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Green County, Kentucky: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Green County is 194.5 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2, a statistically significant excess. The strongest disease signals are Lung & bronchus deaths at 2 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 48 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (23), Industrial wastewater discharge (18), Brownfield property (3). 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: 37.2912, -85.5544.

How this county ranks in Kentucky

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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 Green County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	60.1	30.2	1.99xSignificant	45 to 79.5	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	New cases	87.3	51.8	1.69xSignificant	68.7 to 110.2	2019-2023
Pancreas	Deaths	18.6	11.3	1.65x	10.7 to 31.1	2020-2024
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	36.1	23.8	1.52x	22.3 to 55.4	2019-2023
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	26	17.9	1.45x	16.4 to 40.1	2019-2023
Leukemia	New cases	20.5	14.5	1.41x	11.6 to 34.2	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	194.5	143.2	1.36xSignificant	165.8 to 227.5	2020-2024
All cancer	New cases	546.4	453.4	1.21xSignificant	494.1 to 603.1	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 Green County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	11,040.1	9,842.6	+12%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	73.8	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	93.5	96.9	-4%	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.

Formaldehyde19.25 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.92 per million
Acetaldehyde2.21 per million
Benzene0.82 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

NPDES wastewater discharge permit23
Industrial wastewater discharge18
Brownfield property3
Gas station (mapped facility)3
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.

Green County Sanitation District #1, Summersville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $2,500.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006749064 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
Quality Pallet Company, Llc And Eagle Lumber Company, Llc, Greensburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070596753 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.3
Recycling Center, Greensburg
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071972188 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Former Service Station, Greensburg
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071975255 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Former Indiana Hardwoods, Greensburg
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071979159 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Greensburg Stp, Greensburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006654673 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.8
Green County Auto Salvage, Greensburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071337332 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.3
Green Co State Maintenance Garage, Greensburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006759515 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Haydon Materials Llc - Greensburg Quarry, Greensburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110064269679 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Bridge Replacement On Us 68 Over Greasy Creek (044b00013n) In Green Co., Greensburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070685624 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Jane Todd Hospital, Greensburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070929371 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Greensburg Warehouse, Greensburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071144211 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Green Co High School Addition & Reno, Greensburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071149624 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Greensburg Dollar General, Greensburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071177974 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Horseshoe Bend Solar Project, Pierce
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071238923 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Donansburg Dollar General Store, Greensburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071321930 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
22-1047 - Us 68 Reconstruction Of Russell Creek Hill, Greensburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071346609 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Green Co High School Addition & Reno, Greensburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071526023 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
New Jane Todd Administration And Clinic Building, Greensburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071729643 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Double R Farms Poultry Operation, Greensburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071821467 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Af1-050 Summer Shade South Green County Switching Station, Greensburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072083103 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Green County Industrial Foundation 20,000 Sf Speculative Building, Greensburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072130460 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Horseshoe Bend Solar, Pierce
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072150447 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Green County Safe Routes To School, Kytc Item# 04-3023, Greensburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072176193 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Jane Todd Crawford Hospital Park Courtyard Project, Greensburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072182961 (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 Green County

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