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Jackson County, Alabama: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Jackson County is 177.7 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2, a statistically significant excess. The strongest disease signals are Lung & bronchus deaths at 1.7 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 717 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Industrial wastewater discharge (348), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (148), Rail grade crossing (106). EPA AirToxScreen estimates a lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics of 30 in a million, driven mainly by formaldehyde.

Rates are age-adjusted per 100,000 people. A cancer signal is marked significant when the lower bound of its 95 percent confidence interval is above the U.S. rate. Facility counts use active federal records located inside the county boundary. Approximate county center: 34.7276, -86.0319.

How this county ranks in Alabama

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Cancer deaths and new cases versus the United States

Source: NCI and CDC State Cancer Profiles, both sexes, all ages. Sorted by the ratio of the county rate to the U.S. rate.

Cancer rates for Jackson County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	50.9	30.2	1.69xSignificant	44.1 to 58.5	2020-2024
Brain & nervous system	Deaths	6.6	4.4	1.5x	4.1 to 10.2	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	New cases	70.8	51.8	1.37xSignificant	62.7 to 79.8	2019-2023
Kidney & renal pelvis	Deaths	4.3	3.4	1.26x	2.6 to 7.1	2020-2024
All cancer	Deaths	177.7	143.2	1.24xSignificant	164.5 to 191.9	2020-2024
Esophagus	Deaths	4.4	3.7	1.19x	2.6 to 7.1	2020-2024
Brain & nervous system	New cases	7.3	6.2	1.18x	4.6 to 11	2019-2023
Liver & bile duct	Deaths	7.6	6.6	1.15x	5.2 to 11.1	2020-2024
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	19.6	17.9	1.09x	15.3 to 24.9	2019-2023
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	26	23.8	1.09x	20.8 to 32.3	2019-2023
Pancreas	Deaths	12.2	11.3	1.08x	8.8 to 16.5	2020-2024
Leukemia	Deaths	6.1	5.7	1.07x	3.8 to 9.4	2020-2024
Bladder	Deaths	4.1	4.1	1x	2.4 to 6.8	2020-2024
Esophagus	New cases	4.4	4.6	0.96x	2.7 to 7.2	2019-2023
All cancer	New cases	418.3	453.4	0.92x	397.1 to 440.4	2019-2023
Bladder	New cases	16.9	18.7	0.9x	13 to 21.8	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	Deaths	4.3	4.8	0.9x	2.5 to 7.1	2020-2024
Liver & bile duct	New cases	7.6	8.7	0.87x	5 to 11.2	2019-2023
Pancreas	New cases	10.4	13.9	0.75x	7.4 to 14.4	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	13.3	18.5	0.72x	9.7 to 17.8	2019-2023
Leukemia	New cases	9.1	14.5	0.63x	6.1 to 13.1	2019-2023
Thyroid	New cases	5	13	0.38x	2.8 to 8.3	2019-2023

Mortality measures versus the U.S. county median

Source: County Health Rankings, built from CDC National Vital Statistics System death records. The comparison value is the median of all U.S. counties.

Mortality measures for Jackson County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	13,931.9	9,842.6	+42%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	70.9	75.3	-6%	years
Child mortality	69.8	59.8	+17%	deaths under age 18 per 100,000
Infant mortality	5.9	6.2	-6%	deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Injury deaths	93.2	96.9	-4%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	10.8	28.6	-62%	deaths per 100,000

Air toxics and air quality

EPA AirToxScreen 2020

Lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics: 30 in a million. EPA treats 100 in a million as the upper end of acceptable risk and 1 in a million as the goal.

Formaldehyde22.77 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.87 per million
Acetaldehyde2.22 per million
Pahpom1.05 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

No EPA air quality monitor reports daily AQI for this county.

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

717 active records inside the county from EPA ECHO, TRI, Superfund, Brownfields, NPDES, EIA, FAA, FRA and corrections data.

Industrial wastewater discharge348
NPDES wastewater discharge permit148
Rail grade crossing106
Gas station (mapped facility)21
Air permit holder (minor source)20
Brownfield property16
Small hazardous waste generator13
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)7
Major air pollution source6
TRI reporting facility6
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)6
Public airport4
Heliport4
Large greenhouse gas emitter3
Landfill (mapped facility)3
Wastewater plant (mapped facility)3
Scrapyard (mapped facility)2
Oil-fired power plant1

Highest-severity records

The 25 records with the highest Envyrofax severity in the county, with the agency identifier to cite in a records request.

Westrock Cp,Llc, Stevenson
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Methanol, Manganese compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Acetaldehyde and 4 more. Reports carcinogens. 3,040,614 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 35772MDCNTHIGHW (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 9.5
Ferroglobe Usa Bridgeport Llc, Bridgeport
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Benzo[g,h,i]perylene, Lead And Lead Compounds and 1 more. Reports carcinogens. 516,812 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 35740TNNSS101GA (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 8.9
Metal Source Llc., Scottsboro
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Zinc compounds, Copper, Copper And Copper Compounds and 3 more. Reports carcinogens. 14,632 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 35769LMNMN7525R (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 7.7
Westrock Stevenson Mill, Stevenson
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110056119178 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6.9
Heat Transfer Products Group Llc, Scottsboro
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Chromium, Manganese, Copper And Copper Compounds, Copper compounds and 2 more. Reports carcinogens. 885 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 35768WTT00201TH (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 6.8
Us Tva Widows Creek Fossil Plant, Stevenson
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000604944 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6.5
Ferroglobe Usa Bridgeport, Llc, Fka-Tennessee Alloys Corporation, Bridgeport
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110001716965 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6.3
Us Tva Widows Creek Fossil Plant, Stevenson
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000604944 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6
Lozier Corp, Scottsboro
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Chromium, Manganese, Nickel, Lead. Reports carcinogens. 72 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 35768LZRCR401TA (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 5.9
Allied Scottsboro Llc, Scottsboro
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110001713165 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.8
Heat Transfer Products Group, Scottsboro
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110002105301 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
Us Gypsum, Bridgeport
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110020517911 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.4
Us Gypsum Bridgeport, Bridgeport
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Mercury And Mercury Compounds, Mercury compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds, Lead compounds. 1,192 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 35740NTDST1DJNT (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 5.4
Lozier, Scottsboro
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000367914 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.7
Dicus Oil Company, Hollywood
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110003030318 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Word Moss Hardwoods, Inc., Scottsboro
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110003390296 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Bridgeport Utilities Board-Tennessee River + Treatment Plant, Bridgeport
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $10,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010075541 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Pisgah Well, Pisgah
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110055359794 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Jackson County Concrete Inc, Scottsboro
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006792284 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Patrick Lumber Co., Scottsboro
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006792783 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Storey Trucking Co., Inc., Henagar
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110007403773 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Goose Pond Colony Resort, Scottsboro
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110069474900 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Bellefonte, Hollywood
Oil-fired power plant.
Record ID 6150 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Severity 4
Word Moss Hardwoods, Inc., Scottsboro
Air permit holder (minor source).
EPA FRS registry ID 110003390296 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
Us Gypsum, Bridgeport
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110020517911 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.8

Correctional facilities

Prisons, jails and corrections operations with an EPA facility record, and the drinking water and wastewater compliance attached to them.

No correctional facility with an EPA record is located in this county.

Discovery / public records

Records to request for Jackson County

Alabama state cancer registry
Cancer incidence counts by census tract or ZIP code, by cancer type and year (de-identified). Any cancer cluster inquiries or investigations in Jackson County, and their findings.
Alabama vital statistics office
Death certificate counts by cause of death and residence tract or ZIP code, and the years behind the mortality measures above.
Alabama health department, environmental epidemiology
Health consultations or assessments by ATSDR or the state health department covering the county, and any exposure investigations.
Alabama environmental agency and the U.S. EPA regional office
Compliance history, inspection reports, notices of violation, penalties and enforcement actions for each facility above, cited by EPA FRS registry ID.
Alabama drinking water program
Violation notices, sampling results and sanitary surveys for the public water systems serving the county, including any system serving a correctional facility.
Department of corrections or county sheriff
Water testing, grievances and environmental health inspections for the correctional facilities listed above.

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