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 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 | 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) |
| Owsley County | Rural | No | 847.2 (659.2, 1,072.1) | 1 (1, 107) | 14 |
stable 
|
0.0 (-1.0, 1.0) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 841.3 (746.2, 945.2) | 2 (1, 42) | 60 |
stable
|
0.5 (-0.1, 1.2) |
| Powell County | Rural | No | 834.2 (714.0, 968.8) | 3 (1, 72) | 37 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.4, 0.3) |
| Cumberland County | Rural | No | 832.3 (685.9, 1,001.2) | 4 (1, 84) | 23 |
stable
|
0.7 (-0.4, 2.0) |
| Clinton County | Rural | No | 827.3 (702.8, 967.7) | 5 (1, 83) | 32 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.8, 0.8) |
| Perry County | Rural | No | 819.6 (741.8, 903.3) | 6 (1, 43) | 86 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.7, 0.5) |
| Carlisle County | Urban | No | 810.5 (647.5, 1,002.8) | 7 (1, 103) | 17 |
rising 
|
1.9 (0.1, 13.0) |
| Leslie County | Rural | No | 809.4 (690.4, 943.1) | 8 (1, 73) | 34 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.6, 1.1) |
| Harlan County | Rural | No | 803.1 (726.7, 885.3) | 9 (1, 41) | 85 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.6, 0.8) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 789.5 (642.2, 960.2) | 10 (1, 113) | 21 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.2, 0.7) |
| Lawrence County | Urban | No | 787.4 (687.6, 897.6) | 11 (1, 69) | 48 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.6, 0.3) |
| Knox County | Rural | No | 786.6 (715.1, 863.3) | 12 (1, 48) | 90 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.3, 0.6) |
| McCreary County | Rural | No | 757.6 (658.8, 867.0) | 13 (1, 85) | 44 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.6, -0.1) |
| Livingston County | Urban | No | 754.7 (639.9, 884.3) | 14 (1, 101) | 31 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.7, 1.3) |
| Butler County | Urban | No | 753.9 (646.6, 873.9) | 15 (1, 91) | 36 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.3, 0.3) |
| Bell County | Rural | No | 744.2 (669.6, 824.9) | 16 (2, 73) | 75 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.2, 0.0) |
| Whitley County | Rural | No | 738.8 (672.0, 810.6) | 17 (2, 68) | 92 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.0, 0.5) |
| Floyd County | Rural | No | 737.4 (673.9, 805.4) | 18 (4, 66) | 105 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-6.3, -0.7) |
| Martin County | Rural | No | 734.4 (617.7, 866.7) | 19 (1, 102) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.5, 0.4) |
| Gallatin County | Urban | No | 733.6 (565.2, 934.2) | 20 (1, 119) | 18 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.7, 0.4) |
| Lewis County | Rural | No | 730.2 (629.4, 842.5) | 21 (1, 96) | 39 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.9, 0.4) |
| Grayson County | Rural | No | 726.4 (651.6, 807.4) | 22 (4, 80) | 72 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.1, 0.8) |
| Metcalfe County | Rural | No | 721.0 (610.6, 845.6) | 23 (1, 107) | 31 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.0, 1.1) |
| Fleming County | Rural | No | 711.2 (614.7, 818.6) | 24 (2, 102) | 41 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.7, 0.8) |
| Carter County | Urban | No | 710.0 (640.1, 785.5) | 25 (5, 87) | 77 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.3, -0.1) |
| Menifee County | Rural | No | 704.3 (567.8, 863.7) | 26 (1, 118) | 19 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.3, 0.8) |
| Todd County | Rural | No | 704.2 (596.9, 825.3) | 27 (2, 113) | 31 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.3, 0.6) |
| Carroll County | Rural | No | 704.0 (588.6, 835.5) | 28 (1, 113) | 27 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.3, 0.3) |
| Lincoln County | Rural | No | 702.0 (628.1, 782.2) | 29 (4, 94) | 67 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-5.5, 0.0) |
| Wolfe County | Rural | No | 701.7 (565.6, 860.8) | 30 (1, 118) | 19 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.9, 0.6) |
| Green County | Rural | No | 697.5 (596.2, 811.1) | 31 (1, 112) | 35 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.5, 1.1) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | No | 697.0 (624.0, 776.1) | 32 (5, 95) | 69 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.3, 0.0) |
| Ohio County | Rural | No | 696.8 (621.8, 778.4) | 33 (5, 93) | 64 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.1, 0.0) |
| Monroe County | Rural | No | 694.1 (589.0, 812.6) | 34 (2, 114) | 32 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.8, 0.8) |
| Henry County | Urban | No | 690.7 (597.9, 793.9) | 35 (4, 110) | 42 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.9, 0.5) |
| Estill County | Rural | No | 687.1 (592.4, 792.7) | 36 (3, 110) | 39 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.7, 0.7) |
| Fulton County | Rural | No | 686.2 (550.1, 845.7) | 37 (1, 119) | 18 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.3, 0.2) |
| Harrison County | Rural | No | 684.1 (601.0, 775.5) | 38 (6, 104) | 50 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.9, 0.4) |
| Crittenden County | Rural | No | 683.7 (569.3, 814.3) | 39 (1, 114) | 26 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.2, 0.5) |
| Breckinridge County | Rural | No | 678.2 (600.5, 763.3) | 40 (7, 108) | 57 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.5, -0.4) |
| Taylor County | Rural | No | 676.0 (605.4, 752.7) | 41 (9, 104) | 68 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.5, 0.6) |
| Johnson County | Rural | No | 674.3 (597.5, 758.1) | 42 (7, 103) | 59 |
falling
|
-6.4 (-15.3, -0.5) |
| Magoffin County | Rural | No | 674.0 (568.0, 794.1) | 43 (3, 116) | 30 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.6, 0.1) |
| Breathitt County | Rural | No | 671.1 (572.3, 782.1) | 44 (4, 115) | 35 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.7, 0.1) |
| Russell County | Rural | No | 669.8 (589.4, 758.2) | 45 (7, 109) | 52 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.9, 0.4) |
| Casey County | Rural | No | 669.7 (583.5, 765.2) | 46 (6, 112) | 45 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.8, 0.6) |
| Union County | Rural | No | 669.4 (571.6, 779.0) | 47 (4, 115) | 35 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.3, 0.1) |
| Pike County | Rural | No | 666.2 (619.7, 715.3) | 48 (18, 89) | 159 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-5.3, -0.7) |
| Pendleton County | Urban | No | 663.5 (565.0, 774.1) | 49 (3, 115) | 34 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.3, 0.1) |
| Calloway County | Rural | No | 662.7 (601.7, 728.2) | 50 (13, 100) | 88 |
stable
|
5.3 (-0.1, 9.3) |
| Pulaski County | Rural | No | 661.2 (617.3, 707.5) | 51 (21, 90) | 173 |
falling
|
-0.4 (-0.7, -0.1) |
| Mason County | Rural | No | 660.9 (573.7, 757.6) | 52 (7, 113) | 43 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.3, 0.1) |
| Bath County | Rural | No | 657.4 (557.1, 770.6) | 53 (5, 117) | 31 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-9.9, -0.1) |
| Webster County | Rural | No | 656.4 (556.3, 769.2) | 54 (3, 118) | 31 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.3, 0.0) |
| Morgan County | Rural | No | 654.6 (555.4, 766.4) | 55 (5, 118) | 33 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.6, 1.1) |
| Hart County | Rural | No | 654.4 (570.4, 747.1) | 56 (9, 114) | 46 |
falling
|
-7.2 (-17.6, -0.4) |
| Mercer County | Rural | No | 654.1 (581.3, 733.5) | 57 (11, 109) | 61 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.4, -0.1) |
| Rockcastle County | Rural | No | 654.0 (568.4, 748.9) | 58 (6, 116) | 43 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.1, 0.2) |
| Bourbon County | Urban | No | 650.5 (574.9, 733.2) | 59 (11, 111) | 55 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.1, -0.6) |
| Nelson County | Urban | No | 650.1 (594.3, 709.5) | 60 (19, 101) | 105 |
stable
|
1.9 (-1.4, 8.3) |
| Christian County | Urban | No | 649.2 (599.1, 702.3) | 61 (21, 97) | 127 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.1, -0.3) |
| Meade County | Urban | No | 647.2 (575.6, 725.2) | 62 (13, 111) | 63 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.5, -0.3) |
| Letcher County | Rural | No | 645.6 (571.8, 726.4) | 63 (11, 111) | 59 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.4, -0.2) |
| Marshall County | Rural | No | 641.1 (583.1, 703.3) | 64 (20, 105) | 92 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.8, 0.0) |
| Grant County | Urban | No | 640.6 (560.1, 729.2) | 65 (11, 115) | 48 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.7, -0.2) |
| Logan County | Rural | No | 638.9 (572.0, 711.4) | 66 (15, 112) | 68 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.2, 0.0) |
| Bracken County | Urban | No | 636.5 (512.1, 781.5) | 67 (2, 119) | 19 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.8, 0.5) |
| Adair County | Rural | No | 634.4 (555.5, 721.4) | 68 (13, 115) | 48 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.3, 0.0) |
| Barren County | Rural | No | 632.8 (579.6, 689.6) | 69 (25, 107) | 107 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.0, 0.1) |
| Graves County | Rural | No | 631.8 (574.4, 693.4) | 70 (21, 110) | 91 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.9, 0.0) |
| Rowan County | Rural | No | 629.5 (550.5, 716.6) | 71 (14, 117) | 47 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.5, 0.9) |
| McLean County | Urban | No | 626.2 (518.0, 750.5) | 72 (5, 119) | 24 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.6, 0.1) |
| Laurel County | Rural | No | 626.2 (579.6, 675.5) | 73 (29, 106) | 138 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.1, 0.1) |
| Nicholas County | Rural | No | 622.9 (497.7, 770.0) | 74 (4, 119) | 18 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-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) |
| Hancock County | Rural | No | 620.2 (507.4, 750.5) | 76 (5, 119) | 21 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.0, 0.3) |
| Hardin County | Urban | No | 620.1 (583.3, 658.5) | 77 (40, 100) | 220 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-0.9, -0.3) |
| Elliott County | Rural | No | 616.1 (498.2, 753.9) | 78 (5, 120) | 19 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.5, -0.3) |
| Knott County | Rural | No | 611.8 (524.6, 709.5) | 79 (12, 119) | 37 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.2, 0.3) |
| Hickman County | Rural | No | 610.7 (478.5, 769.1) | 80 (3, 120) | 15 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.2, 1.1) |
| Henderson County | Rural | No | 609.6 (558.0, 664.7) | 81 (31, 112) | 106 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.0, -0.1) |
| Trigg County | Urban | No | 607.1 (524.8, 698.7) | 82 (16, 118) | 41 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.1, -0.4) |
| Muhlenberg County | Rural | No | 605.1 (545.5, 669.3) | 83 (29, 115) | 77 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.3, -0.2) |
| Boyd County | Urban | No | 604.2 (556.6, 654.8) | 84 (36, 112) | 122 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-5.4, -1.2) |
| Hopkins County | Rural | No | 602.3 (551.7, 656.4) | 85 (39, 113) | 107 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.3, -0.4) |
| Jackson County | Rural | No | 600.2 (504.8, 708.5) | 86 (16, 119) | 30 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.6, 0.4) |
| Greenup County | Urban | No | 600.2 (547.0, 657.2) | 87 (33, 114) | 95 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.6, -0.4) |
| Allen County | Urban | No | 598.1 (523.1, 680.9) | 88 (22, 118) | 47 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.4, 0.3) |
| Larue County | Urban | No | 597.4 (507.7, 698.4) | 89 (16, 119) | 33 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.4, 0.1) |
| Clark County | Urban | No | 596.8 (540.3, 657.5) | 90 (32, 115) | 84 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.2, -0.2) |
| Garrard County | Rural | No | 596.3 (516.0, 685.4) | 91 (16, 119) | 41 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.5, 0.2) |
| Anderson County | Rural | No | 595.4 (522.1, 675.9) | 92 (25, 118) | 50 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.1, 0.3) |
| Simpson County | Rural | No | 585.2 (505.8, 673.5) | 93 (26, 119) | 40 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-12.1, -0.1) |
| Ballard County | Urban | No | 584.9 (475.3, 712.6) | 94 (12, 120) | 20 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.2, -0.5) |
| Washington County | Rural | No | 584.8 (491.9, 690.0) | 95 (17, 119) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.5, 0.8) |
| Wayne County | Rural | No | 584.2 (514.0, 661.4) | 96 (28, 119) | 52 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.5, 0.1) |
| Caldwell County | Rural | No | 581.2 (493.8, 679.8) | 97 (20, 120) | 32 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.6, -0.3) |
| Warren County | Urban | No | 580.1 (546.1, 615.7) | 98 (61, 112) | 224 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.5, -0.8) |
| Boyle County | Rural | No | 571.8 (512.7, 635.9) | 99 (43, 118) | 70 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.8, -0.7) |
| Lyon County | Rural | No | 568.3 (470.2, 680.9) | 100 (15, 120) | 24 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.8, 0.0) |
| Madison County | Rural | No | 566.8 (527.7, 608.0) | 101 (63, 116) | 161 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.6) |
| Owen County | Rural | No | 562.1 (468.4, 669.1) | 102 (23, 120) | 26 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.1, -0.2) |
| Daviess County | Urban | No | 560.7 (526.9, 596.0) | 103 (72, 115) | 211 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.4, -0.8) |
| Kenton County | Urban | No | 560.6 (532.0, 590.3) | 104 (77, 115) | 304 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.0, -1.6) |
| Edmonson County | Urban | No | 555.1 (469.1, 652.5) | 105 (25, 120) | 30 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.6) |
| Spencer County | Urban | No | 550.8 (466.4, 645.7) | 106 (30, 120) | 34 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.9, -0.7) |
| McCracken County | Urban | No | 549.9 (511.6, 590.4) | 107 (72, 118) | 157 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.4, -0.7) |
| Jefferson County | Urban | No | 549.2 (536.8, 562.0) | 108 (92, 113) | 1,519 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.0, -1.7) |
| Campbell County | Urban | No | 548.4 (512.7, 585.9) | 109 (74, 117) | 183 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.8, -1.2) |
| Scott County | Urban | No | 546.9 (493.4, 604.5) | 110 (60, 119) | 83 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.0, -0.9) |
| Franklin County | Rural | No | 542.8 (496.6, 592.1) | 111 (72, 119) | 105 |
falling
|
-3.6 (-9.2, -1.6) |
| Shelby County | Urban | No | 542.6 (492.1, 596.8) | 112 (65, 119) | 89 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.8, -0.4) |
| Marion County | Rural | No | 542.1 (467.5, 625.2) | 113 (38, 120) | 39 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.8, -0.3) |
| Woodford County | Urban | No | 541.9 (480.8, 608.6) | 114 (53, 119) | 60 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.8, 5.1) |
| Jessamine County | Urban | No | 536.6 (489.5, 586.9) | 115 (70, 119) | 99 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.8, -1.0) |
| 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) |
| Oldham County | Urban | No | 486.3 (442.6, 533.1) | 118 (98, 120) | 98 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.0, -0.9) |
| Boone County | Urban | No | 468.6 (439.0, 499.6) | 119 (111, 120) | 196 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-4.1, -1.9) |
| Robertson County | Rural | No | 345.8 (207.9, 542.8) | 120 (57, 120) | 4 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-2.9, 0.3) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/06/2025 8:39 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.
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 07/06/2025 8:39 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.
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.