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Bacon County, Georgia: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Bacon County is 195.2 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 2.2 times the U.S. rate and Pancreas deaths at 2.1 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 84 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (43), Industrial wastewater discharge (15), Air permit holder (minor source) (8). 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: 31.5646, -82.4461.

How this county ranks in Georgia

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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 Bacon County compared with the United States
CancerMeasureCounty rateU.S. rateTimes U.S.95% intervalYears
Lung & bronchusDeaths65.930.22.18xSignificant48.6 to 87.92020-2024
PancreasDeaths23.711.32.1xSignificant13.3 to 39.32020-2024
Lung & bronchusNew cases84.651.81.63xSignificant64.6 to 109.32019-2023
All cancerDeaths195.2143.21.36xSignificant163.3 to 231.92020-2024
All cancerNew cases496.3453.41.09x443.6 to 553.82019-2023

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 Bacon County
MeasureCountyU.S. medianDifferenceUnit
Premature death16,179.29,842.6+64%years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy69.575.3-8%years
Child mortality81.259.8+36%deaths under age 18 per 100,000
Infant mortalityn/a6.2n/adeaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Injury deaths93.496.9-4%deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths3028.6+5%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.

  • Formaldehyde20.42 per million
  • Carbon Tetrachloride2.91 per million
  • Acetaldehyde2.13 per million
  • Pahpom0.59 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

  • NPDES wastewater discharge permit43
  • Industrial wastewater discharge15
  • Air permit holder (minor source)8
  • Gas station (mapped facility)6
  • Rail grade crossing5
  • Major air pollution source1
  • Commercial airport1
  • Large greenhouse gas emitter1
  • Small hazardous waste generator1
  • 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.

  1. D.L.Lee & Sons, Alma

    TRI reporting facility.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000588347 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 6.6

  2. D L Lee & Sons, Alma

    Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Ammonia. 33,147 lbs released over 5 years.

    TRI facility ID 31510DLLSNRTE3H (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)

    Severity 6.5

  3. American Proteins Inc/Alma Div, Alma

    Large greenhouse gas emitter.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110022434025 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 5.3

  4. Beach Timber Company, Inc., Alma

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110007250198 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.5

  5. Mid-South Feeds, Alma

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110059284322 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.5

  6. Mckenzie Tank Lines, Inc., Alma

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070010409 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.5

  7. D.L. Lee & Sons, Llc, Alma

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070016156 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.5

  8. Milliken & Co Alma Plant, Alma

    Major air pollution source.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110002439157 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.3

  9. American Proteins Inc/Alma Div, Alma

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110022434025 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.3

  10. Beach Timber Company, Inc., Alma

    Air permit holder (minor source).

    EPA FRS registry ID 110007250198 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4

  11. Mid-South Feeds, Alma

    Air permit holder (minor source).

    EPA FRS registry ID 110059284322 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4

  12. Barber'S Recycling & Disposal, Alma

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070690433 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4

  13. Milliken & Co Alma Plant, Alma

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110002439157 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.8

  14. American Proteins Inc/Alma Div, Alma

    Air permit holder (minor source).

    EPA FRS registry ID 110022434025 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.8

  15. Scruggs Concrete-Alma, Alma

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071864359 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.8

  16. Alma, City Of (Alma Wpcp), Alma

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110017441687 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3

  17. D.L.Lee & Sons, Alma

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000588347 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 2.3

  18. Alma River Valley Ingredients, Alma

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070835211 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 2

  19. River Valley Ingredients-Alma, Ga, Alma

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071428513 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 2

  20. Bacon County, Alma

    Commercial airport. O.

    Record ID AMG (FAA / U.S. DOT)

    Severity 2

  21. Wastewater Plant

    Wastewater plant (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.

    Record ID way/1428899509 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record

    Severity 2

  22. Enterprise Alma Terminal, Alma

    Small hazardous waste generator.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000529526 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  23. Avonleigh Lot 6 (Fka Avonleigh Park Subdivision), Unknown

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110012676032 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  24. Richmond Baking Of Georgia, Inc, Alma

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110057319290 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  25. Alma, City Of (Alma Wpcp), Alma

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110064639538 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

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 Bacon County

  • Georgia 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 Bacon County, and their findings.

  • Georgia vital statistics office

    Death certificate counts by cause of death and residence tract or ZIP code, and the years behind the mortality measures above.

  • Georgia health department, environmental epidemiology

    Health consultations or assessments by ATSDR or the state health department covering the county, and any exposure investigations.

  • Georgia 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.

  • Georgia 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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