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Menard County, Illinois: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Menard County is 162.3 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 117 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Rail grade crossing (49), Industrial wastewater discharge (22), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (20). EPA AirToxScreen estimates a lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics of 20 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: 40.0297, -89.7871.

How this county ranks in Illinois

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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 Menard County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	52.9	23.8	2.22xSignificant	37.8 to 72.5	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	New cases	81.8	51.8	1.58xSignificant	64.2 to 103.4	2019-2023
Bladder	New cases	28	18.7	1.5x	17.3 to 43.4	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	26.6	18.5	1.44x	16.4 to 41.3	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	41.6	30.2	1.38x	29.2 to 58.2	2020-2024
All cancer	New cases	609.9	453.4	1.35xSignificant	557.1 to 666.8	2019-2023
Pancreas	New cases	17	13.9	1.22x	9.5 to 29	2019-2023
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	21.1	17.9	1.18x	13.2 to 33.3	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	162.3	143.2	1.13x	136.7 to 192	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 Menard County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	6,370.6	9,842.6	-35%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	78.3	75.3	+4%	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	105.2	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: 20 in a million. EPA treats 100 in a million as the upper end of acceptable risk and 1 in a million as the goal.

Formaldehyde17.01 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.96 per million
Acetaldehyde1.6 per million
Benzene0.78 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Rail grade crossing49
Industrial wastewater discharge22
NPDES wastewater discharge permit20
Air permit holder (minor source)18
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)3
Gas station (mapped facility)3
Small hazardous waste generator1
Wastewater plant (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.

Stroh Anderson, Inc., Petersburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010007394 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
James Devine Private Sewage Disposal System, Athens
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070030630 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Petersburg Stp, City Of, Petersburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009989012 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Greenview Wtp, Greenview
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110012319614 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Athens Stp, City Of, Athens
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009986827 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.8
Greenview Community School District #200-Stp, Greenview
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006769498 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Sunny Acres Nursing Home Stp, Petersburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009736651 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Hanson Material Service, Athens
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110007226411 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Petersburg Wtp, Petersburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110022905481 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Sunny Acres Nursing Home Stp, Petersburg
Industrial wastewater discharge. Violation Identified.
NPDES permit IL0068683: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 2.4
New Salem Property Owners Campground Stp, Petersburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009986220 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.3
Tallula, Tallula
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010024730 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.3
Wastewater Plant
Wastewater plant (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/1366618147 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2
New Salem Property Owners Campground Stp, Petersburg
Industrial wastewater discharge. Violation Identified.
NPDES permit IL0046710: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1.8
Athens Wtp, Athens
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009736161 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.8
Menard Electric Cooperative, Petersburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110054114481 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Mike Mccormick, Athens
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110054118959 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Vince Howard, Athens
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110054130766 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Petersburg, City Of, Petersburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110054136895 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
New Salem State Park, Petersburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110055488182 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Dea Clet Site, Athens
Small hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071453093 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Athens Blacktop, Segment F, Petersburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072146755 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Menard Solar, Greenview
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072149361 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Pike Creek Wind - T-Line, Athens
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072255060 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Center St, Oakford
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 169901T (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3

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 Menard County

Illinois 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 Menard County, and their findings.
Illinois vital statistics office
Death certificate counts by cause of death and residence tract or ZIP code, and the years behind the mortality measures above.
Illinois health department, environmental epidemiology
Health consultations or assessments by ATSDR or the state health department covering the county, and any exposure investigations.
Illinois 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.
Illinois 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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