Data Table for Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer
Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2019-2023
Kentucky Counties versus United States
Lung & Bronchus
All Races, Both Sexes
Sorted by trend
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 | - | 134,732 | 31.5 (31.4, 31.6) | - | -3.7 (-3.9, -3.5) |
| Kentucky | - | falling | - | 2,967 | 50.2 (49.4, 51.1) | - | -2.4 (-4.1, -1.2) |
| Grayson County | 1 | rising | higher | 29 | 79.2 (66.4, 94.0) | 2.5 | 7.9 (1.5, 16.3) |
| Daviess County | 4 | stable | higher | 65 | 47.5 (42.4, 53.1) | 1.5 | 5.2 (-3.8, 11.4) |
| Cumberland County | 4 | stable | higher | 7 | 65.4 (45.0, 94.3) | 2.1 | 1.2 (-0.7, 3.4) |
| Carroll County | 4 | stable | higher | 10 | 72.3 (53.6, 95.9) | 2.3 | 0.7 (-1.7, 3.5) |
| Harrison County | 4 | stable | higher | 16 | 59.7 (47.2, 74.9) | 1.9 | 0.6 (-0.8, 2.1) |
| Washington County | 6 | stable | similar | 6 | 36.7 (24.9, 52.9) | 1.2 | 0.4 (-2.5, 3.8) |
| Monroe County | 4 | stable | higher | 10 | 63.2 (46.8, 84.3) | 2.0 | 0.0 (-2.5, 2.6) |
| Boone County | 8 | falling | similar | 53 | 33.7 (29.7, 38.2) | 1.1 | -9.8 (-19.6, -3.7) |
| Johnson County | 5 | falling | higher | 18 | 54.4 (43.3, 67.7) | 1.7 | -7.9 (-21.7, -2.5) |
| Mason County | 5 | falling | higher | 13 | 52.1 (39.7, 67.6) | 1.7 | -7.8 (-24.0, -2.5) |
| Jessamine County | 5 | falling | higher | 29 | 43.2 (36.4, 51.1) | 1.4 | -7.8 (-17.2, -3.8) |
| Franklin County | 8 | falling | similar | 26 | 36.7 (30.5, 44.0) | 1.2 | -7.8 (-15.8, -5.0) |
| Caldwell County | 5 | falling | higher | 9 | 47.4 (34.3, 64.4) | 1.5 | -7.6 (-30.2, -3.1) |
| Trimble County | 8 | falling | similar | 5 | 46.2 (29.6, 69.4) | 1.5 | -7.4 (-20.3, -2.7) |
| Jackson County | 5 | falling | higher | 9 | 52.7 (38.4, 71.1) | 1.7 | -6.3 (-29.9, -2.0) |
| Union County | 5 | falling | higher | 10 | 49.2 (35.9, 66.4) | 1.6 | -6.2 (-35.7, -2.8) |
| Nelson County | 5 | falling | higher | 29 | 46.5 (39.1, 55.0) | 1.5 | -6.2 (-19.0, -1.3) |
| Shelby County | 5 | falling | higher | 26 | 43.6 (36.3, 52.1) | 1.4 | -6.2 (-14.2, -1.5) |
| Fayette County | 8 | falling | similar | 119 | 33.8 (31.1, 36.7) | 1.1 | -6.2 (-12.7, -4.0) |
| Casey County | 4 | stable | higher | 15 | 58.0 (45.2, 73.7) | 1.8 | -5.3 (-9.8, 4.3) |
| Garrard County | 5 | falling | higher | 14 | 55.1 (42.8, 70.4) | 1.7 | -5.1 (-17.5, -1.6) |
| Taylor County | 5 | falling | higher | 21 | 59.5 (48.4, 72.6) | 1.9 | -4.9 (-17.2, -1.6) |
| Meade County | 5 | falling | higher | 20 | 52.7 (42.4, 64.8) | 1.7 | -4.8 (-8.5, -2.4) |
| Logan County | 5 | falling | higher | 20 | 50.2 (40.8, 61.5) | 1.6 | -4.6 (-9.3, -3.2) |
| Jefferson County | 5 | falling | higher | 411 | 41.6 (39.8, 43.5) | 1.3 | -4.5 (-7.5, -3.4) |
| Hancock County | 5 | falling | higher | 7 | 50.2 (34.4, 71.6) | 1.6 | -4.4 (-22.1, -0.7) |
| Oldham County | 8 | falling | similar | 24 | 30.9 (25.4, 37.2) | 1.0 | -4.2 (-5.9, -2.4) |
| Boyle County | 5 | falling | higher | 18 | 42.1 (33.9, 52.0) | 1.3 | -3.8 (-5.4, -2.4) |
| Gallatin County | 5 | falling | higher | 6 | 51.7 (34.0, 76.2) | 1.6 | -3.7 (-6.0, -1.5) |
| Lee County | 5 | falling | higher | 7 | 65.2 (45.2, 92.3) | 2.1 | -3.7 (-5.8, -1.9) |
| Anderson County | 8 | falling | similar | 12 | 40.4 (30.7, 52.3) | 1.3 | -3.7 (-5.3, -2.1) |
| Kenton County | 5 | falling | higher | 93 | 47.6 (43.3, 52.3) | 1.5 | -3.7 (-10.6, -2.9) |
| McCracken County | 5 | falling | higher | 43 | 42.0 (36.5, 48.2) | 1.3 | -3.6 (-6.9, -2.8) |
| Woodford County | 5 | falling | higher | 17 | 40.5 (32.1, 50.8) | 1.3 | -3.5 (-5.3, -1.7) |
| Letcher County | 5 | falling | higher | 18 | 52.2 (41.6, 65.1) | 1.7 | -3.2 (-5.4, -1.1) |
| Campbell County | 5 | falling | higher | 54 | 44.0 (38.8, 49.8) | 1.4 | -3.2 (-4.2, -2.3) |
| Menifee County | 4 | stable | higher | 7 | 66.1 (45.5, 94.9) | 2.1 | -3.2 (-22.5, 1.1) |
| Rockcastle County | 5 | falling | higher | 16 | 67.4 (53.2, 84.7) | 2.1 | -3.1 (-9.8, -1.0) |
| Scott County | 5 | falling | higher | 25 | 42.4 (35.0, 51.0) | 1.3 | -3.0 (-4.5, -1.6) |
| Elliott County | 4 | stable | higher | 7 | 59.6 (41.0, 85.5) | 1.9 | -2.9 (-5.7, 0.0) |
| Henry County | 4 | stable | higher | 12 | 50.9 (38.5, 66.6) | 1.6 | -2.7 (-5.9, 0.3) |
| Bourbon County | 8 | falling | similar | 13 | 41.0 (31.4, 53.0) | 1.3 | -2.7 (-4.7, -0.9) |
| Spencer County | 8 | falling | similar | 9 | 37.8 (27.2, 51.4) | 1.2 | -2.7 (-4.7, -0.7) |
| Bullitt County | 5 | falling | higher | 46 | 43.0 (37.5, 49.1) | 1.4 | -2.7 (-3.7, -1.7) |
| Lyon County | 6 | stable | similar | 6 | 36.3 (24.3, 54.4) | 1.2 | -2.6 (-5.8, 0.3) |
| Warren County | 5 | falling | higher | 69 | 48.8 (43.7, 54.3) | 1.5 | -2.6 (-3.5, -1.7) |
| Madison County | 4 | stable | higher | 54 | 51.2 (45.2, 57.9) | 1.6 | -2.6 (-18.3, 2.5) |
| Greenup County | 5 | falling | higher | 27 | 47.1 (39.4, 56.2) | 1.5 | -2.5 (-4.0, -1.2) |
| Lincoln County | 5 | falling | higher | 21 | 61.3 (50.1, 74.6) | 1.9 | -2.5 (-3.9, -1.1) |
| Hopkins County | 5 | falling | higher | 35 | 53.2 (45.5, 62.0) | 1.7 | -2.5 (-3.4, -1.6) |
| Metcalfe County | 5 | falling | higher | 12 | 76.1 (58.1, 99.0) | 2.4 | -2.4 (-4.6, -0.4) |
| Muhlenberg County | 5 | falling | higher | 24 | 51.4 (42.3, 62.1) | 1.6 | -2.4 (-4.0, -1.1) |
| Webster County | 5 | falling | higher | 10 | 54.4 (40.0, 72.8) | 1.7 | -2.4 (-3.5, -1.4) |
| Magoffin County | 5 | falling | higher | 10 | 59.1 (43.1, 79.7) | 1.9 | -2.3 (-4.5, -0.2) |
| Simpson County | 5 | falling | higher | 13 | 50.5 (38.8, 64.9) | 1.6 | -2.3 (-4.3, -0.5) |
| Allen County | 5 | falling | higher | 18 | 61.0 (48.9, 75.5) | 1.9 | -2.3 (-4.0, -0.6) |
| McCreary County | 5 | falling | higher | 17 | 81.4 (64.7, 101.4) | 2.6 | -2.3 (-4.0, -0.6) |
| Edmonson County | 5 | falling | higher | 12 | 58.9 (44.4, 77.4) | 1.9 | -2.3 (-3.9, -0.8) |
| Perry County | 5 | falling | higher | 33 | 83.1 (70.5, 97.6) | 2.6 | -2.3 (-3.8, -0.9) |
| Hardin County | 5 | falling | higher | 67 | 51.0 (45.6, 56.9) | 1.6 | -2.3 (-3.3, -1.3) |
| Knott County | 5 | falling | higher | 14 | 64.9 (50.2, 83.3) | 2.1 | -2.2 (-4.3, -0.3) |
| Martin County | 5 | falling | higher | 10 | 66.0 (48.6, 88.2) | 2.1 | -2.2 (-3.9, -0.5) |
| Henderson County | 5 | falling | higher | 30 | 45.1 (38.0, 53.4) | 1.4 | -2.2 (-3.7, -0.9) |
| Mercer County | 5 | falling | higher | 18 | 54.4 (43.6, 67.5) | 1.7 | -2.2 (-3.7, -0.9) |
| Boyd County | 5 | falling | higher | 35 | 48.2 (41.2, 56.2) | 1.5 | -2.2 (-3.1, -1.4) |
| Owen County | 4 | stable | higher | 9 | 52.1 (37.4, 71.5) | 1.7 | -2.1 (-4.2, 0.1) |
| Grant County | 4 | stable | higher | 15 | 51.9 (40.4, 65.7) | 1.6 | -2.1 (-4.2, 0.0) |
| Floyd County | 5 | falling | higher | 41 | 77.0 (66.5, 88.9) | 2.4 | -2.1 (-3.0, -1.2) |
| Graves County | 5 | falling | higher | 27 | 51.1 (42.7, 60.8) | 1.6 | -2.0 (-3.6, -0.5) |
| Lawrence County | 5 | falling | higher | 16 | 66.2 (51.9, 83.6) | 2.1 | -2.0 (-3.3, -0.6) |
| Nicholas County | 8 | falling | similar | 4 | 34.7 (20.7, 55.8) | 1.1 | -14.2 (-44.0, -4.6) |
| Morgan County | 5 | falling | higher | 12 | 61.1 (46.0, 80.0) | 1.9 | -1.9 (-7.0, -0.2) |
| Ohio County | 5 | falling | higher | 19 | 59.1 (47.8, 72.6) | 1.9 | -1.9 (-3.8, -0.2) |
| Hart County | 5 | falling | higher | 15 | 57.9 (45.3, 73.2) | 1.8 | -1.9 (-3.3, -0.5) |
| Pike County | 5 | falling | higher | 57 | 66.7 (59.0, 75.2) | 2.1 | -1.9 (-2.7, -1.0) |
| Crittenden County | 6 | stable | similar | 6 | 45.1 (30.4, 65.5) | 1.4 | -1.8 (-5.2, 1.3) |
| Estill County | 4 | stable | higher | 13 | 62.4 (48.1, 80.4) | 2.0 | -1.8 (-3.9, 0.2) |
| Wayne County | 5 | falling | higher | 16 | 50.8 (39.7, 64.5) | 1.6 | -1.8 (-3.4, -0.3) |
| Adair County | 5 | falling | higher | 16 | 57.6 (45.4, 72.5) | 1.8 | -1.8 (-3.1, -0.5) |
| Christian County | 5 | falling | higher | 36 | 53.3 (45.7, 61.7) | 1.7 | -1.8 (-3.0, -0.7) |
| Pulaski County | 5 | falling | higher | 53 | 54.7 (48.2, 61.9) | 1.7 | -1.7 (-3.1, -0.5) |
| Butler County | 4 | stable | higher | 14 | 79.2 (61.3, 101.2) | 2.5 | -1.6 (-3.9, 0.7) |
| Trigg County | 4 | stable | higher | 14 | 57.8 (44.7, 74.4) | 1.8 | -1.6 (-3.8, 0.6) |
| Breathitt County | 4 | stable | higher | 14 | 74.0 (57.1, 94.8) | 2.3 | -1.6 (-3.7, 0.5) |
| Marshall County | 4 | stable | higher | 30 | 56.2 (47.3, 66.5) | 1.8 | -1.6 (-3.3, 0.1) |
| Clark County | 4 | stable | higher | 26 | 49.9 (41.6, 59.5) | 1.6 | -1.6 (-3.2, 0.1) |
| Harlan County | 5 | falling | higher | 29 | 76.0 (63.8, 90.1) | 2.4 | -1.6 (-2.9, -0.3) |
| Russell County | 4 | stable | higher | 20 | 70.7 (57.2, 86.9) | 2.2 | -1.5 (-3.7, 0.7) |
| Livingston County | 4 | stable | higher | 10 | 67.2 (49.3, 90.6) | 2.1 | -1.5 (-3.5, 0.5) |
| Laurel County | 5 | falling | higher | 49 | 59.9 (52.4, 68.2) | 1.9 | -1.5 (-2.6, -0.3) |
| Ballard County | 4 | stable | higher | 6 | 49.1 (33.2, 71.7) | 1.6 | -1.4 (-4.1, 1.2) |
| Bath County | 4 | stable | higher | 10 | 58.7 (43.6, 77.9) | 1.9 | -1.4 (-3.5, 0.7) |
| Larue County | 4 | stable | higher | 10 | 49.1 (36.3, 65.5) | 1.6 | -1.3 (-3.7, 1.0) |
| Wolfe County | 4 | stable | higher | 6 | 60.7 (40.2, 89.4) | 1.9 | -1.3 (-3.7, 1.0) |
| Fleming County | 4 | stable | higher | 11 | 51.6 (38.6, 68.0) | 1.6 | -1.3 (-3.0, 0.5) |
| Carter County | 4 | stable | higher | 27 | 66.0 (55.1, 78.7) | 2.1 | -1.3 (-3.0, 0.3) |
| Marion County | 4 | stable | higher | 14 | 54.6 (42.5, 69.5) | 1.7 | -1.2 (-3.4, 1.1) |
| Lewis County | 4 | stable | higher | 15 | 76.7 (59.7, 97.4) | 2.4 | -1.1 (-3.8, 1.7) |
| Bell County | 4 | stable | higher | 26 | 73.8 (61.2, 88.5) | 2.3 | -1.1 (-3.4, 1.1) |
| Green County | 4 | stable | higher | 11 | 61.5 (46.1, 81.3) | 2.0 | -1.0 (-3.2, 1.2) |
| Rowan County | 4 | stable | higher | 17 | 60.2 (47.8, 75.1) | 1.9 | -1.0 (-2.5, 0.6) |
| Knox County | 4 | stable | higher | 30 | 73.5 (62.2, 86.6) | 2.3 | -1.0 (-2.3, 0.4) |
| Clay County | 4 | stable | higher | 22 | 84.3 (68.7, 102.6) | 2.7 | -1.0 (-2.3, 0.3) |
| Hickman County | 4 | stable | higher | 6 | 62.0 (41.1, 93.9) | 2.0 | -0.9 (-3.8, 2.2) |
| Leslie County | 4 | stable | higher | 13 | 84.0 (64.3, 108.7) | 2.7 | -0.9 (-3.0, 1.3) |
| Todd County | 4 | stable | higher | 10 | 64.6 (48.0, 85.5) | 2.0 | -0.9 (-2.6, 0.7) |
| Whitley County | 4 | stable | higher | 34 | 73.6 (62.7, 85.9) | 2.3 | -0.9 (-2.4, 0.5) |
| McLean County | 4 | stable | higher | 9 | 64.0 (46.3, 87.3) | 2.0 | -0.8 (-3.0, 1.4) |
| Powell County | 4 | stable | higher | 13 | 73.3 (55.9, 94.9) | 2.3 | -0.8 (-3.0, 1.4) |
| Barren County | 4 | stable | higher | 36 | 60.4 (51.8, 70.2) | 1.9 | -0.8 (-2.3, 0.7) |
| Bracken County | 4 | stable | higher | 7 | 62.3 (42.7, 88.5) | 2.0 | -0.7 (-3.7, 2.4) |
| Owsley County | 4 | stable | higher | 5 | 90.8 (58.5, 136.5) | 2.9 | -0.5 (-3.6, 2.5) |
| Fulton County | 4 | stable | higher | 7 | 73.8 (51.0, 104.7) | 2.3 | -0.5 (-2.6, 1.5) |
| Breckinridge County | 4 | stable | higher | 18 | 58.3 (46.7, 72.3) | 1.9 | -0.4 (-1.7, 1.1) |
| Montgomery County | 4 | stable | higher | 25 | 66.9 (55.4, 80.3) | 2.1 | -0.3 (-2.1, 1.6) |
| Carlisle County | 4 | stable | higher | 6 | 73.9 (49.1, 109.1) | 2.3 | -0.2 (-4.0, 3.9) |
| Pendleton County | 4 | stable | higher | 13 | 70.8 (54.3, 91.2) | 2.2 | -0.2 (-1.8, 1.6) |
| Clinton County | 4 | stable | higher | 11 | 77.4 (58.4, 101.8) | 2.5 | -0.1 (-2.7, 2.5) |
| Calloway County | 4 | stable | higher | 29 | 59.9 (50.4, 70.9) | 1.9 | -0.1 (-1.5, 1.4) |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/17/2026 5:36 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 5:36 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.