It has been a week since SCROTUS reversed their Roe vs. Wade decision on abortion and made other revolting decisions on guns, school prayer and the environment to name a few. It has also been about 5 days since former White House aide Cassady Hutchinson gave damning testimony on Trump’s role in the Jan 6Continue reading “Post Roe Reversal and Cassidy Hutchinson Polls on Trump and the GOP”
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A look at Race/Ethnicity and South Central PA COVID Vaccination and Case Mortality Rates
I have been using the stat package R to create graphics. Above is a graph from R that uses the same variables in a graph from the last post: case mortality and the average number of mentally unhealthy days in the last month. I was able to add another layer to the graph byContinue reading “A look at Race/Ethnicity and South Central PA COVID Vaccination and Case Mortality Rates”
County Health Rankings and COVID Case Mortality
I finished being at the Juneteenth festivities in Johnstown and am ready to get back to county health rankings (CHR) and local COVID numbers. Case mortality (the number of deceased divided by the number of cases) will be the focus of this post. Two weeks ago, I focused on vaccination rates in the 10 county region. CaseContinue reading “County Health Rankings and COVID Case Mortality”
County Health Rankings Statistics and COVID Vaccination Rates
I have talked in the last few posts about COVID rates and County Health Rankings (CHR). I flagged significant correlations between the rates and the rankings (greater than 0.632 or less than -0.632 for 10 counties). While the rankings are easy to explain and are often quoted in the media, the individual statistics (more thanContinue reading “County Health Rankings Statistics and COVID Vaccination Rates”
County Health Rankings predict COVID Mortality in the 10 County Area
Last year I looked at COVID mortality and County Health Rankings (CHR) numbers for the whole state of PA. This year, the state does not make cumulative mortality numbers readily available. This makes updating the numbers subject to copying error. For this year, I thought I would focus on ten county region surrounding Cambria County.Continue reading “County Health Rankings predict COVID Mortality in the 10 County Area”
2022 PA Primary Post Mortem
The 2022 Pennsylvania primary is almost in the books. State Sen. Doug Mastriano and Lt. Gov. John Fetterman won their respective primaries handily for Governor and U.S. Senator. Attorney General Josh Shapiro wasContinue reading “2022 PA Primary Post Mortem”
A look at new Racial Disparity Numbers in Cambria County
Group Cambria County Pennsylvania U.S. Overall 75.8 78.1 77.3 White 76.1 78.4 77.6 African American 66.9 73.3 71.8 Hispanic 97.1 82.2 78.8 Two weeks ago I wrote about the new County Health Ranking (CHR) numbers for this year in Cambria County. As before, there was a big discrepancy in life expectancy between African Americans,Continue reading “A look at new Racial Disparity Numbers in Cambria County”
Pennsylvania’s Primary: Stakes Higher Because of Roe v. Wade
Much has been made of the leaked opinion written by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito overturning the Roe v. Wade decision. The SCOTUS (or more accurately SCROTUS) decision will be made official in late June. If it hadn’t been leaked, demonstrations, like the one above, would be erupting in June instead of now. If thisContinue reading “Pennsylvania’s Primary: Stakes Higher Because of Roe v. Wade”
2022 County Health Rankings are Out: Cambria Still Ranks Low
The 2022 County Health Rankings for every county in the U.S. were released this week. Cambria County’s Health Outcomes rank is 62nd out of 67 counties in Pennsylvania. This ranking is a composite of length of life measures (63rd out of 67 counties) and quality of life measures (60th out of 67 counties). ThereContinue reading “2022 County Health Rankings are Out: Cambria Still Ranks Low”
Now it’s Math Textbooks in Florida?
I have written about how my book was banned by the Johnstown Area Heritage Association in much the same way that Art Spiegelman’s was banned by a school board in Tennessee. I have also written about the message I received from Google about my blog posts on the Ukraine war. Now it’s math textbooks inContinue reading “Now it’s Math Textbooks in Florida?”