1997 Kentucky KIDS COUNT Infant Mortality Rate - Deaths to children under 1 per 1,000 live births 1989-91 1994-96 % Change Kentucky 8.8 7.4 -15.9 Adair 7.1 7.9 11.3 Allen 4.7 6.5 38.3 Anderson 6.0 1.3 -78.3 Ballard 4.0 3.4 -15.0 Barren 3.1 5.7 83.9 Bath 9.5 5.3 -44.2 Bell 8.6 6.4 -25.6 Boone 3.6 5.6 55.6 Bourbon 5.1 9.5 86.3 Boyd 8.6 8.5 -1.2 Boyle 4.1 5.2 26.8 Bracken 6.1 14.8 142.6 Breathitt 10.2 11.1 8.8 Breckinridge 10.6 14.8 39.6 Bullitt 8.9 3.9 -56.2 Butler 6.6 13.8 109.1 Caldwell 15.2 6.7 -55.9 Calloway 12.5 4.0 -68.0 Campbell 9.3 7.0 -24.7 Carlisle 0.0 0.0 0.0 Carroll 7.4 13.4 81.1 Carter 6.8 6.7 -1.5 Casey 12.1 6.7 -44.6 Christian 9.7 6.4 -34.0 Clark 8.0 3.1 -61.3 Clay 7.2 15.4 113.9 Clinton 0.0 8.3 Crittenden 3.2 17.1 434.4 Cumberland 11.4 0.0 -100.0 Daviess 9.9 7.8 -21.2 Edmonson 9.1 2.7 -70.3 Elliott 19.2 18.0 -6.2 Estill 11.3 8.9 -21.2 Fayette 7.4 9.2 24.3 Fleming 8.7 6.2 -28.7 Floyd 7.4 6.2 -16.2 Franklin 7.5 8.4 12.0 Fulton 0.0 6.7 Gallatin 22.7 0.0 -100.0 Garrard 4.6 2.2 -52.2 Grant 10.8 5.5 -49.1 Graves 6.1 5.0 -18.0 Grayson 3.5 6.6 88.6 Green 6.2 7.9 27.4 Greenup 7.3 5.8 -20.5 Hancock 9.1 3.2 -64.8 Hardin 7.2 6.1 -15.3 Harlan 11.0 7.5 -31.8 Harrison 9.2 1.6 -82.6 Hart 11.8 12.4 5.1 Henderson 12.2 8.2 -32.8 Henry 12.6 6.8 -46.0 Hickman 22.3 11.7 -47.5 Hopkins 12.7 7.4 -41.7 Jackson 9.8 2.1 -78.6 Jefferson 10.1 9.0 -10.9 Jessamine 6.1 5.0 -18.0 Johnson 13.0 6.7 -48.5 Kenton 11.0 7.0 -36.4 Knott 7.2 6.3 -12.5 Knox 9.1 8.8 -3.3 Larue 16.1 14.7 -8.7 Laurel 8.6 5.3 -38.4 Lawrence 6.6 5.5 -16.7 Lee 10.3 17.1 66.0 Leslie 8.4 6.1 -27.4 Letcher 15.1 5.5 -63.6 Lewis 7.5 7.0 -6.7 Lincoln 2.3 6.9 200.0 Livingston 14.8 3.8 -74.3 Logan 7.9 3.8 -51.9 Lyon 11.6 5.5 -52.6 McCracken 9.4 5.0 -46.8 McCreary 7.4 14.8 100.0 McLean 15.7 9.7 -38.2 Madison 6.3 6.3 0.0 Magoffin 6.7 5.5 -17.9 Marion 2.8 8.8 214.3 Marshall 7.1 4.5 -36.6 Martin 9.2 3.5 -62.0 Mason 12.8 7.6 -40.6 Meade 6.1 15.0 145.9 Menifee 24.5 5.4 -78.0 Mercer 12.5 10.5 -16.0 Metcalfe 14.1 13.4 -5.0 Monroe 15.0 6.7 -55.3 Montgomery 8.5 7.5 -11.8 Morgan 14.7 0.0 -100.0 Muhlenberg 7.6 9.5 25.0 Nelson 5.3 3.4 -35.8 Nicholas 4.1 7.2 75.6 Ohio 1.2 3.8 216.7 Oldham 7.1 4.7 -33.8 Owen 3.1 16.2 422.6 Owsley 18.8 4.6 -75.5 Pendleton 14.0 11.2 -20.0 Perry 5.2 10.2 96.2 Pike 7.0 6.7 -4.3 Powell 19.7 9.5 -51.8 Pulaski 7.3 7.5 2.7 Robertson 0.0 14.7 Rockcastle 15.0 3.6 -76.0 Rowan 3.7 5.4 45.9 Russell 14.9 5.2 -65.1 Scott 7.7 4.2 -45.5 Shelby 8.5 5.2 -38.8 Simpson 13.3 9.1 -31.6 Spencer 10.0 5.3 -47.0 Taylor 5.7 9.5 66.7 Todd 6.1 2.1 -65.6 Trigg 5.7 2.6 -54.4 Trimble 9.6 12.1 26.0 Union 5.1 15.2 198.0 Warren 8.1 7.4 -8.6 Washington 4.9 5.3 8.2 Wayne 7.9 13.8 74.7 Webster 3.8 0.0 -100.0 Whitley 11.3 6.9 -38.9 Wolfe 6.9 12.4 79.7 Woodford 10.4 4.7 -54.8