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Pulaski County, Georgia: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Pulaski County is 157.3 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 68 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (39), Industrial wastewater discharge (17), Air permit holder (minor source) (6). 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: 32.2595, -83.4844.

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 Pulaski County compared with the United States
CancerMeasureCounty rateU.S. rateTimes U.S.95% intervalYears
Kidney & renal pelvisNew cases27.317.91.53x16 to 44.52019-2023
Lung & bronchusDeaths39.930.21.32x27.3 to 57.62020-2024
Melanoma of the skinNew cases30.523.81.28x18.8 to 47.92019-2023
Lung & bronchusNew cases58.451.81.13x43.3 to 78.42019-2023
All cancerDeaths157.3143.21.1x130.2 to 189.32020-2024
All cancerNew cases427453.40.94x379.3 to 479.62019-2023

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 Pulaski County
MeasureCountyU.S. medianDifferenceUnit
Premature death10,269.19,842.6+4%years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy75.275.3-0%years
Child mortalityn/a59.8n/adeaths under age 18 per 100,000
Infant mortalityn/a6.2n/adeaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Injury deaths69.496.9-28%deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deathsn/a28.6n/adeaths 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.

  • Formaldehyde23.36 per million
  • Carbon Tetrachloride2.91 per million
  • Acetaldehyde2.45 per million
  • Pahpom0.77 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

  • NPDES wastewater discharge permit39
  • Industrial wastewater discharge17
  • Air permit holder (minor source)6
  • Major air pollution source2
  • Gas station (mapped facility)2
  • Public airport1
  • Small hazardous waste generator1

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. Hawkinsville, City Of (South Wpcp), Hawkinsville

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110022547332 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.8

  2. Hawkinsville Facility, Hawkinsville

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070947768 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.5

  3. Hawkinsville, City Of (North Wpcp), Hawkinsville

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110064623064 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.3

  4. Hollingsworth & Vose Company, Hawkinsville

    Major air pollution source.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000359914 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.5

  5. Hyalus, Inc., Hawkinsville

    Major air pollution source.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070072167 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.5

  6. Hollingsworth & Vose Company, Hawkinsville

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000359914 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3

  7. Hawkinsville, City Of (North Wpcp), Hawkinsville

    Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.

    NPDES permit GA0046027: (U.S. EPA NPDES)

    Severity 2.7

  8. Hawkinsville-Pulaski County, Hawkinsville

    Public airport. O.

    Record ID 51A (FAA / U.S. DOT)

    Severity 2

  9. Hollingsworth & Vose Company, Hawkinsville

    Small hazardous waste generator.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000359914 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  10. Hartford Water Authority Wtp, Hawkinsville

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110044893130 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  11. Hawkinsville, City Of (Hawkinsville South Wtp), Hawkinsville

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110044893158 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  12. Park Place Unit 2 Lot 16, Unknown

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070008357 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  13. Plant Expansion And Power Substation Civil Site Preparation (Epd-Wcd), Hawkinsville

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070009588 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  14. Convenience Store In Finleyson, Ga (Epd-Wcd), Na

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070015094 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  15. Nh000-0002-06(051) / Bhn00-0002-06(038), Pi# 122150 / 121340, Unknown

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070020487 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  16. Forest Hill Sanitary Sewer Improvements Project, Hawkinsville

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070021333 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  17. Twin Bridges, Hawkinsville

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070074056 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  18. Clayton Bloodworth Chicken Houses (Epd-Wcd), Pineview

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070074404 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  19. A New Facility For Dublin Construction Company, Inc., Hawkinville

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070203418 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  20. Le19222 Mooney Apartments, Hawkinsville

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070865072 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  21. Pulaski County Schools, New K-12 School, Hawkinsville

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070916569 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  22. Big Peach Storage Hawkinsville, Hawkinsville

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071073721 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  23. Taylor Regional Hospital, Hawkinsville

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071080875 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  24. Hawkinsville City Hall, Hawkinsville

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071181426 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  25. Le20059 Pulaski County Schools - New Track Facility, Hawkinsville

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071221356 (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 Pulaski 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 Pulaski 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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