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Oglethorpe County, Georgia: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Oglethorpe County is 161.9 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 689 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Industrial wastewater discharge (541), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (136), Gas station (mapped facility) (4). 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: 33.8679, -83.0908.

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 Oglethorpe County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Stomach	New cases	14.2	6.6	2.15xSignificant	8 to 23.8	2019-2023
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	34.6	17.9	1.93xSignificant	24.2 to 48.5	2019-2023
Pancreas	Deaths	14.8	11.3	1.31x	8.4 to 24.7	2020-2024
Pancreas	New cases	17.3	13.9	1.24x	10.3 to 28	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	161.9	143.2	1.13x	138.2 to 188.9	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	34	30.2	1.13x	24 to 47.3	2020-2024
All cancer	New cases	502.7	453.4	1.11xSignificant	459.4 to 549.2	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	New cases	57.4	51.8	1.11x	44.1 to 73.9	2019-2023
Bladder	New cases	20.2	18.7	1.08x	12.5 to 31.6	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	19.3	18.5	1.04x	11.9 to 30.1	2019-2023
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	24.5	23.8	1.03x	15.1 to 37.8	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 Oglethorpe County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	9,361.6	9,842.6	-5%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	76	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	95.7	96.9	-1%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	30.4	28.6	+6%	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.

Formaldehyde24.04 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.89 per million
Acetaldehyde2.35 per million
Benzene0.79 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Industrial wastewater discharge541
NPDES wastewater discharge permit136
Gas station (mapped facility)4
Air permit holder (minor source)3
Public airport1
Heliport1
Landfill (mapped facility)1
TRI reporting facility1
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)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.

Crawford Plant, Crawford
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Formaldehyde, Methanol, Nonylphenol Ethoxylates, 1,3,4,6,7,8-Hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta[g]-2-benzopyran. Reports carcinogens. 1,101 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 3063WGRWFR145AT (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 6.8
Crawford Plant, Crawford
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110046123468 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.2
Crawford, City Of (Crawford Wpcp), Crawford
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110046305627 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.8
Landfill
Landfill (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/1357853186 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2
Martin Marietta Materials Inc - Crawford Quarry, Stephens
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110001752755 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Crawford, City Of (Crawford Wtp), Crawford
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011330924 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Stonebrooke Lot 1, Colbert
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070005974 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Tj Lowe Broiler Houses, Crawford
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070008861 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Mia Febach Poultry Houses, Crawford
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070010384 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Chris & Casey Busbin Poultry Houses, Stephens
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070010421 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Marcus Allen Bridges Poultry Houses, Unknown
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070011634 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
The Vine Community Church, Unknown
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070013545 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Anderson Farms Poultry Houses, Rayle
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070014306 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Dabb'S Bridge - Huntsville 23 Kv Transmission Line, Unknown
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070014476 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Armour Poultry House, Lexington
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070014608 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Smith Farm To Table, Unknown
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070017383 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Threegen Farms/C&H Farms Poultry Houses, Lexington
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070017596 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
East Bound Right Turn Lane Extension For Us 278/Sr 6, Unknown
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070017794 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Buckmasters, Carlton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070017948 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Riversprings F.K.A. Ewing Chapel Rd Tract Unit 1 Phase 3 Developed 65 Lots And U, Unknown
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070019115 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
John Armour Poultry Houses, Lexington
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070023480 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Vesta Karen Baptist Church, Unknown
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070023496 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Holloman Pullet Houses, Crawford
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070024160 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Oak Tree Plaza, Lexington
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070027931 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Wilkins Farm Property Shooting Range Excavation & Disposal, Unknown
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070032096 (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 Oglethorpe 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 Oglethorpe 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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