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Cannon County, Tennessee: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Cannon County is 166.9 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. The strongest disease signals are Lung & bronchus deaths at 1.4 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 38 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (23), Gas station (mapped facility) (7), Air permit holder (minor source) (6). 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: 35.8136, -86.0496.

How this county ranks in Tennessee

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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 Cannon County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Lung & bronchus	New cases	78.9	51.8	1.52xSignificant	62.5 to 98.9	2019-2023
Bladder	New cases	28.2	18.7	1.51x	18.7 to 41.4	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	43.7	30.2	1.45xSignificant	31.4 to 59.6	2020-2024
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	24.3	17.9	1.36x	15.6 to 36.8	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	166.9	143.2	1.17x	141.5 to 195.8	2020-2024
All cancer	New cases	510.8	453.4	1.13xSignificant	465.5 to 559.7	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	18.9	18.5	1.02x	11 to 30.7	2019-2023
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	18.2	23.8	0.76x	10.1 to 30.3	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 Cannon County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	15,228.1	9,842.6	+55%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	71.3	75.3	-5%	years
Child mortality	102.4	59.8	+71%	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	150	96.9	+55%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	63.4	28.6	+122%	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.

Formaldehyde19.91 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.88 per million
Acetaldehyde2.06 per million
Benzene0.8 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

NPDES wastewater discharge permit23
Gas station (mapped facility)7
Air permit holder (minor source)6
Heliport1
Wastewater plant (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.

Composite Solutions, Llc, Woodbury
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070248633 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Woodbury Quarry, Woodbury
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $40,716.
EPA FRS registry ID 110056980904 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.8
Composite Solutions, Llc, Woodbury
Air permit holder (minor source).
EPA FRS registry ID 110070248633 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.8
Woodbury Stp, Woodbury
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110064252124 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Woodbury Sewage Plant, Woodbury
Wastewater plant (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/1364064494 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2
Smith'S Truck Salvage, Woodbury
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110056407758 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.8
Hawkins Asphalt Paving, Llc, Woodbury
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070229255 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.8
Composite Solutions Llc, Woodbury
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110002371763 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Stones River Quarry, Woodbury
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110054131756 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Woodbury Auto Salvage And Recycling Llc, Woodbury
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110056407543 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Ivy Bluff Auto Salvage, Ivy Bluff Community
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070002026 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Lot 7 Southern Villages, Woodbury
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070384133 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Higgins Family Partnership Stream Alteration, Woodbury
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070530388 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Dollar General Store, Bradyville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071345693 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Woodbury Grammar School Addition, Woodbury
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071374887 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Cannon Hills Subdivision, Jackson Landing, Woodbury
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071376749 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Hall Excavation Llc- Fill Site, Woodbury
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071402032 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Sunny Slope Baptist Church, Woodbury
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071405040 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Town Of Woodbury - Short Mountain Road Water Line Replacement, Center Hill
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071500998 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Town Of Woodbury - Petty Gap Road Water Line Extension, Woodbury
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071502370 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Jackson Landing Phase 1 & 2 , Cannon Hills Subdivision, Woodbury
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071821669 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Dollar General Store, Woodbury
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071944978 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Cannon County Fire Hall, Woodbury
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072227754 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Tractor Supply Company - Woodbury, Woodbury
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072232410 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Roller Stream And Wetland Mitigation Site, Mcminnville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072247521 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5

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 Cannon County

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