1998 Kentucky KIDS COUNT KIDS COUNT Trends in the 1990's Infant Mortality Rate Deaths to children under 1 per 1,000 live births 1989-91 1995-97 Change* Kentucky 8.8 7.4 15.9 Adair 7.1 8.2 -15.5 Allen 4.7 6.3 -34.0 Anderson 6.0 2.6 56.7 Ballard 3.9 0.0 100.0 Barren 3.0 6.5 -116.7 Bath 9.5 7.5 21.1 Bell 8.6 7.4 14.0 Boone 3.6 5.4 -50.0 Bourbon 5.1 10.7 -109.8 Boyd 8.6 8.4 2.3 Boyle 4.1 7.4 -80.5 Bracken 6.2 12.3 -98.4 Breathitt 10.2 9.6 5.9 Breckinridge 10.6 13.0 -22.6 Bullitt 8.9 4.2 52.8 Butler 6.6 14.2 -115.2 Caldwell 15.2 6.9 54.6 Calloway 12.5 7.1 43.2 Campbell 9.3 6.9 25.8 Carlisle 0.0 5.8 ** Carroll 7.4 10.9 -47.3 Carter 6.7 8.5 -26.9 Casey 12.1 3.5 71.1 Christian 9.7 6.3 35.1 Clark 8.0 3.2 60.0 Clay 7.2 7.5 -4.2 Clinton 0.0 8.8 ** Crittenden 3.2 17.4 -443.8 Cumberland 11.4 0.0 100.0 Daviess 9.9 7.5 24.2 Edmonson 9.1 0.0 100.0 Elliott 19.2 4.5 76.6 Estill 11.3 1.8 84.1 Fayette 7.4 9.1 -23.0 Fleming 8.6 6.3 26.7 Floyd 7.4 9.0 -21.6 Franklin 7.5 7.7 -2.7 Fulton 0.0 9.6 ** Gallatin 22.7 0.0 100.0 Garrard 4.6 6.5 -41.3 Grant 10.8 6.2 42.6 Graves 6.1 5.6 8.2 Grayson 3.5 7.0 -100.0 Green 6.2 8.8 -41.9 Greenup 7.3 6.7 8.2 Hancock 9.1 9.1 0.0 Hardin 7.2 6.8 5.6 Harlan 11.0 7.8 29.1 Harrison 9.2 4.9 46.7 Hart 11.8 10.5 11.0 Henderson 12.2 7.4 39.3 Henry 12.6 9.0 28.6 Hickman 22.3 12.6 43.5 Hopkins 12.7 9.7 23.6 Jackson 9.8 0.0 100.0 Jefferson 10.1 8.2 18.8 Jessamine 6.1 5.5 9.8 Johnson 13.0 6.7 48.5 Kenton 11.0 5.7 48.2 Knott 7.3 8.0 -9.6 Knox 9.1 8.8 3.3 Larue 16.1 15.0 6.8 Laurel 8.6 8.0 7.0 Lawrence 6.6 7.8 -18.2 Lee 10.3 10.7 -3.9 Leslie 8.4 10.3 -22.6 Letcher 15.1 5.5 63.6 Lewis 7.5 12.5 -66.7 Lincoln 2.3 5.7 -147.8 Livingston 14.8 3.7 75.0 Logan 7.9 3.8 51.9 Lyon 11.6 10.5 9.5 McCracken 9.4 7.4 21.3 McCreary 7.4 13.5 -82.4 McLean 15.7 12.4 21.0 Madison 6.3 6.3 0.0 Magoffin 6.7 3.6 46.3 Marion 2.8 4.4 -57.1 Marshall 7.0 6.7 4.3 Martin 9.2 7.7 16.3 Mason 12.8 9.1 28.9 Meade 6.1 15.2 -149.2 Menifee 24.6 4.8 80.5 Mercer 12.5 8.5 32.0 Metcalfe 14.2 7.9 44.4 Monroe 14.9 6.7 55.0 Montgomery 8.5 8.1 4.7 Morgan 14.7 2.3 84.4 Muhlenberg 7.6 6.9 9.2 Nelson 5.3 2.6 50.9 Nicholas 4.0 7.4 -85.0 Ohio 1.2 5.1 -325.0 Oldham 7.1 6.0 15.5 Owen 3.1 15.8 -409.7 Owsley 18.7 5.0 73.3 Pendleton 14.1 9.4 33.3 Perry 5.3 9.6 -81.1 Pike 7.0 7.7 -10.0 Powell 19.8 8.9 55.1 Pulaski 7.3 6.2 15.1 Robertson 0.0 13.5 ** Rockcastle 15.0 5.7 62.0 Rowan 3.7 4.2 -13.5 Russell 14.9 5.3 64.4 Scott 7.7 6.5 15.6 Shelby 8.5 6.8 20.0 Simpson 13.3 9.2 30.8 Spencer 10.0 2.5 75.0 Taylor 5.7 5.9 -3.5 Todd 6.1 2.1 65.6 Trigg 5.7 2.4 57.9 Trimble 9.7 12.3 -26.8 Union 5.1 6.9 -35.3 Warren 8.1 7.7 4.9 Washington 5.0 7.7 -54.0 Wayne 7.9 14.8 -87.3 Webster 3.9 2.1 46.2 Whitley 11.3 7.9 30.1 Wolfe 6.9 10.2 -47.8 Woodford 10.4 2.4 76.9 * A positive change is considered better. ** Percent worse cannot be calculated.