1998 Kentucky KIDS COUNT KIDS COUNT Trends in the 1990's Early Childhood Death Rate Deaths to children 1-4 per 100,000 population 1-4 1989-91 1995-97 Change* Kentucky 48.9 40.7 16.8 Adair 0.0 87.7 ** Allen 118.8 74.9 37.0 Anderson 0.0 68.9 ** Ballard 0.0 91.1 ** Barren 56.2 72.6 -29.2 Bath 0.0 65.9 ** Bell 116.6 104.5 10.4 Boone 26.5 21.3 19.6 Bourbon 0.0 0.0 0.0 Boyd 41.3 0.0 100.0 Boyle 0.0 25.9 ** Bracken 246.9 159.9 35.2 Breathitt 119.6 0.0 100.0 Breckinridge 114.2 37.8 66.9 Bullitt 72.0 71.6 0.6 Butler 0.0 110.2 ** Caldwell 0.0 0.0 0.0 Calloway 0.0 24.6 ** Campbell 38.3 25.0 34.7 Carlisle 406.5 0.0 100.0 Carroll 0.0 66.3 ** Carter 164.6 26.1 84.1 Casey 134.6 45.4 66.3 Christian 85.3 33.2 61.1 Clark 61.7 39.6 35.8 Clay 151.4 24.7 83.7 Clinton 217.9 0.0 100.0 Crittenden 212.8 0.0 100.0 Cumberland 303.0 0.0 100.0 Daviess 38.5 38.0 1.3 Edmonson 0.0 64.2 ** Elliott 0.0 178.3 ** Estill 135.7 0.0 100.0 Fayette 32.8 39.5 -20.4 Fleming 153.4 98.3 35.9 Floyd 40.2 82.2 -104.5 Franklin 44.1 72.5 -64.4 Fulton 0.0 177.8 ** Gallatin 0.0 0.0 0.0 Garrard 0.0 0.0 0.0 Grant 0.0 29.9 ** Graves 59.0 19.2 67.5 Grayson 0.0 58.3 ** Green 0.0 70.6 ** Greenup 58.7 20.0 65.9 Hancock 0.0 68.2 ** Hardin 68.1 34.3 49.6 Harlan 47.7 33.6 29.6 Harrison 0.0 0.0 0.0 Hart 0.0 40.1 ** Henderson 42.1 69.9 -66.0 Henry 145.6 0.0 100.0 Hickman 0.0 0.0 0.0 Hopkins 39.5 13.5 65.8 Jackson 0.0 94.8 ** Jefferson 33.1 40.7 -23.0 Jessamine 55.1 16.1 70.8 Johnson 0.0 55.5 ** Kenton 43.5 28.9 33.6 Knott 102.2 0.0 100.0 Knox 0.0 0.0 0.0 Larue 0.0 0.0 0.0 Laurel 0.0 12.7 ** Lawrence 0.0 0.0 0.0 Lee 0.0 0.0 0.0 Leslie 117.1 40.2 65.7 Letcher 0.0 49.3 ** Lewis 0.0 48.6 ** Lincoln 0.0 145.2 ** Livingston 0.0 83.1 ** Logan 0.0 25.8 ** Lyon 473.9 138.9 70.7 McCracken 31.9 64.3 -101.6 McCreary 107.8 103.0 4.5 McLean 211.0 0.0 100.0 Madison 36.2 32.8 9.4 Magoffin 0.0 0.0 0.0 Marion 118.8 39.4 66.8 Marshall 76.9 24.2 68.5 Martin 129.5 43.7 66.3 Mason 0.0 38.8 ** Meade 51.1 45.5 11.0 Menifee 0.0 0.0 0.0 Mercer 0.0 0.0 0.0 Metcalfe 0.0 0.0 0.0 Monroe 0.0 120.1 ** Montgomery 0.0 98.0 ** Morgan 162.6 51.9 68.1 Muhlenberg 131.0 44.4 66.1 Nelson 57.1 0.0 100.0 Nicholas 0.0 107.2 ** Ohio 85.5 85.3 0.2 Oldham 56.6 15.2 73.1 Owen 0.0 134.7 ** Owsley 0.0 0.0 0.0 Pendleton 133.0 79.3 40.4 Perry 60.9 40.6 33.3 Pike 27.2 64.5 -137.1 Powell 0.0 91.4 ** Pulaski 80.5 61.9 23.1 Robertson 0.0 0.0 0.0 Rockcastle 122.9 79.7 35.2 Rowan 0.0 0.0 0.0 Russell 0.0 43.3 ** Scott 152.2 21.7 85.7 Shelby 75.5 45.6 39.6 Simpson 0.0 0.0 0.0 Spencer 0.0 72.9 ** Taylor 0.0 57.8 ** Todd 167.5 56.5 66.3 Trigg 0.0 0.0 0.0 Trimble 0.0 84.6 ** Union 0.0 0.0 0.0 Warren 76.6 55.6 27.4 Washington 164.5 55.1 66.5 Wayne 0.0 35.0 ** Webster 0.0 0.0 0.0 Whitley 164.2 17.6 89.3 Wolfe 0.0 86.4 ** Woodford 86.1 26.7 69.0 * A positive change is considered better. ** Percent worse cannot be calculated.