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Data Table for Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer

Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2019-2023

Kentucky Counties versus United States

Breast

All Races, Female

Sorted by priority index

Counties
sort alphabetically by name ascending 		Priority Index1
1=highest
9=lowest
sort by priority index ascending 		Recent Trend2
 County Death
Rate
Compared
to
US Rate
 Average Annual Count
sort by count descending 		Age-Adjusted Death Rate

deaths per 100,000
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by rate descending 		Rate
Ratio3
County
to
US
sort by rate descending 		Recent 5-Year Trend2 in Death Rates
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by trend descending
United States - falling - 42,257 19.2 (19.1, 19.3) - -1.5 (-1.7, -1.3)
Kentucky - stable - 646 21.7 (20.9, 22.5) - -0.3 (-1.4, 2.7)
Boone County 9 falling lower 11 14.6 (11.0, 19.1) 0.8 -3.7 (-5.5, -2.0)
Oldham County 9 falling lower 5 12.3 (7.8, 18.6) 0.6 -3.6 (-6.4, -0.6)
Boyd County 8 falling similar 8 20.5 (14.6, 28.5) 1.1 -2.2 (-4.4, -0.1)
Carter County 8 falling similar 4 17.9 (10.7, 29.0) 0.9 -2.4 (-4.6, -0.2)
Franklin County 8 falling similar 8 18.7 (13.1, 26.1) 1.0 -2.7 (-4.4, -1.2)
Jefferson County 8 falling similar 105 20.3 (18.6, 22.2) 1.1 -1.6 (-2.0, -1.1)
Kenton County 8 falling similar 21 19.7 (16.0, 24.0) 1.0 -2.1 (-3.9, -0.4)
Pike County 8 falling similar 9 22.4 (16.1, 30.5) 1.2 -2.6 (-5.5, -0.2)
Barren County 6 stable similar 8 24.1 (17.0, 33.5) 1.3 -1.7 (-3.8, 0.5)
Bell County 6 stable similar 4 20.2 (12.3, 32.4) 1.1 -1.8 (-5.7, 1.4)
Boyle County 6 stable similar 5 20.1 (12.4, 31.3) 1.0 -0.4 (-4.3, 3.5)
Bullitt County 6 stable similar 10 18.7 (13.8, 24.9) 1.0 -1.8 (-4.6, 1.5)
Calloway County 6 stable similar 7 26.3 (17.9, 37.7) 1.4 0.7 (-3.0, 4.9)
Campbell County 6 stable similar 12 20.7 (15.6, 27.1) 1.1 -1.1 (-3.6, 1.4)
Clark County 6 stable similar 7 25.6 (17.5, 36.6) 1.3 0.0 (-2.1, 2.4)
Fayette County 6 stable similar 39 20.7 (17.9, 23.9) 1.1 -0.8 (-2.0, 0.5)
Floyd County 6 stable similar 7 27.0 (18.6, 38.3) 1.4 -1.8 (-5.2, 1.3)
Grant County 6 stable similar 4 27.6 (16.4, 43.7) 1.4 -0.9 (-3.9, 2.2)
Grayson County 6 stable similar 5 28.2 (17.7, 42.9) 1.5 -0.7 (-4.5, 3.3)
Greenup County 6 stable similar 6 20.3 (13.2, 30.4) 1.1 -0.6 (-3.5, 2.3)
Hardin County 6 stable similar 16 23.4 (18.4, 29.3) 1.2 0.4 (-1.2, 2.2)
Harrison County 6 stable similar 5 30.0 (19.0, 46.3) 1.6 2.1 (-0.3, 5.1)
Henderson County 6 stable similar 8 24.0 (16.9, 33.5) 1.3 1.0 (-1.0, 3.4)
Hopkins County 6 stable similar 6 16.1 (10.6, 23.8) 0.8 -2.3 (-5.3, 0.4)
Johnson County 6 stable similar 4 25.6 (15.2, 41.1) 1.3 -1.1 (-4.8, 2.4)
Knox County 6 stable similar 5 26.6 (16.7, 40.3) 1.4 -1.5 (-4.4, 1.0)
Laurel County 6 stable similar 8 20.3 (14.6, 27.8) 1.1 18.2 (-3.1, 35.9)
Lincoln County 6 stable similar 4 21.4 (12.7, 34.4) 1.1 0.0 (-1.8, 1.8)
Madison County 6 stable similar 11 22.0 (16.5, 28.9) 1.2 -0.8 (-3.9, 2.4)
McCracken County 6 stable similar 12 22.6 (16.9, 29.8) 1.2 3.0 (-0.7, 16.6)
Muhlenberg County 6 stable similar 5 23.2 (14.9, 35.1) 1.2 -1.2 (-4.8, 2.3)
Nelson County 6 stable similar 8 26.0 (18.4, 36.0) 1.4 1.5 (-1.3, 5.4)
Ohio County 6 stable similar 4 24.7 (14.9, 39.1) 1.3 -1.7 (-4.9, 1.4)
Pulaski County 6 stable similar 12 25.5 (19.3, 33.2) 1.3 -0.3 (-2.5, 2.1)
Scott County 6 stable similar 8 25.1 (17.6, 34.8) 1.3 -0.4 (-3.4, 3.2)
Shelby County 6 stable similar 6 20.8 (14.1, 29.9) 1.1 -1.3 (-3.8, 1.4)
Taylor County 6 stable similar 5 29.0 (18.2, 44.3) 1.5 0.4 (-3.0, 4.0)
Warren County 6 stable similar 17 22.4 (17.8, 27.9) 1.2 -17.9 (-35.2, 0.0)
Whitley County 6 stable similar 5 19.9 (12.5, 30.4) 1.0 0.2 (-2.4, 2.9)
Woodford County 6 stable similar 4 20.5 (12.5, 32.5) 1.1 -1.3 (-4.9, 2.6)
Allen County 4 stable higher 5 33.6 (21.4, 51.0) 1.8 -0.5 (-3.8, 3.2)
Christian County 4 stable higher 11 29.0 (21.7, 38.1) 1.5 0.3 (-1.9, 2.6)
Lawrence County 4 stable higher 5 40.5 (25.2, 62.5) 2.1 2.4 (-2.3, 30.1)
Perry County 4 stable higher 7 35.0 (23.9, 50.1) 1.8 3.0 (-0.2, 7.1)
Daviess County 2 rising similar 14 19.6 (15.0, 25.1) 1.0 20.2 (6.4, 30.8)
Harlan County 2 rising similar 6 30.4 (20.0, 45.0) 1.6 16.8 (3.0, 48.7)
Bourbon County
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 		** similar 4 22.9 (13.4, 37.5) 1.2
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Graves County
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 		** similar 6 24.0 (16.0, 34.8) 1.3
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Hart County
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 		** similar 4 30.0 (18.1, 47.6) 1.6
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Jessamine County
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 		** similar 7 19.7 (13.5, 27.9) 1.0
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Knott County
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 		** similar 3 34.8 (19.2, 59.1) 1.8
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Leslie County
**
 		** higher 3 41.4 (23.3, 70.2) 2.2
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Marshall County
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 		** similar 4 16.5 (10.2, 26.1) 0.9
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Mercer County
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 		** similar 4 22.7 (12.9, 37.4) 1.2
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Montgomery County
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 		** similar 3 18.0 (10.2, 29.9) 0.9
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Rowan County
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 		** similar 4 26.2 (15.6, 41.7) 1.4
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Adair County
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3 or fewer
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Anderson County
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3 or fewer
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Ballard County
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3 or fewer
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Bath County
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3 or fewer
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Bracken County
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3 or fewer
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Breathitt County
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3 or fewer
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Breckinridge County
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3 or fewer
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Butler County
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3 or fewer
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Caldwell County
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3 or fewer
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Carlisle County
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3 or fewer
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Carroll County
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3 or fewer
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Casey County
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3 or fewer
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Clay County
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3 or fewer
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Clinton County
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3 or fewer
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Crittenden County
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3 or fewer
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Cumberland County
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3 or fewer
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Edmonson County
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3 or fewer
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Elliott County
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3 or fewer
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Estill County
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3 or fewer
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Fleming County
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3 or fewer
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Fulton County
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3 or fewer
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Gallatin County
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3 or fewer
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Garrard County
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3 or fewer
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Green County
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3 or fewer
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Hancock County
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3 or fewer
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Henry County
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3 or fewer
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Hickman County
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3 or fewer
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Jackson County
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3 or fewer
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Larue County
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3 or fewer
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Lee County
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3 or fewer
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Letcher County
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Lewis County
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3 or fewer
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Livingston County
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3 or fewer
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Logan County
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3 or fewer
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Lyon County
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3 or fewer
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Magoffin County
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3 or fewer
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Marion County
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3 or fewer
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Martin County
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3 or fewer
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Mason County
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3 or fewer
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McCreary County
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3 or fewer
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McLean County
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3 or fewer
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Meade County
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3 or fewer
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Menifee County
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3 or fewer
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Metcalfe County
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3 or fewer
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Monroe County
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3 or fewer
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Morgan County
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3 or fewer
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Nicholas County
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3 or fewer
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Owen County
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3 or fewer
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Owsley County
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3 or fewer
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Pendleton County
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3 or fewer
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Powell County
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3 or fewer
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Robertson County
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3 or fewer
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Rockcastle County
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3 or fewer
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Russell County
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3 or fewer
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Simpson County
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3 or fewer
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Spencer County
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3 or fewer
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Todd County
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3 or fewer
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Trigg County
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3 or fewer
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Trimble County
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3 or fewer
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Union County
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3 or fewer
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Washington County
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3 or fewer
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Wayne County
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3 or fewer
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Webster County
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3 or fewer
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Wolfe County
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3 or fewer
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/13/2026 3:29 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

* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate and trend estimates.
** Data are too sparse to provide stable estimates of annual rates needed to calculate trend.
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:
Adair County, Anderson County, Ballard County, Bath County, Bracken County, Breathitt County, Breckinridge County, Butler County, Caldwell County, Carlisle County, Carroll County, Casey County, Clay County, Clinton County, Crittenden County, Cumberland County, Edmonson County, Elliott County, Estill County, Fleming County, Fulton County, Gallatin County, Garrard County, Green County, Hancock County, Henry County, Hickman County, Jackson County, Larue County, Lee County, Letcher County, Lewis County, Livingston County, Logan County, Lyon County, Magoffin County, Marion County, Martin County, Mason County, McCreary County, McLean County, Meade County, Menifee County, Metcalfe County, Monroe County, Morgan County, Nicholas County, Owen County, Owsley County, Pendleton County, Powell County, Robertson County, Rockcastle County, Russell County, Simpson County, Spencer County, Todd County, Trigg County, Trimble County, Union County, Washington County, Wayne County, Webster County, Wolfe County

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Bourbon County, Graves County, Hart County, Jessamine County, Knott County, Leslie County, Marshall County, Mercer County, Montgomery County, Rowan 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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