| | 1996-98 | Rate/100,000 | |
| Name | Deaths | Population | Crude | Age Adjusted | |
| WILSON, KS -HSA# 675 | 133 | 30,890 | 430.6 | 266.8 |
| BARBER, KS -HSA# 669 | 73 | 16,183 | 451.1 | 266.0 |
| JASPER (JOPLIN), MO-NEWTON, MO -HSA# 539 | 1,746 | 604,055 | 289.0 | 255.0 |
| CRAWFORD, KS-BOURBON, KS -HSA# 630 | 632 | 182,276 | 346.7 | 234.7 |
| MITCHELL, KS-OSBORNE, KS -HSA# 622 | 213 | 46,955 | 453.6 | 213.3 |
| BUCHANAN (ST. JOSEPH), MO-NODAWAY, MO -HSA# 591 | 1,323 | 463,772 | 285.3 | 210.5 |
| LYON, KS-GREENWOOD, KS -HSA# 567 | 436 | 161,240 | 270.4 | 207.9 |
| SEWARD, KS-TEXAS, OK -HSA# 587 | 247 | 133,183 | 185.5 | 206.8 |
| DICKINSON, KS-GEARY, KS -HSA# 650 | 375 | 154,344 | 243.0 | 206.0 |
| BACA, CO-GRANT, KS -HSA# 562 | 96 | 43,548 | 220.4 | 202.0 |
| WASHINGTON, OK-MONTGOMERY, KS -HSA# 451 | 900 | 306,835 | 293.3 | 201.9 |
| SALINE, KS-ELLSWORTH, KS -HSA# 569 | 513 | 201,400 | 254.7 | 195.4 |
| MARSHALL, KS-WASHINGTON, KS -HSA# 635 | 210 | 53,192 | 394.8 | 194.3 |
| FINNEY, KS-SCOTT, KS -HSA# 575 | 260 | 161,117 | 161.4 | 192.8 |
| LABETTE, KS-ALLEN, KS -HSA# 601 | 508 | 175,293 | 289.8 | 190.5 |
| STEVENS, KS -HSA# 664 | 33 | 16,097 | 205.0 | 188.7 |
| HARPER, KS-KINGMAN, KS -HSA# 661 | 142 | 45,003 | 315.5 | 186.9 |
| ATCHISON, KS -HSA# 671 | 121 | 50,513 | 239.5 | 183.2 |
| CLOUD, KS-REPUBLIC, KS -HSA# 642 | 188 | 48,955 | 384.0 | 183.0 |
| RUSSELL, KS -HSA# 667 | 78 | 22,873 | 341.0 | 180.9 |
| WYANDOTTE (KANSAS CITY), KS-LEAVENWORTH, KS -HSA# 621 | 1,093 | 670,194 | 163.1 | 180.0 |
| THOMAS, KS-SHERMAN, KS -HSA# 659 | 114 | 49,756 | 229.1 | 179.6 |
| SHAWNEE (TOPEKA), KS-RILEY, KS -HSA# 554 | 1,852 | 982,690 | 188.5 | 178.4 |
| RENO, KS-STAFFORD, KS -HSA# 598 | 575 | 235,731 | 243.9 | 177.2 |
| PHILLIPS, KS-SMITH, KS -HSA# 637 | 180 | 49,582 | 363.0 | 174.1 |
| PRATT, KS-KIOWA, KS -HSA# 618 | 125 | 45,541 | 274.5 | 167.7 |
| GREELEY, KS-WICHITA, KS -HSA# 643 | 29 | 13,222 | 219.3 | 167.2 |
| BARTON, KS-RUSH, KS -HSA# 583 | 315 | 129,501 | 243.2 | 165.7 |
| SEDGWICK (WICHITA), KS-HARVEY, KS -HSA# 576 | 3,027 | 1,837,954 | 164.7 | 164.8 |
| ELLIS, KS-GRAHAM, KS -HSA# 565 | 310 | 134,815 | 229.9 | 164.3 |
| FORD, KS-CLARK, KS -HSA# 551 | 237 | 131,406 | 180.4 | 162.6 |
| MCPHERSON, KS -HSA# 674 | 199 | 85,564 | 232.6 | 154.3 |
| NESS, KS -HSA# 682 | 32 | 10,869 | 294.4 | 153.2 |
| JOHNSON (OVERLAND PARK), KS-DOUGLAS, KS -HSA# 624 | 2,039 | 1,718,511 | 118.6 | 150.0 |
| CLAY, KS -HSA# 662 | 60 | 27,572 | 217.6 | 130.1 |
| RAWLINS, KS-CHEYENNE, KS -HSA# 636 | 47 | 19,166 | 245.2 | 125.0 |
| RED WILLOW, NE-DECATUR, KS -HSA# 613 | 128 | 63,017 | 203.1 | 116.8 |
