| | 1996-98 | Rate/100,000 | |
| Name | Deaths | Population | Crude | Age Adjusted | |
| MARSHALL, KS-WASHINGTON, KS -HSA# 635 | 3 | 53,192 | 5.6 | 6.2 | UNSTABLE |
| BARBER, KS -HSA# 669 | 1 | 16,183 | 6.2 | 5.4 | UNSTABLE |
| WILSON, KS -HSA# 675 | 2 | 30,890 | 6.5 | 5.1 | UNSTABLE |
| PHILLIPS, KS-SMITH, KS -HSA# 637 | 3 | 49,582 | 6.1 | 4.4 | UNSTABLE |
| MCPHERSON, KS -HSA# 674 | 4 | 85,564 | 4.7 | 3.6 | UNSTABLE |
| BARTON, KS-RUSH, KS -HSA# 583 | 5 | 129,501 | 3.9 | 3.5 | UNSTABLE |
| CLAY, KS -HSA# 662 | 1 | 27,572 | 3.6 | 3.2 | UNSTABLE |
| FINNEY, KS-SCOTT, KS -HSA# 575 | 4 | 161,117 | 2.5 | 3.0 | UNSTABLE |
| SALINE, KS-ELLSWORTH, KS -HSA# 569 | 6 | 201,400 | 3.0 | 2.9 | UNSTABLE |
| RUSSELL, KS -HSA# 667 | 1 | 22,873 | 4.4 | 2.5 | UNSTABLE |
| FORD, KS-CLARK, KS -HSA# 551 | 3 | 131,406 | 2.3 | 2.5 | UNSTABLE |
| WYANDOTTE (KANSAS CITY), KS-LEAVENWORTH, KS -HSA# 621 | 14 | 670,194 | 2.1 | 2.3 | UNSTABLE |
| SEDGWICK (WICHITA), KS-HARVEY, KS -HSA# 576 | 39 | 1,837,954 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| WASHINGTON, OK-MONTGOMERY, KS -HSA# 451 | 10 | 306,835 | 3.3 | 2.2 | UNSTABLE |
| SHAWNEE (TOPEKA), KS-RILEY, KS -HSA# 554 | 21 | 982,690 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| BACA, CO-GRANT, KS -HSA# 562 | 1 | 43,548 | 2.3 | 2.0 | UNSTABLE |
| RED WILLOW, NE-DECATUR, KS -HSA# 613 | 2 | 63,017 | 3.2 | 1.7 | UNSTABLE |
| JOHNSON (OVERLAND PARK), KS-DOUGLAS, KS -HSA# 624 | 24 | 1,718,511 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| SEWARD, KS-TEXAS, OK -HSA# 587 | 2 | 133,183 | 1.5 | 1.7 | UNSTABLE |
| BUCHANAN (ST. JOSEPH), MO-NODAWAY, MO -HSA# 591 | 8 | 463,772 | 1.7 | 1.5 | UNSTABLE |
| ATCHISON, KS -HSA# 671 | 1 | 50,513 | 2.0 | 1.5 | UNSTABLE |
| JASPER (JOPLIN), MO-NEWTON, MO -HSA# 539 | 10 | 604,055 | 1.7 | 1.5 | UNSTABLE |
| HARPER, KS-KINGMAN, KS -HSA# 661 | 1 | 45,003 | 2.2 | 1.2 | UNSTABLE |
| DICKINSON, KS-GEARY, KS -HSA# 650 | 2 | 154,344 | 1.3 | 1.2 | UNSTABLE |
| CRAWFORD, KS-BOURBON, KS -HSA# 630 | 2 | 182,276 | 1.1 | 1.0 | UNSTABLE |
| RENO, KS-STAFFORD, KS -HSA# 598 | 3 | 235,731 | 1.3 | 1.0 | UNSTABLE |
| LYON, KS-GREENWOOD, KS -HSA# 567 | 2 | 161,240 | 1.2 | 1.0 | UNSTABLE |
| MITCHELL, KS-OSBORNE, KS -HSA# 622 | 1 | 46,955 | 2.1 | 0.8 | UNSTABLE |
| ELLIS, KS-GRAHAM, KS -HSA# 565 | 1 | 134,815 | 0.7 | 0.5 | UNSTABLE |
| LABETTE, KS-ALLEN, KS -HSA# 601 | 1 | 175,293 | 0.6 | 0.4 | UNSTABLE |
| STEVENS, KS -HSA# 664 | 0 | 16,097 | 0.0 | 0.0 | UNSTABLE |
| THOMAS, KS-SHERMAN, KS -HSA# 659 | 0 | 49,756 | 0.0 | 0.0 | UNSTABLE |
| GREELEY, KS-WICHITA, KS -HSA# 643 | 0 | 13,222 | 0.0 | 0.0 | UNSTABLE |
| CLOUD, KS-REPUBLIC, KS -HSA# 642 | 0 | 48,955 | 0.0 | 0.0 | UNSTABLE |
| RAWLINS, KS-CHEYENNE, KS -HSA# 636 | 0 | 19,166 | 0.0 | 0.0 | UNSTABLE |
| NESS, KS -HSA# 682 | 0 | 10,869 | 0.0 | 0.0 | UNSTABLE |
| PRATT, KS-KIOWA, KS -HSA# 618 | 0 | 45,541 | 0.0 | 0.0 | UNSTABLE |
