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Death Rate Report for Kentucky by County

All Cancer Sites, 2018-2022

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

Sorted by CI*Rank
County
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7?
Age-Adjusted Death Rate
deaths per 100,000
(95% Confidence Interval)
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CI*Rank ⋔
(95% Confidence Interval)
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Average Annual Count
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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 falling trend -1.4 (-1.5, -1.3)
United States N/A Yes 45.0 (44.9, 45.1) N/A 161,722 falling falling trend -2.1 (-2.4, -1.9)
Wolfe County Rural Yes 118.0 (83.1, 163.5) 1 (1, 68) 9 stable stable trend 1.1 (-0.5, 3.0)
Owsley County Rural Yes 109.9 (68.4, 169.2) 2 (1, 117) 5 stable stable trend 1.0 (-0.7, 3.0)
Knox County Rural Yes 103.3 (87.9, 120.9) 3 (1, 34) 35 stable stable trend -0.1 (-0.9, 0.8)
Fulton County Rural Yes 101.8 (69.1, 145.8) 4 (1, 106) 7 stable stable trend -1.5 (-3.1, 0.0)
Harlan County Rural Yes 101.7 (85.9, 120.0) 5 (1, 38) 32 stable stable trend -0.3 (-1.0, 0.3)
Knott County Rural Yes 97.6 (76.2, 123.8) 6 (1, 68) 17 stable stable trend 0.0 (-0.8, 1.0)
Clinton County Rural Yes 94.5 (70.0, 126.1) 7 (1, 101) 11 stable stable trend 0.5 (-1.4, 2.6)
Breathitt County Rural Yes 93.4 (72.2, 119.4) 8 (1, 88) 15 stable stable trend -0.3 (-1.4, 0.9)
Magoffin County Rural Yes 89.9 (67.9, 117.6) 9 (1, 98) 13 stable stable trend -0.8 (-2.4, 1.0)
Floyd County Rural Yes 89.5 (76.6, 104.2) 10 (2, 56) 38 falling falling trend -0.8 (-1.4, -0.2)
Perry County Rural Yes 89.4 (75.1, 105.9) 11 (1, 58) 30 stable stable trend -0.7 (-1.4, 0.1)
Butler County Urban Yes 89.1 (67.3, 116.4) 12 (1, 92) 12 stable stable trend -1.2 (-2.7, 0.2)
Powell County Rural Yes 88.5 (68.0, 113.8) 13 (1, 90) 13 stable stable trend -0.1 (-1.4, 1.3)
Leslie County Rural Yes 88.4 (66.1, 116.8) 14 (1, 100) 12 stable stable trend 0.0 (-0.9, 1.1)
Bell County Rural Yes 88.0 (72.6, 106.1) 15 (1, 72) 25 stable stable trend -1.0 (-1.9, 0.0)
Fleming County Rural Yes 86.7 (67.3, 110.4) 16 (1, 93) 15 stable stable trend -0.6 (-1.6, 0.5)
Lewis County Rural Yes 86.5 (65.9, 112.1) 17 (1, 97) 14 stable stable trend -0.7 (-1.7, 0.5)
Estill County Rural Yes 86.4 (66.6, 110.8) 18 (1, 95) 14 stable stable trend 0.0 (-1.2, 1.2)
Russell County Rural Yes 84.2 (66.4, 105.8) 19 (1, 92) 17 stable stable trend -0.6 (-1.6, 0.4)
Johnson County Rural Yes 84.2 (68.3, 103.0) 20 (1, 87) 21 stable stable trend -0.7 (-1.8, 0.4)
Rockcastle County Rural Yes 84.0 (65.2, 107.0) 21 (1, 98) 15 stable stable trend -0.2 (-1.1, 0.8)
Whitley County Rural Yes 83.3 (70.4, 97.9) 22 (3, 69) 32 stable stable trend -0.6 (-1.5, 0.3)
Clay County Rural Yes 82.7 (67.0, 101.5) 23 (2, 86) 20 stable stable trend -0.1 (-1.4, 1.2)
Lincoln County Rural Yes 82.2 (67.3, 99.8) 24 (3, 88) 23 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.3, 0.4)
Letcher County Rural Yes 80.6 (64.8, 99.5) 25 (2, 93) 20 stable stable trend -1.0 (-2.0, 0.1)
Pike County Rural Yes 79.9 (70.4, 90.5) 26 (8, 69) 56 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.0, 0.0)
Martin County Rural Yes 79.7 (58.9, 106.3) 27 (1, 111) 10 stable stable trend 0.0 (-1.4, 1.5)
Monroe County Rural Yes 77.5 (55.9, 105.2) 28 (1, 114) 10 stable stable trend -0.9 (-2.3, 0.5)
Todd County Rural Yes 77.2 (57.0, 102.7) 29 (2, 112) 11 stable stable trend -1.2 (-2.5, 0.1)
Green County Rural Yes 77.1 (57.7, 102.1) 30 (2, 112) 12 stable stable trend -0.1 (-1.8, 1.7)
Lawrence County Urban Yes 76.7 (59.5, 97.9) 31 (3, 108) 15 stable stable trend -0.3 (-1.4, 0.8)
McCreary County Rural Yes 76.7 (59.7, 97.4) 32 (2, 105) 14 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.5, 0.7)
Morgan County Rural Yes 76.5 (57.9, 99.9) 33 (2, 109) 12 stable stable trend -0.1 (-1.5, 1.7)
Livingston County Urban Yes 76.3 (54.3, 105.8) 34 (1, 117) 9 stable stable trend 2.7 (-1.3, 19.9)
Carlisle County Urban Yes 76.2 (45.0, 122.6) 35 (1, 119) 4 stable stable trend -0.7 (-2.5, 1.1)
Trimble County Rural Yes 76.0 (52.7, 107.3) 36 (1, 116) 8 stable stable trend -0.5 (-2.3, 1.7)
Cumberland County Rural Yes 75.7 (51.2, 111.0) 37 (1, 118) 7 stable stable trend -0.5 (-2.2, 1.2)
Webster County Rural Yes 74.3 (54.5, 99.5) 38 (2, 116) 10 falling falling trend -1.3 (-2.5, -0.2)
Christian County Urban Yes 73.2 (63.3, 84.1) 39 (14, 87) 42 stable stable trend 4.6 (-0.9, 12.5)
Logan County Rural Yes 73.0 (59.3, 89.1) 40 (6, 104) 22 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.9, -0.4)
Union County Rural Yes 72.8 (55.0, 95.5) 41 (3, 113) 12 stable stable trend -1.0 (-2.1, 0.2)
Pulaski County Rural Yes 72.3 (63.5, 82.0) 42 (15, 84) 54 stable stable trend -0.6 (-1.4, 0.2)
Crittenden County Rural Yes 72.1 (49.2, 103.0) 43 (1, 119) 7 stable stable trend 0.6 (-3.0, 13.0)
Adair County Rural Yes 71.8 (55.4, 91.8) 44 (6, 113) 15 stable stable trend -0.9 (-2.1, 0.4)
Montgomery County Rural Yes 71.7 (58.9, 86.8) 45 (8, 104) 23 falling falling trend -1.4 (-2.4, -0.4)
Carter County Urban Yes 71.7 (58.8, 86.9) 46 (10, 101) 23 falling falling trend -1.2 (-2.1, -0.4)
Lee County Rural Yes 71.3 (48.3, 103.3) 47 (2, 119) 7 stable stable trend -0.8 (-2.3, 0.8)
Carroll County Rural Yes 71.1 (51.4, 96.7) 48 (3, 116) 9 stable stable trend -0.8 (-2.3, 0.8)
Pendleton County Urban Yes 71.1 (54.0, 92.5) 49 (5, 113) 13 stable stable trend -1.4 (-2.8, 0.0)
Grayson County Rural Yes 70.4 (57.5, 85.7) 50 (9, 104) 23 stable stable trend -0.7 (-1.5, 0.3)
Clark County Urban Yes 70.3 (59.0, 83.4) 51 (12, 101) 29 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.7, -0.3)
Wayne County Rural Yes 70.1 (54.7, 89.0) 52 (5, 112) 16 stable stable trend -0.6 (-1.5, 0.4)
Muhlenberg County Rural Yes 70.1 (57.9, 84.4) 53 (11, 104) 25 falling falling trend -1.4 (-2.4, -0.5)
Mason County Rural Yes 69.2 (52.9, 89.4) 54 (6, 115) 13 stable stable trend -0.7 (-1.8, 0.4)
Bath County Rural Yes 69.1 (51.2, 92.0) 55 (3, 117) 11 falling falling trend -1.2 (-2.2, -0.1)
Henry County Urban Yes 68.6 (52.2, 89.1) 56 (6, 114) 13 stable stable trend -0.8 (-2.1, 0.5)
Jackson County Rural Yes 68.1 (50.6, 90.5) 57 (5, 117) 11 stable stable trend -0.9 (-2.2, 0.5)
Casey County Rural Yes 67.9 (51.3, 88.8) 58 (6, 116) 12 falling falling trend -1.2 (-2.2, -0.1)
Taylor County Rural Yes 67.4 (53.6, 83.9) 59 (11, 113) 19 falling falling trend -1.2 (-2.0, -0.3)
Caldwell County Rural Yes 67.2 (49.3, 90.4) 60 (4, 117) 10 stable stable trend -0.9 (-2.5, 0.7)
Menifee County Rural Yes 66.9 (41.4, 104.3) 61 (2, 119) 5 stable stable trend -0.3 (-2.5, 2.2)
Metcalfe County Rural Yes 65.2 (46.6, 90.0) 62 (7, 119) 9 stable stable trend -1.0 (-2.5, 0.5)
Boyd County Urban Yes 65.1 (55.5, 76.1) 63 (23, 105) 36 falling falling trend -1.5 (-2.1, -1.0)
Calloway County Rural Yes 64.1 (52.5, 77.8) 64 (19, 113) 23 stable stable trend -0.6 (-1.6, 0.4)
McLean County Urban Yes 64.0 (43.9, 91.4) 65 (3, 119) 7 stable stable trend -1.2 (-2.6, 0.2)
Larue County Urban Yes 63.8 (46.8, 85.4) 66 (7, 118) 10 falling falling trend -1.6 (-2.9, -0.2)
Hart County Rural Yes 63.6 (48.9, 81.7) 67 (12, 117) 14 stable stable trend -1.3 (-2.5, 0.1)
Bourbon County Urban Yes 63.6 (49.8, 80.7) 68 (12, 115) 16 falling falling trend -1.4 (-2.3, -0.5)
Breckinridge County Rural Yes 63.0 (49.6, 79.5) 69 (15, 116) 17 falling falling trend -1.5 (-2.3, -0.7)
Rowan County Rural Yes 62.9 (48.8, 80.1) 70 (16, 117) 14 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.4, 0.5)
Graves County Rural Yes 62.7 (52.0, 75.2) 71 (25, 111) 26 falling falling trend -0.9 (-1.6, -0.1)
Nelson County Urban Yes 62.7 (53.1, 73.7) 72 (25, 108) 33 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.9, -0.3)
Henderson County Rural Yes 62.0 (52.1, 73.4) 73 (27, 109) 31 falling falling trend -0.9 (-1.5, -0.1)
Madison County Rural Yes 61.7 (54.5, 69.6) 74 (39, 105) 56 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.9, -0.4)
Barren County Rural Yes 61.5 (51.8, 72.7) 75 (28, 112) 31 falling falling trend -1.4 (-2.2, -0.7)
Washington County Rural Yes 61.4 (43.4, 85.0) 76 (9, 119) 8 stable stable trend -0.7 (-2.2, 1.0)
Marshall County Rural Yes 61.3 (50.1, 74.6) 77 (24, 114) 24 stable stable trend -0.7 (-1.7, 0.3)
McCracken County Urban Yes 61.3 (53.3, 70.2) 78 (33, 107) 47 stable stable trend -0.8 (-5.5, 3.5)
Ohio County Rural Yes 61.2 (48.1, 77.1) 79 (16, 116) 16 falling falling trend -1.6 (-2.5, -0.7)
Hopkins County Rural Yes 60.7 (51.1, 71.8) 80 (32, 113) 31 falling falling trend -1.4 (-2.1, -0.8)
Harrison County Rural Yes 60.6 (47.4, 77.1) 81 (18, 117) 15 falling falling trend -1.8 (-2.9, -0.7)
Mercer County Rural Yes 60.6 (48.0, 76.0) 82 (21, 117) 18 falling falling trend -1.5 (-2.5, -0.4)
Nicholas County Rural Yes 60.4 (39.2, 90.3) 83 (5, 119) 6 stable stable trend -0.8 (-2.4, 0.9)
Laurel County Rural Yes 60.4 (52.2, 69.5) 84 (38, 109) 42 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.8, -0.3)
Warren County Urban Yes 59.6 (53.7, 66.1) 85 (48, 106) 77 falling falling trend -1.5 (-2.0, -0.9)
Gallatin County Urban Yes 59.3 (39.9, 86.0) 86 (7, 119) 6 stable stable trend -1.2 (-3.0, 1.1)
Hardin County Urban Yes 57.7 (51.7, 64.4) 87 (53, 109) 70 falling falling trend -1.3 (-1.8, -0.7)
Grant County Urban Yes 57.7 (45.4, 72.5) 88 (26, 118) 16 falling falling trend -1.6 (-2.7, -0.5)
Anderson County Rural Yes 57.5 (45.3, 72.4) 89 (27, 118) 16 stable stable trend -0.9 (-2.2, 0.5)
Lyon County Rural Yes 56.8 (37.5, 84.9) 90 (8, 119) 6 stable stable trend -0.4 (-1.9, 1.3)
Boyle County Rural Yes 56.6 (45.1, 70.3) 91 (33, 118) 18 falling falling trend -1.6 (-3.0, -0.3)
Simpson County Rural Yes 56.4 (42.6, 73.6) 92 (22, 119) 12 stable stable trend -0.7 (-1.8, 0.5)
Daviess County Urban Yes 56.4 (50.1, 63.4) 93 (56, 111) 63 falling falling trend -1.4 (-1.9, -0.9)
Edmonson County Urban Yes 55.8 (39.8, 77.3) 94 (19, 119) 9 stable stable trend -1.2 (-2.6, 0.3)
Allen County Urban Yes 55.0 (42.2, 70.8) 95 (27, 119) 14 falling falling trend -3.0 (-16.7, -0.7)
Woodford County Urban Yes 54.9 (43.3, 68.9) 96 (31, 118) 17 falling falling trend -1.3 (-2.4, -0.1)
Garrard County Rural Yes 54.7 (40.7, 72.5) 97 (26, 119) 12 stable stable trend -0.8 (-2.1, 0.7)
Elliott County Rural Yes 54.5 (34.5, 84.0) 98 (11, 119) 5 falling falling trend -2.4 (-4.2, -0.5)
Hancock County Rural Yes 54.4 (35.1, 81.4) 99 (10, 119) 5 stable stable trend -0.6 (-2.4, 1.5)
Greenup County Urban Yes 53.9 (44.0, 65.7) 100 (43, 118) 23 falling falling trend -1.5 (-2.4, -0.6)
Bracken County Urban Yes 53.9 (35.5, 79.9) 101 (13, 119) 6 falling falling trend -1.8 (-3.2, -0.4)
Campbell County Urban Yes 53.6 (47.3, 60.6) 102 (62, 114) 58 falling falling trend -2.0 (-2.7, -1.3)
Kenton County Urban Yes 53.4 (48.7, 58.6) 103 (69, 112) 100 falling falling trend -1.8 (-2.3, -1.4)
Meade County Urban Yes 53.2 (43.0, 65.4) 104 (43, 118) 20 falling falling trend -1.8 (-2.9, -0.6)
Trigg County Urban Yes 53.1 (37.7, 73.4) 105 (25, 119) 9 falling falling trend -2.0 (-3.3, -0.7)
Marion County Rural Yes 52.2 (39.3, 68.4) 106 (34, 119) 12 falling falling trend -1.6 (-2.7, -0.4)
Jessamine County Urban Yes 51.3 (43.4, 60.4) 107 (59, 118) 32 falling falling trend -1.7 (-2.7, -0.7)
Jefferson County Urban Yes 51.1 (48.9, 53.4) 108 (89, 111) 437 falling falling trend -2.1 (-2.3, -1.8)
Franklin County Rural Yes 50.3 (42.2, 59.5) 109 (63, 119) 30 falling falling trend -2.2 (-2.9, -1.5)
Spencer County Urban Yes 49.4 (37.0, 65.1) 110 (38, 119) 12 falling falling trend -1.9 (-3.0, -0.5)
Hickman County Rural Yes 49.4 (28.5, 86.0) 111 (11, 119) 3
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Owen County Rural Yes 46.4 (31.3, 67.6) 112 (35, 119) 7 falling falling trend -2.2 (-3.7, -0.8)
Bullitt County Urban Yes 45.4 (39.4, 52.2) 113 (87, 119) 44 falling falling trend -2.5 (-9.4, -1.8)
Shelby County Urban Yes 44.3 (36.7, 53.3) 114 (82, 119) 25 falling falling trend -2.3 (-3.1, -1.4)
Fayette County Urban Yes 43.5 (40.2, 46.9) 115 (103, 119) 139 falling falling trend -2.2 (-2.6, -1.8)
Scott County Urban Yes 43.2 (36.0, 51.5) 116 (88, 119) 26 falling falling trend -2.7 (-3.7, -1.6)
Boone County Urban Yes 42.6 (38.0, 47.7) 117 (100, 119) 64 falling falling trend -2.1 (-2.7, -1.5)
Oldham County Urban Yes 37.0 (31.1, 43.8) 118 (106, 119) 29 falling falling trend -2.5 (-3.1, -1.8)
Ballard County Urban Yes 36.4 (20.2, 62.1) 119 (42, 119) 3 falling falling trend -2.6 (-4.6, -0.7)
Robertson County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 10/13/2024 4:44 pm.

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.

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.

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