As a follow-up to my post on pharmacy deserts in Pennsylvania, Lyrical Capo has written a post on the local pharmacy desert in Johnstown. “When the pharmacy closes, the community suffers.” Emphatically, this harsh reality has hit home in Johnstown, PA, where Rite Aid has abandoned numerous locations, leaving residents struggling to access essential healthcareContinue reading “Local Pharmacy Desert: Johnstown, PA – A Community in Crisis”
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Rite Aid and Pharmacy Deserts
On this page we have written about news deserts, food deserts, and legal deserts. Now we can add pharmacy desert to this list. At the end of June, Rite Aid has closed all of its stores in the Johnstown area. The Center for Rural Pennsylvania has published a fact sheet on Pharmacy deserts in RuralContinue reading “Rite Aid and Pharmacy Deserts”
A Closer Look at Cambria and Somerset Chlamydia Rates
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 useContinue reading “A Closer Look at Cambria and Somerset Chlamydia Rates”
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.”
Adjusting for Opioid OD Rates for PA Counties
Two posts I talked about how ago I spoke about how educational attainment (defined as having a bachelors degree or higher) and and the % white in Pennsylvania counties predict 86% of Trump’s vote in the state. Once in a while new county level data is released and I add it to the regression mode. Continue reading “Adjusting for Opioid OD Rates for PA Counties”