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Ohio County, Indiana: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Ohio County is 145.6 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. The strongest disease signals are Lung & bronchus deaths at 1.6 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 11 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Industrial wastewater discharge (3), Public airport (2), Gas station (mapped facility) (2). 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: 38.9652, -84.9412.

How this county ranks in Indiana

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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 Ohio County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Bladder	New cases	37	18.7	1.98xSignificant	21.6 to 61.8	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	New cases	96.4	51.8	1.86xSignificant	71.6 to 129.4	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	49.8	30.2	1.65xSignificant	33.2 to 74.9	2020-2024
All cancer	New cases	532.8	453.4	1.18xSignificant	465.9 to 608.1	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	145.6	143.2	1.02x	114.3 to 185	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 Ohio County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	6,928	9,842.6	-30%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	78	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	77.4	96.9	-20%	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.

Formaldehyde19.3 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.94 per million
Acetaldehyde2.09 per million
Naphthalene1.1 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Industrial wastewater discharge3
Public airport2
Gas station (mapped facility)2
NPDES wastewater discharge permit2
Airfield1
Brownfield property1

Highest-severity records

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

Fryman Auto Parts Property, Rising Sun
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110038692572 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Rising Sun, City Of, Rising Sun
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit IN0024431: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 2.5
Rising Sun, City Of, Rising Sun
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009737918 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Rising Sun Ohio Co Comm Schools, Rising Sun
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011437016 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Fuel Station
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID node/2849957105 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Fuel Station
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID node/2849957122 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Rising Sun, City Of, Rising Sun
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit IN0024431:001 (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1
Rising Sun, City Of, Rising Sun
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit IN0024431:002 (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1
Herbs Fld, Rising Sun
Public airport. O.
Record ID 31II (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 0.5
Scudder Fld, Rising Sun
Public airport. O.
Record ID 32IN (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 0.5
Rising Sun, Rising Sun
Airfield. O.
Record ID 67IN (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 0.5

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 Ohio County

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