Data Table for Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer
Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2019-2023
Kentucky Counties versus United States
All Cancer Sites
All Races, Male
Sorted by count
Counties
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Priority Index1 1=highest 9=lowest 
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Recent Trend2 |
County Death Rate Compared to US Rate |
Average Annual Count
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Age-Adjusted Death Rate deaths per 100,000 (95% Confidence Interval)
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Rate Ratio3 County to US
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Recent 5-Year Trend2 in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval)
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| United States | - | falling | - | 318,737 | 171.5 (171.3, 171.8) | - | -1.8 (-1.8, -1.7) |
| Kentucky | - | falling | - | 5,481 | 215.5 (212.9, 218.2) | - | -1.6 (-1.7, -1.4) |
| Jefferson County | 5 | falling | higher | 807 | 193.4 (187.2, 199.7) | 1.1 | -1.8 (-2.2, -0.4) |
| Fayette County | 8 | falling | similar | 266 | 179.6 (169.7, 189.9) | 1.0 | -2.1 (-2.5, -1.7) |
| Kenton County | 5 | falling | higher | 178 | 210.3 (195.9, 225.5) | 1.2 | -1.9 (-2.5, -1.3) |
| Daviess County | 4 | stable | higher | 126 | 218.2 (201.0, 236.6) | 1.3 | 3.4 (-1.5, 6.6) |
| Hardin County | 5 | falling | higher | 121 | 219.3 (201.5, 238.2) | 1.3 | -1.3 (-2.1, -0.5) |
| Warren County | 5 | falling | higher | 120 | 194.2 (178.4, 211.1) | 1.1 | -2.1 (-3.1, -1.1) |
| Boone County | 8 | falling | similar | 112 | 165.1 (150.9, 180.2) | 1.0 | -2.9 (-3.5, -2.2) |
| Campbell County | 8 | falling | similar | 100 | 184.4 (167.9, 202.1) | 1.1 | -2.4 (-3.1, -1.7) |
| Madison County | 5 | falling | higher | 99 | 221.2 (201.2, 242.7) | 1.3 | -1.5 (-3.0, -0.6) |
| Pulaski County | 5 | falling | higher | 98 | 235.6 (214.3, 258.6) | 1.4 | -1.3 (-1.9, -0.7) |
| Pike County | 5 | falling | higher | 90 | 241.5 (218.7, 266.1) | 1.4 | -1.6 (-2.4, -0.8) |
| Laurel County | 5 | falling | higher | 85 | 234.0 (211.5, 258.5) | 1.4 | -1.6 (-2.2, -0.9) |
| McCracken County | 5 | falling | higher | 84 | 199.5 (180.3, 220.3) | 1.2 | -1.2 (-2.0, -0.4) |
| Bullitt County | 8 | falling | similar | 81 | 173.1 (155.8, 191.9) | 1.0 | -2.3 (-3.2, -1.3) |
| Boyd County | 5 | falling | higher | 70 | 227.9 (203.9, 254.2) | 1.3 | -1.6 (-2.5, -0.8) |
| Christian County | 5 | falling | higher | 68 | 228.2 (204.0, 254.4) | 1.3 | -1.2 (-2.2, -0.3) |
| Nelson County | 4 | stable | higher | 65 | 261.4 (231.4, 294.2) | 1.5 | 2.4 (-0.9, 10.6) |
| Barren County | 4 | stable | higher | 65 | 258.9 (230.1, 290.4) | 1.5 | -0.6 (-1.8, 0.5) |
| Jessamine County | 5 | falling | higher | 63 | 206.2 (183.5, 230.9) | 1.2 | -1.0 (-1.9, -0.1) |
| Hopkins County | 5 | falling | higher | 62 | 224.2 (199.1, 251.8) | 1.3 | -1.5 (-2.6, -0.5) |
| Oldham County | 8 | falling | similar | 62 | 179.9 (159.1, 202.5) | 1.0 | -2.1 (-3.0, -1.1) |
| Franklin County | 8 | falling | similar | 56 | 187.6 (165.4, 212.0) | 1.1 | -2.1 (-2.9, -1.2) |
| Henderson County | 5 | falling | higher | 56 | 211.0 (185.9, 238.6) | 1.2 | -1.1 (-2.0, -0.1) |
| Marshall County | 4 | stable | higher | 55 | 250.4 (220.7, 283.5) | 1.5 | -0.3 (-1.1, 0.5) |
| Whitley County | 4 | stable | higher | 54 | 271.2 (238.7, 307.0) | 1.6 | -4.1 (-15.9, 1.0) |
| Graves County | 5 | falling | higher | 53 | 228.4 (201.0, 258.8) | 1.3 | -1.3 (-2.3, -0.3) |
| Greenup County | 5 | falling | higher | 53 | 218.9 (192.5, 248.2) | 1.3 | -2.0 (-3.4, -0.7) |
| Floyd County | 5 | falling | higher | 53 | 238.8 (209.3, 271.4) | 1.4 | -1.6 (-2.9, -0.4) |
| Calloway County | 4 | stable | higher | 52 | 251.9 (221.2, 285.8) | 1.5 | 0.1 (-0.6, 0.9) |
| Knox County | 5 | falling | higher | 51 | 293.1 (257.3, 332.6) | 1.7 | -1.1 (-1.9, -0.2) |
| Perry County | 4 | stable | higher | 49 | 273.3 (238.8, 311.6) | 1.6 | -1.1 (-2.3, 0.1) |
| Shelby County | 8 | falling | similar | 47 | 171.6 (149.2, 196.7) | 1.0 | -1.7 (-2.9, -0.4) |
| Scott County | 8 | falling | similar | 45 | 184.8 (159.6, 212.7) | 1.1 | -2.2 (-3.7, -0.5) |
| Clark County | 4 | stable | higher | 45 | 207.1 (180.1, 237.2) | 1.2 | -1.1 (-2.8, 0.5) |
| Muhlenberg County | 5 | falling | higher | 45 | 228.1 (198.3, 261.5) | 1.3 | -1.8 (-3.0, -0.6) |
| Harlan County | 5 | falling | higher | 45 | 270.5 (234.5, 310.8) | 1.6 | -1.3 (-2.3, -0.3) |
| Carter County | 4 | stable | higher | 44 | 250.7 (217.7, 287.6) | 1.5 | -1.0 (-2.0, 0.2) |
| Grayson County | 4 | stable | higher | 43 | 260.2 (224.7, 300.0) | 1.5 | 0.0 (-0.8, 0.9) |
| Taylor County | 4 | stable | higher | 41 | 284.7 (245.2, 328.9) | 1.7 | 0.1 (-1.1, 1.4) |
| Montgomery County | 4 | stable | higher | 41 | 259.1 (223.5, 299.0) | 1.5 | -0.3 (-1.6, 1.0) |
| Bell County | 5 | falling | higher | 40 | 257.0 (221.4, 297.2) | 1.5 | -1.5 (-2.7, -0.4) |
| Logan County | 5 | falling | higher | 40 | 227.2 (196.3, 261.9) | 1.3 | -1.5 (-2.2, -0.8) |
| Letcher County | 4 | stable | higher | 40 | 276.8 (237.3, 321.5) | 1.6 | -0.7 (-2.2, 0.9) |
| Meade County | 5 | falling | higher | 36 | 204.1 (173.6, 238.6) | 1.2 | -1.8 (-3.2, -0.3) |
| Boyle County | 8 | falling | similar | 35 | 186.9 (159.9, 217.5) | 1.1 | -2.3 (-3.5, -1.1) |
| Woodford County | 8 | falling | similar | 35 | 197.3 (167.7, 231.0) | 1.1 | -2.4 (-3.8, -0.9) |
| Lincoln County | 5 | falling | higher | 33 | 214.1 (181.8, 250.8) | 1.2 | -1.9 (-3.1, -0.7) |
| Mercer County | 5 | falling | higher | 33 | 248.6 (209.1, 293.6) | 1.4 | -1.4 (-2.9, 0.0) |
| Ohio County | 4 | stable | higher | 33 | 230.5 (195.4, 270.4) | 1.3 | -1.3 (-2.8, 0.1) |
| Breckinridge County | 4 | stable | higher | 33 | 228.2 (193.2, 268.3) | 1.3 | -1.4 (-3.0, 0.3) |
| Clay County | 4 | stable | higher | 32 | 271.0 (228.8, 319.0) | 1.6 | -0.8 (-2.1, 0.4) |
| Johnson County | 5 | falling | higher | 31 | 222.9 (187.5, 263.5) | 1.3 | -2.0 (-3.2, -0.7) |
| Wayne County | 4 | stable | higher | 31 | 210.2 (177.5, 248.0) | 1.2 | -11.8 (-25.6, 0.1) |
| Adair County | 4 | stable | higher | 31 | 250.9 (211.5, 296.0) | 1.5 | -0.4 (-2.3, 1.6) |
| Bourbon County | 4 | stable | higher | 30 | 218.4 (183.8, 258.2) | 1.3 | 0.4 (-1.5, 8.6) |
| Allen County | 5 | falling | higher | 28 | 212.0 (177.2, 252.0) | 1.2 | -1.9 (-3.1, -0.8) |
| Lawrence County | 4 | stable | higher | 28 | 305.0 (252.3, 365.5) | 1.8 | -0.1 (-1.3, 1.1) |
| Russell County | 4 | stable | higher | 28 | 230.6 (192.6, 274.5) | 1.3 | -1.3 (-3.2, 0.6) |
| Casey County | 5 | falling | higher | 28 | 288.2 (239.4, 344.3) | 1.7 | -18.1 (-31.8, -1.0) |
| McCreary County | 5 | falling | higher | 28 | 271.0 (226.4, 322.1) | 1.6 | -1.7 (-3.2, -0.1) |
| Grant County | 4 | stable | higher | 28 | 238.2 (195.9, 286.5) | 1.4 | -0.7 (-2.2, 0.8) |
| Harrison County | 4 | stable | higher | 27 | 236.2 (196.5, 281.9) | 1.4 | -0.6 (-1.8, 0.6) |
| Hart County | 5 | falling | higher | 27 | 247.5 (204.2, 297.3) | 1.4 | -4.3 (-11.8, -0.9) |
| Rockcastle County | 4 | stable | higher | 27 | 259.6 (215.2, 311.2) | 1.5 | -0.8 (-2.1, 0.5) |
| Henry County | 4 | stable | higher | 26 | 278.0 (229.0, 334.7) | 1.6 | -1.3 (-3.0, 0.3) |
| Rowan County | 5 | falling | higher | 26 | 225.3 (187.7, 268.3) | 1.3 | -2.6 (-7.2, -1.2) |
| Simpson County | 4 | stable | higher | 26 | 256.6 (211.3, 308.6) | 1.5 | -0.2 (-2.3, 2.1) |
| Garrard County | 4 | stable | higher | 26 | 238.6 (196.3, 287.6) | 1.4 | -0.3 (-2.1, 1.7) |
| Trigg County | 4 | stable | higher | 26 | 224.1 (184.8, 270.5) | 1.3 | -1.2 (-2.9, 0.5) |
| Anderson County | 6 | stable | similar | 25 | 195.8 (160.6, 236.6) | 1.1 | -1.5 (-3.2, 0.3) |
| Marion County | 4 | stable | higher | 25 | 234.1 (192.7, 282.0) | 1.4 | -1.2 (-2.7, 0.3) |
| Mason County | 4 | stable | higher | 24 | 242.8 (199.3, 293.4) | 1.4 | -0.6 (-2.0, 0.8) |
| Lewis County | 4 | stable | higher | 24 | 269.2 (221.3, 325.2) | 1.6 | -0.6 (-2.7, 1.7) |
| Estill County | 4 | stable | higher | 24 | 265.5 (217.1, 322.2) | 1.5 | -1.3 (-2.7, 0.1) |
| Fleming County | 4 | stable | higher | 24 | 247.2 (202.9, 299.0) | 1.4 | -0.6 (-1.8, 0.8) |
| Pendleton County | 4 | stable | higher | 23 | 265.0 (216.4, 321.6) | 1.5 | -0.1 (-1.8, 1.7) |
| Breathitt County | 4 | stable | higher | 23 | 276.0 (223.8, 337.3) | 1.6 | -0.3 (-1.8, 1.2) |
| Knott County | 6 | stable | similar | 21 | 210.5 (170.1, 259.0) | 1.2 | -2.0 (-4.1, 0.0) |
| Monroe County | 4 | stable | higher | 21 | 290.1 (234.7, 355.5) | 1.7 | 0.3 (-1.5, 2.2) |
| Spencer County | 6 | stable | similar | 21 | 199.9 (161.0, 245.6) | 1.2 | -1.3 (-2.6, 0.2) |
| Union County | 4 | stable | higher | 21 | 275.0 (220.1, 339.6) | 1.6 | -0.5 (-2.4, 1.4) |
| Powell County | 4 | stable | higher | 21 | 278.4 (221.9, 345.4) | 1.6 | -1.2 (-2.8, 0.6) |
| Butler County | 4 | stable | higher | 20 | 254.0 (205.0, 311.8) | 1.5 | -1.6 (-3.8, 0.5) |
| Morgan County | 5 | falling | higher | 20 | 217.4 (174.9, 267.5) | 1.3 | -7.2 (-22.5, -0.5) |
| Clinton County | 4 | stable | higher | 20 | 306.3 (246.2, 378.1) | 1.8 | -0.3 (-1.8, 1.2) |
| Metcalfe County | 4 | stable | higher | 19 | 285.6 (228.9, 353.1) | 1.7 | -1.5 (-3.8, 0.8) |
| Livingston County | 4 | stable | higher | 19 | 259.8 (208.2, 322.7) | 1.5 | 0.1 (-1.9, 2.2) |
| Bath County | 4 | stable | higher | 18 | 228.9 (182.6, 284.1) | 1.3 | -0.3 (-2.3, 1.8) |
| Green County | 6 | stable | similar | 18 | 208.7 (166.5, 260.1) | 1.2 | -1.2 (-3.1, 0.7) |
| Jackson County | 6 | stable | similar | 18 | 216.9 (171.1, 271.8) | 1.3 | -1.0 (-2.9, 0.8) |
| Edmonson County | 8 | falling | similar | 17 | 188.4 (149.7, 235.6) | 1.1 | -1.8 (-3.4, -0.3) |
| Leslie County | 4 | stable | higher | 17 | 248.8 (196.4, 312.0) | 1.5 | -1.5 (-3.3, 0.3) |
| Magoffin County | 4 | stable | higher | 17 | 234.0 (184.2, 293.8) | 1.4 | -1.0 (-2.5, 0.5) |
| Larue County | 6 | stable | similar | 17 | 188.1 (148.5, 235.5) | 1.1 | -1.8 (-4.1, 0.5) |
| Webster County | 5 | falling | higher | 17 | 229.6 (181.3, 287.1) | 1.3 | -1.6 (-3.2, -0.1) |
| Caldwell County | 8 | falling | similar | 16 | 178.9 (141.5, 224.4) | 1.0 | -2.8 (-4.4, -1.3) |
| Carroll County | 4 | stable | higher | 16 | 259.0 (203.9, 324.9) | 1.5 | 0.2 (-1.9, 2.4) |
| Owen County | 6 | stable | similar | 16 | 216.5 (169.0, 274.2) | 1.3 | -2.1 (-4.5, 0.1) |
| Todd County | 8 | falling | similar | 16 | 212.7 (166.6, 268.1) | 1.2 | -2.0 (-3.8, -0.1) |
| Washington County | 4 | stable | higher | 16 | 234.5 (182.0, 297.7) | 1.4 | 0.5 (-1.5, 2.7) |
| Crittenden County | 4 | stable | higher | 15 | 236.0 (182.8, 301.1) | 1.4 | -0.7 (-2.9, 1.6) |
| Lee County | 4 | stable | higher | 14 | 287.1 (221.2, 367.7) | 1.7 | -0.4 (-2.2, 1.4) |
| Martin County | 8 | falling | similar | 14 | 208.6 (160.8, 266.7) | 1.2 | -2.0 (-3.8, -0.2) |
| Cumberland County | 4 | stable | higher | 13 | 282.2 (215.6, 366.3) | 1.6 | 0.6 (-1.9, 3.1) |
| Hancock County | 4 | stable | higher | 13 | 231.3 (176.6, 298.5) | 1.3 | -1.6 (-4.7, 1.7) |
| Lyon County | 8 | falling | similar | 13 | 183.0 (138.7, 239.2) | 1.1 | -2.3 (-4.5, 0.0) |
| Elliott County | 1 | rising | higher | 13 | 236.2 (179.6, 306.9) | 1.4 | 22.2 (1.0, 39.7) |
| Gallatin County | 4 | stable | higher | 12 | 260.2 (193.3, 343.2) | 1.5 | -2.1 (-4.4, 0.1) |
| McLean County | 8 | falling | similar | 12 | 196.4 (149.3, 254.9) | 1.1 | -2.3 (-4.1, -0.5) |
| Menifee County | 5 | falling | higher | 12 | 265.9 (198.2, 351.8) | 1.6 | -2.3 (-10.4, -0.3) |
| Ballard County | 8 | falling | similar | 12 | 211.8 (159.1, 278.4) | 1.2 | -1.9 (-3.4, -0.3) |
| Wolfe County | 4 | stable | higher | 11 | 280.3 (208.5, 370.5) | 1.6 | -0.7 (-2.9, 1.5) |
| Trimble County | 6 | stable | similar | 11 | 193.6 (143.0, 257.5) | 1.1 | -1.3 (-3.8, 1.4) |
| Fulton County | 4 | stable | higher | 10 | 257.6 (190.2, 342.4) | 1.5 | -0.5 (-2.3, 1.3) |
| Bracken County | 8 | falling | similar | 10 | 209.5 (152.6, 281.0) | 1.2 | -2.8 (-5.1, -0.6) |
| Nicholas County | 6 | stable | similar | 9 | 192.6 (139.5, 260.3) | 1.1 | -0.8 (-3.3, 1.7) |
| Hickman County | 6 | stable | similar | 9 | 247.0 (177.1, 340.8) | 1.4 | -0.2 (-3.2, 3.1) |
| Owsley County | 4 | stable | higher | 9 | 330.5 (235.3, 454.0) | 1.9 | -0.3 (-2.3, 1.5) |
| Carlisle County | 6 | stable | similar | 8 | 246.9 (175.1, 341.3) | 1.4 | 0.0 (-2.4, 2.3) |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/17/2026 11:45 pm.
* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate and trend estimates.
1 Priority indices were created by ordering from rates that are rising and above the comparison rate to rates that are falling and below the comparison rate.
2 Recent trend in death rates is usually an Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint. Due to data availability issues, the time period and/or calculation method used in the calculation of the trends may differ for selected geographic areas.
3 Rate ratio is the county rate divided by the US rate. Previous versions of this table used one-year rates for states and five-year rates for counties. As of June 2018, only five-year rates are used.
Source: 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 (20 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85-89, 90+). 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.
Note: When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic effect on the calculated rate. Suppression is used to avoid misinterpretation when rates are unstable.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data. Data presented on the State Cancer Profiles Web Site may differ from statistics reported by the State Cancer Registries (for more information).
Data for the following has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate and trend estimates:
Robertson County
Interpret Rankings provides insight into interpreting cancer statistics. When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic effect on the calculated rate.
Data for United States do not include Puerto Rico.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/17/2026 11:45 pm.
Trend2
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.
Rate Comparison
Above when 95% confident the rate is above and Rate Ratio3 > 1.10
Similar
when unable to conclude above or below with confidence.
Below when 95% confident the rate is below and Rate Ratio3 < 0.90
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.Rate Comparison
Above
when 95% confident the rate is above and Rate Ratio3 > 1.10Similar
when unable to conclude above or below with confidence.Below
when 95% confident the rate is below and Rate Ratio3 < 0.90* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate and trend estimates.
1 Priority indices were created by ordering from rates that are rising and above the comparison rate to rates that are falling and below the comparison rate.
2 Recent trend in death rates is usually an Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint. Due to data availability issues, the time period and/or calculation method used in the calculation of the trends may differ for selected geographic areas.
3 Rate ratio is the county rate divided by the US rate. Previous versions of this table used one-year rates for states and five-year rates for counties. As of June 2018, only five-year rates are used.
Source: 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 (20 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85-89, 90+). 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.
Note: When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic effect on the calculated rate. Suppression is used to avoid misinterpretation when rates are unstable.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data. Data presented on the State Cancer Profiles Web Site may differ from statistics reported by the State Cancer Registries (for more information).
Data for the following has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate and trend estimates:
Robertson County
Interpret Rankings provides insight into interpreting cancer statistics. When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic effect on the calculated rate.
Data for United States do not include Puerto Rico.