Webster County

Total Population, 2010
USA	Kentucky	Webster
Kentucky Health Facts: http://www.kyhealthfacts.org/data/topic/show.aspx?ind=1
308,745,538	4,339,367	13,621

Percent of Adults who Smoke, 2007-2009
USA	Kentucky	Webster
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%	26%

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

Percent of Births to Mothers who Smoked During Pregnancy, 2009
USA	Kentucky	Webster
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%	22%

Percent of Adults with Asthma, 2007-2009
USA	Kentucky	Webster
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%	27%

Heart Disease Death Rate (per 100,000), 2003-2007
USA	Kentucky	Webster
Kentucky Health Facts: http://www.kyhealthfacts.org/data/topic/show.aspx?ind=56
N/A	224.0	194.0

Cancer Death Rate (per 100,000), 2004-2008
USA	Kentucky	Webster
Kentucky Health Facts: http://www.kyhealthfacts.org/data/topic/show.aspx?ind=16
N/A	211.6	202.6

Lung/Bronchus Cancer Death Rate (per 100,000), 2004-2008
USA	Kentucky	Webster
Kentucky Health Facts: http://www.kyhealthfacts.org/data/topic/show.aspx?ind=16
N/A	75.1	70.6

Oral Cavity & Pharynx Cancer Incidence Rate (per 100,000), 2004-2008
USA	Kentucky	Webster
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.

05/08/13: Health Department to Offer Smoking Cessation Classes

SURFKENTUCKY.COM| KEVIN HALL |MAY 8, 2013 The Lexington-Fayette County Health Department is offering another round of classes designed to help people stop smoking.
10/02/11: Legislator’s Log – Tobacco Use is not as Popular in Kentucky as it was Just 11 Years Ago

JOURNAL ENTERPRISE | REPRESENTATIVE BRENT YONTS | OCTOBER 2, 2011 | More than a third of Kentucky adults smoked in 2000, or 30.5 percent, according to the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services. Today the state estimates the percentage of adult smokers in the state is 24.8 percent.