Graph of Infant Mortality Rate Three-Year Running Averages 80-82 81-83 82-84 83-85 84-86 85-87 86-88 87-89 88-90 89-91 90-92 91-93 92-94 Kentucky 12.3 11.9 11.7 11.5 10.9 10.2 9.9 9.6 9.2 8.6 8.4 8.2 7.8 Adair 10.2 16.0 16.4 12.3 7.4 5.5 7.7 7.3 7.4 7.0 8.3 9.6 9.2 Allen 11.4 11.7 12.0 11.9 8.2 12.0 10.3 10.2 3.1 4.7 4.5 6.0 4.5 Anderson 7.4 11.8 10.1 15.6 7.8 10.9 5.3 6.5 3.1 6.0 4.4 5.8 2.8 Ballard 13.5 7.0 10.9 7.2 7.1 0.0 0.0 3.9 3.9 3.9 0.0 7.2 10.4 Barren 7.5 5.8 6.0 5.5 4.6 6.7 7.3 9.1 6.0 2.7 0.7 1.5 2.9 Bath 15.6 9.3 4.8 10.1 12.7 6.4 5.2 3.1 5.6 5.3 6.1 6.2 3.9 Bell 12.0 7.6 4.4 6.5 9.0 9.2 8.1 8.4 6.4 8.5 6.5 8.3 6.2 Boone 10.0 10.7 7.5 8.5 9.2 10.8 9.0 6.0 4.3 3.6 3.1 4.7 4.5 Bourbon 17.9 18.6 13.5 12.3 9.6 10.9 12.2 8.9 7.6 5.1 7.6 10.2 9.1 Boyd 10.6 11.3 10.1 10.9 10.0 9.0 11.4 10.5 10.7 8.6 9.8 8.0 8.2 Boyle 16.6 18.5 17.1 11.8 11.3 9.2 8.2 7.4 6.3 4.1 3.1 2.0 3.1 Bracken 9.8 16.6 19.7 24.3 16.9 17.1 13.3 12.9 9.6 6.0 6.1 2.9 3.0 Breathitt 12.2 15.2 14.5 13.6 9.2 10.9 11.2 7.4 5.9 10.1 17.5 16.0 13.1 Breckinridge 10.6 14.1 12.0 18.0 12.1 10.4 6.3 8.0 11.9 10.2 10.1 5.1 8.3 Bullitt 10.4 10.7 9.8 8.3 6.0 6.5 7.3 8.1 5.5 8.9 9.3 9.6 5.2 Butler 9.8 10.0 14.6 17.1 18.6 11.3 8.8 6.4 8.8 6.6 4.6 2.3 4.7 Caldwell 12.2 9.3 7.7 6.0 5.8 10.0 12.3 15.9 17.2 15.0 16.4 15.0 14.5 Calloway 8.1 8.8 7.9 5.0 6.1 8.2 10.4 10.5 11.9 12.4 10.4 9.1 5.1 Campbell 12.1 12.0 10.8 11.1 10.9 11.1 10.4 8.5 9.7 9.3 9.3 7.0 6.0 Carlisle 0.0 4.6 10.1 23.9 18.5 19.7 11.0 11.0 5.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Carroll 12.7 15.2 11.7 14.6 15.6 12.7 20.0 16.1 15.8 7.3 2.4 5.1 7.3 Carter 15.6 17.3 18.4 16.3 13.8 14.3 12.4 10.2 8.7 6.7 6.4 5.4 6.1 Casey 15.2 12.0 14.8 13.2 22.4 17.7 13.3 5.4 5.4 11.8 14.9 16.0 11.2 Christian 15.7 14.0 15.6 14.6 13.0 10.0 8.4 8.5 7.2 9.6 7.0 9.9 8.2 Clark 14.0 10.0 12.6 9.5 6.7 6.8 8.6 12.4 7.2 7.8 6.2 6.3 3.9 Clay 15.1 11.9 15.2 13.5 17.3 13.1 9.9 7.4 4.7 7.1 12.7 12.0 17.4 Clinton 10.4 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.5 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.7 0.0 0.0 6.0 5.9 Crittenden 20.5 18.5 14.6 6.3 13.7 5.7 8.0 2.9 3.7 0.9 0.9 0.0 0.0 Cumberland 9.9 9.7 15.3 16.3 21.8 24.9 19.5 18.0 13.4 11.2 7.8 4.1 2.3 Daviess 10.9 8.4 8.1 7.1 9.5 9.1 8.9 8.2 9.1 9.9 9.1 9.4 7.8 Edmonson 7.3 10.6 11.4 18.5 12.6 9.9 3.2 9.1 8.8 9.0 9.3 11.8 14.1 Elliott 7.6 15.7 9.1 9.8 0.0 3.9 6.1 10.7 11.0 12.3 9.9 13.5 22.1 Estill 11.7 15.1 14.0 12.9 9.9 13.4 10.2 13.5 13.2 11.3 9.5 3.3 11.7 Fayette 11.5 10.7 11.2 11.3 11.8 10.3 10.3 10.1 9.2 7.4 7.7 8.5 9.2 Fleming 7.5 7.8 2.1 18.5 21.4 23.6 13.1 13.0 10.7 8.6 6.2 8.1 4.0 Floyd 13.8 10.4 11.2 9.4 10.5 8.3 8.9 9.6 8.8 7.0 4.9 6.5 7.1 Franklin 12.6 12.9 10.2 8.7 6.9 10.6 7.7 8.5 7.8 7.4 7.8 6.6 7.8 Fulton 9.8 7.3 7.2 7.7 5.6 8.8 6.1 6.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Gallatin 5.0 9.6 9.4 10.2 0.0 0.0 4.3 4.1 12.1 22.6 29.0 23.7 10.7 Garrard 9.6 9.4 14.5 12.4 10.2 2.8 5.4 5.2 4.7 4.5 6.5 8.8 9.0 Grant 7.8 4.8 3.1 6.2 9.8 11.5 10.6 7.2 9.6 10.8 10.2 7.5 3.6 Graves 9.6 11.1 12.1 12.2 10.5 12.2 15.0 16.3 9.5 6.1 3.1 7.7 7.8 Grayson 9.7 13.5 13.3 13.1 13.4 14.8 14.3 7.5 2.4 3.5 5.9 5.8 3.3 Green 15.8 18.6 11.3 2.7 2.7 5.4 9.3 7.7 5.4 2.2 3.3 4.2 3.8 Greenup 12.6 11.6 12.1 7.1 10.6 9.5 12.7 10.9 10.9 7.3 3.2 0.8 0.7 Hancock 0.0 5.3 5.6 14.9 9.0 12.3 3.3 3.1 3.1 9.0 10.0 6.8 0.0 Hardin 15.4 14.4 13.4 11.8 9.5 9.9 10.5 9.9 6.9 7.2 7.5 7.8 5.9 Harlan 12.1 14.0 15.9 12.8 12.2 10.1 11.7 9.0 11.0 11.0 13.6 10.4 10.0 Harrison 12.6 15.7 11.9 12.5 11.1 8.2 5.0 3.1 7.5 8.9 10.5 7.8 6.2 Hart 12.2 12.6 8.2 8.6 5.2 7.0 7.1 12.7 10.5 11.8 6.4 6.5 4.8 Henderson 12.4 10.0 8.6 6.7 7.9 10.3 12.8 14.4 13.5 12.2 9.0 8.1 6.5 Henry 9.7 11.3 11.0 9.6 9.5 9.3 11.9 14.2 11.5 12.4 7.0 13.8 9.8 Hickman 4.7 5.2 10.4 16.7 29.3 30.5 27.9 25.9 26.0 22.1 11.8 6.3 0.0 Hopkins 11.0 10.3 13.1 11.9 10.9 7.1 11.4 12.3 15.2 12.7 12.6 10.7 7.6 Jackson 10.0 11.0 9.6 5.6 5.6 8.0 8.8 11.4 10.4 9.8 7.6 7.9 8.1 Jefferson 12.7 12.8 12.3 12.3 10.4 9.6 9.8 10.6 10.8 10.1 10.2 10.0 9.8 Jessamine 12.3 11.9 8.6 10.1 7.7 8.1 6.6 7.4 7.1 6.1 7.8 7.9 7.8 Johnson 12.3 12.4 10.7 7.7 6.6 6.0 4.2 8.3 11.5 12.9 11.5 9.4 10.5 Kenton 13.6 13.7 13.6 14.6 13.3 11.0 10.3 10.0 10.8 10.9 9.7 9.2 7.9 Knott 15.6 12.0 14.5 10.7 11.7 5.5 5.8 3.0 5.8 7.2 15.6 19.8 18.9 Knox 9.1 7.0 13.3 13.9 14.8 9.4 12.8 11.2 11.5 9.1 8.3 7.6 7.7 Larue 10.4 13.2 14.9 18.3 13.5 9.1 2.1 7.8 11.4 13.5 7.8 7.7 7.8 Laurel 10.7 13.1 15.7 16.3 13.8 10.2 9.3 10.9 9.6 8.6 7.4 6.1 5.6 Lawrence 14.8 16.9 17.4 19.0 20.3 25.4 22.7 19.3 13.5 6.5 8.3 5.2 5.3 Lee 21.0 34.7 29.7 15.9 8.2 15.6 13.9 10.6 6.8 10.1 7.4 3.5 14.0 Leslie 12.2 18.6 16.7 17.5 13.9 16.0 14.3 11.6 10.7 8.3 10.3 5.4 8.7 Letcher 13.7 14.6 12.2 14.0 11.6 12.2 13.3 16.2 17.6 15.1 12.8 13.9 9.8 Lewis 13.4 11.4 6.9 5.2 10.6 9.0 9.5 7.9 9.9 7.5 7.0 6.9 8.6 Lincoln 13.2 14.7 13.7 17.8 15.9 15.7 11.8 9.0 5.9 2.3 8.2 13.1 14.0 Livingston 8.1 6.0 12.5 10.6 10.2 3.4 6.7 6.4 16.1 14.7 15.1 6.0 3.2 Logan 7.5 8.6 7.4 9.6 9.7 10.9 6.8 3.9 4.8 7.6 10.9 10.3 9.3 Lyon 13.8 0.0 6.3 6.3 6.9 0.0 0.0 6.5 11.9 11.6 5.6 0.0 0.0 McCreary 8.6 8.9 10.9 12.0 11.5 10.3 9.9 10.2 10.5 9.4 6.5 7.3 6.0 McCracken 19.8 15.1 11.3 7.3 8.7 10.3 9.4 9.1 7.6 7.4 7.8 10.3 13.1 McLean 15.7 4.7 0.0 2.5 2.5 8.0 5.7 11.2 5.4 15.6 10.8 13.4 8.7 Madison 8.7 8.8 10.4 10.5 8.5 9.2 9.5 8.8 7.6 6.3 7.0 7.8 7.8 Magoffin 8.5 7.5 6.7 9.6 8.7 13.9 11.0 10.1 8.1 6.6 6.3 6.3 8.2 Marion 13.3 11.5 11.0 12.8 10.4 8.2 6.9 5.8 4.3 2.8 4.2 2.8 7.1 Marshall 9.7 10.9 11.8 9.9 9.7 7.8 7.9 5.4 4.3 7.1 7.2 6.2 1.1 Martin 18.8 15.7 9.5 16.0 17.1 14.6 10.0 8.1 11.2 9.2 6.2 1.6 0.0 Mason 13.1 8.0 9.7 7.3 5.9 4.6 6.0 10.3 14.3 12.8 12.9 10.1 10.4 Meade 11.1 11.9 12.0 13.3 10.4 13.3 9.4 7.7 3.7 6.1 6.0 6.6 9.8 Menifee 26.9 21.2 22.2 23.4 25.3 18.4 18.9 22.1 24.9 24.5 26.6 19.8 15.7 Mercer 15.9 10.8 10.8 15.3 13.9 13.1 5.4 6.5 6.3 12.5 12.3 11.0 7.1 Metcalfe 15.5 21.6 17.2 15.1 14.2 8.5 8.4 8.7 13.9 14.0 8.3 2.9 5.4 Monroe 9.3 9.4 7.7 10.1 14.5 17.5 11.2 14.0 13.2 14.9 6.0 4.0 4.1 Montgomery 13.5 9.6 8.6 7.8 9.1 6.7 5.1 3.8 7.1 8.5 12.6 9.3 7.1 Morgan 16.2 11.7 13.9 9.9 16.6 15.6 23.1 20.9 20.9 14.7 10.5 6.3 4.6 Muhlenberg 14.2 13.7 12.1 11.2 14.6 15.4 12.4 7.6 5.1 7.6 10.8 11.9 11.2 Nelson 9.2 11.1 11.3 11.7 12.6 11.1 15.3 10.7 10.1 5.3 4.0 6.1 7.0 Nicholas 10.2 6.8 10.4 13.9 15.0 7.9 4.4 4.3 4.0 4.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 Ohio 6.6 6.6 5.5 7.6 5.6 11.4 15.2 14.4 8.6 1.2 6.3 6.3 7.5 Oldham 12.9 12.3 12.5 9.1 12.5 11.2 15.3 13.5 11.6 7.1 4.7 4.5 4.2 Owen 14.6 11.5 14.7 6.6 6.8 10.5 9.9 12.8 6.3 3.1 0.0 3.0 3.0 Owsley 8.4 13.2 8.2 15.8 16.3 12.6 14.2 19.8 26.2 18.8 10.2 5.0 0.0 Pendleton 8.7 8.6 10.0 14.0 20.6 18.7 10.4 7.5 11.0 14.0 12.3 6.7 6.8 Perry 15.1 11.8 13.6 11.9 12.6 8.1 9.2 7.5 7.4 5.2 4.6 3.3 5.4 Pike 13.2 13.9 14.8 13.3 12.3 8.4 9.9 9.0 9.0 6.9 8.3 7.1 7.3 Powell 5.1 8.4 13.6 12.8 11.1 13.3 14.7 22.3 16.2 19.7 12.5 12.9 7.9 Pulaski 14.3 12.4 11.9 13.2 12.9 10.7 8.8 10.3 8.3 7.3 6.8 6.8 7.9 Robertson 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Rockcastle 14.0 7.1 10.6 5.1 6.8 5.1 5.3 3.5 8.6 14.9 13.4 14.2 10.5 Rowan 11.5 11.6 6.7 9.7 17.9 22.6 17.9 8.5 6.5 3.7 7.1 7.4 9.1 Russell 12.7 9.6 6.1 6.3 4.2 4.0 1.9 8.8 8.5 15.0 8.1 8.2 1.7 Scott 22.0 13.1 10.0 11.6 14.5 15.3 8.6 8.3 6.2 7.6 8.1 8.7 7.0 Shelby 11.7 13.0 8.4 5.4 5.5 5.4 6.8 6.7 6.1 8.5 8.1 8.3 4.6 Simpson 17.1 13.9 18.6 14.2 18.2 16.3 15.8 11.8 16.1 13.2 16.6 16.8 19.4 Spencer 4.4 4.4 4.0 7.9 15.6 16.5 12.2 7.8 14.7 9.9 9.5 3.0 6.0 Taylor 11.2 10.2 10.1 10.2 9.7 6.3 7.7 6.4 9.7 5.7 4.5 4.4 9.6 Todd 9.8 4.1 4.1 0.0 4.1 13.3 14.7 11.7 4.2 6.1 8.3 8.8 6.6 Trigg 5.8 9.1 12.3 8.5 6.1 2.8 6.0 5.8 9.3 5.7 5.5 5.3 5.5 Trimble 8.7 12.8 12.6 11.5 4.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.7 9.6 9.5 4.4 3.6 Union 8.0 7.6 10.7 11.2 14.3 14.9 9.7 3.3 5.0 5.1 7.0 7.2 17.1 Warren 12.4 10.2 11.1 11.9 11.7 12.1 9.7 9.7 8.0 8.1 6.3 6.9 7.2 Washington 12.6 9.0 9.8 9.2 15.2 17.2 11.9 9.7 4.9 4.9 2.6 5.0 5.1 Wayne 11.6 5.4 2.7 2.8 4.1 9.4 11.3 9.5 7.1 7.9 13.6 13.6 11.6 Webster 16.6 16.6 14.1 13.9 6.8 9.1 10.4 10.6 8.6 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.7 Whitley 14.8 15.5 16.1 13.3 12.3 8.6 10.4 12.3 13.5 11.3 7.8 8.1 9.1 Wolfe 17.6 19.2 14.8 15.3 17.9 24.1 13.2 6.7 0.0 6.8 12.9 17.9 14.4 Woodford 6.5 7.9 8.8 8.8 5.1 3.9 8.8 9.6 14.4 10.4 12.7 10.1 12.7