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Coryell County, Texas: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Coryell County is 178.1 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2, a statistically significant excess. The strongest disease signals are Lung & bronchus deaths at 1.5 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 163 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (101), Gas station (mapped facility) (23), Air permit holder (minor source) (8). 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: 31.3934, -97.8006.

How this county ranks in Texas

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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 Coryell County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	44.8	30.2	1.48xSignificant	38.1 to 52.4	2020-2024
Kidney & renal pelvis	Deaths	5	3.4	1.47x	2.9 to 8	2020-2024
Bladder	Deaths	5.9	4.1	1.44x	3.6 to 9.1	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	New cases	71	51.8	1.37xSignificant	62.6 to 80.3	2019-2023
Liver & bile duct	New cases	11.7	8.7	1.34x	8.5 to 15.8	2019-2023
Esophagus	Deaths	4.9	3.7	1.32x	2.9 to 7.8	2020-2024
Pancreas	Deaths	14.5	11.3	1.28x	10.8 to 19	2020-2024
Esophagus	New cases	5.8	4.6	1.26x	3.6 to 8.9	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	178.1	143.2	1.24xSignificant	164.4 to 192.6	2020-2024
Bladder	New cases	23.1	18.7	1.24x	18.3 to 28.7	2019-2023
Leukemia	New cases	17.5	14.5	1.21x	13.5 to 22.4	2019-2023
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	21.1	17.9	1.18x	16.6 to 26.3	2019-2023
Brain & nervous system	New cases	7.3	6.2	1.18x	4.8 to 10.6	2019-2023
Brain & nervous system	Deaths	5.1	4.4	1.16x	3.1 to 8	2020-2024
Leukemia	Deaths	6.2	5.7	1.09x	3.9 to 9.4	2020-2024
Pancreas	New cases	14.5	13.9	1.04x	10.7 to 19	2019-2023
All cancer	New cases	457.3	453.4	1.01x	435.6 to 479.9	2019-2023
Liver & bile duct	Deaths	6.5	6.6	0.98x	4.2 to 9.7	2020-2024
Stomach	New cases	5.6	6.6	0.85x	3.5 to 8.6	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	14.7	18.5	0.79x	11 to 19.2	2019-2023
Thyroid	New cases	9.5	13	0.73x	6.7 to 13	2019-2023
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	15.3	23.8	0.64x	11.5 to 19.9	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 Coryell County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	8,664.7	9,842.6	-12%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	75.3	75.3	+0%	years
Child mortality	58.9	59.8	-1%	deaths under age 18 per 100,000
Infant mortality	6.5	6.2	+5%	deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Injury deaths	62.3	96.9	-36%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	9.3	28.6	-67%	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.

Formaldehyde19.65 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.83 per million
Acetaldehyde1.44 per million
Benzene0.7 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

NPDES wastewater discharge permit101
Gas station (mapped facility)23
Air permit holder (minor source)8
Rail grade crossing8
Public airport5
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)4
Scrapyard (mapped facility)4
Brownfield property2
Dry cleaner (mapped facility)2
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)2
Commercial airport1
Hazardous waste transporter1
Solar power plant1
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.

City Of Oglesby Wwtp, Oglesby
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $40,600.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009774832 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
Copperas Cove South Wwtf, Copperas Cove
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $875.
EPA FRS registry ID 110064641179 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.8
Leon Plant Wwtp, Gatesville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $875.
EPA FRS registry ID 110064622733 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
City Of Copperas Cove, Copperas Cove
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110002051387 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Copperas Cove Northeast Wwtp, Copperas Cove
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009746506 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Stillhouse Branch Wwtp, Gatesville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110064646389 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.3
Gatesville Ready Mix, Gatesville
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Lead And Lead Compounds.
TRI facility ID 7652WGTSVL336SU (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 3
Fort Hood Ready Mix, Fort Hood
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Lead And Lead Compounds.
TRI facility ID 7654WFRTHDBLDG5 (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 3
Copperas Cove Treatment Plant No. 1, Copperas Cove
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110015335653 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Rotunda Property, Gatesville
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071967759 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Northwest Wasterwater Treatment Plant, Copperas Cove
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $875.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070358871 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Stillhouse Branch Wwtp, Gatesville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $875.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070366759 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant, Copperas Cove
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $875.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071344981 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Gatesville Muni, Gatesville
Commercial airport. O.
Record ID GOP (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Best Cleaners
Dry cleaner (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID node/3942767661 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2
The Cleaners (AAFES)
Dry cleaner (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID node/9386997848 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2
Wastewater Plant
Wastewater plant (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/950705949 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2
Stillhouse Wastewater Treatment Plant, Gatesville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000504222 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
City Of Evant Wwtp, Evant
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009746294 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Oglesby Quarry, Oglesby
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110022570537 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Lehigh Cement - Oglesby Quarry, Oglesby
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110022863775 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Kalyn Siebert Gatesville Facility, Gatesville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110033821149 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Naval Weapons Ind. Reserve Plt, Mc Gregor
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110034201619 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Copperas Cove High School, Copperas Cove
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110034280515 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Quinton & Sons, Gatesville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110034767688 (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 Coryell County

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