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Spalding County, Georgia: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Spalding County is 191.3 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2, a statistically significant excess. The strongest disease signals are Lung & bronchus deaths at 1.5 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 738 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (407), Industrial wastewater discharge (176), Rail grade crossing (49). 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: 33.2646, -84.2708.

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 Spalding County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Stomach	Deaths	4.1	2.7	1.52x	2.3 to 6.7	2020-2024
Kidney & renal pelvis	Deaths	5.1	3.4	1.5x	3.2 to 7.9	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	44.2	30.2	1.46xSignificant	38.4 to 50.7	2020-2024
Leukemia	New cases	19.7	14.5	1.36xSignificant	15.6 to 24.7	2019-2023
Leukemia	Deaths	7.7	5.7	1.35x	5.3 to 11	2020-2024
All cancer	Deaths	191.3	143.2	1.34xSignificant	178.5 to 204.8	2020-2024
Liver & bile duct	Deaths	8.8	6.6	1.33x	6.3 to 12.2	2020-2024
Liver & bile duct	New cases	11.3	8.7	1.3x	8.4 to 14.9	2019-2023
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	30.7	23.8	1.29xSignificant	25.6 to 36.6	2019-2023
Stomach	New cases	8.4	6.6	1.27x	5.7 to 11.9	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	New cases	65.6	51.8	1.27xSignificant	58.4 to 73.5	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	Deaths	6	4.8	1.25x	3.9 to 9	2020-2024
Pancreas	Deaths	13.9	11.3	1.23x	10.7 to 17.9	2020-2024
Esophagus	New cases	5.5	4.6	1.2x	3.5 to 8.3	2019-2023
All cancer	New cases	516.4	453.4	1.14xSignificant	495 to 538.6	2019-2023
Esophagus	Deaths	4	3.7	1.08x	2.3 to 6.5	2020-2024
Pancreas	New cases	14.5	13.9	1.04x	11.1 to 18.7	2019-2023
Bladder	New cases	19.3	18.7	1.03x	15.4 to 23.9	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	18.3	18.5	0.99x	14.4 to 23	2019-2023
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	17.4	17.9	0.97x	13.6 to 22.1	2019-2023
Bladder	Deaths	3.9	4.1	0.95x	2.2 to 6.3	2020-2024
Brain & nervous system	Deaths	4.1	4.4	0.93x	2.4 to 6.6	2020-2024
Brain & nervous system	New cases	3.9	6.2	0.63x	2.2 to 6.4	2019-2023
Thyroid	New cases	8.1	13	0.62x	5.4 to 11.7	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 Spalding County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	14,238.2	9,842.6	+45%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	71.2	75.3	-5%	years
Child mortality	65.2	59.8	+9%	deaths under age 18 per 100,000
Infant mortality	6.2	6.2	+0%	deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Injury deaths	93.8	96.9	-3%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	24.5	28.6	-14%	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.

Formaldehyde25.11 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.88 per million
Acetaldehyde2.44 per million
Benzene1.02 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

NPDES wastewater discharge permit407
Industrial wastewater discharge176
Rail grade crossing49
Air permit holder (minor source)30
Gas station (mapped facility)29
Small hazardous waste generator11
Public airport7
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)7
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)5
TRI reporting facility5
Major air pollution source3
Large hazardous waste generator3
Wastewater plant (mapped facility)2
Large greenhouse gas emitter1
Hazardous waste transporter1
Heliport1
Scrapyard (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.

Transcontinental Griffin, Griffin
Major air pollution source. Penalties $5,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009356017 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 7.5
Transcontinental Griffin, Griffin
Large hazardous waste generator. Penalties $5,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009356017 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 7
Transcontinental Griffin, Griffin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $5,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009356017 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 7
Bandag Incorporated, Griffin
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000356971 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.8
Wabash National L.P., Griffin
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Manganese, Chromium, Nickel, Diisocyanates. Reports carcinogens. 45 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 3022WSPRMS251US (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 5.8
Potato Creek Water Pollution Control Plant, Griffin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $40,179.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000520525 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.8
Bridgestone Bandag Llc Griffin Plant, Griffin
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Zinc compounds. 3,571 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 30223BNDGN801GR (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 5.7
Griffin Moose Family Family Center #1503 (Griffin Moose Family Center Wpcp), Griffin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $4,467.
EPA FRS registry ID 110008982208 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
Caterpillar Inc Griffin Georgia, Griffin
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Ethylene glycol. 1,250 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 30224CTRPL560RE (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 5.4
Caterpillar Inc Griffin Power Sys, Griffin
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000492850 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.4
Aep Industries Inc, Griffin
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000356999 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5
Mas Georgia Lfg Llc (Pine Ridge), Griffin
Major air pollution source. Penalties $3,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110061018214 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5
International Paper, Griffin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110001426396 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
C W Matthews Asphalt Plant #4, Griffin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110007088542 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Perkins Small Engines, Llc, Griffin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110016690865 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Mas Georgia Lfg Llc (Pine Ridge), Griffin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $3,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110061018214 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Atlanta Liftruck Salvage, Sunny Side
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070019229 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Rivera Parts Supplier, Inc. - Griffin, Griffin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070032621 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
City Of Griffin Ms4, Griffin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070046012 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Sa Recycling ? Griffin, Griffin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071235919 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Hoshizaki America Inc, Griffin
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Nickel, Chromium, Manganese, Diisocyanates and 1 more. Reports carcinogens.
TRI facility ID 30224HSHZK101GR (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 4.5
Walker Concrete Co., Griffin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110030489914 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
City Of Griffin (Cabin Cr), Griffin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $1,625.
EPA FRS registry ID 110064621967 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Bandag Incorporated, Griffin
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000356971 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
International Paper, Griffin
Air permit holder (minor source).
EPA FRS registry ID 110001426396 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4

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 Spalding 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 Spalding 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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