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Camuy Municipio, Puerto Rico: environmental and disease records

County cancer statistics are not published for Camuy Municipio. Federal databases place 22 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Gas station (mapped facility) (7), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (6), Brownfield property (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: 18.4174, -66.8622.

How this county ranks in Puerto Rico

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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 Puerto Rico 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 Camuy Municipio
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: 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.

Formaldehyde14.73 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.8 per million
Benzene0.99 per million
Acetaldehyde0.97 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Gas station (mapped facility)7
NPDES wastewater discharge permit6
Brownfield property5
Scrapyard (mapped facility)2
Air permit holder (minor source)1
Auto repair or body shop (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.

Camuy, Camuy
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110055166396 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.8
Camuy-Hatillo Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant, Camuy
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110007820117 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.3
Jose Julian Acosta School, Camuy
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110042301363 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Bo. Quebrada Perez Parcel, Camuy
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071964389 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Old Fire Station, Camuy
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071965498 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Pan Am Shoe Co., Inc., Camuy
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071965500 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Finca Nolla, Camuy
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071982886 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Camuy-Hatillo Wwtp, Camuy
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110064872696 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Seamless Puerto Rico, Inc, Camuy
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110067432013 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Camuy Sport Complex, Camuy
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070237250 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Design & Build For Rehabilitation Of Arecibo And Camuy Trunk Sewer, Camuy
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071545940 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Camuy Dump, Camuy
Air permit holder (minor source).
EPA FRS registry ID 110007170658 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1
Total, Camuy
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID node/10295929863 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Total, Camuy
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID node/10295929900 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Total, Camuy
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID node/10295943670 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Total, Camuy
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID node/10295943698 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Texaco, Camuy
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID node/11170143556 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Puma, Camuy
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID node/11578005302 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Gulf, Camuy
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID node/12078892178 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
El Quijote Auto Body Inc., Camuy
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/1120855411 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Scrapyard
Scrapyard (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/527316687 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Scrapyard
Scrapyard (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/527627640 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1

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 Camuy Municipio

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