Incidence Rates Table
Incidence Rate Report for Kentucky by County
Colon & Rectum (Late Stage^), 2018-2022
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 50+
Sorted by Rate
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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Age-Adjusted Incidence Rate † cases per 100,000 (95% Confidence Interval) 
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CI*Rank ⋔ (95% Confidence Interval)
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Average Annual Count
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Percent of Cases with Late Stage
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| Kentucky 7 | N/A | 78.8 (76.8, 80.8) | N/A | 1,270 | 57.3 |
| US (SEER+NPCR) 1 | N/A | 64.3 (64.1, 64.5) | N/A | 75,131 | 59.3 |
| McLean County 7 | Urban | 138.6 (89.9, 204.5) | 1 (1, 96) | 5 | 70.3 |
| Clay County 7 | Rural | 136.4 (100.2, 181.8) | 2 (1, 67) | 10 | 74.2 |
| Gallatin County 7 | Urban | 129.2 (74.0, 209.6) | 3 (1, 102) | 4 | 75.0 |
| Bath County 7 | Rural | 122.3 (81.3, 177.0) | 4 (1, 94) | 6 | 69.0 |
| Caldwell County 7 | Rural | 120.9 (82.4, 171.2) | 5 (1, 92) | 7 | 68.8 |
| Knott County 7 | Rural | 120.3 (83.0, 169.0) | 6 (1, 93) | 7 | 76.1 |
| Perry County 7 | Rural | 118.4 (90.1, 152.8) | 7 (1, 72) | 13 | 64.3 |
| Bracken County 7 | Urban | 117.7 (70.8, 185.3) | 8 (1, 102) | 4 | 52.6 |
| Knox County 7 | Rural | 117.6 (90.9, 149.9) | 9 (1, 71) | 13 | 65.7 |
| Henry County 7 | Urban | 115.9 (80.3, 162.2) | 10 (1, 95) | 7 | 67.9 |
| Wolfe County 7 | Rural | 115.3 (64.8, 190.4) | 11 (1, 102) | 3 | 48.5 |
| Leslie County 7 | Rural | 113.1 (73.4, 167.7) | 13 (1, 99) | 5 | 66.7 |
| Grayson County 7 | Rural | 112.9 (84.6, 147.7) | 12 (1, 81) | 11 | 64.0 |
| Nicholas County 7 | Rural | 112.3 (63.6, 184.1) | 14 (1, 102) | 3 | 66.7 |
| Barren County 7 | Rural | 110.2 (88.7, 135.4) | 15 (1, 67) | 19 | 70.1 |
| Elliott County 7 | Rural | 110.0 (62.6, 179.0) | 16 (1, 102) | 3 | 69.6 |
| Marion County 7 | Rural | 107.0 (74.0, 149.3) | 17 (1, 98) | 7 | 61.4 |
| Rockcastle County 7 | Rural | 106.8 (74.4, 148.9) | 18 (1, 97) | 7 | 66.7 |
| Simpson County 7 | Rural | 105.1 (72.7, 147.1) | 19 (1, 98) | 7 | 63.6 |
| Muhlenberg County 7 | Rural | 103.6 (79.8, 132.3) | 20 (2, 86) | 13 | 69.5 |
| Monroe County 7 | Rural | 103.2 (64.8, 156.4) | 22 (1, 102) | 5 | 57.5 |
| Mason County 7 | Rural | 102.2 (70.7, 143.3) | 21 (1, 99) | 7 | 60.3 |
| Whitley County 7 | Rural | 101.9 (78.4, 130.5) | 24 (2, 86) | 13 | 66.3 |
| Casey County 7 | Rural | 101.9 (70.1, 143.5) | 23 (1, 100) | 7 | 56.7 |
| Carter County 7 | Urban | 101.6 (76.0, 133.3) | 25 (2, 93) | 11 | 54.5 |
| Clinton County 7 | Rural | 100.8 (62.2, 155.7) | 26 (1, 102) | 4 | 58.3 |
| Russell County 7 | Rural | 100.0 (70.3, 138.1) | 28 (1, 98) | 8 | 66.7 |
| Powell County 7 | Rural | 99.6 (60.9, 154.5) | 27 (1, 102) | 4 | 52.4 |
| Butler County 7 | Urban | 99.5 (65.2, 146.3) | 29 (1, 102) | 5 | 58.7 |
| Harlan County 7 | Rural | 99.1 (73.6, 130.7) | 30 (2, 94) | 11 | 56.4 |
| Hart County 7 | Rural | 95.8 (65.2, 135.7) | 31 (1, 100) | 7 | 64.7 |
| Hopkins County 7 | Rural | 94.9 (75.5, 117.9) | 32 (4, 88) | 17 | 65.4 |
| Taylor County 7 | Rural | 94.5 (68.4, 127.3) | 33 (2, 98) | 9 | 51.7 |
| Warren County 7 | Urban | 93.6 (80.1, 108.7) | 34 (11, 76) | 36 | 66.2 |
| Floyd County 7 | Rural | 91.7 (70.5, 117.5) | 35 (5, 96) | 14 | 53.5 |
| Webster County 7 | Rural | 91.2 (57.8, 137.4) | 36 (1, 102) | 5 | 57.1 |
| Harrison County 7 | Rural | 91.0 (62.2, 128.5) | 37 (2, 101) | 7 | 51.6 |
| Johnson County 7 | Rural | 90.0 (63.7, 123.6) | 39 (3, 101) | 8 | 55.6 |
| Morgan County 7 | Rural | 89.8 (55.4, 137.8) | 38 (1, 102) | 4 | 57.9 |
| Logan County 7 | Rural | 89.7 (66.2, 118.9) | 40 (5, 99) | 10 | 57.5 |
| Grant County 7 | Urban | 89.0 (61.3, 125.2) | 41 (3, 101) | 7 | 60.3 |
| McCreary County 7 | Rural | 88.8 (56.8, 132.6) | 42 (2, 102) | 5 | 62.5 |
| Daviess County 7 | Urban | 87.5 (74.2, 102.5) | 43 (16, 84) | 32 | 70.4 |
| Hardin County 7 | Urban | 87.3 (73.8, 102.5) | 44 (16, 86) | 31 | 57.2 |
| Clark County 7 | Urban | 86.9 (65.7, 112.7) | 46 (7, 98) | 12 | 61.1 |
| Garrard County 7 | Rural | 86.9 (58.4, 124.6) | 45 (3, 102) | 6 | 50.0 |
| Rowan County 7 | Rural | 86.6 (59.1, 122.7) | 47 (3, 102) | 6 | 60.4 |
| Lincoln County 7 | Rural | 86.1 (61.3, 117.7) | 48 (5, 101) | 8 | 41.2 |
| Owen County 7 | Rural | 85.9 (51.9, 133.9) | 50 (1, 102) | 4 | 51.3 |
| Nelson County 7 | Urban | 84.8 (65.5, 108.1) | 49 (9, 98) | 14 | 60.5 |
| Woodford County 7 | Urban | 84.7 (60.7, 114.9) | 51 (5, 101) | 9 | 55.8 |
| Kenton County 7 | Urban | 84.4 (73.5, 96.5) | 52 (21, 84) | 46 | 61.0 |
| Livingston County 7 | Urban | 84.4 (49.5, 135.0) | 54 (2, 102) | 4 | 62.1 |
| Magoffin County 7 | Rural | 84.0 (49.6, 133.6) | 53 (1, 102) | 4 | 44.2 |
| Pendleton County 7 | Urban | 83.8 (51.6, 128.7) | 55 (2, 102) | 4 | 66.7 |
| Mercer County 7 | Rural | 83.4 (58.3, 115.7) | 56 (5, 102) | 7 | 48.7 |
| Todd County 7 | Rural | 83.3 (48.8, 132.8) | 57 (1, 102) | 4 | 52.9 |
| Larue County 7 | Urban | 82.3 (51.4, 125.2) | 58 (3, 102) | 5 | 63.9 |
| Bell County 7 | Rural | 82.3 (59.0, 112.0) | 59 (8, 101) | 8 | 60.0 |
| Pike County 7 | Rural | 81.9 (66.3, 100.1) | 60 (17, 97) | 20 | 57.8 |
| Fleming County 7 | Rural | 81.8 (52.6, 122.1) | 61 (4, 102) | 5 | 45.5 |
| Campbell County 7 | Urban | 81.6 (68.1, 97.0) | 62 (21, 94) | 27 | 59.0 |
| Greenup County 7 | Urban | 81.0 (61.7, 104.3) | 63 (12, 100) | 12 | 54.4 |
| Meade County 7 | Urban | 80.3 (57.7, 109.4) | 64 (9, 101) | 9 | 63.8 |
| Allen County 7 | Urban | 79.7 (54.5, 113.0) | 65 (6, 102) | 7 | 56.9 |
| Metcalfe County 7 | Rural | 79.0 (45.7, 127.7) | 66 (3, 102) | 3 | 56.7 |
| Boyd County 7 | Urban | 78.6 (62.1, 98.2) | 67 (17, 99) | 16 | 51.6 |
| Madison County 7 | Rural | 78.5 (64.3, 95.0) | 68 (22, 98) | 22 | 55.6 |
| Pulaski County 7 | Rural | 77.5 (63.0, 94.4) | 69 (22, 98) | 21 | 54.5 |
| Lyon County 7 | Rural | 77.2 (43.5, 126.9) | 70 (2, 102) | 3 | 48.5 |
| Adair County 7 | Rural | 76.7 (51.0, 111.0) | 71 (6, 102) | 6 | 43.9 |
| Lawrence County 7 | Urban | 76.2 (47.1, 116.7) | 72 (3, 102) | 4 | 43.1 |
| Spencer County 7 | Urban | 75.1 (47.9, 112.9) | 73 (6, 102) | 5 | 50.0 |
| Calloway County 7 | Rural | 74.5 (54.8, 99.0) | 75 (18, 102) | 10 | 55.7 |
| Breckinridge County 7 | Rural | 74.2 (50.9, 105.0) | 74 (11, 102) | 7 | 49.3 |
| Laurel County 7 | Rural | 73.7 (58.5, 91.7) | 76 (25, 100) | 17 | 53.2 |
| Oldham County 7 | Urban | 73.6 (57.7, 92.6) | 77 (23, 101) | 16 | 62.7 |
| Ohio County 7 | Rural | 73.3 (50.8, 102.6) | 78 (10, 102) | 7 | 54.7 |
| Bourbon County 7 | Urban | 73.1 (49.4, 104.2) | 79 (10, 102) | 6 | 63.3 |
| Lewis County 7 | Rural | 72.9 (44.0, 113.9) | 80 (6, 102) | 4 | 50.0 |
| Bullitt County 7 | Urban | 71.8 (58.6, 87.0) | 81 (32, 100) | 22 | 55.1 |
| Estill County 7 | Rural | 71.5 (43.7, 111.0) | 83 (7, 102) | 4 | 51.2 |
| Breathitt County 7 | Rural | 71.3 (43.0, 112.4) | 82 (6, 102) | 4 | 52.6 |
| Montgomery County 7 | Rural | 70.9 (49.7, 98.5) | 84 (16, 102) | 7 | 46.8 |
| Scott County 7 | Urban | 70.7 (52.5, 93.2) | 85 (20, 102) | 11 | 64.7 |
| Jefferson County 7 | Urban | 69.1 (64.6, 73.7) | 86 (63, 94) | 188 | 55.9 |
| Wayne County 7 | Rural | 68.0 (45.4, 98.2) | 89 (17, 102) | 6 | 51.7 |
| Shelby County 7 | Urban | 67.7 (50.7, 88.6) | 87 (30, 102) | 11 | 57.1 |
| Boone County 7 | Urban | 67.4 (56.4, 79.9) | 88 (45, 101) | 28 | 57.9 |
| Christian County 7 | Urban | 67.3 (51.7, 86.0) | 90 (34, 102) | 13 | 58.0 |
| Trigg County 7 | Urban | 66.8 (41.1, 102.9) | 91 (10, 102) | 4 | 53.7 |
| Franklin County 7 | Rural | 66.4 (50.8, 85.4) | 92 (34, 102) | 13 | 52.5 |
| Jessamine County 7 | Urban | 65.7 (49.8, 85.1) | 93 (33, 102) | 12 | 61.2 |
| Henderson County 7 | Rural | 65.0 (48.7, 85.0) | 94 (33, 102) | 11 | 52.9 |
| Anderson County 7 | Rural | 63.5 (40.9, 94.0) | 95 (20, 102) | 5 | 55.3 |
| Boyle County 7 | Rural | 62.9 (43.8, 87.5) | 96 (26, 102) | 7 | 38.7 |
| Letcher County 7 | Rural | 62.7 (41.7, 91.1) | 97 (21, 102) | 6 | 50.0 |
| Fayette County 7 | Urban | 62.5 (55.5, 70.2) | 98 (66, 101) | 59 | 54.5 |
| Marshall County 7 | Rural | 59.1 (42.2, 80.7) | 100 (42, 102) | 8 | 46.6 |
| Green County 7 | Rural | 59.1 (33.6, 97.2) | 99 (15, 102) | 3 | 48.5 |
| Graves County 7 | Rural | 58.6 (42.0, 79.5) | 101 (40, 102) | 8 | 55.3 |
| McCracken County 7 | Urban | 47.0 (36.1, 60.2) | 102 (81, 102) | 13 | 46.5 |
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| Crittenden County 7 | Rural |
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| Cumberland County 7 | Rural |
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| Edmonson County 7 | Urban |
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| Fulton County 7 | Rural |
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| Hancock County 7 | Rural |
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| Hickman County 7 | Rural |
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| Jackson County 7 | Rural |
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| Lee County 7 | Rural |
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| Martin County 7 | Rural |
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| Menifee County 7 | Rural |
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| Owsley County 7 | Rural |
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| Trimble County 7 | Rural |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/30/2026 7:22 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 are computed using cancers classified as malignant based on ICD-O-3. For more information see malignant.html.
^ Late Stage is defined as cases determined to be regional or distant. 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 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.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.