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Poinsett County, Arkansas: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Poinsett County is 235.8 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 2.4 times the U.S. rate and Liver & bile duct deaths at 2.4 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 226 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Rail grade crossing (69), Industrial wastewater discharge (60), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (49). 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: 35.5685, -90.663.

How this county ranks in Arkansas

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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 Poinsett County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	73.6	30.2	2.44xSignificant	60.8 to 88.6	2020-2024
Liver & bile duct	Deaths	16	6.6	2.42xSignificant	10.3 to 24.1	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	New cases	113.9	51.8	2.2xSignificant	97.8 to 132.2	2019-2023
Liver & bile duct	New cases	15.8	8.7	1.82xSignificant	10.1 to 23.8	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	235.8	143.2	1.65xSignificant	211.5 to 262.3	2020-2024
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	27.6	17.9	1.54xSignificant	19.4 to 38.2	2019-2023
Pancreas	Deaths	15.6	11.3	1.38x	9.7 to 23.9	2020-2024
Pancreas	New cases	19.1	13.9	1.37x	12.5 to 28.2	2019-2023
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	31.4	23.8	1.32x	22.3 to 43	2019-2023
All cancer	New cases	587.7	453.4	1.3xSignificant	548.4 to 629.1	2019-2023
Bladder	New cases	19.7	18.7	1.05x	13.1 to 28.7	2019-2023
Leukemia	New cases	13.4	14.5	0.92x	8.2 to 21	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	15.8	18.5	0.85x	9.9 to 24.3	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 Poinsett County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	16,532.4	9,842.6	+68%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	68.7	75.3	-9%	years
Child mortality	96.2	59.8	+61%	deaths under age 18 per 100,000
Infant mortality	n/a	6.2	n/a	deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Injury deaths	124.2	96.9	+28%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	29.2	28.6	+2%	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.

Formaldehyde22.35 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.95 per million
Acetaldehyde2.21 per million
Benzene0.74 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Rail grade crossing69
Industrial wastewater discharge60
NPDES wastewater discharge permit49
Gas station (mapped facility)17
Air permit holder (minor source)13
Public airport5
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)5
Small hazardous waste generator2
Brownfield property1
Large hazardous waste generator1
Scrapyard (mapped facility)1
TRI reporting facility1
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)1
Wastewater plant (mapped facility)1

Highest-severity records

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

Snyder Industries,Inc., Marked Tree
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110001709642 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
Lepanto, City Of, Lepanto
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $500.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006786585 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Marked Tree Wwtp, Marked Tree
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110055977572 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Weiner, City Of, Weiner
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010067104 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.3
Trumann Wwtp, Trumann
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110055982502 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.3
Tyronza Wwtp, Tyronza
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $500.
EPA FRS registry ID 110055982511 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.3
Tyronza Museum, Tyronza
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110060988114 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Trumann, City Of-Wwtp, Trumann
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000867429 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Melina Payne, Trumann
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071072709 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Upl Na Inc, Trumann
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072005842 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Snyder Industries, Marked Tree
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Diisocyanates.
TRI facility ID 7236WSNYDR62IND (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 3
Trumann, City Of - Wwtp, Trumann
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit AR0035602: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 2.9
Weiner, City Of, Weiner
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit AR0020354: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 2.6
Tyronza, City Of, Tyronza
Industrial wastewater discharge. Violation Identified.
NPDES permit AR0035637: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 2.6
Archer Daniels Midland (Adm) Riceland, Waldenburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $2,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110007232075 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Lepanto, City Of , Lepanto
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit AR0023841: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 2.3
Crowley'S Ridge Water Assoc, Inc-Greenfield Wtp, Harrisburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110014325168 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.3
Crowley'S Ridge Water Assoc, Inc-Greenfield Wtp, Harrisburg
Industrial wastewater discharge. Violation Identified.
NPDES permit ARG640152: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 2.1
Archer Daniels Midland (Adm) Riceland, Waldenburg
Air permit holder (minor source). Penalties $2,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110007232075 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2
Taylor & Stuckey, Inc., Trumann
Air permit holder (minor source). Penalties $3,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110012144312 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2
Crowley'S Ridge Water Assoc, Inc-Whitehall Wtp, Harrisburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110014337388 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2
Harrisburg Wwtp, Harrisburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110055977581 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2
Marked Tree Muni, Marked Tree
Public airport. O.
Record ID 6M8 (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Sally Wofford, Weiner
Public airport. O.
Record ID 8M2 (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Wastewater Plant
Wastewater plant (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/873120471 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2

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 Poinsett County

Arkansas 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 Poinsett County, and their findings.
Arkansas vital statistics office
Death certificate counts by cause of death and residence tract or ZIP code, and the years behind the mortality measures above.
Arkansas health department, environmental epidemiology
Health consultations or assessments by ATSDR or the state health department covering the county, and any exposure investigations.
Arkansas 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.
Arkansas 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.

Each Envyrofax address report includes a printable records request worksheet with the custodian and the exact request wording per finding.

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