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Rains County, Texas: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Rains County is 170.1 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 1.4 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 36 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (23), Gas station (mapped facility) (6), Public airport (2). 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: 32.8456, -95.8015.

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 Rains County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Lung & bronchus	New cases	83	51.8	1.6xSignificant	66.3 to 103.7	2019-2023
Thyroid	New cases	19.1	13	1.47x	10.2 to 33.1	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	43.3	30.2	1.43xSignificant	31.6 to 58.8	2020-2024
Pancreas	Deaths	15.7	11.3	1.39x	9.4 to 26.3	2020-2024
Pancreas	New cases	17.7	13.9	1.27x	10.2 to 29.5	2019-2023
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	21.9	17.9	1.22x	13.2 to 35.2	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	170.1	143.2	1.19xSignificant	145.6 to 198.4	2020-2024
Bladder	New cases	21.8	18.7	1.17x	13.5 to 34.4	2019-2023
All cancer	New cases	526.1	453.4	1.16xSignificant	480.4 to 575.7	2019-2023
Leukemia	New cases	16.8	14.5	1.16x	9.6 to 28.3	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	18.1	18.5	0.98x	10.9 to 29.7	2019-2023
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	17	23.8	0.71x	9.5 to 29	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 Rains County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	9,816.8	9,842.6	-0%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	75.3	75.3	+0%	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	100.7	96.9	+4%	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.

Formaldehyde23.16 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.9 per million
Acetaldehyde1.93 per million
Ethylene Oxide1.6 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

36 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)6
Public airport2
Major air pollution source1
Air permit holder (minor source)1
Brownfield property1
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.

East Tawakoni Wwtf, East Tawakoni
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009774921 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Point West Wwtf, Point
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $150,157.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009777982 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
Point East Plant Wwtf, Point
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $150,157.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010121545 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
City Of Emory Wwtp, Emory
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009780843 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.8
Sulphur River Gathering, L.P., Emory
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110007198772 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Lake Tawakoni Rv Campground Wwtf, Rains County
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $2,813.
EPA FRS registry ID 110025310731 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Old Bullard Estate, Emory
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110015332978 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Steamboat Shores Wwtp, Emory
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009773496 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
City Of Point Wwtf, Point
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $150,157.
EPA FRS registry ID 110015597497 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.8
Point East Plant Wwtf, Point
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071508514 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.8
West Plant Wwtp, Point
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071514200 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Wastewater Plant
Wastewater plant (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/1367123436 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2
Bright Star-Salem Surface Wtp, Emory
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110064420513 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.8
Point Water Treatment Facility, Point
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071540020 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.8
Lake Fork Country Club Estatess Wwtf, Emory
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110027243891 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Springville Farms, Emory
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110054922697 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Txi Emory Ready Mix, Emory
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110061542692 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Txdot-Par-Csj 0108-10-024, Emory
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070190691 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Kearney Trailers, Emory
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070289616 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Kearney Trailers, Emory
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070373080 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Vintage Shores, East Tawakoni
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070837820 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Txdot - Par - Csj 2277-01-010, Emory
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071097681 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Us 69 Csj 0203-05-047, Alba
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071660154 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Gaston Hauling, Emory
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071708006 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Potts Feed Store, Emory
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071959140 (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 Rains 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 Rains 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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