Cambria County has experienced 22 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 7 days to give a total of 83 cases. In the previous 37 days, the county had a net increase of 7 cases. The best fit line is now a fifth order polynomial with an R-square of 99%. In the graph below, aContinue reading “A Second Wave of COVID-19 Cases in Cambria and Allegheny Counties?”
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Update on Johnstown Zip Code Testing
Last week I reported that my most viewed post on COVID-19 was on zip code testing in Johnstown zip codes compared to the county, state and the U.S. I reported that the testing rates for the zip code for downtown Johnstown (15901) was nearly identical to the U.S. rates while the rates for the other zipContinue reading “Update on Johnstown Zip Code Testing”
This week’s Coronavirus Observations
Having looked at the trends in testing and cases of Coronavirus for Cambria County, Pennsylvania, and the US for the past few months, I have little new observations to make from last week except for: The number of tests being conducted per day in Cambria County is increasing for the county but the number ofContinue reading “This week’s Coronavirus Observations”
COVID-19 and County Health Rankings in PA: Which Variables Predict Cases and Deaths
The trend in Covid-19 Cases in Cambria County Last week I posted on how county health rankings overall measures predicted the number of cases and deaths in each county in Pennsylvania. These measures were composites of dozens of more specific county level measures. There are too many univariate correlations to summarize here. The cases usedContinue reading “COVID-19 and County Health Rankings in PA: Which Variables Predict Cases and Deaths”
Con Man Carnicella
Above is an ad run by Democratic Cambria County Commisioners Tom Chernisky and BJ Smith against their opponent, Republican Jerry Carnicella. They take him to task for not voting in the last two commissioner elections, being delinquent on his taxes and supporting a single payer/Medicare for All healthcare system. I can’t comment on the firstContinue reading “Con Man Carnicella”
Why do African Americans live to be 64.8 years in Cambria County? Not drug overdoses.
Back on April 4, I posted on how African American life expectancy in Cambria County lagged behind the state and US rates and behind other groups. This can be seen in the Table below. Questions were put to me on how the opioid epidemic might be related to this discrepancy. Group Life Expectancy (Years) CambriaContinue reading “Why do African Americans live to be 64.8 years in Cambria County? Not drug overdoses.”
Why do African Americans live to be 64.8 years in Cambria County?
Last week I posted on how African Americans in Cambria County lag behind other ethnic groups in the County and behind African Americans in the state and the US in life expectancy. The numbers are summarized in the table below. Cambria County[1] Pennsylvania US Overall 75.6 78.3 78.6 Caucasian 76.1 78.9 78.5 African-American 64.8 73.4Continue reading “Why do African Americans live to be 64.8 years in Cambria County?”
Cambria County African American Life Expectancy lags behind State and US
Cambria County Pennsylvania US Overall 75.6 78.3 78.6 Caucasian 76.1 78.9 78.5 African-American 64.8 73.4 74.8 Hispanic 87.7 85.3 81.8 The new county health rankings are out for every county in the US for 2019. My County Cambria County was ranked 65th out of 67 counties in Pennsylvania in health outcomes as reported in theContinue reading “Cambria County African American Life Expectancy lags behind State and US”