1997 Kentucky KIDS COUNT Child Death Rate - Deaths to children 1-14 per 100,000 population 1-14 1989-91 1994-96 % Change Kentucky 32.7 27.9 -14.7 Adair 80.2 24.2 -69.8 Allen 88.9 52.5 -40.9 Anderson 22.4 10.2 -54.5 Ballard 46.7 25.8 -44.8 Barren 40.4 41.1 1.7 Bath 35.5 52.8 48.7 Bell 66.5 64.0 -3.8 Boone 27.3 15.9 -41.8 Bourbon 42.6 0.0 -100.0 Boyd 32.3 16.2 -49.8 Boyle 7.0 14.4 105.7 Bracken 85.7 42.4 -50.5 Breathitt 48.3 22.5 -53.4 Breckinridge 39.1 33.0 -15.6 Bullitt 31.3 41.7 33.2 Butler 43.0 30.9 -28.1 Caldwell 27.8 0.0 -100.0 Calloway 21.4 26.9 25.7 Campbell 18.7 15.6 -16.6 Carlisle 68.9 33.3 -51.7 Carroll 67.8 35.5 -47.6 Carter 74.3 29.5 -60.3 Casey 58.0 38.3 -34.0 Christian 49.1 32.0 -34.8 Clark 22.4 27.6 23.2 Clay 32.4 30.4 -6.2 Clinton 115.0 21.0 -81.7 Crittenden 75.6 36.3 -52.0 Cumberland 52.7 0.0 -100.0 Daviess 28.7 16.2 -43.6 Edmonson 16.6 36.1 117.5 Elliott 0.0 47.6 Estill 78.0 0.0 -100.0 Fayette 20.2 22.5 11.4 Fleming 55.3 0.0 -100.0 Floyd 27.7 54.3 96.0 Franklin 28.5 43.6 53.0 Fulton 0.0 24.2 Gallatin 55.8 26.1 -53.2 Garrard 15.5 43.7 181.9 Grant 37.7 51.0 35.3 Graves 42.1 31.8 -24.5 Grayson 7.8 50.4 546.2 Green 17.7 58.7 231.6 Greenup 27.7 22.8 -17.7 Hancock 38.0 42.8 12.6 Hardin 32.0 32.7 2.2 Harlan 33.0 28.0 -15.2 Harrison 59.5 0.0 -100.0 Hart 11.2 24.1 115.2 Henderson 25.8 27.6 7.0 Henry 39.9 36.2 -9.3 Hickman 0.0 35.2 Hopkins 35.8 19.0 -46.9 Jackson 12.7 68.6 440.2 Jefferson 25.7 23.0 -10.5 Jessamine 25.4 14.8 -41.7 Johnson 27.2 23.9 -12.1 Kenton 33.3 21.4 -35.7 Knott 24.6 19.0 -22.8 Knox 36.0 33.2 -7.8 Larue 29.4 28.2 -4.1 Laurel 32.1 35.8 11.5 Lawrence 11.0 13.5 22.7 Lee 20.3 0.0 -100.0 Leslie 41.3 26.2 -36.6 Letcher 5.5 7.2 30.9 Lewis 60.2 37.6 -37.5 Lincoln 16.3 104.7 542.3 Livingston 41.8 23.1 -44.7 Logan 39.9 28.1 -29.6 Lyon 123.5 33.0 -73.3 McCracken 25.0 20.7 -17.2 McCreary 28.1 82.6 194.0 McLean 71.1 19.7 -72.3 Madison 19.9 12.6 -36.7 Magoffin 42.2 12.6 -70.1 Marion 55.7 21.3 -61.8 Marshall 60.9 13.7 -77.5 Martin 43.0 50.8 18.1 Mason 40.7 62.8 54.3 Meade 31.1 29.4 -5.5 Menifee 31.6 0.0 -100.0 Mercer 27.4 48.3 76.3 Metcalfe 38.9 20.7 -46.8 Monroe 45.9 110.5 140.7 Montgomery 59.3 46.6 -21.4 Morgan 54.5 28.4 -47.9 Muhlenberg 59.8 37.9 -36.6 Nelson 43.9 19.1 -56.5 Nicholas 25.5 27.5 7.8 Ohio 37.4 40.7 8.8 Oldham 22.1 25.8 16.7 Owen 35.1 59.2 68.7 Owsley 0.0 0.0 0.0 Pendleton 24.4 35.7 46.3 Perry 49.8 56.7 13.9 Pike 30.1 21.6 -28.2 Powell 12.3 40.3 227.6 Pulaski 39.0 39.9 2.3 Robertson 0.0 0.0 0.0 Rockcastle 88.7 22.6 -74.5 Rowan 10.4 18.9 81.7 Russell 12.5 22.7 81.6 Scott 46.0 12.6 -72.6 Shelby 13.8 31.1 125.4 Simpson 0.0 21.7 Spencer 0.0 19.7 Taylor 40.1 24.0 -40.1 Todd 44.9 47.0 4.7 Trigg 18.7 58.9 215.0 Trimble 0.0 25.5 Union 20.1 50.0 148.8 Warren 39.0 39.3 0.8 Washington 60.5 32.2 -46.8 Wayne 9.2 19.2 108.7 Webster 23.2 14.1 -39.2 Whitley 100.4 24.0 -76.1 Wolfe 22.8 46.9 105.7 Woodford 16.3 31.8 95.1