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Ciales Municipio, Puerto Rico: environmental and disease records

County cancer statistics are not published for Ciales Municipio. Federal databases place 14 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (6), Gas station (mapped facility) (5), Air permit holder (minor source) (3). EPA AirToxScreen estimates a lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics of 30 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: 18.2636, -66.5074.

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 Ciales 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: 30 in a million. EPA treats 100 in a million as the upper end of acceptable risk and 1 in a million as the goal.

Formaldehyde20.4 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.77 per million
Acetaldehyde1.62 per million
Benzene1.03 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

NPDES wastewater discharge permit6
Gas station (mapped facility)5
Air permit holder (minor source)3

Highest-severity records

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

Ciales Wastewater Treatment Plant, Ciales
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000557424 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Prasa Las Delicias Wtp, Ciales
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110013689035 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.8
Prasa Fronton, Ciales
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110013695741 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.8
Jaguas & Pesas Filter Plant, Ciales
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009814184 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Ciales Urbano System, Ciales
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110013721455 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Municipality Of Ciales, Ciales
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110060367133 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Torrefaccion Cafe, Ciales
Air permit holder (minor source).
EPA FRS registry ID 110001659848 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1
Gravarena, Ciales
Air permit holder (minor source).
EPA FRS registry ID 110002063481 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1
Planta Carbon Calizo, Ciales
Air permit holder (minor source).
EPA FRS registry ID 110007170756 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1
Texaco, Ciales
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID node/10589645205 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Phillips 66, Ciales
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID node/10589645314 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Gulf, Ciales
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID node/10589645344 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Mobil, Ciales
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID node/11559347777 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Gulf, Ciales
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID node/13063887108 (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 Ciales 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 Ciales 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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