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Wabash County, Illinois: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Wabash County is 175.9 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2, a statistically significant excess. The strongest disease signals are Pancreas deaths at 2 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 135 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Industrial wastewater discharge (50), Rail grade crossing (39), Air permit holder (minor source) (22). 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: 38.4033, -87.8602.

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 Wabash County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Pancreas	Deaths	22.2	11.3	1.96xSignificant	12.7 to 36.7	2020-2024
Pancreas	New cases	23.1	13.9	1.66x	13.4 to 37.6	2019-2023
Bladder	New cases	27.7	18.7	1.48x	17.5 to 42.5	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	New cases	73.1	51.8	1.41xSignificant	55.4 to 95.4	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	42.6	30.2	1.41x	29.7 to 60.2	2020-2024
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	24.8	17.9	1.39x	14.6 to 40	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	175.9	143.2	1.23xSignificant	147.6 to 208.6	2020-2024
All cancer	New cases	512	453.4	1.13xSignificant	462.3 to 566.1	2019-2023
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	26.3	23.8	1.11x	14.9 to 43.2	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	19.4	18.5	1.05x	11 to 32.6	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 Wabash County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	8,398.4	9,842.6	-15%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	76.4	75.3	+2%	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	70.7	96.9	-27%	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.

Formaldehyde19.91 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.97 per million
Acetaldehyde1.9 per million
Benzene0.95 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Industrial wastewater discharge50
Rail grade crossing39
Air permit holder (minor source)22
NPDES wastewater discharge permit18
EPA air quality monitor1
Public airport1
Brownfield property1
Gas station (mapped facility)1
Small hazardous waste generator1
Heliport1

Highest-severity records

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

Mount Carmel Stp, City Of, Mount Carmel
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110001104108 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Tony Bowles Private Sewage Disposal System, Mount Carmel
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070215158 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Lake House Private Sewage Disposal System, Mount Carmel
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070147579 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Responsible Energy Operations Llc, Mount Carmel
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072167241 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Quality Cleaners, Mt. Carmel
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071965110 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Responsible Energy Operations Llc, Mount Carmel
Industrial wastewater discharge. Significant/Category I Noncompliance.
NPDES permit IL0073636: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 3
Keensburg Stp, Village Of, Keensburg
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit ILG580112: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 2.4
Bellmont Stp, Village Of, Bellmont
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit ILG580206: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1.9
Hillside Mobile Home Village Stp, Mount Carmel
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit IL0049174: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1.7
Wabash Mine, Keensburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110001804673 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Vigo Coal - Friendsville Mine, Mount Carmel
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110007054089 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Allendale - South Stp, Village Of, Allendale
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009726485 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Allendale Stp, Village Of, Allendale
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009726500 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Hillside Mobile Home Village Stp, Mount Carmel
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009985971 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Wabash Asphalt Company, Inc., Maud
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010005617 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Mt Carmel Facility, Mt. Carmel
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010007580 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Keensburg Stp, Village Of, Keensburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010025105 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Bellmont Stp, Village Of, Bellmont
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110018203807 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Village Of Allendale, Allendale
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110018315802 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Cvs Pharmacy 6887, Mt Carmel
Small hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110046393728 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Village Of Bellmont, Bellmont
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110056138442 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Wvc Apartment, Mount Carmel
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110056404207 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Mount Carmel Water Treatment Facility, Mount Carmel
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110056988915 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Dollar General #30235 Mt. Carmel, Il, Mt. Carmel
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071513154 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Private, Browns
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 724823U (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 Wabash 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 Wabash 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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