Incidence Rates Table
Incidence Rate Report for Kentucky by County
All Cancer Sites (All Stages^), 2018-2022
All Races (includes Hispanic), Male, All Ages
Sorted by Rate
County
|
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Age-Adjusted Incidence Rate † cases per 100,000 (95% Confidence Interval) 
|
CI*Rank ⋔ (95% Confidence Interval)
|
Average Annual Count
|
Recent Trend |
Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Incidence Rates (95% Confidence Interval)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky 7 | N/A | 570.9 (566.7, 575.2) | N/A | 15,079 |
falling 
|
-0.6 (-0.7, -0.4) |
| US (SEER+NPCR) 1 | N/A | 484.8 (484.4, 485.3) | N/A | 929,608 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.8, -0.8) |
| Elliott County 7 | Rural | 420.4 (345.3, 508.8) | 120 (73, 120) | 23 |
stable 
|
-1.1 (-2.7, 0.8) |
| Morgan County 7 | Rural | 477.4 (414.6, 547.6) | 119 (43, 120) | 45 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.6, 0.1) |
| Crittenden County 7 | Rural | 478.8 (402.9, 566.2) | 118 (23, 120) | 31 |
stable
|
0.4 (-1.1, 2.0) |
| Henderson County 7 | Rural | 483.3 (446.1, 522.9) | 115 (78, 120) | 135 |
falling
|
-10.2 (-15.1, -5.0) |
| Union County 7 | Rural | 483.6 (415.3, 560.5) | 117 (37, 120) | 42 |
stable
|
-13.7 (-28.0, 0.8) |
| Caldwell County 7 | Rural | 485.9 (421.7, 558.3) | 116 (40, 120) | 44 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.7, -0.3) |
| Knott County 7 | Rural | 490.0 (427.0, 560.8) | 113 (32, 120) | 49 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.2, 0.9) |
| Todd County 7 | Rural | 491.4 (419.6, 572.5) | 114 (28, 120) | 36 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.0, 0.6) |
| Menifee County 7 | Rural | 492.9 (402.0, 601.2) | 112 (11, 120) | 23 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-3.1, 0.6) |
| Martin County 7 | Rural | 498.2 (424.4, 581.7) | 111 (16, 120) | 35 |
stable
|
-1.4 (-2.7, 0.0) |
| Edmonson County 7 | Urban | 499.7 (435.0, 572.6) | 110 (21, 120) | 46 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.3, -0.1) |
| Lee County 7 | Rural | 505.8 (418.2, 607.6) | 109 (11, 120) | 26 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.6, 1.5) |
| Rowan County 7 | Rural | 508.4 (451.3, 571.0) | 107 (30, 120) | 60 |
falling
|
-3.2 (-7.9, -1.7) |
| Webster County 7 | Rural | 509.7 (440.2, 587.6) | 108 (17, 120) | 42 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.2, 0.2) |
| Magoffin County 7 | Rural | 510.9 (439.0, 592.2) | 106 (14, 120) | 39 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.9, 0.5) |
| Nicholas County 7 | Rural | 513.5 (424.1, 617.2) | 105 (7, 120) | 25 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-2.1, 1.4) |
| Warren County 7 | Urban | 513.7 (488.5, 539.9) | 104 (73, 116) | 331 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.7, -0.4) |
| McCreary County 7 | Rural | 515.3 (453.2, 583.9) | 100 (21, 120) | 53 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.2, -0.3) |
| Allen County 7 | Urban | 515.9 (460.4, 576.8) | 103 (33, 120) | 68 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.7, 0.9) |
| Wayne County 7 | Rural | 516.8 (463.1, 575.8) | 102 (29, 120) | 74 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.5, 1.3) |
| Ballard County 7 | Urban | 521.0 (436.3, 619.1) | 99 (5, 120) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.2, 0.7) |
| Lyon County 7 | Rural | 521.2 (443.1, 611.1) | 101 (8, 120) | 37 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.9, 1.5) |
| Jackson County 7 | Rural | 527.7 (456.7, 607.4) | 98 (8, 120) | 44 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-2.3, 1.6) |
| Simpson County 7 | Rural | 528.4 (466.9, 596.1) | 97 (18, 120) | 59 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.7, 0.0) |
| Hickman County 7 | Rural | 529.3 (419.8, 662.7) | 96 (1, 120) | 18 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-2.5, 1.8) |
| Laurel County 7 | Rural | 530.1 (496.4, 565.6) | 93 (46, 114) | 198 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.5, -0.2) |
| Robertson County 7 | Rural | 530.4 (382.4, 725.7) | 91 (1, 120) | 9 |
stable
|
0.0 (-3.6, 4.4) |
| Harlan County 7 | Rural | 532.3 (482.4, 586.3) | 94 (24, 118) | 92 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.9, 1.0) |
| Boone County 7 | Urban | 534.2 (509.2, 560.0) | 92 (56, 110) | 380 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.1, -0.1) |
| Bell County 7 | Rural | 535.3 (483.1, 592.0) | 95 (23, 118) | 84 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.9, 0.5) |
| Hancock County 7 | Rural | 536.9 (453.3, 632.6) | 89 (3, 120) | 32 |
stable
|
1.2 (-0.6, 3.4) |
| Shelby County 7 | Urban | 537.6 (498.7, 578.9) | 90 (32, 115) | 154 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.3, 0.4) |
| Carlisle County 7 | Urban | 539.5 (429.9, 671.2) | 88 (1, 120) | 18 |
stable
|
-1.4 (-3.6, 0.9) |
| Graves County 7 | Rural | 541.7 (498.9, 587.5) | 87 (24, 116) | 126 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.2, 0.6) |
| Franklin County 7 | Rural | 545.8 (508.2, 585.7) | 84 (31, 112) | 168 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.6, -0.2) |
| Leslie County 7 | Rural | 548.1 (468.1, 638.9) | 86 (3, 120) | 38 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.8, 1.0) |
| Bullitt County 7 | Urban | 548.5 (518.7, 579.8) | 83 (36, 107) | 275 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.3) |
| Carroll County 7 | Rural | 548.6 (466.8, 641.0) | 85 (5, 120) | 35 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.1, 1.0) |
| Meade County 7 | Urban | 550.4 (500.4, 604.2) | 78 (16, 115) | 99 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.2, 0.4) |
| Perry County 7 | Rural | 551.0 (501.7, 604.2) | 82 (16, 115) | 100 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.1, -0.3) |
| Boyle County 7 | Rural | 551.4 (504.1, 602.1) | 80 (16, 115) | 105 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.8, 0.9) |
| Larue County 7 | Urban | 552.1 (483.2, 628.4) | 81 (6, 119) | 51 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.8, 0.6) |
| Scott County 7 | Urban | 552.2 (511.1, 595.8) | 79 (22, 112) | 151 |
stable
|
2.3 (-1.9, 7.9) |
| Jessamine County 7 | Urban | 553.7 (515.9, 593.6) | 76 (23, 110) | 168 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.0, 0.7) |
| Christian County 7 | Urban | 554.1 (516.3, 593.7) | 77 (27, 110) | 169 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.8, -0.1) |
| Fayette County 7 | Urban | 554.9 (537.9, 572.3) | 75 (49, 98) | 866 |
stable
|
2.3 (-0.4, 4.9) |
| Clinton County 7 | Rural | 555.6 (473.4, 649.3) | 74 (2, 119) | 36 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.9, 1.7) |
| Gallatin County 7 | Urban | 558.5 (463.8, 668.1) | 72 (1, 120) | 30 |
stable
|
0.4 (-1.5, 2.5) |
| Campbell County 7 | Urban | 559.4 (530.6, 589.4) | 71 (32, 104) | 309 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.2, -0.3) |
| Hopkins County 7 | Rural | 559.6 (520.0, 601.5) | 73 (21, 110) | 161 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.9, -0.4) |
| Muhlenberg County 7 | Rural | 561.4 (515.2, 610.9) | 70 (15, 113) | 117 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.5, -0.1) |
| Johnson County 7 | Rural | 563.8 (508.6, 623.8) | 67 (11, 114) | 84 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.2, 0.9) |
| Spencer County 7 | Urban | 564.1 (501.6, 632.7) | 68 (7, 117) | 68 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.0, 1.6) |
| Anderson County 7 | Rural | 564.9 (506.3, 628.8) | 69 (10, 116) | 79 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.9, 0.3) |
| Kenton County 7 | Urban | 566.1 (543.4, 589.6) | 66 (35, 97) | 518 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.5, -0.4) |
| Greenup County 7 | Urban | 567.5 (524.7, 613.2) | 65 (15, 109) | 140 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.1, 0.1) |
| Letcher County 7 | Rural | 568.2 (511.4, 630.1) | 64 (7, 114) | 83 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.4, 0.4) |
| Green County 7 | Rural | 571.9 (497.8, 655.2) | 57 (2, 117) | 47 |
stable
|
-1.7 (-6.4, 0.1) |
| Owen County 7 | Rural | 572.0 (495.9, 657.7) | 62 (2, 118) | 45 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.7, 0.7) |
| Jefferson County 7 | Urban | 572.2 (561.9, 582.7) | 63 (43, 80) | 2,499 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.1, -0.5) |
| Harrison County 7 | Rural | 572.3 (510.9, 639.6) | 61 (5, 116) | 70 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.0, 0.3) |
| Trigg County 7 | Urban | 573.5 (508.1, 646.0) | 60 (2, 115) | 63 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.5, 1.0) |
| Breathitt County 7 | Rural | 574.2 (498.3, 658.9) | 59 (2, 118) | 48 |
stable
|
0.8 (-0.8, 2.6) |
| Fleming County 7 | Rural | 574.8 (508.2, 648.5) | 58 (3, 116) | 58 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.5, 0.6) |
| Calloway County 7 | Rural | 578.3 (532.8, 626.9) | 56 (10, 107) | 127 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.3, 0.5) |
| Breckinridge County 7 | Rural | 578.5 (521.3, 640.8) | 54 (5, 111) | 83 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.0, 1.2) |
| Daviess County 7 | Urban | 579.0 (551.2, 608.0) | 55 (22, 91) | 345 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.0, 0.1) |
| Butler County 7 | Urban | 581.9 (507.7, 664.6) | 52 (1, 117) | 48 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.3, 0.9) |
| Lawrence County 7 | Urban | 582.2 (514.0, 657.5) | 53 (2, 114) | 60 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.1, 1.6) |
| Lewis County 7 | Rural | 582.5 (509.6, 663.4) | 51 (1, 116) | 51 |
stable
|
0.5 (-0.5, 1.7) |
| Woodford County 7 | Urban | 584.4 (532.4, 640.6) | 50 (5, 110) | 104 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.1, 0.4) |
| Russell County 7 | Rural | 584.6 (523.7, 651.3) | 48 (3, 112) | 74 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.3, 1.3) |
| Ohio County 7 | Rural | 587.8 (533.0, 647.1) | 49 (5, 110) | 90 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.7, 1.1) |
| Clark County 7 | Urban | 588.2 (543.0, 636.3) | 47 (6, 104) | 133 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.5, 0.2) |
| Casey County 7 | Rural | 590.5 (521.9, 666.1) | 46 (2, 114) | 60 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.7, 0.8) |
| Logan County 7 | Rural | 591.3 (540.0, 646.5) | 45 (5, 103) | 104 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.5, 0.4) |
| Floyd County 7 | Rural | 595.6 (549.7, 644.7) | 44 (6, 98) | 139 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.4, 0.0) |
| Barren County 7 | Rural | 595.9 (553.5, 640.9) | 42 (6, 95) | 158 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.6, 0.9) |
| Pulaski County 7 | Rural | 596.6 (562.8, 632.1) | 43 (10, 86) | 254 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.2, -0.1) |
| Pendleton County 7 | Urban | 597.5 (524.8, 677.9) | 41 (1, 114) | 55 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.2, 1.1) |
| Madison County 7 | Rural | 599.8 (567.7, 633.2) | 39 (10, 85) | 284 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.6, 0.1) |
| Pike County 7 | Rural | 600.0 (564.3, 637.5) | 38 (8, 87) | 231 |
stable
|
0.7 (-0.6, 4.1) |
| Lincoln County 7 | Rural | 600.0 (544.1, 660.5) | 40 (2, 104) | 91 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.0, 0.5) |
| Metcalfe County 7 | Rural | 600.2 (519.0, 691.7) | 34 (1, 114) | 42 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.0, 1.1) |
| Hardin County 7 | Urban | 605.4 (576.5, 635.3) | 35 (10, 75) | 357 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.0, 0.3) |
| Garrard County 7 | Rural | 605.5 (539.4, 678.1) | 37 (1, 110) | 68 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.0, 1.5) |
| Hart County 7 | Rural | 606.6 (540.8, 678.5) | 33 (1, 108) | 70 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-6.2, 0.2) |
| Marshall County 7 | Rural | 607.4 (560.5, 657.5) | 36 (5, 95) | 137 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.8, 0.8) |
| McCracken County 7 | Urban | 608.5 (575.0, 643.5) | 31 (8, 78) | 264 |
stable
|
1.3 (0.0, 5.1) |
| Monroe County 7 | Rural | 610.6 (526.9, 704.4) | 32 (1, 114) | 44 |
stable
|
0.6 (-0.9, 2.3) |
| Bourbon County 7 | Urban | 610.9 (551.2, 675.8) | 30 (1, 104) | 82 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.9, 1.5) |
| Oldham County 7 | Urban | 613.4 (576.3, 652.3) | 29 (5, 80) | 229 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.5, -0.2) |
| Boyd County 7 | Urban | 614.9 (575.9, 656.0) | 28 (4, 79) | 197 |
stable
|
0.7 (-0.2, 3.5) |
| Mason County 7 | Rural | 617.6 (548.5, 693.5) | 27 (1, 104) | 64 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.5, 0.4) |
| Adair County 7 | Rural | 618.0 (555.7, 685.9) | 26 (1, 99) | 79 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.9, 0.6) |
| Clay County 7 | Rural | 618.3 (553.3, 689.1) | 23 (1, 103) | 73 |
stable
|
2.6 (-0.1, 8.8) |
| Fulton County 7 | Rural | 619.1 (512.2, 742.9) | 25 (1, 118) | 26 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.6, 1.8) |
| Marion County 7 | Rural | 619.4 (554.2, 690.5) | 24 (1, 104) | 72 |
stable
|
0.8 (-0.2, 2.0) |
| Cumberland County 7 | Rural | 625.3 (519.5, 749.0) | 21 (1, 117) | 28 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-2.2, 1.8) |
| Montgomery County 7 | Rural | 625.8 (570.1, 685.7) | 22 (1, 93) | 99 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.6, 0.8) |
| Estill County 7 | Rural | 629.7 (554.3, 713.0) | 19 (1, 104) | 57 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.5, 0.8) |
| Grayson County 7 | Rural | 632.0 (577.2, 690.9) | 17 (1, 81) | 108 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.7, 0.9) |
| Livingston County 7 | Urban | 632.4 (548.4, 727.8) | 20 (1, 112) | 45 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.6, 1.3) |
| Whitley County 7 | Rural | 632.7 (583.4, 685.2) | 16 (1, 76) | 130 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.6, 1.3) |
| Trimble County 7 | Rural | 633.6 (538.7, 741.4) | 18 (1, 114) | 35 |
stable
|
1.2 (-0.2, 2.9) |
| McLean County 7 | Urban | 635.4 (546.2, 736.1) | 15 (1, 108) | 40 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.7, 1.6) |
| Powell County 7 | Rural | 636.7 (551.9, 731.4) | 13 (1, 106) | 48 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.7, 1.2) |
| Henry County 7 | Urban | 639.7 (567.2, 719.3) | 14 (1, 99) | 65 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.6, 0.5) |
| Washington County 7 | Rural | 641.8 (558.9, 734.2) | 12 (1, 105) | 48 |
rising 
|
1.5 (0.1, 3.0) |
| Bracken County 7 | Urban | 642.4 (545.2, 753.0) | 11 (1, 112) | 35 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.4, 0.9) |
| Rockcastle County 7 | Rural | 647.0 (577.7, 723.1) | 10 (1, 91) | 69 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.9, 1.3) |
| Mercer County 7 | Rural | 650.5 (589.7, 716.3) | 9 (1, 80) | 95 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.7, 0.8) |
| Nelson County 7 | Urban | 652.0 (606.0, 700.6) | 8 (1, 60) | 171 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.3, 0.8) |
| Wolfe County 7 | Rural | 653.4 (545.8, 777.8) | 5 (1, 112) | 29 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-2.9, 0.4) |
| Knox County 7 | Rural | 653.5 (600.4, 710.3) | 7 (1, 65) | 117 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.1, 0.8) |
| Taylor County 7 | Rural | 655.5 (597.3, 718.1) | 4 (1, 71) | 101 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.7, 0.7) |
| Carter County 7 | Urban | 657.8 (603.1, 716.4) | 6 (1, 62) | 115 |
stable
|
0.6 (-0.1, 3.0) |
| Bath County 7 | Rural | 665.7 (583.1, 757.1) | 3 (1, 91) | 51 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.7, 1.7) |
| Owsley County 7 | Rural | 672.1 (535.3, 835.9) | 2 (1, 119) | 19 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-3.1, 1.5) |
| Grant County 7 | Urban | 682.2 (615.5, 754.0) | 1 (1, 55) | 90 |
stable
|
0.6 (0.0, 1.4) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/21/2026 1:30 am.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
† Incidence rates (cases per 100,000 population per year) are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (SEER areas use 20 age groups and NPCR areas use 19 age groups). Rates are for invasive cancer only (except for bladder cancer which is invasive and in situ) or unless otherwise specified. Rates calculated using SEER*Stat. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI. The US Population Data File is used for SEER and NPCR incidence rates.
Rates and trends are computed using different standards for malignancy. For more information see malignant.html.
^ All Stages refers to any stage. Due to changes in stage coding, Combined Summary Stage with Expanded Regional Codes (2004+) is used for data from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) databases and Merged Summary Stage is used for data from National Program of Cancer Registries databases. Due to the increased complexity with staging, other staging variables maybe used if necessary.
Φ Rural–urban county classifications are based on the 2023 USDA Rural–Urban Continuum Codes (except for Connecticut Counties which use 2013 codes). State-level cancer rates for rural areas are calculated using cancer cases registered exclusively in rural counties, while state-level cancer rates for urban areas are calculated using cases registered exclusively in urban counties.
Source: SEER and NPCR data. For more specific information please see the table.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.