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Coos County, Oregon: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Coos County is 182.2 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2, a statistically significant excess. The strongest disease signals are Bladder deaths at 1.9 times the U.S. rate and Lung & bronchus deaths at 1.5 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 336 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (137), Rail grade crossing (96), Brownfield property (47). 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: 43.1487, -124.0589.

How this county ranks in Oregon

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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 Coos County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Bladder	Deaths	7.7	4.1	1.88xSignificant	5.6 to 10.6	2020-2024
Melanoma of the skin	Deaths	3	2	1.5x	1.7 to 5.1	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	44.2	30.2	1.46xSignificant	38.9 to 50.1	2020-2024
Leukemia	Deaths	7.6	5.7	1.33x	5.2 to 10.8	2020-2024
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	23.8	17.9	1.33xSignificant	19.2 to 29.2	2019-2023
Liver & bile duct	Deaths	8.7	6.6	1.32x	6.5 to 11.6	2020-2024
All cancer	Deaths	182.2	143.2	1.27xSignificant	170.7 to 194.4	2020-2024
Liver & bile duct	New cases	10.9	8.7	1.25x	8.3 to 14.2	2019-2023
Bladder	New cases	21.2	18.7	1.13x	17.6 to 25.5	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	New cases	58.7	51.8	1.13xSignificant	52.5 to 65.7	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	Deaths	5.4	4.8	1.13x	3.4 to 8.2	2020-2024
Kidney & renal pelvis	Deaths	3.8	3.4	1.12x	2.4 to 6.1	2020-2024
Esophagus	New cases	4.9	4.6	1.07x	3.1 to 7.5	2019-2023
Pancreas	Deaths	11.7	11.3	1.04x	9 to 15.2	2020-2024
All cancer	New cases	417.2	453.4	0.92x	398.8 to 436.5	2019-2023
Esophagus	Deaths	3.3	3.7	0.89x	1.9 to 5.4	2020-2024
Brain & nervous system	Deaths	3.8	4.4	0.86x	2.3 to 6.2	2020-2024
Pancreas	New cases	11.4	13.9	0.82x	8.7 to 14.9	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	14.4	18.5	0.78x	11 to 18.5	2019-2023
Leukemia	New cases	11.2	14.5	0.77x	8.1 to 15.1	2019-2023
Stomach	New cases	4.4	6.6	0.67x	2.6 to 7	2019-2023
Thyroid	New cases	8.3	13	0.64x	5.4 to 12.3	2019-2023
Brain & nervous system	New cases	3.7	6.2	0.6x	2.1 to 6.3	2019-2023
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	13.2	23.8	0.55x	10.3 to 17	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 Coos County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	10,128.9	9,842.6	+3%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	74.8	75.3	-1%	years
Child mortality	37.2	59.8	-38%	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	120.8	96.9	+25%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	20	28.6	-30%	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.

Formaldehyde10.54 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride3.01 per million
Naphthalene2.08 per million
Acetaldehyde1.64 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

NPDES wastewater discharge permit137
Rail grade crossing96
Brownfield property47
Gas station (mapped facility)17
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)10
Public airport5
Small hazardous waste generator5
TRI reporting facility5
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)5
Wastewater plant (mapped facility)4
Major air pollution source2
Commercial airport1
Heliport1
Scrapyard (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.

Roseburg Forest Products Co. - Coquille Plywood, Coquille
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Methanol, Acetaldehyde, Lead And Lead Compounds, Lead compounds and 2 more. Reports carcinogens. 192,082 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 97423RSBRGCEDAR (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 8.6
Coquille Plywood #6 Plant, Coquille
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110014171975 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6.6
Coos Bay Wwtp 1, Coos Bay
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $6,400.
EPA FRS registry ID 110045431145 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6.5
Powers Stp, Powers
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $12,800.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006696272 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
Coos Bay Stp 2, Coos Bay
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110039763422 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.3
Southwest Oregon Rgnl, North Bend
Commercial airport. O.
Record ID OTH (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 5
Coos Asphalt, Coos Bay
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene. Reports carcinogens. 1 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 97420CSSPH5959H (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 4.8
Coquille City Shop And Waste Water Plant, Coquille
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $8,044.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009817127 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Allweather Wood Llc, North Bend
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Copper compounds, Arsenic compounds, Copper And Copper Compounds, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region). Reports carcinogens.
TRI facility ID 97459CSBYL250SA (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 4.5
Myrtle Point Stp, Myrtle Point
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $100,650.
EPA FRS registry ID 110014205412 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Allweather Wood, North Bend
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000488464 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
Coquille Plywood #6 Plant, Coquille
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110014171975 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
Conrad Wood Preserving, North Bend
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110014285978 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
Knife River Materials, Coos Bay
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110031019779 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
Laskey-Clifton Rock Products, Coos Bay
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110037149993 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
Charleston Division, Charleston
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $2,985,262.
EPA FRS registry ID 110069591855 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
Millington Concrete, Coos Bay
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds. 10 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 97420LTMML62155 (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 3.8
Beaver Hill Incinerator And Disposal Site, Coquille
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110014177434 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.8
North Bend Stp, North Bend
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000579133 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Coquille Plywood #6 Plant, Coquille
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110014171975 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Bandon Stp, Bandon
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009156064 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.3
Beaver Hill Incinerator And Disposal Site, Coquille
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110014177434 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.3
Central Dock Co., Coos Bay
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110004779945 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Hillstrom, Coos Bay
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110004806719 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Sweet Trucking, Coos Bay
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006697672 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 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 Coos County

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