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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African Americans Still Lag Behind in Life Expectancy in Cambria County
Group Cambria County Pennsylvania U.S. Overall 76.1 78.4 78.7 Caucasian 76.4 78.9* 78.6 African American 67.3 73.4* 74.7 Hispanic 91.3 85.3* 81.8 *Pennsylvania life expectancy by race numbers are from 2010 (Measure of America, 2013) In my book, Wuthering Depths in Johnstown: By the Numbers. I wrote extensively on the 2020 County Health Rankings for CambriaContinue reading “African Americans Still Lag Behind in Life Expectancy in Cambria County”
A Look at Positive COVID-19 Testing Rates in Cambria, PA, and the US
There have been recent media reports about positive testing rates increasing in Pennsylvania. I thought I would take a closer look at positive test rates since they were reported by the state on April 17. The positive testing rate is simply the number of positive tests divided by the total number of tests. The graphContinue reading “A Look at Positive COVID-19 Testing Rates in Cambria, PA, and the US”
A Second Wave of COVID-19 Cases in Cambria and Allegheny Counties?
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?”
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”
COVID-19 and CSI without Dead Bodies
Since March 14, thirteen out of the last 14 posts on the blog have been on the Coronavirus pandemic. One was on the new hate group numbers from the Southern Poverty law center. With states starting to reopen after the I thought I would take a look at how the pandemic has affected traffic on thisContinue reading “COVID-19 and CSI without Dead Bodies”
A Comparison of State Mortality Rates: Pennsylvania is 6th Highest, Michigan is Highest
In my last post I spoke of how Pennsylvania’s case mortality rate (7.16%) was greater than the U.S. rate (5.91%). At the time I was unsure how the state compared to the other states in the case mortality rate. To do this I looked at the cases reported on Johns-Hopkins Coronavirus Dashboard. The numbers thatContinue reading “A Comparison of State Mortality Rates: Pennsylvania is 6th Highest, Michigan is Highest”
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”
A Look at Zip Code COVID-19 Testing Rates In Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania and the U.S.
Zip Code Map of Greater Johnstown I have been tracking the number of cases of Coronavirus In Cambria County and in the State of Pennsylvania and the US since the first case was reported on March 22. For this post I thought I would take a closer look at testing rates in the six zipContinue reading “A Look at Zip Code COVID-19 Testing Rates In Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania and the U.S.”
Inconsistencies in Reporting COVID-19 in Pennsylvania
This week the PA Health department has changed how it reports the cases and deaths. Before they reported the cases and deaths. Later,they reported the number of negative tests in addition to the positive tests. They then added the demographics of the cases and deaths. Along the way they created the chart above showing theContinue reading “Inconsistencies in Reporting COVID-19 in Pennsylvania”