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Broome County, New York: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Broome County is 147.7 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. The strongest disease signals are Esophagus deaths at 1.7 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 823 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (248), Large hazardous waste generator (125), Rail grade crossing (117). 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: 42.2061, -75.8613.

How this county ranks in New York

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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 Broome County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Esophagus	Deaths	6.2	3.7	1.68xSignificant	5 to 7.7	2020-2024
Esophagus	New cases	7.4	4.6	1.61xSignificant	6 to 9	2019-2023
Bladder	New cases	24.8	18.7	1.33xSignificant	22.2 to 27.6	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	Deaths	6	4.8	1.25x	4.8 to 7.5	2020-2024
Thyroid	New cases	15.4	13	1.18x	12.9 to 18.3	2019-2023
Kidney & renal pelvis	Deaths	3.9	3.4	1.15x	2.9 to 5.2	2020-2024
Brain & nervous system	Deaths	4.9	4.4	1.11x	3.7 to 6.4	2020-2024
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	26.3	23.8	1.11x	23.4 to 29.5	2019-2023
All cancer	New cases	498.3	453.4	1.1xSignificant	485.8 to 511.1	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	New cases	56.1	51.8	1.08xSignificant	52.3 to 60.2	2019-2023
Stomach	New cases	7.1	6.6	1.08x	5.7 to 8.8	2019-2023
Pancreas	New cases	14.9	13.9	1.07x	12.8 to 17.2	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	147.7	143.2	1.03x	141.3 to 154.3	2020-2024
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	19	18.5	1.03x	16.7 to 21.6	2019-2023
Bladder	Deaths	4.2	4.1	1.02x	3.2 to 5.4	2020-2024
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	18	17.9	1.01x	15.6 to 20.7	2019-2023
Leukemia	New cases	14.4	14.5	0.99x	12.4 to 16.8	2019-2023
Pancreas	Deaths	11.2	11.3	0.99x	9.5 to 13.1	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	29.5	30.2	0.98x	26.8 to 32.5	2020-2024
Leukemia	Deaths	5.5	5.7	0.96x	4.3 to 7	2020-2024
Liver & bile duct	New cases	8.2	8.7	0.94x	6.8 to 9.9	2019-2023
Liver & bile duct	Deaths	6	6.6	0.91x	4.8 to 7.5	2020-2024
Brain & nervous system	New cases	5	6.2	0.81x	3.8 to 6.6	2019-2023
Childhood cancer (under 15)	New cases	12.3	16.4	0.75x	7.4 to 19.3	2019-2023
Melanoma of the skin	Deaths	1.5	2	0.75x	1 to 2.3	2020-2024
Stomach	Deaths	1.1	2.7	0.41x	0.7 to 1.9	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 Broome County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	9,128.2	9,842.6	-7%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	76.5	75.3	+2%	years
Child mortality	44.6	59.8	-25%	deaths under age 18 per 100,000
Infant mortality	5	6.2	-19%	deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Injury deaths	79	96.9	-19%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	45.9	28.6	+61%	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.

Formaldehyde13.57 per million
Benzene3.02 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.92 per million
Acetaldehyde1.51 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

NPDES wastewater discharge permit248
Large hazardous waste generator125
Rail grade crossing117
Air permit holder (minor source)108
Small hazardous waste generator77
Gas station (mapped facility)53
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)31
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)11
Brownfield property10
TRI reporting facility8
Large greenhouse gas emitter7
Superfund (NPL) site5
Major air pollution source4
Wastewater plant (mapped facility)4
Hazardous waste transporter3
Commercial airport2
Heliport2
Landfill (mapped facility)2
Solar power plant2
Public airport1
Dry cleaner (mapped facility)1
Biomass power plant1
Gas power plant1

Highest-severity records

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

Robintech, Inc./National Pipe Co., Town Of Vestal
Superfund (NPL) site. Hazard Ranking System score 30.8. NPL Site.
EPA site ID NYD002232957 (U.S. EPA Superfund (SEMS/NPL)) Agency record
Severity 10
Tri-Cities Barrel Co., Inc., Port Crane
Superfund (NPL) site. Hazard Ranking System score 44.1. NPL Site.
EPA site ID NYD980509285 (U.S. EPA Superfund (SEMS/NPL)) Agency record
Severity 10
Vestal Water Supply Well 1-1, Vestal
Superfund (NPL) site. Hazard Ranking System score 37.9. NPL Site.
EPA site ID NYD980763767 (U.S. EPA Superfund (SEMS/NPL)) Agency record
Severity 10
Colesville Municipal Landfill, Town Of Colesville
Superfund (NPL) site. Hazard Ranking System score 30.3. NPL Site.
EPA site ID NYD980768691 (U.S. EPA Superfund (SEMS/NPL)) Agency record
Severity 10
Endicott Village Well Field, Village Of Endicott
Superfund (NPL) site. Hazard Ranking System score 35.6. NPL Site.
EPA site ID NYD980780746 (U.S. EPA Superfund (SEMS/NPL)) Agency record
Severity 10
Triple Cities Metal Finishing Corporatio, Binghamton
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110012708276 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 8.1
Binghamton-Johnson (C) Jnt Stp, Vestal
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $49,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006620745 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 7
Chenango Northgate Wwtp, Binghamton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $50,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006700739 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 7
Village Of Endicott Water Polution Control Plant, Endicott
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $35,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000546534 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6
Triple Cities Metal Finishing Corporatio, Binghamton
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110012708276 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6
Trivium Packaging Usa Inc, Conklin
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Xylene (mixed isomers), n-Butyl alcohol. 5,079 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 1374WTRVMP379BR (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 5.8
Shady Maple Mobile Home Park, Lisle
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $3,420.
EPA FRS registry ID 110019285414 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
Pride Manor Park Mhp, Conklin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $25,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110019640502 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
Xpo Logistics Freight Inc - Xbh, Binghamton
Small hazardous waste generator. Penalties $53,460.
EPA FRS registry ID 110030897670 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
Xpo Logistics Freight Inc - Xbh, Binghamton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $53,460.
EPA FRS registry ID 110030897670 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
Manns Mobile Community, Johnson City
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $20,100.
EPA FRS registry ID 110069471084 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
Imperium 3 New York, Inc., Endicott
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $1,300.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071242384 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
Bae Systems Controls Inc, Endicott
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Lead. Reports carcinogens. 14 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 1376WBSYST198CL (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 5.4
Triple Cities Metal Finishing Corp, Binghamton
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Nitric acid, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). 1,250 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 13904TRPLC349IN (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 5.4
Trivium Packaging, Conklin
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110041931318 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.4
Amrex Chemical Company, Inc (Main Facility), Binghamton
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000326291 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.3
Vestal Asphalt, Inc, Vestal
Small hazardous waste generator. Penalties $750.
EPA FRS registry ID 110038898958 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.3
Vestal Asphalt, Inc, Vestal
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $750.
EPA FRS registry ID 110038898958 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.3
Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Fld, Binghamton
Commercial airport. O.
Record ID BGM (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 5
Frito Lay, Kirkwood
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000326282 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.8

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 Broome County

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