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Miami County, Kansas: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Miami County is 136.6 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. The strongest disease signals are Lung & bronchus deaths at 1.3 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 274 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Rail grade crossing (94), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (64), Industrial wastewater discharge (45). 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: 38.5609, -94.8386.

How this county ranks in Kansas

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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 Miami 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	40.3	23.8	1.69xSignificant	32 to 50.2	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	40.3	30.2	1.33xSignificant	32.7 to 49.3	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	New cases	58	51.8	1.12x	48.6 to 69	2019-2023
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	17.8	17.9	0.99x	12.5 to 24.7	2019-2023
Bladder	New cases	18.2	18.7	0.97x	13.1 to 24.9	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	136.6	143.2	0.95x	121.8 to 152.7	2020-2024
All cancer	New cases	427.6	453.4	0.94x	400.3 to 456.3	2019-2023
Thyroid	New cases	12	13	0.92x	7.4 to 18.6	2019-2023
Pancreas	Deaths	10.4	11.3	0.92x	6.7 to 15.5	2020-2024
Leukemia	New cases	12.3	14.5	0.85x	8 to 18.3	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	14.7	18.5	0.79x	10.1 to 20.9	2019-2023
Pancreas	New cases	9.7	13.9	0.7x	6 to 14.9	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 Miami County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	8,637.7	9,842.6	-12%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	77.1	75.3	+2%	years
Child mortality	35.9	59.8	-40%	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	76.3	96.9	-21%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	12.5	28.6	-56%	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.

Formaldehyde18.79 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.91 per million
Acetaldehyde1.75 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

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

Rail grade crossing94
NPDES wastewater discharge permit64
Industrial wastewater discharge45
Air permit holder (minor source)28
Gas station (mapped facility)9
Public airport8
Brownfield property5
Small hazardous waste generator4
Major air pollution source3
Oil-fired power plant3
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)2
Large greenhouse gas emitter2
Large hazardous waste generator2
Airfield1
Gas power plant1
TRI reporting facility1
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)1
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.

Miami Co. Sd No.2 (Bucyrus) (Wwtp), Bucyrus
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011220552 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Osawatomie Power Plant South Sub, Osawatomie
Oil-fired power plant.
Record ID 60750 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Severity 4
Osawatomie Power Plant North Sub, Osawatomie
Oil-fired power plant.
Record ID 60751 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Severity 4
Osawatomie City Of, Osawatomie
Oil-fired power plant.
Record ID 1314 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Severity 4
Oldcastle Lawn And Gdns, Paola
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000834312 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line - Louisburg Station, Louisburg
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110003167313 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Phillips 66 Carrier - Paola Products Pipeline Station, Paola
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010332862 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Spring Hill No. 2 (Mechanical) (Wwtp), Spring Hill
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011220687 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Evergy - Osawatomie, Paola
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110013814480 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Osawatomie Municipal Power Plant, Osawatomie
Large greenhouse gas emitter.
EPA FRS registry ID 110041009734 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Osawatomie, Miami
Gas power plant.
Record ID 7928 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Severity 3.1
Claud Davis Engraving Bta, Paola
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110003209000 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Osawatomie Northland 1b, Osawatomie
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110043242871 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Osawatomie Northland 4, Osawatomie
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071967681 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Former Water Treatment Facility, Paola
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071972393 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Paola Business Park South, Paola
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071978053 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Miami County, Paola
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009573201 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Crazy 8 Ranch Llc, Bucyrus
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072206521 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Oldcastle Lawn & Garden, Paola
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Lead compounds, Trifluralin, Lead And Lead Compounds.
TRI facility ID 66071RGDFR32200 (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 3
Louisburg, City Of (Bnr) (Wwtp), Louisburg
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit KS0101176: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 2.8
Wildwood Education Center, Lacygne
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011221891 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.8
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line - Louisburg Station, Louisburg
Large greenhouse gas emitter.
EPA FRS registry ID 110003167313 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Osawatomie Municipal Power Plant, Osawatomie
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110041009734 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Miami Co. S.D - Walnut Creek Estates (Wwtp), Hillsdale
Industrial wastewater discharge. Violation Identified.
NPDES permit KS0093441: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 2.3
Miami Co. Sd No.2 (Bucyrus) (Wwtp), Bucyrus
Industrial wastewater discharge. Significant/Category I Noncompliance.
NPDES permit KS0095290: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 2.2

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 Miami County

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