 12 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.5, 1.7) |
| Livingston County | Urban | Yes | 76.3 (54.3, 105.8) | 34 (1, 117) | 9 |
stable
|
2.7 (-1.3, 19.9) |
| Carlisle County | Urban | Yes | 76.2 (45.0, 122.6) | 35 (1, 119) | 4 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.5, 1.1) |
| Trimble County | Rural | Yes | 76.0 (52.7, 107.3) | 36 (1, 116) | 8 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-2.3, 1.7) |
| Cumberland County | Rural | Yes | 75.7 (51.2, 111.0) | 37 (1, 118) | 7 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-2.2, 1.2) |
| Webster County | Rural | Yes | 74.3 (54.5, 99.5) | 38 (2, 116) | 10 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.5, -0.2) |
| Christian County | Urban | Yes | 73.2 (63.3, 84.1) | 39 (14, 87) | 42 |
stable
|
4.6 (-0.9, 12.5) |
| Logan County | Rural | Yes | 73.0 (59.3, 89.1) | 40 (6, 104) | 22 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.9, -0.4) |
| Union County | Rural | Yes | 72.8 (55.0, 95.5) | 41 (3, 113) | 12 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.1, 0.2) |
| Pulaski County | Rural | Yes | 72.3 (63.5, 82.0) | 42 (15, 84) | 54 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.4, 0.2) |
| Crittenden County | Rural | Yes | 72.1 (49.2, 103.0) | 43 (1, 119) | 7 |
stable
|
0.6 (-3.0, 13.0) |
| Adair County | Rural | Yes | 71.8 (55.4, 91.8) | 44 (6, 113) | 15 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.1, 0.4) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | Yes | 71.7 (58.9, 86.8) | 45 (8, 104) | 23 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.4, -0.4) |
| Carter County | Urban | Yes | 71.7 (58.8, 86.9) | 46 (10, 101) | 23 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.1, -0.4) |
| Lee County | Rural | Yes | 71.3 (48.3, 103.3) | 47 (2, 119) | 7 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.3, 0.8) |
| Carroll County | Rural | Yes | 71.1 (51.4, 96.7) | 48 (3, 116) | 9 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.3, 0.8) |
| Pendleton County | Urban | Yes | 71.1 (54.0, 92.5) | 49 (5, 113) | 13 |
stable
|
-1.4 (-2.8, 0.0) |
| Grayson County | Rural | Yes | 70.4 (57.5, 85.7) | 50 (9, 104) | 23 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.5, 0.3) |
| Clark County | Urban | Yes | 70.3 (59.0, 83.4) | 51 (12, 101) | 29 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.7, -0.3) |
| Wayne County | Rural | Yes | 70.1 (54.7, 89.0) | 52 (5, 112) | 16 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.5, 0.4) |
| Muhlenberg County | Rural | Yes | 70.1 (57.9, 84.4) | 53 (11, 104) | 25 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.4, -0.5) |
| Mason County | Rural | Yes | 69.2 (52.9, 89.4) | 54 (6, 115) | 13 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.8, 0.4) |
| Bath County | Rural | Yes | 69.1 (51.2, 92.0) | 55 (3, 117) | 11 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.2, -0.1) |
| Henry County | Urban | Yes | 68.6 (52.2, 89.1) | 56 (6, 114) | 13 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.1, 0.5) |
| Jackson County | Rural | Yes | 68.1 (50.6, 90.5) | 57 (5, 117) | 11 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.2, 0.5) |
| Casey County | Rural | Yes | 67.9 (51.3, 88.8) | 58 (6, 116) | 12 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.2, -0.1) |
| Taylor County | Rural | Yes | 67.4 (53.6, 83.9) | 59 (11, 113) | 19 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.0, -0.3) |
| Caldwell County | Rural | Yes | 67.2 (49.3, 90.4) | 60 (4, 117) | 10 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.5, 0.7) |
| Menifee County | Rural | Yes | 66.9 (41.4, 104.3) | 61 (2, 119) | 5 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-2.5, 2.2) |
| Metcalfe County | Rural | Yes | 65.2 (46.6, 90.0) | 62 (7, 119) | 9 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.5, 0.5) |
| Boyd County | Urban | Yes | 65.1 (55.5, 76.1) | 63 (23, 105) | 36 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.1, -1.0) |
| Calloway County | Rural | Yes | 64.1 (52.5, 77.8) | 64 (19, 113) | 23 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.6, 0.4) |
| McLean County | Urban | Yes | 64.0 (43.9, 91.4) | 65 (3, 119) | 7 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.6, 0.2) |
| Larue County | Urban | Yes | 63.8 (46.8, 85.4) | 66 (7, 118) | 10 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.9, -0.2) |
| Hart County | Rural | Yes | 63.6 (48.9, 81.7) | 67 (12, 117) | 14 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-2.5, 0.1) |
| Bourbon County | Urban | Yes | 63.6 (49.8, 80.7) | 68 (12, 115) | 16 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.3, -0.5) |
| Breckinridge County | Rural | Yes | 63.0 (49.6, 79.5) | 69 (15, 116) | 17 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.3, -0.7) |
| Rowan County | Rural | Yes | 62.9 (48.8, 80.1) | 70 (16, 117) | 14 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.4, 0.5) |
| Graves County | Rural | Yes | 62.7 (52.0, 75.2) | 71 (25, 111) | 26 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.6, -0.1) |
| Nelson County | Urban | Yes | 62.7 (53.1, 73.7) | 72 (25, 108) | 33 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.9, -0.3) |
| Henderson County | Rural | Yes | 62.0 (52.1, 73.4) | 73 (27, 109) | 31 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.5, -0.1) |
| Madison County | Rural | Yes | 61.7 (54.5, 69.6) | 74 (39, 105) | 56 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.9, -0.4) |
| Barren County | Rural | Yes | 61.5 (51.8, 72.7) | 75 (28, 112) | 31 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.2, -0.7) |
| Washington County | Rural | Yes | 61.4 (43.4, 85.0) | 76 (9, 119) | 8 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.2, 1.0) |
| Marshall County | Rural | Yes | 61.3 (50.1, 74.6) | 77 (24, 114) | 24 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.7, 0.3) |
| McCracken County | Urban | Yes | 61.3 (53.3, 70.2) | 78 (33, 107) | 47 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-5.5, 3.5) |
| Ohio County | Rural | Yes | 61.2 (48.1, 77.1) | 79 (16, 116) | 16 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.5, -0.7) |
| Hopkins County | Rural | Yes | 60.7 (51.1, 71.8) | 80 (32, 113) | 31 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.1, -0.8) |
| Harrison County | Rural | Yes | 60.6 (47.4, 77.1) | 81 (18, 117) | 15 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.9, -0.7) |
| Mercer County | Rural | Yes | 60.6 (48.0, 76.0) | 82 (21, 117) | 18 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.5, -0.4) |
| Nicholas County | Rural | Yes | 60.4 (39.2, 90.3) | 83 (5, 119) | 6 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.4, 0.9) |
| Laurel County | Rural | Yes | 60.4 (52.2, 69.5) | 84 (38, 109) | 42 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.8, -0.3) |
| Warren County | Urban | Yes | 59.6 (53.7, 66.1) | 85 (48, 106) | 77 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.0, -0.9) |
| Gallatin County | Urban | Yes | 59.3 (39.9, 86.0) | 86 (7, 119) | 6 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-3.0, 1.1) |
| Hardin County | Urban | Yes | 57.7 (51.7, 64.4) | 87 (53, 109) | 70 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.8, -0.7) |
| Grant County | Urban | Yes | 57.7 (45.4, 72.5) | 88 (26, 118) | 16 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.7, -0.5) |
| Anderson County | Rural | Yes | 57.5 (45.3, 72.4) | 89 (27, 118) | 16 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.2, 0.5) |
| Lyon County | Rural | Yes | 56.8 (37.5, 84.9) | 90 (8, 119) | 6 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.9, 1.3) |
| Boyle County | Rural | Yes | 56.6 (45.1, 70.3) | 91 (33, 118) | 18 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-3.0, -0.3) |
| Simpson County | Rural | Yes | 56.4 (42.6, 73.6) | 92 (22, 119) | 12 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.8, 0.5) |
| Daviess County | Urban | Yes | 56.4 (50.1, 63.4) | 93 (56, 111) | 63 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.9, -0.9) |
| Edmonson County | Urban | Yes | 55.8 (39.8, 77.3) | 94 (19, 119) | 9 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.6, 0.3) |
| Allen County | Urban | Yes | 55.0 (42.2, 70.8) | 95 (27, 119) | 14 |
falling
|
-3.0 (-16.7, -0.7) |
| Woodford County | Urban | Yes | 54.9 (43.3, 68.9) | 96 (31, 118) | 17 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.4, -0.1) |
| Garrard County | Rural | Yes | 54.7 (40.7, 72.5) | 97 (26, 119) | 12 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.1, 0.7) |
| Elliott County | Rural | Yes | 54.5 (34.5, 84.0) | 98 (11, 119) | 5 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-4.2, -0.5) |
| Hancock County | Rural | Yes | 54.4 (35.1, 81.4) | 99 (10, 119) | 5 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.4, 1.5) |
| Greenup County | Urban | Yes | 53.9 (44.0, 65.7) | 100 (43, 118) | 23 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.4, -0.6) |
| Bracken County | Urban | Yes | 53.9 (35.5, 79.9) | 101 (13, 119) | 6 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-3.2, -0.4) |
| Campbell County | Urban | Yes | 53.6 (47.3, 60.6) | 102 (62, 114) | 58 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.7, -1.3) |
| Kenton County | Urban | Yes | 53.4 (48.7, 58.6) | 103 (69, 112) | 100 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.3, -1.4) |
| Meade County | Urban | Yes | 53.2 (43.0, 65.4) | 104 (43, 118) | 20 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.9, -0.6) |
| Trigg County | Urban | Yes | 53.1 (37.7, 73.4) | 105 (25, 119) | 9 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.3, -0.7) |
| Marion County | Rural | Yes | 52.2 (39.3, 68.4) | 106 (34, 119) | 12 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.7, -0.4) |
| Jessamine County | Urban | Yes | 51.3 (43.4, 60.4) | 107 (59, 118) | 32 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.7, -0.7) |
| Jefferson County | Urban | Yes | 51.1 (48.9, 53.4) | 108 (89, 111) | 437 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-2.3, -1.8) |
| Franklin County | Rural | Yes | 50.3 (42.2, 59.5) | 109 (63, 119) | 30 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.9, -1.5) |
| Spencer County | Urban | Yes | 49.4 (37.0, 65.1) | 110 (38, 119) | 12 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-3.0, -0.5) |
| Hickman County | Rural | Yes | 49.4 (28.5, 86.0) | 111 (11, 119) | 3 |
|
|
| Owen County | Rural | Yes | 46.4 (31.3, 67.6) | 112 (35, 119) | 7 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-3.7, -0.8) |
| Bullitt County | Urban | Yes | 45.4 (39.4, 52.2) | 113 (87, 119) | 44 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-9.4, -1.8) |
| Shelby County | Urban | Yes | 44.3 (36.7, 53.3) | 114 (82, 119) | 25 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-3.1, -1.4) |
| Fayette County | Urban | Yes | 43.5 (40.2, 46.9) | 115 (103, 119) | 139 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.6, -1.8) |
| Scott County | Urban | Yes | 43.2 (36.0, 51.5) | 116 (88, 119) | 26 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-3.7, -1.6) |
| Boone County | Urban | Yes | 42.6 (38.0, 47.7) | 117 (100, 119) | 64 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-2.7, -1.5) |
| Oldham County | Urban | Yes | 37.0 (31.1, 43.8) | 118 (106, 119) | 29 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-3.1, -1.8) |
| Ballard County | Urban | Yes | 36.4 (20.2, 62.1) | 119 (42, 119) | 3 |
falling
|
-2.6 (-4.6, -0.7) |
| Robertson County | Rural | *** |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/08/2025 7:39 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 (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85+). 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.
Healthy People 2030 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
* 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).
Please note that the data comes from different sources. Due to different years of data availability, most of the trends are AAPCs based on APCs but some are APCs calculated in SEER*Stat. Please refer to the source for each graph for additional information.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
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.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/08/2025 7:39 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.
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 (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85+). 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.
Healthy People 2030 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
* 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).
Please note that the data comes from different sources. Due to different years of data availability, most of the trends are AAPCs based on APCs but some are APCs calculated in SEER*Stat. Please refer to the source for each graph for additional information.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
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.