HEALTH RANKINGS Kentucky

KENTUCKY TOP 40 CAUSES OF DEATH

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE: CDC 12/22

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

CAUSES OF DEATH		Rate	USA Rank
1.	COVID-19	136.67	11
2.	Coronary Heart Disease	108.59	9
3.	Lung Disease	56.82	5
4.	Poisonings	54.61	4
5.	Lung Cancers	49.76	2
6.	Stroke	45.81	14
7.	Alzheimers	32.66	26
8.	Diabetes Mellitus	32.47	6
9.	Hypertension	31.83	17
10.	Kidney Disease	21.63	4
11.	Breast Cancer	20.14	22
12.	Prostate Cancer	19.18	33
13.	Endocrine Disorders	18.86	7
14.	Suicide	17.89	20
15.	Liver Disease	17.33	13
16.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	17.21	3
17.	Influenza & Pneumonia	13.78	7
18.	Pancreas Cancer	11.49	27
19.	Parkinson's Disease	10.17	27
20.	Lymphomas	9.79	4

CAUSES OF DEATH		Rate	USA Rank
21.	Homicide	9.57	16
22.	Falls	9.14	41
23.	Liver Cancer	7.43	11
24.	Leukemia	6.96	6
25.	Inflammatory/Heart	6.84	32
26.	Bladder Cancer	5.40	3
27.	Uterin Cancer	4.94	31
28.	Ovary Cancer	4.90	49
29.	Oesophagus Cancer	4.52	13
30.	Skin Cancers	4.17	2
31.	Alcohol	4.03	38
32.	Other Neoplasms	3.97	35
33.	Congenital Anomalies	3.92	10
34.	Oral Cancer	3.42	7
35.	Drug Use	3.40	1
36.	Cervical Cancer	3.12	6
37.	Stomach Cancer	2.33	34
38.	Low Birth Weight	1.56	20
39.	Drownings	1.32	21
40.	Hepatitis C	0.81	13

KENTUCKY TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE

PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES: CDC 12/22

CAUSES OF DEATH		Deaths	%
1.	COVID-19	7,456	16.88
2.	Coronary Heart Disease	5,945	13.46
3.	Lung Disease	3,207	7.26
4.	Lung Cancers	2,909	6.59
5.	Stroke	2,423	5.49
6.	Poisonings	2,334	5.28
7.	Diabetes Mellitus	1,765	4.00
8.	Hypertension	1,717	3.89
9.	Alzheimers	1,632	3.70
10.	Kidney Disease	1,146	2.59
11.	Endocrine Disorders	1,003	2.27
12.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	949	2.15
13.	Liver Disease	939	2.13
14.	Suicide	807	1.83
15.	Road Traffic Accidents	795	1.80
16.	Influenza & Pneumonia	723	1.64
17.	Other Injuries	702	1.59
18.	Pancreas Cancer	644	1.46
19.	Breast Cancer	600	1.36
20.	Lymphomas	528	1.20
21.	Parkinson's Disease	520	1.18
22.	Falls	464	1.05
23.	Liver Cancer	435	0.98
24.	Prostate Cancer	430	0.97
25.	Homicide	397	0.90

CAUSES OF DEATH		Deaths	%
26.	Leukemia	372	0.84
27.	Inflammatory/Heart	340	0.77
28.	Malnutrition	303	0.69
29.	Bladder Cancer	289	0.65
30.	Oesophagus Cancer	258	0.58
31.	Skin Cancers	221	0.50
32.	Alcohol	207	0.47
33.	Oral Cancer	195	0.44
34.	Other Neoplasms	193	0.44
35.	Ovary Cancer	149	0.34
36.	Uterin Cancer	146	0.33
37.	Diarrhoeal diseases	144	0.33
38.	Drug Use	138	0.31
39.	Stomach Cancer	114	0.26
40.	Congenital Anomalies	109	0.25
41.	Skin Disease	70	0.16
42.	Anaemia	63	0.14
43.	Cervical Cancer	58	0.13
44.	Low Birth Weight	57	0.13
45.	Fires	53	0.12
46.	Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	0.09
47.	Epilepsy	35	0.08
48.	Hepatitis C	28	0.06
49.	Rheumatic/Heart	27	0.06
50.	Multiple Sclerosis	26	0.06

KENTUCKY CANCER RANK BY TYPE

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE: CDC 12/22

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		Rate	USA Rank
1.	Lung Cancers	49.76	2
2.	Breast Cancer	20.14	22
3.	Prostate Cancer	19.18	33
4.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	17.21	3
5.	Pancreas Cancer	11.49	27
6.	Lymphomas	9.79	4
7.	Liver Cancer	7.43	11
8.	Leukemia	6.96	6

		Rate	USA Rank
9.	Bladder Cancer	5.40	3
10.	Uterin Cancer	4.94	31
11.	Ovary Cancer	4.90	49
12.	Oesophagus Cancer	4.52	13
13.	Skin Cancers	4.17	2
14.	Oral Cancer	3.42	7
15.	Cervical Cancer	3.12	6
16.	Stomach Cancer	2.33	34

DEATH RATE HISTORY SELECTED CAUSES

HEART DISEASE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	310.86	12,098	4,018,053
2000	303.59	11,936	4,041,769
2001	297.28	11,808	4,068,132
2002	292.22	11,696	4,089,875
2003	279.24	11,319	4,117,170
2004	254.83	10,465	4,146,101
2005	257.33	10,782	4,182,742
2006	241.41	10,353	4,219,239
2007	227.02	9,916	4,256,672
2008	225.51	10,061	4,289,878
2009	214.29	9,728	4,317,074
2010	210.13	9,662	4,339,367
2011	209.97	9,905	4,369,356
2012	208.18	10,024	4,380,415
2013	203.41	9,971	4,395,295
2014	200.49	10,013	4,413,457
2015	197.77	10,077	4,425,092
2016	203.05	10,519	4,436,974
2017	195.88	10,343	4,454,189
2018	198.35	10,697	4,468,402
2019	196.39	10,742	4,467,673
2020	204.49	11,345	4,477,251
2021	217.53	11,697	4,509,394

ALL CANCERS

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	224.22	8,925	4,018,053
2000	228.66	9,207	4,041,769
2001	229.66	9,358	4,068,132
2002	228.56	9,438	4,089,875
2003	223.67	9,378	4,117,170
2004	215.48	9,159	4,146,101
2005	219.06	9,505	4,182,742
2006	211.98	9,394	4,219,239
2007	214.73	9,692	4,256,672
2008	207.81	9,589	4,289,878
2009	204.86	9,634	4,317,074
2010	208.32	9,930	4,339,367
2011	200.79	9,733	4,369,356
2012	201.49	10,012	4,380,415
2013	199.31	10,085	4,395,295
2014	198.84	10,263	4,413,457
2015	195.87	10,312	4,425,092
2016	193.76	10,363	4,436,974
2017	185.72	10,145	4,454,189
2018	181.62	10,135	4,468,402
2019	176.38	9,975	4,467,673
2020	177.28	10,181	4,477,251
2021	181.13	10,250	4,509,394

STROKE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	70.36	2,710	4,018,053
2000	67.73	2,637	4,041,769
2001	65.17	2,557	4,068,132
2002	64.87	2,554	4,089,875
2003	61.34	2,442	4,117,170
2004	58.02	2,339	4,146,101
2005	52.50	2,168	4,182,742
2006	51.92	2,197	4,219,239
2007	49.76	2,144	4,256,672
2008	47.87	2,098	4,289,878
2009	46.35	2,064	4,317,074
2010	44.12	1,992	4,339,367
2011	44.81	2,064	4,369,356
2012	44.27	2,073	4,380,415
2013	41.69	1,990	4,395,295
2014	41.80	2,050	4,413,457
2015	40.79	2,050	4,425,092
2016	40.43	2,057	4,436,974
2017	39.40	2,050	4,454,189
2018	41.51	2,204	4,468,402
2019	42.49	2,296	4,467,673
2020	42.42	2,328	4,477,251
2021	45.81	2,428	4,509,394

CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	59.00	2,327	4,018,053
2000	54.75	2,170	4,041,769
2001	56.63	2,265	4,068,132
2002	59.33	2,401	4,089,875
2003	58.44	2,391	4,117,170
2004	54.77	2,265	4,146,101
2005	60.96	2,578	4,182,742
2006	55.63	2,407	4,219,239
2007	59.89	2,629	4,256,672
2008	65.21	2,926	4,289,878
2009	62.23	2,854	4,317,074
2010	59.97	2,779	4,339,367
2011	64.10	3,020	4,369,356
2012	64.20	3,100	4,380,415
2013	64.62	3,187	4,395,295
2014	63.85	3,214	4,413,457
2015	64.31	3,331	4,425,092
2016	66.27	3,486	4,436,974
2017	64.53	3,480	4,454,189
2018	62.07	3,421	4,468,402
2019	62.35	3,517	4,467,673
2020	56.23	3,236	4,477,251
2021	57.46	3,243	4,509,394

ACCIDENTS

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	43.29	1,730	4,018,053
2000	45.65	1,838	4,041,769
2001	49.05	1,990	4,068,132
2002	51.26	2,090	4,089,875
2003	55.23	2,270	4,117,170
2004	54.77	2,260	4,146,101
2005	57.38	2,405	4,182,742
2006	57.94	2,446	4,219,239
2007	55.57	2,372	4,256,672
2008	55.20	2,379	4,289,878
2009	55.06	2,394	4,317,074
2010	60.54	2,632	4,339,367
2011	59.52	2,608	4,369,356
2012	61.97	2,741	4,380,415
2013	55.71	2,513	4,395,295
2014	58.34	2,621	4,413,457
2015	65.96	2,962	4,425,092
2016	71.03	3,194	4,436,974
2017	72.87	3,264	4,454,189
2018	66.78	3,051	4,468,402
2019	68.08	3,121	4,467,673
2020	87.47	3,950	4,477,251
2021	96.32	4,373	4,509,394

DIABETES

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	28.76	1,133	4,018,053
2000	27.87	1,107	4,041,769
2001	27.30	1,099	4,068,132
2002	31.13	1,265	4,089,875
2003	31.56	1,296	4,117,170
2004	28.62	1,195	4,146,101
2005	27.83	1,187	4,182,742
2006	26.18	1,141	4,219,239
2007	24.41	1,091	4,256,672
2008	26.72	1,214	4,289,878
2009	29.32	1,348	4,317,074
2010	26.02	1,212	4,339,367
2011	26.52	1,268	4,369,356
2012	25.91	1,256	4,380,415
2013	24.14	1,187	4,395,295
2014	23.42	1,175	4,413,457
2015	28.16	1,458	4,425,092
2016	28.40	1,479	4,436,974
2017	27.71	1,474	4,454,189
2018	27.92	1,506	4,468,402
2019	29.14	1,611	4,467,673
2020	27.71	1,549	4,477,251
2021	32.47	1,765	4,509,394

ALZHEIMER'S

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	19.28	728	4,018,053
2000	22.11	845	4,041,769
2001	25.09	966	4,068,132
2002	26.31	1,013	4,089,875
2003	27.67	1,072	4,117,170
2004	25.10	982	4,146,101
2005	28.66	1,147	4,182,742
2006	28.12	1,153	4,219,239
2007	28.72	1,198	4,256,672
2008	32.26	1,370	4,289,878
2009	31.25	1,345	4,317,074
2010	33.46	1,464	4,339,367
2011	32.51	1,459	4,369,356
2012	33.02	1,506	4,380,415
2013	31.41	1,462	4,395,295
2014	32.05	1,523	4,413,457
2015	34.94	1,694	4,425,092
2016	35.12	1,728	4,436,974
2017	34.96	1,765	4,454,189
2018	32.48	1,674	4,468,402
2019	32.09	1,684	4,467,673
2020	32.30	1,719	4,477,251
2021	32.66	1,632	4,509,394

INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	31.31	1,198	4,018,053
2000	29.88	1,157	4,041,769
2001	28.55	1,114	4,068,132
2002	31.53	1,236	4,089,875
2003	26.05	1,033	4,117,170
2004	24.06	965	4,146,101
2005	24.92	1,021	4,182,742
2006	22.11	927	4,219,239
2007	20.97	897	4,256,672
2008	21.59	943	4,289,878
2009	22.85	1,018	4,317,074
2010	21.02	943	4,339,367
2011	20.77	961	4,369,356
2012	18.71	879	4,380,415
2013	19.11	919	4,395,295
2014	20.78	1,017	4,413,457
2015	19.28	967	4,425,092
2016	17.33	888	4,436,974
2017	18.07	932	4,454,189
2018	18.27	969	4,468,402
2019	15.71	850	4,467,673
2020	16.34	898	4,477,251
2021	13.78	739	4,509,394

NEPHRITIS/KIDNEY DISEASE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	17.66	685	4,018,053
2000	19.28	756	4,041,769
2001	20.37	807	4,068,132
2002	20.41	813	4,089,875
2003	20.80	838	4,117,170
2004	20.33	827	4,146,101
2005	21.89	912	4,182,742
2006	21.60	922	4,219,239
2007	22.98	994	4,256,672
2008	22.58	993	4,289,878
2009	21.12	945	4,317,074
2010	23.83	1,079	4,339,367
2011	20.91	971	4,369,356
2012	19.58	933	4,380,415
2013	20.51	991	4,395,295
2014	19.48	968	4,413,457
2015	19.68	998	4,425,092
2016	20.27	1,034	4,436,974
2017	19.45	1,024	4,454,189
2018	18.73	1,007	4,468,402
2019	18.16	997	4,467,673
2020	16.23	908	4,477,251
2021	21.13	1,130	4,509,394

BLOOD POISONING

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	14.70	571	4,018,053
2000	15.45	608	4,041,769
2001	15.19	606	4,068,132
2002	15.08	606	4,089,875
2003	13.88	565	4,117,170
2004	13.82	573	4,146,101
2005	13.94	585	4,182,742
2006	14.67	630	4,219,239
2007	15.57	680	4,256,672
2008	15.18	675	4,289,878
2009	15.93	724	4,317,074
2010	15.43	709	4,339,367
2011	14.27	684	4,369,356
2012	13.78	660	4,380,415
2013	13.93	685	4,395,295
2014	16.09	800	4,413,457
2015	17.06	873	4,425,092
2016	17.13	878	4,436,974
2017	18.49	979	4,454,189
2018	16.65	899	4,468,402
2019	16.66	918	4,467,673
2020	17.19	951	4,477,251
2021	16.86	923	4,509,394

SUICIDE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	11.62	470	4,018,053
2000	12.78	521	4,041,769
2001	12.05	495	4,068,132
2002	13.03	540	4,089,875
2003	13.56	567	4,117,170
2004	13.27	560	4,146,101
2005	13.39	566	4,182,742
2006	14.58	622	4,219,239
2007	15.11	649	4,256,672
2008	13.99	612	4,289,878
2009	13.47	592	4,317,074
2010	14.17	631	4,339,367
2011	15.15	675	4,369,356
2012	16.20	724	4,380,415
2013	15.55	701	4,395,295
2014	15.96	728	4,413,457
2015	17.08	776	4,425,092
2016	16.79	756	4,436,974
2017	16.92	770	4,454,189
2018	17.47	800	4,468,402
2019	16.52	756	4,467,673
2020	17.68	801	4,477,251
2021	17.89	816	4,509,394

HYPERTENSION/RENAL

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	5.18	200	4,018,053
2000	5.60	219	4,041,769
2001	4.87	192	4,068,132
2002	5.62	221	4,089,875
2003	6.72	266	4,117,170
2004	7.67	310	4,146,101
2005	8.58	353	4,182,742
2006	7.75	326	4,219,239
2007	6.86	294	4,256,672
2008	7.77	338	4,289,878
2009	6.43	285	4,317,074
2010	6.52	295	4,339,367
2011	6.20	287	4,369,356
2012	7.19	341	4,380,415
2013	6.56	319	4,395,295
2014	7.22	354	4,413,457
2015	8.76	441	4,425,092
2016	8.00	409	4,436,974
2017	8.48	441	4,454,189
2018	7.70	407	4,468,402
2019	7.07	378	4,467,673
2020	8.08	447	4,477,251
2021	9.56	516	4,509,394

LIVER DISEASE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	9.56	386	4,018,053
2000	9.07	370	4,041,769
2001	9.32	387	4,068,132
2002	8.93	377	4,089,875
2003	8.28	353	4,117,170
2004	8.11	355	4,146,101
2005	8.52	380	4,182,742
2006	7.87	359	4,219,239
2007	8.47	390	4,256,672
2008	7.70	367	4,289,878
2009	8.79	420	4,317,074
2010	9.40	463	4,339,367
2011	9.48	471	4,369,356
2012	10.82	545	4,380,415
2013	10.79	558	4,395,295
2014	11.54	604	4,413,457
2015	12.64	657	4,425,092
2016	11.88	647	4,436,974
2017	12.85	682	4,454,189
2018	13.37	717	4,468,402
2019	13.74	750	4,467,673
2020	16.95	889	4,477,251
2021	17.33	939	4,509,394

PARKINSON'S DISEASE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	4.67	180	4,018,053
2000	5.79	224	4,041,769
2001	5.70	222	4,068,132
2002	5.73	224	4,089,875
2003	6.63	263	4,117,170
2004	6.39	254	4,146,101
2005	6.58	267	4,182,742
2006	6.41	265	4,219,239
2007	6.05	255	4,256,672
2008	6.92	296	4,289,878
2009	7.32	317	4,317,074
2010	6.80	296	4,339,367
2011	7.20	322	4,369,356
2012	7.00	318	4,380,415
2013	7.17	337	4,395,295
2014	7.09	337	4,413,457
2015	8.11	395	4,425,092
2016	8.36	415	4,436,974
2017	8.75	443	4,454,189
2018	9.16	479	4,468,402
2019	9.56	507	4,467,673
2020	10.83	589	4,477,251
2021	10.17	523	4,509,394

HOMICIDE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	5.11	210	4,018,053
2000	5.02	204	4,041,769
2001	5.39	221	4,068,132
2002	4.76	195	4,089,875
2003	4.71	193	4,117,170
2004	5.52	228	4,146,101
2005	5.36	222	4,182,742
2006	4.65	192	4,219,239
2007	4.98	213	4,256,672
2008	5.71	240	4,289,878
2009	4.97	212	4,317,074
2010	4.68	199	4,339,367
2011	4.28	188	4,369,356
2012	5.60	236	4,380,415
2013	4.68	202	4,395,295
2014	4.74	203	4,413,457
2015	5.77	250	4,425,092
2016	7.17	302	4,436,974
2017	7.28	310	4,454,189
2018	6.13	258	4,468,402
2019	5.89	250	4,467,673
2020	9.51	404	4,477,251
2021	9.57	408	4,509,394