1997 Kentucky KIDS COUNT Percent Births under 2,500 grams 1989-91 1994-96 % Change Kentucky 7.0 7.7 10.0 Adair 6.4 7.2 12.5 Allen 4.7 5.6 19.1 Anderson 5.5 8.2 49.1 Ballard 4.8 6.0 25.0 Barren 7.6 5.0 -34.2 Bath 7.6 9.6 26.3 Bell 7.8 8.1 3.8 Boone 6.3 6.0 -4.8 Bourbon 5.4 7.8 44.4 Boyd 4.8 6.6 37.5 Boyle 8.0 8.1 1.2 Bracken 8.0 9.8 22.5 Breathitt 6.4 8.5 32.8 Breckinridge 6.0 7.7 28.3 Bullitt 6.8 6.1 -10.3 Butler 5.3 7.1 34.0 Caldwell 8.0 8.2 2.5 Calloway 6.7 9.4 40.3 Campbell 5.5 6.8 23.6 Carlisle 4.9 4.2 -14.3 Carroll 9.6 7.8 -18.8 Carter 6.5 6.3 -3.1 Casey 6.1 7.1 16.4 Christian 7.1 7.9 11.3 Clark 6.7 7.0 4.5 Clay 8.0 8.6 7.5 Clinton 8.0 7.7 -3.7 Crittenden 7.1 5.8 -18.3 Cumberland 11.4 8.8 -22.8 Daviess 7.1 8.9 25.4 Edmonson 5.5 5.8 5.5 Elliott 3.4 8.6 152.9 Estill 8.6 9.3 8.1 Fayette 7.0 8.3 18.6 Fleming 4.8 8.1 68.8 Floyd 6.3 7.5 19.0 Franklin 6.8 8.8 29.4 Fulton 8.3 9.4 13.3 Gallatin 7.2 6.4 -11.1 Garrard 6.2 8.1 30.6 Grant 6.9 7.3 5.8 Graves 7.2 6.5 -9.7 Grayson 8.8 8.3 -5.7 Green 7.8 5.5 -29.5 Greenup 5.6 6.1 8.9 Hancock 3.6 8.1 125.0 Hardin 6.2 6.8 9.7 Harlan 6.6 7.2 9.1 Harrison 10.1 8.3 -17.8 Hart 5.7 9.5 66.7 Henderson 6.5 10.2 56.9 Henry 5.6 7.1 26.8 Hickman 6.1 6.4 4.9 Hopkins 6.6 7.7 16.7 Jackson 6.7 6.7 0.0 Jefferson 8.1 8.4 3.7 Jessamine 4.8 7.7 60.4 Johnson 5.7 8.7 52.6 Kenton 6.4 7.5 17.2 Knott 7.4 8.2 10.8 Knox 7.9 7.7 -2.5 Larue 7.6 11.8 55.3 Laurel 7.5 7.4 -1.3 Lawrence 6.5 8.0 23.1 Lee 7.9 9.6 21.5 Leslie 8.6 9.3 8.1 Letcher 6.9 10.6 53.6 Lewis 7.4 8.1 9.5 Lincoln 7.4 7.5 1.4 Livingston 6.5 4.2 -35.4 Logan 7.0 7.2 2.9 Lyon 6.9 7.7 11.6 McCracken 7.4 8.0 8.1 McCreary 9.7 8.3 -14.4 McLean 3.7 9.7 162.2 Madison 7.3 7.8 6.8 Magoffin 8.0 5.3 -33.8 Marion 7.7 9.4 22.1 Marshall 6.0 5.9 -1.7 Martin 7.8 7.7 -1.3 Mason 8.3 7.4 -10.8 Meade 6.7 6.3 -6.0 Menifee 7.4 9.7 31.1 Mercer 7.3 10.3 41.1 Metcalfe 4.2 8.8 109.5 Monroe 5.8 7.4 27.6 Montgomery 6.1 6.7 9.8 Morgan 5.9 5.8 -1.7 Muhlenberg 7.0 6.9 -1.4 Nelson 6.8 7.4 8.8 Nicholas 11.8 9.7 -17.8 Ohio 6.1 7.9 29.5 Oldham 5.4 6.2 14.8 Owen 6.9 7.5 8.7 Owsley 5.6 12.8 128.6 Pendleton 5.4 7.3 35.2 Perry 9.1 6.9 -24.2 Pike 6.4 7.9 23.4 Powell 7.5 6.8 -9.3 Pulaski 6.8 6.9 1.5 Robertson 1.4 10.3 635.7 Rockcastle 7.3 8.2 12.3 Rowan 3.3 7.5 127.3 Russell 7.0 8.3 18.6 Scott 8.5 6.9 -18.8 Shelby 5.2 8.4 61.5 Simpson 7.8 7.5 -3.8 Spencer 8.0 9.2 15.0 Taylor 7.2 5.9 -18.1 Todd 8.7 6.3 -27.6 Trigg 9.1 9.0 -1.1 Trimble 9.6 10.5 9.4 Union 6.2 8.4 35.5 Warren 6.8 7.2 5.9 Washington 6.7 6.8 1.5 Wayne 5.0 8.4 68.0 Webster 7.1 7.7 8.5 Whitley 7.1 7.8 9.9 Wolfe 6.8 9.3 36.8 Woodford 7.0 4.7 -32.9