Breathitt County

Total Population, 2010
USA	Kentucky	Breathitt
Kentucky Health Facts: http://www.kyhealthfacts.org/data/topic/show.aspx?ind=1
308,745,538	4,339,367	13,878

Percent of Adults who Smoke, 2007-2009
USA	Kentucky	Breathitt
Kentucky Health Facts: http://www.kyhealthfacts.org/data/topic/show.aspx?ind=6 * Data for counties with fewer than 50 respondents have been suppressed.
N/A	26%	33%

Percent of High School Students who Smoke, 2007
USA	Kentucky	Breathitt
Kentucky Health Facts: http://www.kyhealthfacts.org/data/topic/show.aspx?ind=38
23%	25%	18%

Percent of Births to Mothers who Smoked During Pregnancy, 2009
USA	Kentucky	Breathitt
KIDS COUNT Data Center: http://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/bystate/Rankings.aspx?state=KY&ind=3809 *Data for 2007-2009 are preliminary.
N/A	24%	40%

Percent of Adults with Asthma, 2007-2009
USA	Kentucky	Breathitt
Kentucky Health Facts: http://www.kyhealthfacts.org/data/topic/show.aspx?ind=48 * Data for counties with fewer than 50 respondents have been suppressed.
N/A	14%	16%

Heart Disease Death Rate (per 100,000), 2003-2007
USA	Kentucky	Breathitt
Kentucky Health Facts: http://www.kyhealthfacts.org/data/topic/show.aspx?ind=56
N/A	224.0	359.3

Cancer Death Rate (per 100,000), 2004-2008
USA	Kentucky	Breathitt
Kentucky Health Facts: http://www.kyhealthfacts.org/data/topic/show.aspx?ind=16
N/A	211.6	271.7

Lung/Bronchus Cancer Death Rate (per 100,000), 2004-2008
USA	Kentucky	Breathitt
Kentucky Health Facts: http://www.kyhealthfacts.org/data/topic/show.aspx?ind=16
N/A	75.1	90.9

Oral Cavity & Pharynx Cancer Incidence Rate (per 100,000), 2004-2008
USA	Kentucky	Breathitt
National Cancer Institute: http://statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov/cgi-bin/quickprofiles/profile.pl?21&003#incidence * Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 cases were reported in a specific area-sex-race category.
10.8	12.3	*

No smoke-free laws and regulations.

09/22/11: Lung Cancer Research Team Awarded $1.43 Million to Study Cancer in Eastern Kentucky

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY NEWS | ALLISON PERRY | SEPTEMBER 22, 2011 | The University of Kentucky’s Dr. Susanne Arnold and colleagues were awarded a grant by the Department of Defense to study potential environmental reasons for the high lung cancer rates in Eastern Kentucky. The grant is for $1.43 million over three years and the study began on Sept. 15.