Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for Kentucky by County
Lung & Bronchus, 2018-2022
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by Rate
County
|
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? |
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 | 50.9 (50.0, 51.7) | N/A | 2,986 |
falling 
|
-4.5 (-5.4, -3.9) |
| United States | N/A | No | 32.4 (32.3, 32.5) | N/A | 136,831 |
falling
|
-4.3 (-4.4, -4.1) |
| Owsley County | Rural | No | 97.5 (64.1, 144.0) | 1 (1, 107) | 6 |
stable 
|
0.8 (-0.9, 2.7) |
| Carroll County | Rural | No | 90.3 (69.0, 116.6) | 2 (1, 61) | 13 |
stable
|
0.8 (-0.4, 2.2) |
| Leslie County | Rural | No | 85.1 (65.4, 109.6) | 3 (1, 68) | 13 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.0, 1.1) |
| Knox County | Rural | No | 81.9 (69.9, 95.6) | 4 (1, 47) | 34 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.9, 0.9) |
| Fulton County | Rural | No | 81.4 (57.5, 113.5) | 5 (1, 105) | 8 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.2, 1.2) |
| Butler County | Urban | No | 81.3 (63.0, 103.7) | 6 (1, 78) | 14 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.3, 0.9) |
| Harlan County | Rural | No | 80.3 (67.8, 94.7) | 7 (1, 52) | 31 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.2, 0.5) |
| Perry County | Rural | No | 79.9 (67.5, 94.1) | 8 (1, 50) | 31 |
falling
|
-3.8 (-15.6, -1.1) |
| Whitley County | Rural | No | 79.8 (68.5, 92.6) | 9 (1, 48) | 36 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.4, 0.4) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 78.4 (63.6, 95.8) | 10 (1, 64) | 20 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.1, 1.1) |
| McCreary County | Rural | No | 77.2 (60.9, 96.8) | 11 (1, 77) | 16 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.3, -0.2) |
| Floyd County | Rural | No | 76.2 (65.7, 88.1) | 12 (1, 55) | 40 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-5.5, -1.4) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | No | 76.2 (63.8, 90.4) | 13 (1, 60) | 28 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.2, 0.9) |
| Powell County | Rural | No | 75.5 (57.7, 97.4) | 14 (1, 93) | 13 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.6, 1.0) |
| Wolfe County | Rural | No | 73.4 (50.2, 104.9) | 15 (1, 116) | 7 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-2.1, 1.5) |
| Pendleton County | Urban | No | 73.3 (56.5, 93.9) | 16 (1, 101) | 14 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.4, 0.4) |
| Clinton County | Rural | No | 72.7 (54.2, 96.5) | 17 (1, 107) | 11 |
stable
|
0.6 (-0.9, 2.4) |
| Lewis County | Rural | No | 72.5 (56.0, 92.9) | 18 (1, 99) | 14 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.2, 1.7) |
| Breathitt County | Rural | No | 72.2 (55.5, 92.9) | 19 (1, 97) | 14 |
stable
|
-1.4 (-2.9, 0.1) |
| Carlisle County | Urban | No | 71.6 (47.5, 106.0) | 20 (1, 116) | 6 |
stable
|
0.7 (-1.2, 3.0) |
| Lawrence County | Urban | No | 70.0 (55.3, 88.0) | 21 (1, 96) | 16 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-10.3, -0.8) |
| Grayson County | Rural | No | 70.0 (58.1, 83.8) | 22 (2, 78) | 26 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.8, 0.7) |
| Russell County | Rural | No | 69.4 (55.8, 85.7) | 23 (2, 93) | 19 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.5, 1.4) |
| Livingston County | Urban | No | 69.1 (51.0, 92.8) | 24 (1, 111) | 10 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.8, 0.5) |
| Bell County | Rural | No | 68.4 (56.5, 82.5) | 25 (2, 89) | 24 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.0, 0.1) |
| Menifee County | Rural | No | 68.2 (47.1, 97.7) | 26 (1, 115) | 7 |
stable
|
-28.0 (-55.5, 1.2) |
| Magoffin County | Rural | No | 67.8 (50.4, 89.7) | 27 (1, 111) | 11 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.2, 0.6) |
| Carter County | Urban | No | 67.4 (56.4, 80.3) | 28 (4, 90) | 27 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-1.9, 0.0) |
| Ohio County | Rural | No | 67.4 (55.3, 81.5) | 29 (3, 90) | 22 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.6, 0.1) |
| Breckinridge County | Rural | No | 66.8 (54.4, 81.6) | 30 (3, 99) | 21 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.9, 1.0) |
| Metcalfe County | Rural | No | 66.8 (49.9, 88.4) | 31 (1, 111) | 11 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.3, 0.6) |
| Martin County | Rural | No | 66.1 (48.6, 88.5) | 32 (1, 113) | 10 |
falling
|
-6.3 (-24.6, -0.9) |
| Lincoln County | Rural | No | 65.6 (53.9, 79.5) | 33 (4, 95) | 22 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-12.3, -0.8) |
| Todd County | Rural | No | 65.5 (48.9, 86.5) | 34 (2, 115) | 11 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.9, 0.5) |
| Pike County | Rural | No | 65.1 (57.5, 73.6) | 35 (11, 73) | 56 |
falling
|
-3.1 (-9.7, -1.4) |
| McLean County | Urban | No | 65.0 (46.9, 88.6) | 36 (1, 117) | 9 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.9, 0.7) |
| Estill County | Rural | No | 64.2 (49.6, 82.5) | 37 (2, 111) | 14 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.6, 1.5) |
| Harrison County | Rural | No | 62.8 (50.0, 78.3) | 38 (4, 107) | 17 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.5, 0.9) |
| Rockcastle County | Rural | No | 62.1 (48.6, 78.7) | 39 (3, 111) | 15 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.6, 0.9) |
| Adair County | Rural | No | 61.7 (48.9, 77.2) | 40 (4, 110) | 17 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.9, -0.3) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 61.6 (41.5, 89.3) | 41 (1, 119) | 6 |
falling
|
-4.1 (-24.2, -2.0) |
| Cumberland County | Rural | No | 61.5 (41.8, 89.7) | 42 (1, 119) | 6 |
rising 
|
1.4 (0.1, 3.0) |
| Barren County | Rural | No | 61.1 (52.5, 70.9) | 43 (13, 93) | 37 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.4, 0.3) |
| Allen County | Urban | No | 60.5 (48.3, 75.1) | 44 (6, 110) | 18 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-6.9, -0.8) |
| Monroe County | Rural | No | 60.4 (44.5, 81.0) | 45 (4, 116) | 10 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.9, 1.1) |
| Johnson County | Rural | No | 60.4 (48.7, 74.3) | 46 (7, 110) | 19 |
falling
|
-15.8 (-27.2, -2.3) |
| Calloway County | Rural | No | 60.2 (50.7, 71.3) | 47 (12, 102) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.5, 0.5) |
| Rowan County | Rural | No | 60.2 (47.7, 75.1) | 48 (6, 113) | 16 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.8, 0.1) |
| Laurel County | Rural | No | 60.0 (52.5, 68.4) | 49 (17, 90) | 48 |
falling
|
-5.1 (-16.6, -0.5) |
| Hart County | Rural | No | 59.7 (46.9, 75.1) | 50 (6, 112) | 16 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.7, 0.2) |
| Morgan County | Rural | No | 58.9 (44.0, 77.7) | 51 (5, 116) | 11 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.5, 1.2) |
| Green County | Rural | No | 58.4 (43.4, 77.9) | 52 (5, 117) | 10 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.4, 1.1) |
| Mercer County | Rural | No | 57.5 (46.5, 70.8) | 53 (10, 111) | 20 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.0, -0.3) |
| Garrard County | Rural | No | 57.3 (44.7, 72.7) | 54 (9, 115) | 15 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-3.1, 0.7) |
| Bracken County | Urban | No | 57.1 (38.7, 82.2) | 55 (2, 119) | 6 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.3, 0.8) |
| Taylor County | Rural | No | 56.9 (46.2, 69.6) | 56 (14, 112) | 20 |
falling
|
-4.1 (-18.5, -0.4) |
| Marshall County | Rural | No | 56.7 (47.7, 67.2) | 57 (18, 108) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.7, 0.2) |
| Casey County | Rural | No | 56.4 (44.0, 71.9) | 58 (9, 116) | 14 |
stable
|
-6.3 (-12.3, 5.2) |
| Knott County | Rural | No | 56.3 (42.8, 73.3) | 59 (7, 117) | 12 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.4, 0.0) |
| Owen County | Rural | No | 55.8 (40.6, 75.7) | 60 (4, 119) | 9 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-3.2, -0.3) |
| Mason County | Rural | No | 55.8 (42.7, 71.9) | 61 (8, 117) | 13 |
falling
|
-7.6 (-24.1, -0.9) |
| Fleming County | Rural | No | 55.6 (42.1, 72.6) | 62 (8, 117) | 12 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.0, 0.1) |
| Trigg County | Urban | No | 55.6 (42.8, 71.9) | 63 (12, 116) | 13 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.6, -0.1) |
| Hickman County | Rural | No | 55.6 (35.9, 86.7) | 64 (2, 119) | 5 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.5, 1.2) |
| Hopkins County | Rural | No | 55.5 (47.5, 64.5) | 65 (24, 107) | 36 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.1, -0.4) |
| Edmonson County | Urban | No | 55.5 (41.5, 73.5) | 66 (8, 117) | 11 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.2, 0.7) |
| Meade County | Urban | No | 55.1 (44.6, 67.5) | 67 (18, 115) | 20 |
stable
|
-1.4 (-2.6, 0.0) |
| Jackson County | Rural | No | 54.8 (39.9, 73.9) | 68 (6, 118) | 9 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.5, 0.8) |
| Bath County | Rural | No | 54.5 (40.0, 73.2) | 69 (7, 118) | 10 |
falling
|
-8.0 (-21.5, -1.2) |
| Trimble County | Rural | No | 54.4 (36.6, 78.7) | 70 (3, 119) | 6 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.6, 1.3) |
| Webster County | Rural | No | 53.1 (38.8, 71.5) | 71 (8, 119) | 9 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.7, -0.9) |
| Simpson County | Rural | No | 53.0 (41.0, 67.7) | 72 (14, 118) | 14 |
falling
|
-4.5 (-14.8, -1.1) |
| Larue County | Urban | No | 53.0 (39.8, 69.7) | 73 (15, 118) | 11 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.0, 0.6) |
| Crittenden County | Rural | No | 53.0 (36.9, 74.8) | 74 (5, 119) | 7 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.8, 0.6) |
| Pulaski County | Rural | No | 52.8 (46.4, 59.9) | 75 (33, 105) | 51 |
falling
|
-3.8 (-11.6, -1.5) |
| Elliott County | Rural | No | 52.7 (34.9, 77.9) | 76 (3, 119) | 6 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-4.6, -0.9) |
| Grant County | Urban | No | 52.1 (40.6, 65.9) | 77 (18, 118) | 15 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-3.0, -0.6) |
| Logan County | Rural | No | 51.8 (42.0, 63.4) | 78 (22, 116) | 20 |
falling
|
-4.6 (-8.8, -2.8) |
| Letcher County | Rural | No | 51.2 (40.8, 63.8) | 79 (23, 118) | 18 |
falling
|
-5.9 (-21.5, -2.2) |
| Christian County | Urban | No | 50.4 (43.1, 58.7) | 80 (35, 114) | 34 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.5, -1.2) |
| Union County | Rural | No | 50.3 (37.0, 67.4) | 81 (15, 119) | 10 |
falling
|
-5.7 (-25.7, -1.7) |
| Hardin County | Urban | No | 50.3 (44.8, 56.2) | 82 (47, 109) | 65 |
falling
|
-4.5 (-12.4, -1.7) |
| Hancock County | Rural | No | 50.2 (34.2, 72.0) | 83 (8, 119) | 6 |
falling
|
-4.6 (-27.6, -0.8) |
| Henderson County | Rural | No | 49.9 (42.4, 58.5) | 84 (36, 114) | 33 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.4, -0.8) |
| Nelson County | Urban | No | 49.7 (42.0, 58.6) | 85 (37, 115) | 30 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-2.0, -0.1) |
| Caldwell County | Rural | No | 49.3 (35.9, 66.9) | 86 (11, 119) | 9 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.3, 0.8) |
| Boyd County | Urban | No | 49.1 (41.9, 57.3) | 87 (42, 114) | 35 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-6.5, -1.5) |
| Warren County | Urban | No | 48.9 (43.8, 54.4) | 88 (54, 111) | 69 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.5, -0.9) |
| Graves County | Rural | No | 48.8 (40.7, 58.2) | 89 (37, 116) | 26 |
falling
|
-3.8 (-15.5, -1.2) |
| Gallatin County | Urban | No | 48.7 (31.3, 73.1) | 90 (7, 119) | 5 |
falling
|
-18.1 (-42.0, -3.8) |
| Wayne County | Rural | No | 48.6 (37.9, 61.9) | 91 (27, 118) | 15 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.4, -0.4) |
| Muhlenberg County | Rural | No | 48.2 (39.5, 58.6) | 92 (37, 118) | 22 |
falling
|
-8.6 (-27.5, -1.8) |
| Bourbon County | Urban | No | 48.1 (37.6, 61.0) | 93 (27, 119) | 15 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.5, -0.4) |
| Madison County | Rural | No | 48.0 (42.1, 54.5) | 94 (52, 114) | 50 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.4, -0.2) |
| Kenton County | Urban | No | 47.9 (43.5, 52.6) | 95 (59, 111) | 93 |
falling
|
-3.8 (-5.6, -2.8) |
| Shelby County | Urban | No | 47.6 (39.8, 56.5) | 96 (40, 117) | 28 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.8, -0.5) |
| Clark County | Urban | No | 47.5 (39.3, 57.0) | 97 (42, 117) | 25 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.9, 0.4) |
| Jessamine County | Urban | No | 47.5 (40.2, 55.7) | 98 (44, 116) | 32 |
falling
|
-12.2 (-20.0, -1.9) |
| Greenup County | Urban | No | 47.3 (39.6, 56.4) | 99 (43, 117) | 27 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-8.6, -1.5) |
| Nicholas County | Rural | No | 47.2 (30.3, 71.2) | 100 (5, 119) | 5 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.2, 0.8) |
| Henry County | Urban | No | 46.9 (34.9, 62.2) | 101 (25, 119) | 11 |
falling
|
-6.3 (-23.0, -1.9) |
| Ballard County | Urban | No | 46.3 (30.9, 68.5) | 102 (15, 119) | 6 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-3.3, -0.2) |
| Washington County | Rural | No | 46.3 (32.7, 64.4) | 103 (18, 119) | 8 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-2.3, 1.4) |
| Campbell County | Urban | No | 46.2 (40.8, 52.2) | 104 (56, 115) | 55 |
falling
|
-3.7 (-10.1, -2.2) |
| Marion County | Rural | No | 46.0 (35.1, 59.6) | 105 (31, 119) | 13 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.7, -0.3) |
| Boyle County | Rural | No | 45.9 (37.1, 56.3) | 106 (37, 118) | 20 |
stable
|
0.4 (-5.3, 12.2) |
| Daviess County | Urban | No | 45.8 (40.7, 51.3) | 107 (61, 115) | 62 |
falling
|
-6.4 (-9.4, -4.6) |
| McCracken County | Urban | No | 43.6 (38.0, 49.9) | 108 (64, 117) | 45 |
falling
|
-3.7 (-6.4, -2.5) |
| Scott County | Urban | No | 42.5 (35.0, 51.1) | 109 (59, 119) | 24 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-3.4, -1.3) |
| Anderson County | Rural | No | 42.3 (32.4, 54.5) | 110 (43, 119) | 13 |
falling
|
-7.2 (-17.2, -2.9) |
| Spencer County | Urban | No | 42.0 (30.8, 56.3) | 111 (40, 119) | 10 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-4.1, -1.1) |
| Jefferson County | Urban | No | 41.9 (40.1, 43.8) | 112 (95, 115) | 416 |
falling
|
-5.0 (-7.8, -3.6) |
| Bullitt County | Urban | No | 41.6 (36.2, 47.8) | 113 (73, 118) | 44 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-3.0, -1.6) |
| Franklin County | Rural | No | 39.5 (33.0, 47.0) | 114 (71, 119) | 28 |
falling
|
-9.4 (-17.1, -5.8) |
| Woodford County | Urban | No | 39.1 (30.7, 49.3) | 115 (60, 119) | 16 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.9, -0.6) |
| Boone County | Urban | No | 37.9 (33.6, 42.7) | 116 (95, 119) | 58 |
falling
|
-6.5 (-15.0, -3.0) |
| Lyon County | Rural | No | 34.9 (23.1, 53.2) | 117 (57, 119) | 6 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-3.5, -0.1) |
| Fayette County | Urban | No | 34.5 (31.8, 37.5) | 118 (110, 119) | 122 |
falling
|
-4.7 (-7.3, -3.4) |
| Oldham County | Urban | No | 29.9 (24.5, 36.2) | 119 (109, 119) | 23 |
falling
|
-5.5 (-15.2, -3.2) |
| Robertson County | Rural | *** |
|
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/11/2025 11:57 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.
* 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.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/11/2025 11:57 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.
* 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.