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”
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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”
A Corona Virus Update: Cases and Hospitalizations Lower but Vaccinations also Lower
I stayed away from the Coronavirus as long as I could. The news in Cambria County has recently been mostly good. The height of the omicron surge was January 16 when the 7 day average for new cases was 337.29 cases per day. Today it is 43.14 per day, the lowest it has been sinceContinue reading “A Corona Virus Update: Cases and Hospitalizations Lower but Vaccinations also Lower”
PA County Factors that Predict Full COVID Vaccination Rates
Last month I posted on which county health ranking variables were most strongly correlated with COVID case mortality rates. Granted these posts were made just as the omicron variant was arriving on the scene. This month, I thought I would take a look at which variables were the best predictors of full vaccination rates. FullContinue reading “PA County Factors that Predict Full COVID Vaccination Rates”
Rates of Smoking and Social Associations Predict PA County COVID Case Mortality
Two weeks ago I looked at the correlation between COVID case mortality and Trump’s % of the vote in 2020 for Pennsylvania counties and six sub measures used to determine County Health Rankings. The measure that was most strongly associated with COVID case mortality was the health behavior z-score (a higher z score is worse)Continue reading “Rates of Smoking and Social Associations Predict PA County COVID Case Mortality”
The Seven Counties in PA that are Worse than Cambria in COVID Case Mortality
County Cases Deaths Case Mortality % Cases per death Deaths per 100,000 Rank of Deaths per 100.000 in PA % Fully Vaccinated JUNIATA 3,009 120 3.99% 25.1 484.6 1 36% SULLIVAN 607 24 3.95% 25.3 395.7 6 48% WARREN 4,436 141 3.18% 31.5 359.8 10 41% NORTHUMBERLAND 13,371 409 3.06% 32.7 450.2 3 51% TIOGAContinue reading “The Seven Counties in PA that are Worse than Cambria in COVID Case Mortality”
Case Mortality in Cambria County Explained
I was thinking about writing about the Gabby Petito case but events here in Cambria County have trumped (no pun intended) that and put it on the back burner. COVID deaths have been rising again in the county. On Oct 23 the county reached 500 deaths. Eleven days later we have reached 521 for anContinue reading “Case Mortality in Cambria County Explained”
More People in Cambria County Getting the Third Booster Shot than Are Getting the First Two Shots
This week, Cambria County reached the grim milestone of 19,000 corona virus cases and 500 deaths since the pandemic began. Currently, the state has reported that 47.59% of the county’s population (children included) has received the first two doses with the current 7 day average for the first two shots at 77.7 per day. ThisContinue reading “More People in Cambria County Getting the Third Booster Shot than Are Getting the First Two Shots”
Columbus (or Indigenous People’s) Day Reflections on COVID in PA
This weekend, the State of Pennsylvania only released case and hospitalization numbers, not death and vaccination numbers. I assume that this is because of the Columbus (or Indigenous People’s) Day is a state holiday. This provides an opportunity to reflect on the state of the corona virus pandemic. The state has started to provide numbersContinue reading “Columbus (or Indigenous People’s) Day Reflections on COVID in PA”
Jay Wiedwald’s Graphs on “Johnstown” and “Halo” Counties and Coronavirus
A follower of my blog named Jay Wiedwald shared some graphs showing how the counties immediately surrounding Cambria have been adversely affected by corona virus. Jay is a former resident of Johnstown who lived in Moxham. He includes Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Indiana, and Somerset counties as Johnstown and the surrounding counties ad “Halo” counties. Continue reading “Jay Wiedwald’s Graphs on “Johnstown” and “Halo” Counties and Coronavirus”