There were 179 deaths with COVID-19 listed as the underlying cause reported in Kentucky during the week ending October 23, a 29.2 percent decrease from the previous week.
There were 72,967 total OASDI widow and parent beneficiaries in Kentucky in 2020, a 1.7 percent decrease from 2019, according to the official Social Security Administration website.
There were 213 deaths with COVID-19 listed as a contributing cause reported in Kentucky during the week ending October 23, a 24.5 percent decrease from the previous week.
News that the Kentucky of secretary of state has removed more names than it added to its voter rolls for the sixth month this year is a correction that’s a long time in coming, according to J. Christian Adams, president of the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), which has filed numerous lawsuits against state election officials over allegations of not maintaining voter rolls.
There were 191 deaths with heart disease listed as the underlying cause reported in Kentucky during the week ending October 23, a 4 percent decrease from the previous week.
There were 172 deaths with cancer listed as the underlying cause reported in Kentucky during the week ending October 23, a 5.5 percent decrease from the previous week.
There were 39 deaths with cerebrovascular disease listed as the underlying cause reported in Kentucky during the week ending October 23, a 25 percent decrease from the previous week.
There were 62 deaths with chronic lower respiratory disease listed as the underlying cause reported in Kentucky during the week ending October 23, a 17.3 percent decrease from the previous week.
There were 33 deaths with diabetes mellitus listed as the underlying cause reported in Kentucky during the week ending October 23, a 32 percent increase over the previous week.
There were 27 deaths with Alzheimer's disease listed as the underlying cause reported in Kentucky during the week ending October 23, a 3.8 percent increase over the previous week.
Kentucky collected $44 million in miscellaneous tax revenue during the second quarter of 2021, a 25.7 percent increase over the previous quarter, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.
Kentucky collected $1.6 billion in individual income taxes during the second quarter of 2021, a 37.2 percent increase over the previous quarter, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.
The number of employees on nonfarm payrolls for December 2021 in the Owensboro metropolitan statistical area was 52,400, a 3.8 percent increase over the previous month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The number of employees on nonfarm payrolls for November in Kentucky's Owensboro metropolitan statistical area was 50,500, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.