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Western District, American Samoa: environmental and disease records

County cancer statistics are not published for Western District. Federal databases place 8 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (5), Commercial airport (1), Hazardous waste transporter (1).

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: -14.3306, -170.7563.

How this county ranks in American Samoa

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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.

No county-level cancer statistics are published for this area. Request counts directly from the American Samoa cancer registry.

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 Western District
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	n/a	9,842.6	n/a	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	n/a	75.3	n/a	years
Child mortality	n/a	59.8	n/a	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	n/a	96.9	n/a	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	n/a	28.6	n/a	deaths per 100,000

Air toxics and air quality

EPA AirToxScreen

No AirToxScreen estimate is available for this county.

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

NPDES wastewater discharge permit5
Commercial airport1
Hazardous waste transporter1
Industrial wastewater discharge1

Highest-severity records

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

Tafuna Wwtf, Pago Pago
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110039976808 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
Pago Pago Intl, Pago Pago
Commercial airport. O.
Record ID PPG (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 5
Tafuna Sewage Treatment Plant, Pago Pago
Industrial wastewater discharge. Violation Identified.
NPDES permit AS0020010: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 3
Former Aua Fuel Farm Temporary Water Treatment System, Aua
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $35,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071785235 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.8
Samoa Tuna Processors, Inc, Pago Pago
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070230660 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
East Side Villages Wastewater Collection System Package 5 Phase 2, Pago Pago
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071403445 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Aunu'U Collection System And Outfall, Aunu'U
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072109742 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
American Samoa Power Authority, Pago Pago
Hazardous waste transporter.
EPA FRS registry ID 110046410166 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1

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 Western District

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