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Grant County, North Dakota: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Grant County is 116.4 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 9 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (6), Landfill (mapped facility) (2), Public airport (1). EPA AirToxScreen estimates a lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics of 10 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: 46.3619, -101.548.

How this county ranks in North Dakota

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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 Grant County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
All cancer	New cases	370.1	453.4	0.82x	283.6 to 480.3	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	116.4	143.2	0.81x	76.6 to 178.9	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 Grant County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	8,581.3	9,842.6	-13%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	76.6	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	122.5	96.9	+26%	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: 10 in a million. EPA treats 100 in a million as the upper end of acceptable risk and 1 in a million as the goal.

Formaldehyde9.91 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.84 per million
Acetaldehyde0.64 per million
Benzene0.54 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

NPDES wastewater discharge permit6
Landfill (mapped facility)2
Public airport1

Highest-severity records

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

Prairie Learning Center, Raleigh
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110056203790 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
New Leipzig City Of, New Leipzig
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011042772 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.3
Elgin Muni, Elgin
Public airport. O.
Record ID Y71 (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Carson Landfill
Landfill (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/1424290070 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2
New Leipzig Landfill
Landfill (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/1424478806 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2
Carson City Of, Carson
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010826473 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Elgin City Of, Elgin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011044039 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Strata Concrete-Elgin, Elgin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110056210416 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Grant County - Brj-0019(025) Pcn 23710, Elgin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072256349 (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 Grant 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 Grant 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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