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Arthur County, Nebraska: environmental and disease records

County cancer statistics are not published for Arthur County. Federal databases place 6 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Air permit holder (minor source) (4), Public airport (2). 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: 41.5715, -101.696.

How this county ranks in Nebraska

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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.

No county-level cancer statistics are published for this area. Request counts directly from the Nebraska state cancer registry.

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 Arthur County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	n/a	9,842.6	n/a	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	n/a	75.3	n/a	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	n/a	96.9	n/a	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.

Formaldehyde10.07 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.67 per million
Acetaldehyde0.61 per million
Pahpom0.38 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Air permit holder (minor source)4
Public airport2

Highest-severity records

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

Arthur Ranch Supply, Arthur
Air permit holder (minor source).
EPA FRS registry ID 110037603439 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1
Nielson Body Shop, Arthur
Air permit holder (minor source).
EPA FRS registry ID 110040498770 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1
Arthur Landfill, Arthur
Air permit holder (minor source).
EPA FRS registry ID 110045809416 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1
Chuckwagon Meats Llc, Arthur
Air permit holder (minor source).
EPA FRS registry ID 110070874172 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1
Rothwell, Hyannis
Public airport. O.
Record ID 9NE6 (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 0.5
Arthur Muni, Arthur
Public airport. O.
Record ID NE33 (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 0.5

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 Arthur County

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