Two weeks ago I looked at Chlamydia and mortality rates from all causes in Cambria and Somerset County zip codes. This week I thought I would take a look at how chlamydia rates are correlated with social ailments in the county zip codes. The first variable I looked with Chlamydia rates Mortality from drug use […]

For my next foray into the HRSA zip code data set I thought I would take a look at the correlation between chlamydia and mortality rates in Cambria and Somerset Counties. The graph above shows a strong positive correlation between zip code chlamydia rates and all cause mortality rates. This means that as chlamydia rates […]

The unmet need score (UNS) details how health care needs go unmet at the zip code level in the U.S. It is a composite of 28 zip-code level statistics. One of these measures is zip-code health center penetration. It is defined as the Ratio of the population served by a health center to the population […]

The HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration) is a repository of information on our nation’s health. They compute an Unmet Need Score (UNS) to identify medically under-served regions in the U.S. It is a composite of 28 health statistics at the zip code level. The score ranges from 0 to 100. Zip codes are classified […]

Last week I posted on the health outcomes rankings and COVID mortality in the area. This week I’m taking a look at health factors from County Health Rankings and COVID Mortality from the PA Department of Health. The above graph shows a significant linear trend in the overall health factors ranking and COVID mortality accounting […]

In the last post, I found a 6th order polynomial relationship between health outcomes from County Health Rankings and COVID Mortality. The health outcomes ranking is a composite of length of life and quality of life rankings. A description of their model can be seen in the video above. First I will look at the […]

County % COVID Fully Vaccinated  Case Mortality COVID Case Rate COVID Mortality /100,000 County Health Outcomes Rank County Health Factors Rank Bedford 38.21% 2.26% 26757.90 604.31 38 34 Blair 52.36% 1.96% 28913.02 566.55 44 26 Cambria 56.20% 1.87% 33358.91 624.57 64 41 Centre 63.58% 0.90% 27468.20 247.74 2 5 Clearfield 51.09% 1.62% 31090.03 503.36 52 […]

There was a lack of predictors for COVID hospitalization and case rates. I looked at 60 County Health Ranking (CHR) statistics for correlations. For vaccination rates, I found 12 significant results for COVID vaccination rates or 20%. Likewise, I found 19 significant results out of 60 for COVID Case mortality or 31.7%. The criteria for […]

Last week, I looked at the % of the county population that is non-Hispanic White predicting county case mortality and vaccination rates. There was a positive correlation between this percentage and case mortality and a nearly equal negative correlation between this percentage and vaccination rates in these counties. This week I’ll take a look at […]

I thought I would take a break from politics to look at how demographics and local broadband access predict COVID vaccination rates and case mortality. The above graph shows a strong positive correlation between the percentage of the county that is non-Hispanic white and the case mortality. A possible outlier might be Huntingdon county with […]