Ranking of Kansas Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2018

Updated on June 21, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, the Death Rate per 1K for Kansas was 9.51. Among all Kansas counties, Kingman County had the highest death rate (30.09), followed by Lane County (25.29), and Elk County (21.28).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Kansas counties.

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Ranking of Kansas Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2018
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Ranking of Kansas Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2018
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Rank County Death Rate
1 Kingman County 30.09
2 Lane County 25.29
3 Elk County 21.28
4 Rush County 19.06
5 Harper County 18.59
6 Republic County 18.11
7 Osborne County 18.01
8 Ness County 17.97
9 Greeley County 17.92
10 Comanche County 17.7
11 Chase County 17.25
12 Russell County 16.94
13 Greenwood County 16.89
14 Cheyenne County 16.2
15 Jewell County 16.17
16 Cherokee County 16.08
17 Brown County 15.93
18 Graham County 15.81
19 Trego County 15.65
20 Ellsworth County 15.58
21 Edwards County 15.5
22 Decatur County 15.42
22 Pawnee County 15.42
23 Rawlins County 15.34
24 Chautauqua County 15.14
25 Cloud County 15.07
26 Marshall County 15.04
27 Rooks County 14.93
28 Hodgeman County 14.77
29 Montgomery County 14.47
30 Meade County 14.43
31 Wilson County 14.27
32 Barber County 14.17
33 Doniphan County 14.13
34 McPherson County 14.07
35 Clark County 14.03
36 Ottawa County 14.02
37 Stafford County 13.97
38 Washington County 13.9
39 Smith County 13.89
40 Anderson County 13.88
41 Rice County 13.78
42 Labette County 13.58
43 Nemaha County 13.5
44 Bourbon County 13.45
45 Coffey County 13.38
46 Phillips County 13.33
47 Morris County 13.25
48 Dickinson County 13.08
49 Neosho County 12.97
50 Mitchell County 12.92
51 Osage County 12.85
52 Logan County 12.82
53 Sumner County 12.8
54 Allen County 12.78
55 Marion County 12.75
56 Pratt County 12.43
57 Reno County 12.36
58 Lincoln County 12.26
59 Cowley County 12.25
60 Linn County 12.23
61 Barton County 12.1
62 Kiowa County 12.05
63 Jackson County 11.86
64 Morton County 11.84
65 Clay County 11.62
66 Harvey County 11.56
67 Woodson County 11.44
68 Wichita County 11.34
69 Saline County 11.22
70 Atchison County 11.13
71 Crawford County 11.1
71 Sheridan County 11.1
72 Jefferson County 11
73 Shawnee County 10.97
74 Franklin County 10.67
75 Thomas County 10.33
76 Gove County 10.32
77 Miami County 9.98
78 Butler County 9.97
79 Lyon County 9.89
80 Wabaunsee County 9.78
81 Scott County 9.54
82 Grant County 9.49
83 Stanton County 9.31
84 Stevens County 9.24
85 Sherman County 9.11
86 Norton County 9.01
86 Sedgwick County 9.01
87 Ellis County 8.53
88 Wyandotte County 8.5
89 Hamilton County 8.47
90 Wallace County 8.01
91 Haskell County 7.99
92 Gray County 7.6
93 Leavenworth County 7.55
94 Pottawatomie County 7.39
95 Ford County 6.88
96 Johnson County 6.77
97 Douglas County 6.73
98 Geary County 6.37
99 Kearny County 6.36
100 Seward County 6.07
101 Finney County 5.85
102 Riley County 5.56