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Kidder County, North Dakota: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Kidder County is 106.4 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 43 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Rail grade crossing (21), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (8), Gas station (mapped facility) (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: 46.9582, -99.7608.

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 Kidder County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
All cancer	New cases	351.2	453.4	0.77x	271.5 to 452.1	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	106.4	143.2	0.74x	67.1 to 167.3	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 Kidder County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	8,403.6	9,842.6	-15%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	79.4	75.3	+5%	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	98.8	96.9	+2%	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.

Formaldehyde10.86 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.9 per million
Acetaldehyde0.78 per million
Benzene0.58 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Rail grade crossing21
NPDES wastewater discharge permit8
Gas station (mapped facility)5
Scrapyard (mapped facility)4
Public airport2
Airfield1
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)1
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.

Steele City Of, Steele
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110022360283 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Steele Wtp, Steele
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110022360292 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2
Dawson City Of, Dawson
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011043682 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.8
Tuttle City Of, Tuttle
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110015315201 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.8
Robinson City Of, Robinson
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010826883 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Tappen City Of, Tappen
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011043717 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Napoleon Pedestrian Trail Project, Napoleon
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071849593 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Prairie Song, Llp, (Unknown City)
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071880570 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Public, Tappen
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 087699G (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
Private Road, Dawson
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 087701F (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
35th Ave Se, Dawson
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 087702M (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
Lake Ave, Dawson
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 087704B (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
33rd Ave Se, Dawson
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 087705H (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
30th Ave Se, Dawson
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 087706P (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
28th Ave Se, Steele
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 087707W (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
3rd Ave, Steele
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 087709K (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
21st Ave Se, Steele
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 087710E (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
Mitchell Ave, Steele
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 087715N (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
4th Ave Sw, Steele
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 087716V (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
25th Ave Se, Steele
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 087717C (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
24th Ave Se, Steele
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 087718J (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
23rd Ave Se, Steele
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 087719R (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
22nd Ave Se, Steele
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 087720K (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
20th Ave Se, Driscoll
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 087721S (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
Fas2231, Tappen
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 087798E (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 Kidder 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 Kidder 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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