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Eddy County, North Dakota: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Eddy County is 184.6 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 75 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Rail grade crossing (58), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (7), Brownfield property (5). EPA AirToxScreen estimates a lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics of 20 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: 47.7015, -98.9114.

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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 Eddy County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
All cancer	Deaths	184.6	143.2	1.29x	124 to 268.2	2020-2024
All cancer	New cases	509.9	453.4	1.12x	399.1 to 644.3	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 Eddy County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	9,683.6	9,842.6	-2%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	74.4	75.3	-1%	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	113.7	96.9	+17%	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: 20 in a million. EPA treats 100 in a million as the upper end of acceptable risk and 1 in a million as the goal.

Formaldehyde10.73 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.94 per million
Acetaldehyde0.81 per million
Benzene0.59 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Rail grade crossing58
NPDES wastewater discharge permit7
Brownfield property5
Public airport3
Scrapyard (mapped facility)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.

Hospital Site, New Rockford
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071971132 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Ross Acres Abandoned Homes Unit #20, Sheyenne
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071971454 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Ross Acres Abandoned Home Unit #10, Sheyenne
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071971546 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Old Tokio Farmstead, Sheyenne
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071972318 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Former Mill Pump Property, New Rockford
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071985220 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Sheyenne City Of, Sheyenne
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011045252 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
New Rockford City Of, New Rockford
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010826605 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.3
Tomlinson Fld, New Rockford
Public airport. O.
Record ID 8J7 (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Wastewater Plant
Wastewater plant (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/548154841 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2
Gowan Construction-Sheyenne Plant, Sheyenne
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110035988606 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Tomlinson Field, New Rockford
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110041560325 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
North American Bison Cooperative, New Rockford
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110056172742 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Aggregate Industries-Sheyenne Ready Mix, Sheyenne
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110056182447 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Nddot, (Unknown City)
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071825178 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
12th St Ne, New Rockford
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 093432E (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
76th Ave Ne, New Rockford
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 093435A (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
13th St Ne, New Rockford
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 093436G (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
75th Ave Ne, New Rockford
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 093437N (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
Field, New Rockford
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 093438V (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
74th Ave Ne, New Rockford
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 093439C (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
73rd Ave Ne, New Rockford
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 093441D (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
15th St Ne, New Rockford
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 093442K (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
72nd Ave Ne, New Rockford
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 093443S (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
71st Ave Ne, New Rockford
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 093445F (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
16th St Ne, New Rockford
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 093446M (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 Eddy County

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