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Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer Table

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Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2019-2023

Kentucky Counties versus United States

Colon & Rectum

All Races, Both Sexes
  Above US Rate Similar to US Rate Below US Rate
Rising
Trend		 Priority 1: rising and above

Bullitt County
Perry County		 Priority 2: rising and similar

Priority 3: rising and below

Stable
Trend		 Priority 4: stable and above

Barren County
Bath County
Bell County
Carter County
Clay County
Floyd County
Grayson County
Harlan County
Harrison County
Kenton County
Knox County
Laurel County
Lincoln County
Logan County
Marion County
Mercer County
Monroe County
Nelson County
Pike County
Powell County
Rockcastle County
Warren County		 Priority 6: stable and similar

Anderson County
Breathitt County
Calloway County
Casey County
Christian County
Daviess County
Fleming County
Franklin County
Garrard County
Grant County
Greenup County
Hart County
Henry County
Hopkins County
Johnson County
Letcher County
Madison County
Marshall County
Mason County
Meade County
Montgomery County
Morgan County
Muhlenberg County
Ohio County
Oldham County
Rowan County
Shelby County
Simpson County
Taylor County
Wayne County
Whitley County
Woodford County		 Priority 7: stable and below

Falling
Trend		 Priority 5: falling and above

Boyd County
Hardin County		 Priority 8: falling and similar

Boone County
Bourbon County
Boyle County
Campbell County
Fayette County
Graves County
Henderson County
Jefferson County
Jessamine County
McCracken County
Pulaski County		 Priority 9: falling and below

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/11/2026 1:16 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

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:
Ballard County, Bracken County, Butler County, Carlisle County, Carroll County, Crittenden County, Cumberland County, Elliott County, Estill County, Fulton County, Gallatin County, Green County, Hancock County, Hickman County, Jackson County, Knott County, Larue County, Lee County, Livingston County, Lyon County, Martin County, McLean County, Menifee County, Metcalfe County, Nicholas County, Owen County, Owsley County, Robertson County, Spencer County, Trigg County, Trimble County, Union County, Washington County, Webster County

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Adair County, Allen County, Breckinridge County, Caldwell County, Clark County, Clinton County, Edmonson County, Lawrence County, Leslie County, Lewis County, Magoffin County, McCreary County, Pendleton County, Russell County, Scott County, Todd County, Wolfe 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.

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