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Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2019-2023

Kentucky Counties versus United States

Breast

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

Priority 2: rising and similar

Daviess County
Harlan County		 Priority 3: rising and below

Stable
Trend		 Priority 4: stable and above

Allen County
Christian County
Lawrence County
Perry County		 Priority 6: stable and similar

Barren County
Bell County
Boyle County
Bullitt County
Calloway County
Campbell County
Clark County
Fayette County
Floyd County
Grant County
Grayson County
Greenup County
Hardin County
Harrison County
Henderson County
Hopkins County
Johnson County
Knox County
Laurel County
Lincoln County
Madison County
McCracken County
Muhlenberg County
Nelson County
Ohio County
Pulaski County
Scott County
Shelby County
Taylor County
Warren County
Whitley County
Woodford County		 Priority 7: stable and below

Falling
Trend		 Priority 5: falling and above

Priority 8: falling and similar

Boyd County
Carter County
Franklin County
Jefferson County
Kenton County
Pike County		 Priority 9: falling and below

Boone County
Oldham County
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/13/2026 11:52 am.

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:
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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