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) 
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| Calloway County | Rural | No | 662.7 (601.7, 728.2) | 50 (13, 100) | 88 |
stable 
|
5.3 (-0.1, 9.3) |
| 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) |
| Cumberland County | Rural | No | 832.3 (685.9, 1,001.2) | 4 (1, 84) | 23 |
stable
|
0.7 (-0.4, 2.0) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 841.3 (746.2, 945.2) | 2 (1, 42) | 60 |
stable
|
0.5 (-0.1, 1.2) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Pike County | Rural | No | 666.2 (619.7, 715.3) | 48 (18, 89) | 159 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-5.3, -0.7) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Kenton County | Urban | No | 560.6 (532.0, 590.3) | 104 (77, 115) | 304 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.0, -1.6) |
| Boone County | Urban | No | 468.6 (439.0, 499.6) | 119 (111, 120) | 196 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-4.1, -1.9) |
| Simpson County | Rural | No | 585.2 (505.8, 673.5) | 93 (26, 119) | 40 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-12.1, -0.1) |
| Franklin County | Rural | No | 542.8 (496.6, 592.1) | 111 (72, 119) | 105 |
falling
|
-3.6 (-9.2, -1.6) |
| Johnson County | Rural | No | 674.3 (597.5, 758.1) | 42 (7, 103) | 59 |
falling
|
-6.4 (-15.3, -0.5) |
| Hart County | Rural | No | 654.4 (570.4, 747.1) | 56 (9, 114) | 46 |
falling
|
-7.2 (-17.6, -0.4) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/01/2025 10:47 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 07/01/2025 10:47 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.