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Baker County, Georgia: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Baker County is 143.5 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 12 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (7), Industrial wastewater discharge (3), Public airport (1). 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: 31.267, -84.4974.

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 Baker County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Lung & bronchus	New cases	76.2	51.8	1.47x	42.1 to 130.8	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	143.5	143.2	1x	100.6 to 204.3	2020-2024
All cancer	New cases	447.3	453.4	0.99x	361.7 to 550.4	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 Baker County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	17,336.7	9,842.6	+76%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	71.8	75.3	-5%	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	108.8	96.9	+12%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	n/a	28.6	n/a	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.

Formaldehyde23.94 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.91 per million
Acetaldehyde2.56 per million
Pahpom0.9 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

NPDES wastewater discharge permit7
Industrial wastewater discharge3
Public airport1
Gas station (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.

Golden Yolks Farms, Llc, Newton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070830466 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Don Nguyen'S Broiler Farm Site Plan, Newton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071065456 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Ashley Poultry Breeder Houses, Arlington
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071205093 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
The Jones Center At Ichauway, Newton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071221227 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Rainbow Farms Breeder Farm, Newton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071959729 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Sunshine Poultry Farm, Llc., Newton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072146076 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Milton Miller Road Street And Drainage Improvements, Newton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072149837 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Shell Service Station, Newton
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/539109902 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Baconton, City Of (Baconton Wpcp), Baconton
Industrial wastewater discharge. Violation Identified.
NPDES permit GA0037737:0B0 (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1
Sunshine Poultry Farm, Llc., Newton
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit GAR18AA20: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1
Rainbow Farms Breeder Farm, Newton
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit GAR18B8BC: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1
Pinebloom Plantation, Albany
Public airport. O.
Record ID GA14 (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 0.5

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 Baker 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 Baker 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.

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

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