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Northampton County, Virginia: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Northampton County is 144.9 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 97 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (25), Brownfield property (19), Gas station (mapped facility) (16). EPA AirToxScreen estimates a lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics of 20 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: 37.3345, -75.8754.

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 Northampton County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	50.3	23.8	2.11xSignificant	34.7 to 71	2019-2023
Pancreas	Deaths	14.9	11.3	1.32x	9.1 to 25.3	2020-2024
Bladder	New cases	24.6	18.7	1.32x	16.3 to 37.2	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	New cases	64.9	51.8	1.25x	48.7 to 85.7	2019-2023
Pancreas	New cases	17.2	13.9	1.24x	10.5 to 28.5	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	37.3	30.2	1.24x	26 to 53.1	2020-2024
All cancer	New cases	531	453.4	1.17xSignificant	482 to 584.3	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	144.9	143.2	1.01x	123.5 to 170.1	2020-2024
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	16.2	17.9	0.91x	9.6 to 27.4	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 Northampton County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	13,341.6	9,842.6	+36%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	73.2	75.3	-3%	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	113.4	96.9	+17%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	39.3	28.6	+37%	deaths per 100,000

Air toxics and air quality

EPA AirToxScreen 2020

Lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics: 20 in a million. EPA treats 100 in a million as the upper end of acceptable risk and 1 in a million as the goal.

Formaldehyde15.36 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.98 per million
Acetaldehyde1.11 per million
Benzene0.81 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

NPDES wastewater discharge permit25
Brownfield property19
Gas station (mapped facility)16
Air permit holder (minor source)14
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)9
Public airport8
Heliport2
Major air pollution source1
Oil-fired power plant1
Solar power plant1
Scrapyard (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.

Bayview, Bayview
Oil-fired power plant.
Record ID 3782 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Severity 4
Conectiv Delmarva Generation Inc - Bayview, Cape Charles
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110001890810 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Cbbt-Parallel Thimble Shoal Tunnel Project, Virginia Beach
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $8,901.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070670948 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Poulson'S Cleaners, Exmore
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110001899651 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Eastern Shore Railroad Inc, Cape Charles
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110005223212 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Northampton Middle School, Machipongo
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010916526 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Eco-Industrial Park, Cape Charles
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110039543624 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Zapata Property, Cape Charles
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110039543642 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Meyers Property, Cape Charles
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110039543713 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Former School/Seafood, Cape Charles
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110039543731 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Kmc Property, Cape Charles
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110039543777 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Floyd Energy, Cape Charles
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071976365 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Benjamin'S Department Store, Exmore
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071981413 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Cape Charles Sea Salt, Cape Charles
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071982181 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Cheriton Texaco, Cheriton
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071982182 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Eastville School Buildings, Eastville
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071982183 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Exmore Drive-In Theater, Exmore
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071985774 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
El Maguey Restaurant, Exmore
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071986288 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Maranatha Baptist Church, Exmore
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071986289 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Exmore Depot, Exmore
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071986688 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Gladstone Lane Parcel, Exmore
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071986690 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Nassawadox Rail Site, Nassawadox
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071986692 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Cape Charles Town - Wastewater Treatment Plant, Cape Charles
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $53,375.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006686176 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.8
Bayshore Concrete Products Corp - Cape Charles, Cape Charles
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $3,179.
EPA FRS registry ID 110001889662 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital, Nassawadox
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110017143072 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.3

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 Northampton 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 Northampton 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.

Each Envyrofax address report includes a printable records request worksheet with the custodian and the exact request wording per finding.

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