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Lincoln County, Georgia: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Lincoln County is 153.9 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 25 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (16), Industrial wastewater discharge (7), Air permit holder (minor source) (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: 33.8091, -82.4491.

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 Lincoln County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	25.2	18.5	1.36x	13.4 to 44.5	2019-2023
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	29.3	23.8	1.23x	17.5 to 48.1	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	New cases	58.8	51.8	1.14x	41.2 to 83.1	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	153.9	143.2	1.07x	124.2 to 190	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	32	30.2	1.06x	20.2 to 50.5	2020-2024
All cancer	New cases	455	453.4	1x	400 to 516.3	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 Lincoln County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	11,825.2	9,842.6	+20%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	74.7	75.3	-1%	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	73.5	96.9	-24%	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.

Formaldehyde23.07 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.91 per million
Acetaldehyde2.39 per million
Benzene0.72 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

NPDES wastewater discharge permit16
Industrial wastewater discharge7
Air permit holder (minor source)1
Public airport1

Highest-severity records

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

Lincolnton, City Of (James Allen Reed Wtp), Lincolnton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009138441 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Lincolnton, City Of (Lincolnton Wpcp), Lincolnton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010038538 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Elijah Clark State Park - Campsite Renovations, Lincolnton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110008994892 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Graves Mountain, Lincolnton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010039715 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Barber Creek Corporate Park Phase 3, Unknown
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070009029 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Demolition Of Former Lincoln County Middle School, Lincolnton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070010467 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Thomson Concrete Materials - Lincolnton Plant, Lincolnton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070019906 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Three Sixteen Professional Quarter Phase 4, Unknown
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070023485 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Lawson Borrow Pit, Lincolnton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070025523 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Resurgence Park Athens Oconee, Unknown
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070025994 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Baker Boat & Rv Storage, Lincolnton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071781818 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Anthony Shoals - Washington Rebuild Phase Ii C81558, Lincolnton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071881504 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Pi 0016525 Lincoln, Construction Of A Bridge On Sr 220 Over Soap Creek, Lincolnton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072132386 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Lincolnton Marine Boat Storage Site, Lincolnton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072160111 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Freedom Ministries Church, Lincolnton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072163101 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Fulghum Fibres, Inc. - Lincolnton, Lincolnton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072203625 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Pennington Paint & Body, Lincolnton
Air permit holder (minor source).
EPA FRS registry ID 110043432942 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1
Lincolnton, City Of (Lincolnton Wpcp), Lincolnton
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit GA0049450:0B2 (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1
Lawson Borrow Pit, Lincolnton
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit GAIS12821: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1
Three Sixteen Professional Quarter Phase 4, Unknown
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit GAR140176: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1
Resurgence Park Athens Oconee, Unknown
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit GAR141731: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1
Barber Creek Corporate Park Phase 3, Unknown
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit GAR144642: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1
Baker Boat & Rv Storage, Lincolnton
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit GAR18AE44: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1
Anthony Shoals - Washington Rebuild Phase Ii C81558, Lincolnton
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit GAR25423E: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1
Prater Ranch, Lincolnton
Public airport. O.
Record ID 3GE8 (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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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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