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Quitman County, Georgia: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Quitman County is 108.1 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 28 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Rail grade crossing (9), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (8), Gas station (mapped facility) (7). 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: 31.8811, -85.0185.

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 Quitman County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Lung & bronchus	New cases	75.2	51.8	1.45x	41.9 to 134.4	2019-2023
All cancer	New cases	369.4	453.4	0.81x	284.2 to 478.1	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	108.1	143.2	0.75x	70.1 to 169.9	2020-2024

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 Quitman County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	14,262.8	9,842.6	+45%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	72.9	75.3	-3%	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	88.2	96.9	-9%	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.

Formaldehyde23.56 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.9 per million
Acetaldehyde2.42 per million
Pahpom0.79 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Rail grade crossing9
NPDES wastewater discharge permit8
Gas station (mapped facility)7
Industrial wastewater discharge4

Highest-severity records

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

Georgetown-Quitman County (Georgetown-Quitman County), Georgetown
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110064584784 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Forester Pontoon, Georgetown
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071402603 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Clearing And Grubbing For Shane Inman, Georgetown
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071404232 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Georgetown Family Dollar, Georgetown
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071506194 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Quitman Athletics, Georgetown
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071822988 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Tanglewood Trail Subdivision, Georgetown
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071959648 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Preston Place Apartments, Quitman
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072177733 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Fy 2009 Cdbg - Water, Sewer, Street, & Drainage Improvements, Quitman
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072193671 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Private, Georgetown
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 733830D (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
Winding Way Blvd, Georgetown
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 733832S (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
Winding Way Blvd, Georgetown
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 733833Y (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
Private Road, Georgetown
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 733835M (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
Hatcher Road, Georgetown
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 733836U (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
Private Road, Georgetown
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 733837B (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
Lower Morris Road, Morris
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 733838H (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
Upper Morris Road, Morris
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 733839P (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
Morris Spur Road, Morris
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 733840J (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
Marathon
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID node/14041509804 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
BP
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/1543231631 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Fuel Station
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/1543231634 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Arco
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/1543231637 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Citgo
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/1543231673 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Chevron
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/1543231674 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Gulf
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/643451706 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Georgetown-Quitman County (Georgetown-Quitman County), Georgetown
Industrial wastewater discharge. Unknown.
NPDES permit GAJ020010: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1

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 Quitman 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 Quitman 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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