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2011 | Borden, Texas | Air pollution-ozone days

Summary Information

Range in Texas
(Min-Max):
0-41
Overall in Texas: 18
National Benchmark: 0 (90th percentile)

Ranking Methodology

Summary Measure: Health Factors - Physical Environment (Air Quality)
Weight in Health Factors: 2.5%
Years of Data Used: 2006
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The air pollution—ozone measure represents the annual number of days that air quality was unhealthy for sensitive populations due to ozone levels.

The Public Health Air Surveillance Evaluation (PHASE) project, a collaborative effort between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the EPA, used Community Multi-Scale Air Quality Model (CMAQ) output and air quality monitor data to create a spatial-temporal model that estimated daily ozone concentrations throughout the year. The PHASE estimates were used to calculate the number of days per year that air quality in a county was unhealthy for sensitive population due to ozone.  The state and national values are an average of county values weighted by population size.

The relationship between elevated air pollution—particularly fine particulate matter and ozone—and compromised health has been well documented. The negative consequences of ambient air pollution include decreased lung function, chronic bronchitis, asthma, and other adverse pulmonary effects.

More Information

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Ozone Days Number of days in 2006 that air quality was unhealthy due to ozone
Z-Score (Measure - Average of TX counties)/(Standard Deviation)
PlaceOzone DaysZ-Score
Anderson0-0.35
Andrews0-0.35
Angelina0-0.35
Aransas0-0.35
Archer0-0.35
Armstrong0NR
Atascosa0-0.35
Austin1-0.20
Bailey0-0.35
Bandera0-0.35
Bastrop0-0.35
Baylor0-0.35
Bee0-0.35
Bell0-0.35
Bexar212.85
Blanco0-0.35
Borden0NR
Bosque0-0.35
Bowie0-0.35
Brazoria273.77
Brazos0-0.35
Brewster0-0.35
Briscoe0NR
Brooks0-0.35
Brown0-0.35
Burleson0-0.35
Burnet0-0.35
Caldwell0-0.35
Calhoun0-0.35
Callahan0-0.35
Cameron0-0.35
Camp0-0.35
Carson0-0.35
Cass0-0.35
Castro0-0.35
Chambers30.10
Cherokee0-0.35
Childress0-0.35
Clay30.10
Cochran0-0.35
Coke0NR
Coleman0-0.35
Collin283.92
Collingsworth0-0.35
Colorado0-0.35
Comal0-0.35
Comanche0-0.35
Concho0NR
Cooke131.63
Coryell0-0.35
Cottle0NR
Crane0-0.35
Crockett0-0.35
Crosby0-0.35
Culberson0-0.35
Dallam0-0.35
Dallas294.08
Dawson0-0.35
Deaf Smith0-0.35
Delta0-0.35
Denton324.53
DeWitt0-0.35
Dickens0NR
Dimmit0-0.35
Donley0-0.35
Duval0-0.35
Eastland0-0.35
Ector0-0.35
Edwards0NR
El Paso101.17
Ellis101.17
Erath0-0.35
Falls0-0.35
Fannin1-0.20
Fayette0-0.35
Fisher0-0.35
Floyd0-0.35
Foard0NR
Fort Bend2-0.05
Franklin0-0.35
Freestone0-0.35
Frio0-0.35
Gaines0-0.35
Galveston101.17
Garza0-0.35
Gillespie0-0.35
Glasscock0NR
Goliad0-0.35
Gonzales0-0.35
Gray0-0.35
Grayson91.02
Gregg141.78
Grimes0-0.35
Guadalupe0-0.35
Hale0-0.35
Hall0-0.35
Hamilton0-0.35
Hansford0-0.35
Hardeman0-0.35
Hardin1-0.20
Harris415.91
Harrison80.87
Hartley0-0.35
Haskell0-0.35
Hays30.10
Hemphill0NR
Henderson0-0.35
Hidalgo0-0.35
Hill0-0.35
Hockley0-0.35
Hood101.17
Hopkins0-0.35
Houston0-0.35
Howard0-0.35
Hudspeth0-0.35
Hunt80.87
Hutchinson0-0.35
Irion0NR
Jack2-0.05
Jackson0-0.35
Jasper0-0.35
Jeff Davis0NR
Jefferson223.01
Jim Hogg0-0.35
Jim Wells0-0.35
Johnson91.02
Jones0-0.35
Karnes0-0.35
Kaufman70.72
Kendall50.41
Kenedy0NR
Kent0NR
Kerr0-0.35
Kimble0-0.35
King0NR
Kinney0NR
Kleberg0-0.35
Knox0-0.35
La Salle0-0.35
Lamar0-0.35
Lamb0-0.35
Lampasas0-0.35
Lavaca0-0.35
Lee0-0.35
Leon0-0.35
Liberty30.10
Limestone0-0.35
Lipscomb0NR
Live Oak0-0.35
Llano0-0.35
Loving0NR
Lubbock0-0.35
Lynn0-0.35
Madison0-0.35
Marion1-0.20
Martin0-0.35
Mason0NR
Matagorda0-0.35
Maverick0-0.35
McCulloch0-0.35
McLennan0-0.35
McMullen0NR
Medina0-0.35
Menard0NR
Midland0-0.35
Milam0-0.35
Mills0-0.35
Mitchell0-0.35
Montague101.17
Montgomery121.48
Moore0-0.35
Morris0-0.35
Motley0NR
Nacogdoches0-0.35
Navarro0-0.35
Newton0-0.35
Nolan0-0.35
Nueces2-0.05
Ochiltree0-0.35
Oldham0NR
Orange60.56
Palo Pinto1-0.20
Panola0-0.35
Parker172.24
Parmer0-0.35
Pecos0-0.35
Polk0-0.35
Potter0-0.35
Presidio0-0.35
Rains0-0.35
Randall0-0.35
Reagan0-0.35
Real0-0.35
Red River0-0.35
Reeves0-0.35
Refugio0-0.35
Roberts0NR
Robertson0-0.35
Rockwall141.78
Runnels0-0.35
Rusk40.26
Sabine0-0.35
San Augustine0-0.35
San Jacinto0-0.35
San Patricio0-0.35
San Saba0-0.35
Schleicher0NR
Scurry0-0.35
Shackelford0-0.35
Shelby0-0.35
Sherman0NR
Smith162.09
Somervell80.87
Starr0-0.35
Stephens0-0.35
Sterling0NR
Stonewall0NR
Sutton0-0.35
Swisher0-0.35
Tarrant395.60
Taylor0-0.35
Terrell0NR
Terry0-0.35
Throckmorton0NR
Titus0-0.35
Tom Green0-0.35
Travis162.09
Trinity0-0.35
Tyler0-0.35
Upshur1-0.20
Upton0-0.35
Uvalde0-0.35
Val Verde0-0.35
Van Zandt0-0.35
Victoria2-0.05
Walker0-0.35
Waller1-0.20
Ward0-0.35
Washington0-0.35
Webb0-0.35
Wharton0-0.35
Wheeler0-0.35
Wichita30.10
Wilbarger0-0.35
Willacy0-0.35
Williamson40.26
Wilson30.10
Winkler0-0.35
Wise253.47
Wood0-0.35
Yoakum0-0.35
Young0-0.35
Zapata0-0.35
Zavala0-0.35

NR in Z-Score column indicates county "not ranked"