1997 Kentucky KIDS COUNT General Birth Rate - Total Births per 1,000 women 15-44 1989-91 1994-96 % Change Kentucky 61.9 59.4 -4.0 Adair 55.9 58.9 5.4 Allen 71.0 65.6 -7.6 Anderson 64.8 63.7 -1.7 Ballard 51.8 59.7 15.3 Barren 59.3 60.2 1.5 Bath 66.1 56.7 -14.2 Bell 64.2 60.6 -5.6 Boone 65.1 64.1 -1.5 Bourbon 59.7 58.0 -2.8 Boyd 56.5 55.1 -2.5 Boyle 56.6 56.9 0.5 Bracken 65.6 64.0 -2.4 Breathitt 60.9 57.6 -5.4 Breckinridge 55.3 58.5 5.8 Bullitt 59.0 57.8 -2.0 Butler 63.0 58.3 -7.5 Caldwell 65.9 57.4 -12.9 Calloway 42.0 41.0 -2.4 Campbell 66.1 63.2 -4.4 Carlisle 58.4 49.3 -15.6 Carroll 67.4 60.0 -11.0 Carter 61.4 57.9 -5.7 Casey 63.4 64.9 2.4 Christian 87.3 93.6 7.2 Clark 60.5 63.8 5.5 Clay 72.4 59.0 -18.5 Clinton 59.1 59.0 -0.2 Crittenden 55.3 51.3 -7.2 Cumberland 63.3 57.1 -9.8 Daviess 63.8 62.1 -2.7 Edmonson 48.8 54.1 10.9 Elliott 49.2 49.7 1.0 Estill 61.5 52.5 -14.6 Fayette 55.1 52.1 -5.4 Fleming 58.0 58.0 0.0 Floyd 61.8 57.6 -6.8 Franklin 54.0 53.5 -0.9 Fulton 67.3 67.5 0.3 Gallatin 73.3 69.9 -4.6 Garrard 57.2 52.2 -8.7 Grant 69.0 71.3 3.3 Graves 63.4 65.1 2.7 Grayson 62.7 61.3 -2.2 Green 49.3 59.1 19.9 Greenup 49.6 50.1 1.0 Hancock 59.3 52.8 -11.0 Hardin 84.5 76.3 -9.7 Harlan 64.0 58.9 -8.0 Harrison 62.0 57.7 -6.9 Hart 61.0 59.3 -2.8 Henderson 57.1 52.2 -8.6 Henry 65.8 65.4 -0.6 Hickman 54.5 55.9 2.6 Hopkins 61.1 57.8 -5.4 Jackson 62.7 53.8 -14.2 Jefferson 64.3 63.0 -2.0 Jessamine 61.6 63.0 2.3 Johnson 56.3 53.8 -4.4 Kenton 68.7 67.0 -2.5 Knott 53.4 47.3 -11.4 Knox 68.6 63.0 -8.2 Larue 59.5 61.9 4.0 Laurel 60.8 63.0 3.6 Lawrence 64.7 51.1 -21.0 Lee 60.9 60.0 -1.5 Leslie 59.7 47.8 -19.9 Letcher 59.8 47.3 -20.9 Lewis 60.6 65.1 7.4 Lincoln 65.3 61.8 -5.4 Livingston 57.1 44.2 -22.6 Logan 64.7 63.8 -1.4 Lyon 53.8 51.3 -4.6 McCracken 58.9 57.7 -2.0 McCreary 75.7 66.9 -11.6 McLean 62.7 51.0 -18.7 Madison 48.5 47.7 -1.6 Magoffin 64.2 53.2 -17.1 Marion 66.9 62.2 -7.0 Marshall 60.2 51.4 -14.6 Martin 69.3 57.4 -17.2 Mason 64.6 58.0 -10.2 Meade 45.2 37.0 -18.1 Menifee 59.1 52.2 -11.7 Mercer 63.9 65.6 2.7 Metcalfe 61.6 62.9 2.1 Monroe 64.4 61.2 -5.0 Montgomery 60.8 58.7 -3.5 Morgan 64.0 49.3 -23.0 Muhlenberg 57.2 55.4 -3.1 Nelson 72.0 64.0 -11.1 Nicholas 56.8 60.0 5.6 Ohio 59.7 56.6 -5.2 Oldham 53.0 54.0 1.9 Owen 56.7 50.5 -10.9 Owsley 65.6 61.5 -6.2 Pendleton 71.1 59.3 -16.6 Perry 68.7 60.2 -12.4 Pike 57.1 53.1 -7.0 Powell 67.5 60.3 -10.7 Pulaski 58.4 52.8 -9.6 Robertson 53.7 48.6 -9.5 Rockcastle 59.8 55.7 -6.9 Rowan 44.9 39.3 -12.5 Russell 63.1 57.7 -8.6 Scott 58.3 57.2 -1.9 Shelby 60.2 61.6 2.3 Simpson 66.4 61.3 -7.7 Spencer 64.9 71.0 9.4 Taylor 61.4 57.0 -7.2 Todd 70.0 66.0 -5.7 Trigg 58.4 55.6 -4.8 Trimble 50.4 54.3 7.7 Union 53.2 53.2 0.0 Warren 54.0 53.4 -1.1 Washington 59.5 54.0 -9.2 Wayne 65.9 60.2 -8.6 Webster 59.0 54.3 -8.0 Whitley 64.5 59.9 -7.1 Wolfe 66.1 63.9 -3.3 Woodford 58.5 56.7 -3.1