1998 Kentucky KIDS COUNT KIDS COUNT Trends in the 1990's Low Birthweight Percent births under 2,500 grams 1989-91 1995-97 Change* Kentucky 7.0 7.8 11.4 Adair 6.4 7.2 12.5 Allen 4.7 5.7 21.3 Anderson 5.5 7.9 43.6 Ballard 4.8 6.3 31.3 Barren 7.6 5.5 -27.6 Bath 7.6 11.2 47.4 Bell 7.8 7.7 -1.3 Boone 6.2 5.4 -12.9 Bourbon 5.4 7.2 33.3 Boyd 4.8 7.9 64.6 Boyle 8.0 7.6 -5.0 Bracken 8.0 9.3 16.3 Breathitt 6.4 6.7 4.7 Breckinridge 6.0 7.1 18.3 Bullitt 6.8 6.8 0.0 Butler 5.3 6.9 30.2 Caldwell 8.0 7.4 -7.5 Calloway 6.8 8.7 27.9 Campbell 5.5 6.9 25.5 Carlisle 4.9 4.7 -4.1 Carroll 9.6 8.2 -14.6 Carter 6.5 6.8 4.6 Casey 6.1 6.9 13.1 Christian 7.1 8.0 12.7 Clark 6.7 7.1 6.0 Clay 8.0 8.8 10.0 Clinton 8.0 7.3 -8.8 Crittenden 7.0 6.6 -5.7 Cumberland 11.4 6.4 -43.9 Daviess 7.1 8.3 16.9 Edmonson 5.5 5.5 0.0 Elliott 3.4 6.7 97.1 Estill 8.6 7.6 -11.6 Fayette 7.0 8.2 17.1 Fleming 4.8 7.6 58.3 Floyd 6.3 8.5 34.9 Franklin 6.8 8.1 19.1 Fulton 8.3 8.6 3.6 Gallatin 7.2 6.8 -5.6 Garrard 6.2 8.8 41.9 Grant 6.9 7.4 7.2 Graves 7.2 7.6 5.6 Grayson 8.8 7.4 -15.9 Green 7.8 8.2 5.1 Greenup 5.6 6.8 21.4 Hancock 3.6 7.6 111.1 Hardin 6.2 7.2 16.1 Harlan 6.6 7.6 15.2 Harrison 10.1 8.6 -14.9 Hart 5.7 9.4 64.9 Henderson 6.5 9.8 50.8 Henry 5.6 7.9 41.1 Hickman 6.2 8.2 32.3 Hopkins 6.6 8.1 22.7 Jackson 6.7 6.3 -6.0 Jefferson 8.1 8.5 4.9 Jessamine 4.8 8.3 72.9 Johnson 5.7 9.5 66.7 Kenton 6.4 7.4 15.6 Knott 7.4 7.5 1.4 Knox 7.9 8.4 6.3 Larue 7.6 9.7 27.6 Laurel 7.5 6.9 -8.0 Lawrence 6.5 8.4 29.2 Lee 7.9 11.1 40.5 Leslie 8.6 10.5 22.1 Letcher 6.9 10.7 55.1 Lewis 7.4 8.2 10.8 Lincoln 7.4 7.7 4.1 Livingston 6.5 4.0 -38.5 Logan 7.0 5.5 -21.4 Lyon 6.9 7.9 14.5 McCracken 7.4 8.1 9.5 McCreary 9.7 8.3 -14.4 McLean 3.7 11.8 218.9 Madison 7.3 8.1 11.0 Magoffin 8.0 5.9 -26.3 Marion 7.7 7.0 -9.1 Marshall 6.0 6.9 15.0 Martin 7.8 7.9 1.3 Mason 8.3 6.5 -21.7 Meade 6.7 6.1 -9.0 Menifee 7.4 10.5 41.9 Mercer 7.2 10.4 44.4 Metcalfe 4.2 7.3 73.8 Monroe 5.8 8.6 48.3 Montgomery 6.1 6.7 9.8 Morgan 5.9 5.5 -6.8 Muhlenberg 7.0 6.6 -5.7 Nelson 6.8 7.2 5.9 Nicholas 11.8 8.6 -27.1 Ohio 6.1 9.5 55.7 Oldham 5.4 6.6 22.2 Owen 6.9 9.2 33.3 Owsley 5.6 11.4 103.6 Pendleton 5.4 6.8 25.9 Perry 9.1 7.7 -15.4 Pike 6.4 7.4 15.6 Powell 7.5 8.0 6.7 Pulaski 6.8 7.6 11.8 Robertson 1.4 16.2 1057.1 Rockcastle 7.3 7.0 -4.1 Rowan 3.3 8.1 145.5 Russell 7.0 8.0 14.3 Scott 8.5 6.7 -21.2 Shelby 5.2 8.4 61.5 Simpson 7.8 7.2 -7.7 Spencer 8.0 7.9 -1.2 Taylor 7.2 5.1 -29.2 Todd 8.7 7.5 -13.8 Trigg 9.1 8.2 -9.9 Trimble 9.6 9.8 2.1 Union 6.2 8.5 37.1 Warren 6.8 7.3 7.4 Washington 6.7 6.6 -1.5 Wayne 5.0 7.7 54.0 Webster 7.1 6.9 -2.8 Whitley 7.1 8.2 15.5 Wolfe 6.9 7.1 2.9 Woodford 7.0 3.9 -44.3 * A positive change is considered worse.