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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Kentucky by County

All Cancer Sites, 2018-2022

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages <65

Sorted by Count

Explanation of Column Headers

Objective - The objective of 122.7 is from the Healthy People 2020 project done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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


Jefferson County


Fayette County


Kenton County


Warren County


Hardin County


Boone County


Daviess County


Campbell County


Pike County


Madison County


Pulaski County


McCracken County


Bullitt County


Laurel County


Christian County


Floyd County


Boyd County


Knox County


Nelson County


Harlan County


Jessamine County


Whitley County


Hopkins County


Henderson County


Barren County


Perry County


Franklin County


Clark County


Oldham County


Graves County


Scott County


Muhlenberg County


Shelby County


Bell County


Marshall County


Calloway County


Carter County


Lincoln County


Montgomery County


Grayson County


Greenup County


Logan County


Johnson County


Letcher County


Clay County


Meade County


Taylor County


Boyle County


Mercer County


Russell County


Woodford County


Breckinridge County


Knott County


Anderson County


Grant County


Ohio County


Wayne County


Bourbon County


Rockcastle County


Harrison County


Adair County


Fleming County


Lawrence County


Breathitt County


Estill County


Hart County


McCreary County


Rowan County


Allen County


Lewis County


Mason County


Powell County


Henry County


Pendleton County


Magoffin County


Morgan County


Simpson County


Butler County


Casey County


Marion County


Union County


Spencer County


Garrard County


Green County


Leslie County


Clinton County


Jackson County


Bath County


Todd County


Caldwell County


Larue County


Martin County


Webster County


Monroe County


Carroll County


Trigg County


Edmonson County


Livingston County


Metcalfe County


Wolfe County


Washington County


Trimble County


McLean County


Crittenden County


Fulton County


Cumberland County


Lee County


Owen County


Gallatin County


Lyon County


Bracken County


Nicholas County


Hancock County


Menifee County


Elliott County


Owsley County


Carlisle County


Hickman County


Ballard County


Robertson County

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/02/2025 7:20 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 (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.