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Stewart County, Georgia: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Stewart County is 221.4 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2, a statistically significant excess. Federal databases place 177 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Industrial wastewater discharge (144), Combined sewer overflow outfall (13), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (13). 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: 32.0761, -84.8493.

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 Stewart County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
All cancer	Deaths	221.4	143.2	1.55xSignificant	169.4 to 286	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	New cases	64	51.8	1.24x	38.2 to 103.1	2019-2023
All cancer	New cases	470	453.4	1.04x	392.3 to 559.9	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 Stewart County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	13,630.9	9,842.6	+38%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	71	75.3	-6%	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	98.3	96.9	+1%	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.

Formaldehyde23.46 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.89 per million
Acetaldehyde2.33 per million
Pahpom0.76 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Industrial wastewater discharge144
Combined sewer overflow outfall13
NPDES wastewater discharge permit13
Gas station (mapped facility)3
Public airport2
Air permit holder (minor source)1
Solar power plant1

Highest-severity records

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

Richland, City Of (Richland Wpcp), Richland
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $100.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010041515 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.8
Columbus Water Works (Columbus Cso), Columbus
Combined sewer overflow outfall. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit GA0036838:001 (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 4
Columbus Water Works (Columbus Cso), Columbus
Combined sewer overflow outfall. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit GA0036838:002 (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 4
Columbus Water Works (Columbus Cso), Columbus
Combined sewer overflow outfall. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit GA0036838:003 (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 4
Columbus Water Works (Columbus Cso), Columbus
Combined sewer overflow outfall. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit GA0036838:004 (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 4
Columbus Water Works (Columbus Cso), Columbus
Combined sewer overflow outfall. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit GA0036838:005 (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 4
Columbus Water Works (Columbus Cso), Columbus
Combined sewer overflow outfall. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit GA0036838:006 (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 4
Columbus Water Works (Columbus Cso), Columbus
Combined sewer overflow outfall. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit GA0036838:007 (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 4
Columbus Water Works (Columbus Cso), Columbus
Combined sewer overflow outfall. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit GA0036838:008 (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 4
Columbus Water Works (Columbus Cso), Columbus
Combined sewer overflow outfall. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit GA0036838:009 (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 4
Columbus Water Works (Columbus Cso), Columbus
Combined sewer overflow outfall. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit GA0036838:010 (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 4
Columbus Water Works (Columbus Cso), Columbus
Combined sewer overflow outfall. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit GA0036838:011 (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 4
Columbus Water Works (Columbus Cso), Columbus
Combined sewer overflow outfall. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit GA0036838:012 (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 4
Columbus Water Works (Columbus Cso), Columbus
Combined sewer overflow outfall. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit GA0036838:STR1 (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 4
Lumpkin, City Of (Lumpkin Wpcp), Lumpkin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006778200 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Oxford Const Plt 3, Lumpkin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110002444784 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Louvale Wtp, Louvale
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110055173075 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Lumpkin Solar, Lumpkin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070918771 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Lumpkin Family Dollar, Lumpkin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071310339 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Stewart County Borrow Pit, Richland
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071348820 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
B&S Air, Inc., Lumpkin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071409792 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Florence Marina State Park, Omaha
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071503093 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Department Of Natural Resources (Florence Marina State Park Wpcp), Omaha
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071710961 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Rc Aviation, Inc. (General Pesticide), Lumpkin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072107147 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Redman Homes, Inc., Richland
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072202019 (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 Stewart 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 Stewart 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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