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 CI*Rank
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) |
| 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) |
| Henderson County 7 | Rural | 483.3 (446.1, 522.9) | 115 (78, 120) | 135 |
falling
|
-10.2 (-15.1, -5.0) |
| Todd County 7 | Rural | 491.4 (419.6, 572.5) | 114 (28, 120) | 36 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.0, 0.6) |
| Knott County 7 | Rural | 490.0 (427.0, 560.8) | 113 (32, 120) | 49 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.2, 0.9) |
| 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) |
| Webster County 7 | Rural | 509.7 (440.2, 587.6) | 108 (17, 120) | 42 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.2, 0.2) |
| Rowan County 7 | Rural | 508.4 (451.3, 571.0) | 107 (30, 120) | 60 |
falling
|
-3.2 (-7.9, -1.7) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Lyon County 7 | Rural | 521.2 (443.1, 611.1) | 101 (8, 120) | 37 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.9, 1.5) |
| McCreary County 7 | Rural | 515.3 (453.2, 583.9) | 100 (21, 120) | 53 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.2, -0.3) |
| Ballard County 7 | Urban | 521.0 (436.3, 619.1) | 99 (5, 120) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.2, 0.7) |
| 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) |
| Bell County 7 | Rural | 535.3 (483.1, 592.0) | 95 (23, 118) | 84 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.9, 0.5) |
| Harlan County 7 | Rural | 532.3 (482.4, 586.3) | 94 (24, 118) | 92 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.9, 1.0) |
| Laurel County 7 | Rural | 530.1 (496.4, 565.6) | 93 (46, 114) | 198 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.5, -0.2) |
| Boone County 7 | Urban | 534.2 (509.2, 560.0) | 92 (56, 110) | 380 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.1, -0.1) |
| Robertson County 7 | Rural | 530.4 (382.4, 725.7) | 91 (1, 120) | 9 |
stable
|
0.0 (-3.6, 4.4) |
| Shelby County 7 | Urban | 537.6 (498.7, 578.9) | 90 (32, 115) | 154 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.3, 0.4) |
| Hancock County 7 | Rural | 536.9 (453.3, 632.6) | 89 (3, 120) | 32 |
stable
|
1.2 (-0.6, 3.4) |
| 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) |
| Leslie County 7 | Rural | 548.1 (468.1, 638.9) | 86 (3, 120) | 38 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.8, 1.0) |
| Carroll County 7 | Rural | 548.6 (466.8, 641.0) | 85 (5, 120) | 35 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.1, 1.0) |
| Franklin County 7 | Rural | 545.8 (508.2, 585.7) | 84 (31, 112) | 168 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.6, -0.2) |
| Bullitt County 7 | Urban | 548.5 (518.7, 579.8) | 83 (36, 107) | 275 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.3) |
| Perry County 7 | Rural | 551.0 (501.7, 604.2) | 82 (16, 115) | 100 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.1, -0.3) |
| Larue County 7 | Urban | 552.1 (483.2, 628.4) | 81 (6, 119) | 51 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.8, 0.6) |
| Boyle County 7 | Rural | 551.4 (504.1, 602.1) | 80 (16, 115) | 105 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.8, 0.9) |
| Scott County 7 | Urban | 552.2 (511.1, 595.8) | 79 (22, 112) | 151 |
stable
|
2.3 (-1.9, 7.9) |
| Meade County 7 | Urban | 550.4 (500.4, 604.2) | 78 (16, 115) | 99 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.2, 0.4) |
| Christian County 7 | Urban | 554.1 (516.3, 593.7) | 77 (27, 110) | 169 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.8, -0.1) |
| Jessamine County 7 | Urban | 553.7 (515.9, 593.6) | 76 (23, 110) | 168 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.0, 0.7) |
| 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) |
| Hopkins County 7 | Rural | 559.6 (520.0, 601.5) | 73 (21, 110) | 161 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.9, -0.4) |
| 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) |
| Muhlenberg County 7 | Rural | 561.4 (515.2, 610.9) | 70 (15, 113) | 117 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.5, -0.1) |
| Anderson County 7 | Rural | 564.9 (506.3, 628.8) | 69 (10, 116) | 79 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.9, 0.3) |
| Spencer County 7 | Urban | 564.1 (501.6, 632.7) | 68 (7, 117) | 68 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.0, 1.6) |
| Johnson County 7 | Rural | 563.8 (508.6, 623.8) | 67 (11, 114) | 84 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.2, 0.9) |
| 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) |
| Jefferson County 7 | Urban | 572.2 (561.9, 582.7) | 63 (43, 80) | 2,499 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.1, -0.5) |
| Owen County 7 | Rural | 572.0 (495.9, 657.7) | 62 (2, 118) | 45 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.7, 0.7) |
| 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) |
| Green County 7 | Rural | 571.9 (497.8, 655.2) | 57 (2, 117) | 47 |
stable
|
-1.7 (-6.4, 0.1) |
| Calloway County 7 | Rural | 578.3 (532.8, 626.9) | 56 (10, 107) | 127 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.3, 0.5) |
| Daviess County 7 | Urban | 579.0 (551.2, 608.0) | 55 (22, 91) | 345 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.0, 0.1) |
| Breckinridge County 7 | Rural | 578.5 (521.3, 640.8) | 54 (5, 111) | 83 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.0, 1.2) |
| Lawrence County 7 | Urban | 582.2 (514.0, 657.5) | 53 (2, 114) | 60 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.1, 1.6) |
| Butler County 7 | Urban | 581.9 (507.7, 664.6) | 52 (1, 117) | 48 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.3, 0.9) |
| 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) |
| Ohio County 7 | Rural | 587.8 (533.0, 647.1) | 49 (5, 110) | 90 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.7, 1.1) |
| Russell County 7 | Rural | 584.6 (523.7, 651.3) | 48 (3, 112) | 74 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.3, 1.3) |
| 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) |
| Pulaski County 7 | Rural | 596.6 (562.8, 632.1) | 43 (10, 86) | 254 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.2, -0.1) |
| Barren County 7 | Rural | 595.9 (553.5, 640.9) | 42 (6, 95) | 158 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.6, 0.9) |
| Pendleton County 7 | Urban | 597.5 (524.8, 677.9) | 41 (1, 114) | 55 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.2, 1.1) |
| Lincoln County 7 | Rural | 600.0 (544.1, 660.5) | 40 (2, 104) | 91 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.0, 0.5) |
| 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) |
| Garrard County 7 | Rural | 605.5 (539.4, 678.1) | 37 (1, 110) | 68 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.0, 1.5) |
| Marshall County 7 | Rural | 607.4 (560.5, 657.5) | 36 (5, 95) | 137 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.8, 0.8) |
| Hardin County 7 | Urban | 605.4 (576.5, 635.3) | 35 (10, 75) | 357 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.0, 0.3) |
| Metcalfe County 7 | Rural | 600.2 (519.0, 691.7) | 34 (1, 114) | 42 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.0, 1.1) |
| Hart County 7 | Rural | 606.6 (540.8, 678.5) | 33 (1, 108) | 70 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-6.2, 0.2) |
| Monroe County 7 | Rural | 610.6 (526.9, 704.4) | 32 (1, 114) | 44 |
stable
|
0.6 (-0.9, 2.3) |
| McCracken County 7 | Urban | 608.5 (575.0, 643.5) | 31 (8, 78) | 264 |
stable
|
1.3 (0.0, 5.1) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Clay County 7 | Rural | 618.3 (553.3, 689.1) | 23 (1, 103) | 73 |
stable
|
2.6 (-0.1, 8.8) |
| Montgomery County 7 | Rural | 625.8 (570.1, 685.7) | 22 (1, 93) | 99 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.6, 0.8) |
| Cumberland County 7 | Rural | 625.3 (519.5, 749.0) | 21 (1, 117) | 28 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-2.2, 1.8) |
| Livingston County 7 | Urban | 632.4 (548.4, 727.8) | 20 (1, 112) | 45 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.6, 1.3) |
| Estill County 7 | Rural | 629.7 (554.3, 713.0) | 19 (1, 104) | 57 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.5, 0.8) |
| Trimble County 7 | Rural | 633.6 (538.7, 741.4) | 18 (1, 114) | 35 |
stable
|
1.2 (-0.2, 2.9) |
| Grayson County 7 | Rural | 632.0 (577.2, 690.9) | 17 (1, 81) | 108 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.7, 0.9) |
| Whitley County 7 | Rural | 632.7 (583.4, 685.2) | 16 (1, 76) | 130 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.6, 1.3) |
| McLean County 7 | Urban | 635.4 (546.2, 736.1) | 15 (1, 108) | 40 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.7, 1.6) |
| Henry County 7 | Urban | 639.7 (567.2, 719.3) | 14 (1, 99) | 65 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.6, 0.5) |
| Powell County 7 | Rural | 636.7 (551.9, 731.4) | 13 (1, 106) | 48 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.7, 1.2) |
| 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) |
| Knox County 7 | Rural | 653.5 (600.4, 710.3) | 7 (1, 65) | 117 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.1, 0.8) |
| Carter County 7 | Urban | 657.8 (603.1, 716.4) | 6 (1, 62) | 115 |
stable
|
0.6 (-0.1, 3.0) |
| Wolfe County 7 | Rural | 653.4 (545.8, 777.8) | 5 (1, 112) | 29 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-2.9, 0.4) |
| Taylor County 7 | Rural | 655.5 (597.3, 718.1) | 4 (1, 71) | 101 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.7, 0.7) |
| 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 03/25/2026 6:51 pm.
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.