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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


Hardin County


Warren County


Daviess County


Boone County


Campbell County


Pulaski County


McCracken County


Madison County


Bullitt County


Pike County


Laurel County


Boyd County


Christian County


Hopkins County


Barren County


Henderson County


Franklin County


Nelson County


Greenup County


Oldham County


Floyd County


Marshall County


Jessamine County


Calloway County


Graves County


Shelby County


Whitley County


Knox County


Scott County


Perry County


Clark County


Harlan County


Carter County


Muhlenberg County


Boyle County


Bell County


Taylor County


Grayson County


Ohio County


Logan County


Montgomery County


Lincoln County


Woodford County


Meade County


Mercer County


Clay County


Letcher County


Breckinridge County


Johnson County


Bourbon County


Wayne County


Russell County


Anderson County


Adair County


Harrison County


Allen County


Lawrence County


Grant County


Casey County


Rowan County


Hart County


Trigg County


McCreary County


Mason County


Rockcastle County


Garrard County


Henry County


Simpson County


Marion County


Estill County


Fleming County


Lewis County


Butler County


Larue County


Powell County


Spencer County


Monroe County


Leslie County


Union County


Green County


Webster County


Knott County


Livingston County


Breathitt County


Pendleton County


Caldwell County


Morgan County


Metcalfe County


Clinton County


Todd County


Edmonson County


Bath County


Washington County


Owen County


Crittenden County


Martin County


Jackson County


Magoffin County


Carroll County


Lyon County


Ballard County


McLean County


Hancock County


Cumberland County


Lee County


Menifee County


Elliott County


Carlisle County


Trimble County


Bracken County


Nicholas County


Wolfe County


Fulton County


Gallatin County


Hickman County


Owsley County


Robertson County




Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 11/17/2025 10:30 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.