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Chickasaw County, Mississippi: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Chickasaw County is 164.7 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. The strongest disease signals are Lung & bronchus deaths at 1.4 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 69 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (33), Rail grade crossing (10), Air permit holder (minor source) (9). 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: 33.9085, -88.929.

How this county ranks in Mississippi

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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 Chickasaw County compared with the United States
CancerMeasureCounty rateU.S. rateTimes U.S.95% intervalYears
Lung & bronchusNew cases79.451.81.53xSignificant64 to 97.62019-2023
Kidney & renal pelvisNew cases26.717.91.49x17.9 to 38.72019-2023
Lung & bronchusDeaths43.430.21.44xSignificant32.1 to 57.72020-2024
All cancerNew cases534.9453.41.18xSignificant491.8 to 5812019-2023
All cancerDeaths164.7143.21.15x141.8 to 190.62020-2024
Non-Hodgkin lymphomaNew cases19.518.51.05x11.8 to 30.52019-2023
BladderNew cases1518.70.8x9 to 24.12019-2023

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 Chickasaw County
MeasureCountyU.S. medianDifferenceUnit
Premature death14,343.49,842.6+46%years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy7175.3-6%years
Child mortality11459.8+91%deaths under age 18 per 100,000
Infant mortalityn/a6.2n/adeaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Injury deaths105.896.9+9%deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deathsn/a28.6n/adeaths 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.

  • Formaldehyde23.78 per million
  • Carbon Tetrachloride2.93 per million
  • Acetaldehyde2.46 per million
  • Pahpom0.71 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

  • NPDES wastewater discharge permit33
  • Rail grade crossing10
  • Air permit holder (minor source)9
  • Gas station (mapped facility)5
  • Public airport4
  • Major air pollution source1
  • Large greenhouse gas emitter1
  • Landfill (mapped facility)1
  • Biomass power plant1
  • Solar 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.

  1. Okolona Potw, South, Okolona

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $1,875.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110008515927 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.8

  2. B And K Farms Inc, Karl Floyd Farm, Woodland

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110008511404 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.5

  3. Richard Moore Farms Inc, Woodland

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110010825189 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.5

  4. Prestage Farmsmississippi Inc, Pm 9 And Pm 10, Houston

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110011052001 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.5

  5. Chickasaw County, Houlka

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110011056285 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.5

  6. H And M Farms Inc, Houston

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110024407685 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.5

  7. Crest-Foam Corporation, Houston

    TRI reporting facility.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000376067 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.2

  8. Crest Foam Corp, Houston

    Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Diisocyanates. 20 lbs released over 5 years.

    TRI facility ID 38851MPNCX400TH (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)

    Severity 4

  9. B And K Farms Inc, Karl Floyd Farm, Woodland

    Air permit holder (minor source).

    EPA FRS registry ID 110008511404 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4

  10. Waste Management Of Mississippi Inc, Prairie Bluff Landfill, Houston

    Major air pollution source.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110002327303 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.5

  11. Girl Scouts Heart Of The South, Camp Tik A Witha, Van Vleet

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110002307566 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.3

  12. Waste Management Of Mississippi Inc, Prairie Bluff Landfill, Houston

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110002327303 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3

  13. International Paper Company, Houston, Houston

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110009352208 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3

  14. Woodland Potw, Woodland

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110011051556 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 2.8

  15. Prairie Bluff, Houston

    Biomass power plant.

    Record ID 57408 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

    Severity 2.5

  16. Waste Management Of Mississippi Inc, Prairie Bluff Landfill, Houston

    Large greenhouse gas emitter.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110002327303 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 2.5

  17. International Paper Company, Houston, Houston

    Air permit holder (minor source).

    EPA FRS registry ID 110009352208 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 2.5

  18. Pig Palace Inc And Gone Hog Wild Inc, Number 1and Number 2, Houston

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110024407934 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 2.3

  19. Houston Division Of B & B Concrete Co Inc., Houston

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110039406675 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 2

  20. Okolona Muni/Richard Stovall Fld, Okolona

    Public airport. O.

    Record ID 5A4 (FAA / U.S. DOT)

    Severity 2

  21. Houston Muni, Houston

    Public airport. O.

    Record ID M44 (FAA / U.S. DOT)

    Severity 2

  22. Prairie Bluff Landfill

    Landfill (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.

    Record ID way/846369882 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record

    Severity 2

  23. Wastewater Plant

    Wastewater plant (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.

    Record ID way/846376746 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record

    Severity 2

  24. Franklin Development Company Llc, Houston

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110044442671 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.8

  25. Falcon Contracting Company Inc, Houston Asphalt Plant, Houston

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110008511280 (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 Chickasaw County

  • Mississippi 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 Chickasaw County, and their findings.

  • Mississippi vital statistics office

    Death certificate counts by cause of death and residence tract or ZIP code, and the years behind the mortality measures above.

  • Mississippi health department, environmental epidemiology

    Health consultations or assessments by ATSDR or the state health department covering the county, and any exposure investigations.

  • Mississippi 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.

  • Mississippi 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.

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