Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for Kentucky by County
All Cancer Sites, 2018-2022
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 50+
Sorted by Recentaapc
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 | No | 600.6 (595.2, 606.0) | N/A | 9,683 |
falling 
|
-1.2 (-1.4, -1.1) |
| United States | N/A | No | 490.4 (489.9, 491.0) | N/A | 573,761 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-1.9, -1.6) |
| Hart County | Rural | No | 654.4 (570.4, 747.1) | 56 (9, 114) | 46 |
falling
|
-7.2 (-17.6, -0.4) |
| Johnson County | Rural | No | 674.3 (597.5, 758.1) | 42 (7, 103) | 59 |
falling
|
-6.4 (-15.3, -0.5) |
| Franklin County | Rural | No | 542.8 (496.6, 592.1) | 111 (72, 119) | 105 |
falling
|
-3.6 (-9.2, -1.6) |
| Simpson County | Rural | No | 585.2 (505.8, 673.5) | 93 (26, 119) | 40 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-12.1, -0.1) |
| Boone County | Urban | No | 468.6 (439.0, 499.6) | 119 (111, 120) | 196 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-4.1, -1.9) |
| Kenton County | Urban | No | 560.6 (532.0, 590.3) | 104 (77, 115) | 304 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.0, -1.6) |
| Bath County | Rural | No | 657.4 (557.1, 770.6) | 53 (5, 117) | 31 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-9.9, -0.1) |
| Jefferson County | Urban | No | 549.2 (536.8, 562.0) | 108 (92, 113) | 1,519 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.0, -1.7) |
| Boyd County | Urban | No | 604.2 (556.6, 654.8) | 84 (36, 112) | 122 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-5.4, -1.2) |
| Bullitt County | Urban | No | 504.9 (468.0, 543.8) | 116 (95, 120) | 146 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.1, -1.2) |
| Fayette County | Urban | No | 492.0 (472.1, 512.5) | 117 (110, 120) | 476 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.0, -1.5) |
| Pike County | Rural | No | 666.2 (619.7, 715.3) | 48 (18, 89) | 159 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-5.3, -0.7) |
| Campbell County | Urban | No | 548.4 (512.7, 585.9) | 109 (74, 117) | 183 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.8, -1.2) |
| Floyd County | Rural | No | 737.4 (673.9, 805.4) | 18 (4, 66) | 105 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-6.3, -0.7) |
| Oldham County | Urban | No | 486.3 (442.6, 533.1) | 118 (98, 120) | 98 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.0, -0.9) |
| Scott County | Urban | No | 546.9 (493.4, 604.5) | 110 (60, 119) | 83 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.0, -0.9) |
| Elliott County | Rural | No | 616.1 (498.2, 753.9) | 78 (5, 120) | 19 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.5, -0.3) |
| Jessamine County | Urban | No | 536.6 (489.5, 586.9) | 115 (70, 119) | 99 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.8, -1.0) |
| Ballard County | Urban | No | 584.9 (475.3, 712.6) | 94 (12, 120) | 20 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.2, -0.5) |
| Bourbon County | Urban | No | 650.5 (574.9, 733.2) | 59 (11, 111) | 55 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.1, -0.6) |
| Robertson County | Rural | No | 345.8 (207.9, 542.8) | 120 (57, 120) | 4 |
stable 
|
-1.3 (-2.9, 0.3) |
| Spencer County | Urban | No | 550.8 (466.4, 645.7) | 106 (30, 120) | 34 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.9, -0.7) |
| Trigg County | Urban | No | 607.1 (524.8, 698.7) | 82 (16, 118) | 41 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.1, -0.4) |
| Boyle County | Rural | No | 571.8 (512.7, 635.9) | 99 (43, 118) | 70 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.8, -0.7) |
| Edmonson County | Urban | No | 555.1 (469.1, 652.5) | 105 (25, 120) | 30 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.6) |
| Owen County | Rural | No | 562.1 (468.4, 669.1) | 102 (23, 120) | 26 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.1, -0.2) |
| Shelby County | Urban | No | 542.6 (492.1, 596.8) | 112 (65, 119) | 89 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.8, -0.4) |
| Warren County | Urban | No | 580.1 (546.1, 615.7) | 98 (61, 112) | 224 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.5, -0.8) |
| Daviess County | Urban | No | 560.7 (526.9, 596.0) | 103 (72, 115) | 211 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.4, -0.8) |
| Madison County | Rural | No | 566.8 (527.7, 608.0) | 101 (63, 116) | 161 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.6) |
| Marion County | Rural | No | 542.1 (467.5, 625.2) | 113 (38, 120) | 39 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.8, -0.3) |
| McCracken County | Urban | No | 549.9 (511.6, 590.4) | 107 (72, 118) | 157 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.4, -0.7) |
| Breckinridge County | Rural | No | 678.2 (600.5, 763.3) | 40 (7, 108) | 57 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.5, -0.4) |
| Grant County | Urban | No | 640.6 (560.1, 729.2) | 65 (11, 115) | 48 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.7, -0.2) |
| Greenup County | Urban | No | 600.2 (547.0, 657.2) | 87 (33, 114) | 95 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.6, -0.4) |
| Caldwell County | Rural | No | 581.2 (493.8, 679.8) | 97 (20, 120) | 32 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.6, -0.3) |
| Hancock County | Rural | No | 620.2 (507.4, 750.5) | 76 (5, 119) | 21 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.0, 0.3) |
| Lyon County | Rural | No | 568.3 (470.2, 680.9) | 100 (15, 120) | 24 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.8, 0.0) |
| McCreary County | Rural | No | 757.6 (658.8, 867.0) | 13 (1, 85) | 44 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.6, -0.1) |
| Meade County | Urban | No | 647.2 (575.6, 725.2) | 62 (13, 111) | 63 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.5, -0.3) |
| Menifee County | Rural | No | 704.3 (567.8, 863.7) | 26 (1, 118) | 19 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.3, 0.8) |
| Breathitt County | Rural | No | 671.1 (572.3, 782.1) | 44 (4, 115) | 35 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.7, 0.1) |
| Carter County | Urban | No | 710.0 (640.1, 785.5) | 25 (5, 87) | 77 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.3, -0.1) |
| Hopkins County | Rural | No | 602.3 (551.7, 656.4) | 85 (39, 113) | 107 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.3, -0.4) |
| Letcher County | Rural | No | 645.6 (571.8, 726.4) | 63 (11, 111) | 59 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.4, -0.2) |
| Magoffin County | Rural | No | 674.0 (568.0, 794.1) | 43 (3, 116) | 30 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.6, 0.1) |
| Mercer County | Rural | No | 654.1 (581.3, 733.5) | 57 (11, 109) | 61 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.4, -0.1) |
| Muhlenberg County | Rural | No | 605.1 (545.5, 669.3) | 83 (29, 115) | 77 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.3, -0.2) |
| Adair County | Rural | No | 634.4 (555.5, 721.4) | 68 (13, 115) | 48 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.3, 0.0) |
| Bracken County | Urban | No | 636.5 (512.1, 781.5) | 67 (2, 119) | 19 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.8, 0.5) |
| Christian County | Urban | No | 649.2 (599.1, 702.3) | 61 (21, 97) | 127 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.1, -0.3) |
| Clark County | Urban | No | 596.8 (540.3, 657.5) | 90 (32, 115) | 84 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.2, -0.2) |
| Gallatin County | Urban | No | 733.6 (565.2, 934.2) | 20 (1, 119) | 18 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.7, 0.4) |
| Garrard County | Rural | No | 596.3 (516.0, 685.4) | 91 (16, 119) | 41 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.5, 0.2) |
| Hardin County | Urban | No | 620.1 (583.3, 658.5) | 77 (40, 100) | 220 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-0.9, -0.3) |
| Larue County | Urban | No | 597.4 (507.7, 698.4) | 89 (16, 119) | 33 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.4, 0.1) |
| McLean County | Urban | No | 626.2 (518.0, 750.5) | 72 (5, 119) | 24 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.6, 0.1) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | No | 697.0 (624.0, 776.1) | 32 (5, 95) | 69 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.3, 0.0) |
| Wayne County | Rural | No | 584.2 (514.0, 661.4) | 96 (28, 119) | 52 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.5, 0.1) |
| Wolfe County | Rural | No | 701.7 (565.6, 860.8) | 30 (1, 118) | 19 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.9, 0.6) |
| Allen County | Urban | No | 598.1 (523.1, 680.9) | 88 (22, 118) | 47 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.4, 0.3) |
| Bell County | Rural | No | 744.2 (669.6, 824.9) | 16 (2, 73) | 75 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.2, 0.0) |
| Butler County | Urban | No | 753.9 (646.6, 873.9) | 15 (1, 91) | 36 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.3, 0.3) |
| Henderson County | Rural | No | 609.6 (558.0, 664.7) | 81 (31, 112) | 106 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.0, -0.1) |
| Jackson County | Rural | No | 600.2 (504.8, 708.5) | 86 (16, 119) | 30 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.6, 0.4) |
| Logan County | Rural | No | 638.9 (572.0, 711.4) | 66 (15, 112) | 68 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.2, 0.0) |
| Martin County | Rural | No | 734.4 (617.7, 866.7) | 19 (1, 102) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.5, 0.4) |
| Mason County | Rural | No | 660.9 (573.7, 757.6) | 52 (7, 113) | 43 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.3, 0.1) |
| Ohio County | Rural | No | 696.8 (621.8, 778.4) | 33 (5, 93) | 64 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.1, 0.0) |
| Pendleton County | Urban | No | 663.5 (565.0, 774.1) | 49 (3, 115) | 34 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.3, 0.1) |
| Powell County | Rural | No | 834.2 (714.0, 968.8) | 3 (1, 72) | 37 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.4, 0.3) |
| Trimble County | Rural | No | 622.5 (504.1, 760.0) | 75 (5, 119) | 20 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.7, 0.7) |
| Union County | Rural | No | 669.4 (571.6, 779.0) | 47 (4, 115) | 35 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.3, 0.1) |
| Webster County | Rural | No | 656.4 (556.3, 769.2) | 54 (3, 118) | 31 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.3, 0.0) |
| Woodford County | Urban | No | 541.9 (480.8, 608.6) | 114 (53, 119) | 60 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.8, 5.1) |
| Anderson County | Rural | No | 595.4 (522.1, 675.9) | 92 (25, 118) | 50 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.1, 0.3) |
| Barren County | Rural | No | 632.8 (579.6, 689.6) | 69 (25, 107) | 107 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.0, 0.1) |
| Carroll County | Rural | No | 704.0 (588.6, 835.5) | 28 (1, 113) | 27 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.3, 0.3) |
| Fulton County | Rural | No | 686.2 (550.1, 845.7) | 37 (1, 119) | 18 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.3, 0.2) |
| Knott County | Rural | No | 611.8 (524.6, 709.5) | 79 (12, 119) | 37 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.2, 0.3) |
| Laurel County | Rural | No | 626.2 (579.6, 675.5) | 73 (29, 106) | 138 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.1, 0.1) |
| Lincoln County | Rural | No | 702.0 (628.1, 782.2) | 29 (4, 94) | 67 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-5.5, 0.0) |
| Nicholas County | Rural | No | 622.9 (497.7, 770.0) | 74 (4, 119) | 18 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.4, 0.3) |
| Rockcastle County | Rural | No | 654.0 (568.4, 748.9) | 58 (6, 116) | 43 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.1, 0.2) |
| Graves County | Rural | No | 631.8 (574.4, 693.4) | 70 (21, 110) | 91 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.9, 0.0) |
| Marshall County | Rural | No | 641.1 (583.1, 703.3) | 64 (20, 105) | 92 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.8, 0.0) |
| Pulaski County | Rural | No | 661.2 (617.3, 707.5) | 51 (21, 90) | 173 |
falling
|
-0.4 (-0.7, -0.1) |
| Todd County | Rural | No | 704.2 (596.9, 825.3) | 27 (2, 113) | 31 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.3, 0.6) |
| Washington County | Rural | No | 584.8 (491.9, 690.0) | 95 (17, 119) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.5, 0.8) |
| Crittenden County | Rural | No | 683.7 (569.3, 814.3) | 39 (1, 114) | 26 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.2, 0.5) |
| Harrison County | Rural | No | 684.1 (601.0, 775.5) | 38 (6, 104) | 50 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.9, 0.4) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 789.5 (642.2, 960.2) | 10 (1, 113) | 21 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.2, 0.7) |
| Lewis County | Rural | No | 730.2 (629.4, 842.5) | 21 (1, 96) | 39 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.9, 0.4) |
| Russell County | Rural | No | 669.8 (589.4, 758.2) | 45 (7, 109) | 52 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.9, 0.4) |
| Henry County | Urban | No | 690.7 (597.9, 793.9) | 35 (4, 110) | 42 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.9, 0.5) |
| Lawrence County | Urban | No | 787.4 (687.6, 897.6) | 11 (1, 69) | 48 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.6, 0.3) |
| Perry County | Rural | No | 819.6 (741.8, 903.3) | 6 (1, 43) | 86 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.7, 0.5) |
| Whitley County | Rural | No | 738.8 (672.0, 810.6) | 17 (2, 68) | 92 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.0, 0.5) |
| Casey County | Rural | No | 669.7 (583.5, 765.2) | 46 (6, 112) | 45 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.8, 0.6) |
| Clinton County | Rural | No | 827.3 (702.8, 967.7) | 5 (1, 83) | 32 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.8, 0.8) |
| Hickman County | Rural | No | 610.7 (478.5, 769.1) | 80 (3, 120) | 15 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.2, 1.1) |
| Estill County | Rural | No | 687.1 (592.4, 792.7) | 36 (3, 110) | 39 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.7, 0.7) |
| Fleming County | Rural | No | 711.2 (614.7, 818.6) | 24 (2, 102) | 41 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.7, 0.8) |
| Metcalfe County | Rural | No | 721.0 (610.6, 845.6) | 23 (1, 107) | 31 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.0, 1.1) |
| Monroe County | Rural | No | 694.1 (589.0, 812.6) | 34 (2, 114) | 32 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.8, 0.8) |
| Owsley County | Rural | No | 847.2 (659.2, 1,072.1) | 1 (1, 107) | 14 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.0, 1.0) |
| Taylor County | Rural | No | 676.0 (605.4, 752.7) | 41 (9, 104) | 68 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.5, 0.6) |
| Harlan County | Rural | No | 803.1 (726.7, 885.3) | 9 (1, 41) | 85 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.6, 0.8) |
| Knox County | Rural | No | 786.6 (715.1, 863.3) | 12 (1, 48) | 90 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.3, 0.6) |
| Rowan County | Rural | No | 629.5 (550.5, 716.6) | 71 (14, 117) | 47 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.5, 0.9) |
| Leslie County | Rural | No | 809.4 (690.4, 943.1) | 8 (1, 73) | 34 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.6, 1.1) |
| Livingston County | Urban | No | 754.7 (639.9, 884.3) | 14 (1, 101) | 31 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.7, 1.3) |
| Morgan County | Rural | No | 654.6 (555.4, 766.4) | 55 (5, 118) | 33 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.6, 1.1) |
| Grayson County | Rural | No | 726.4 (651.6, 807.4) | 22 (4, 80) | 72 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.1, 0.8) |
| Green County | Rural | No | 697.5 (596.2, 811.1) | 31 (1, 112) | 35 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.5, 1.1) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 841.3 (746.2, 945.2) | 2 (1, 42) | 60 |
stable
|
0.5 (-0.1, 1.2) |
| Cumberland County | Rural | No | 832.3 (685.9, 1,001.2) | 4 (1, 84) | 23 |
stable
|
0.7 (-0.4, 2.0) |
| Carlisle County | Urban | No | 810.5 (647.5, 1,002.8) | 7 (1, 103) | 17 |
rising 
|
1.9 (0.1, 13.0) |
| Nelson County | Urban | No | 650.1 (594.3, 709.5) | 60 (19, 101) | 105 |
stable
|
1.9 (-1.4, 8.3) |
| Calloway County | Rural | No | 662.7 (601.7, 728.2) | 50 (13, 100) | 88 |
stable
|
5.3 (-0.1, 9.3) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/05/2025 10:00 pm.
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.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
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 07/05/2025 10:00 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.
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.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
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.