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Mingo County, West Virginia: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Mingo County is 216.6 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 2.2 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 384 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (207), Rail grade crossing (134), Air permit holder (minor source) (20). 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: 37.7431, -82.2157.

How this county ranks in West 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 Mingo County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	67.2	30.2	2.23xSignificant	55 to 81.6	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	New cases	107	51.8	2.07xSignificant	91.5 to 124.7	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	216.6	143.2	1.51xSignificant	193.5 to 241.8	2020-2024
Liver & bile duct	New cases	10.5	8.7	1.21x	6.4 to 17	2019-2023
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	21.5	17.9	1.2x	14.6 to 30.8	2019-2023
All cancer	New cases	513.6	453.4	1.13xSignificant	477.2 to 552.4	2019-2023
Pancreas	New cases	15.6	13.9	1.12x	9.9 to 23.9	2019-2023
Leukemia	New cases	15.6	14.5	1.08x	9.9 to 23.7	2019-2023
Pancreas	Deaths	11.6	11.3	1.03x	6.6 to 19.1	2020-2024
Bladder	New cases	18.2	18.7	0.97x	11.9 to 27	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	13.6	18.5	0.74x	8.2 to 21.4	2019-2023
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	14.1	23.8	0.59x	8.5 to 22.2	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 Mingo County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	22,436.8	9,842.6	+128%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	65.8	75.3	-13%	years
Child mortality	67.5	59.8	+13%	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	169.3	96.9	+75%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	119.7	28.6	+318%	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.

Formaldehyde17.71 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.87 per million
Acetaldehyde1.83 per million
Benzene1.21 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

NPDES wastewater discharge permit207
Rail grade crossing134
Air permit holder (minor source)20
Brownfield property9
Gas station (mapped facility)9
Commercial airport1
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)1
Industrial wastewater discharge1
Scrapyard (mapped facility)1
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.

Williamson City Of, Williamson
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000877454 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6
J. Fredrick Harless, Gilbert
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009117482 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Matewan Town Of, Matewan
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010866401 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Naugatuck Water Plant, Naugatuck
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110027249403 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Spring Fork Surface Mine No. 1, Oak Hill
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110069572974 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Tug Valley Prep Plant, Naugatuck
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010852407 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Preparation Plant And Refuse Disposal Area No. 1, Matewan
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010857545 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Spruce Creek #4 Mine, Naugatuck
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010859507 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Sa, Sb Mines, Gilbert
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010859892 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Hobet #7 Surface Mine, Holden
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010862094 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Mine No. 20, Thacker Prep Plant, Millseat Refuse Area, Edgarton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010862735 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Chafin Branch Coal Company, Gilbert
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010862762 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Mine No. 1, Naugatuck
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010864252 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Delbarton Town Of, Delbarton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010865055 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Ragland Loadout Facilities, Holden
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010867446 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Goodwill Motor Company Inc., Delbarton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010870156 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Lexington Coal Company, Llc, Sprouse Creek Plant, Lobata
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110012816453 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Laurel Creek Mine No. 5, Holden
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110020037404 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Kirk Trucking, Kermit
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110024874992 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Stacy Equipment And Repair, Gilbert
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110032828028 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Dingess Surface Mine, Dingess
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110038522097 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Pete Branch 1a Surface Mine, Beckley
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110042249046 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Laurel Lake Wma, Lenore
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110044765233 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Gilbert Maint Hq, Gilbert
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110046132788 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Mingo Cnty Main Hq, Williamson
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110046132822 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3

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 Mingo County

West 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 Mingo County, and their findings.
West 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.
West Virginia health department, environmental epidemiology
Health consultations or assessments by ATSDR or the state health department covering the county, and any exposure investigations.
West 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.
West 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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