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Essex County, Virginia: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Essex County is 184.7 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 48 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (17), Air permit holder (minor source) (14), Gas station (mapped facility) (9). 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: 37.9449, -76.9704.

How this county ranks in Virginia

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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 Essex County compared with the United States
CancerMeasureCounty rateU.S. rateTimes U.S.95% intervalYears
Lung & bronchusDeaths44.430.21.47xSignificant30.9 to 62.82020-2024
BladderNew cases2718.71.44x17.2 to 41.82019-2023
Lung & bronchusNew cases67.351.81.3x50.3 to 89.22019-2023
All cancerDeaths184.7143.21.29xSignificant155.7 to 218.42020-2024
All cancerNew cases552.9453.41.22xSignificant499.7 to 610.92019-2023

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 Essex County
MeasureCountyU.S. medianDifferenceUnit
Premature death12,685.39,842.6+29%years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy7375.3-3%years
Child mortality116.859.8+95%deaths under age 18 per 100,000
Infant mortalityn/a6.2n/adeaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Injury deaths118.596.9+22%deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths49.828.6+74%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.

  • Formaldehyde18.84 per million
  • Carbon Tetrachloride2.98 per million
  • Acetaldehyde1.84 per million
  • Ethylene Oxide1.23 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

  • NPDES wastewater discharge permit17
  • Air permit holder (minor source)14
  • Gas station (mapped facility)9
  • Small hazardous waste generator4
  • Public airport1
  • Commercial airport1
  • Heliport1
  • Solar power plant1

Highest-severity records

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

  1. Fdp Brakes Of Virginia, Tappahannock

    Small hazardous waste generator.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000341041 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.5

  2. Fdp Brakes Of Virginia, Tappahannock

    Air permit holder (minor source).

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000341041 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4

  3. Fdp Brakes Of Virginia, Tappahannock

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110056636136 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3

  4. Riverside Tappahannock Hospital, Tappahannock

    Air permit holder (minor source).

    EPA FRS registry ID 110020671593 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 2.5

  5. Tappahannock/Essex County, Tappahannock

    Commercial airport. O.

    Record ID XSA (FAA / U.S. DOT)

    Severity 2

  6. Town Of Tappahannock Wastewater Treatment Plant, Tappahannock

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110058019040 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.8

  7. Lagrange Auto Parts And Salvage Llc, Tappahannock

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071277182 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.8

  8. Perdue - Tappahannock/Essex, Tappahannock

    Small hazardous waste generator.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110008183795 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  9. Lowe'S Of Tappahannock, Va #2624, Tappahannock

    Small hazardous waste generator.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110061707586 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  10. Essex Concrete Corporation - Tappahannock, Tappahannock

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070569611 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  11. Essex House, Tappahannock

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070604258 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  12. Millers Tavern Auto Parts Llc, Millers Tavern

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070875261 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  13. Essex Recycling Inc, Tappahannock

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070876197 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  14. Modwash, Tappahannock

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071500797 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  15. Central Park Town Of Tappahannock, Tappahannock

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071505263 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  16. Riverstone Apartments, Tappahannock

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071506267 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  17. Lanexa Northern Neck 230kv Transmission Line 224 R, Essex

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071506536 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  18. Dunkin Donuts, Tappahannock

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071507905 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  19. Wawa - Tappahannock, Tappahannock

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071513672 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  20. Wind Farms Llc, Essex County

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071658238 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  21. Starbucks 1405 Tappahannock Blvd, Tappahannock

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071670306 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  22. Sgs - Tappahannock, Tappahannock

    Small hazardous waste generator.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071714933 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  23. Box Hangar Site Development @ Tappahannock-Essex C, Tappahannock

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110072084911 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  24. Hoskins Creek Land Improvement, Tappahannock

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110072256942 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  25. Tidewater Lumber, Tappahannock

    Air permit holder (minor source).

    EPA FRS registry ID 110001886834 (U.S. EPA ECHO) 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 Essex County

  • Virginia 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 Essex County, and their findings.

  • Virginia vital statistics office

    Death certificate counts by cause of death and residence tract or ZIP code, and the years behind the mortality measures above.

  • Virginia health department, environmental epidemiology

    Health consultations or assessments by ATSDR or the state health department covering the county, and any exposure investigations.

  • Virginia 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.

  • Virginia 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.

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