When looking at the Unmet Need Score (UNS) from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) data tool, Downtown Johnstown (zip code 15901) had the highest UNS in Pennsylvania of 96.07 out of a possible 100. The UNS is a composite of 33 statistics. These statistics are in the table below for the 15901 zipContinue reading “How Downtown Johnstown Compares to Pennsylvania”
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Health Factors in Pennsylvania and the Alleghenies
I have looked at Unmet Need Scores (UNS) in Pennsylvania and the Alleghenies. The UNS is a composite of dozens of related health, social and economic variables. Teasing apart the relationships among the variables one by one is tricky. There is a method that allows for identifying clusters of highly correlated variables called factor analysis.Continue reading “Health Factors in Pennsylvania and the Alleghenies”
Unmet Needs in Pennsylvania
After looking at the unmet need scores (UNS) in the Alleghenies, I thought that I should backtrack and look at unmet needs in Pennsylvania. There are 1,945 zip codes in the state. As you can see in the image above, some of these cross state lines. One hundred and forty nine zip codes have aContinue reading “Unmet Needs in Pennsylvania”
Rage Against Unmet Needs
Last Saturday I went to the Rage Against the Regime protest in downtown Johnstown. I interviewed some of the participants in the video above. Groups like Indivisible organized the rally. Previously I posted on the unmet need score (UNS) for 708 zip codes in the Alleghenies. These zip codes are seen in the map below.Continue reading “Rage Against Unmet Needs”
Unmet Need Scores in the Alleghenies
I have looked at County Health Rankings variables in Pennsylvania correlating them with Trump’s vote at the county level. This time I am looking at the Health Resources and Services Administration Unmet Need Score online tool. You can see where your zip code stands at this tool. This tool provides health data at the zipContinue reading “Unmet Need Scores in the Alleghenies”
Pandemic Life Expectancies for Race in Pennsylvania
The 2025 County Health Rankings are out. Their current health model is in the video above. This may be the last time that the rankings are released. This is due to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s decision to discontinue funding. For this post, I will focus on pandemic life expectancies for race in the Alleghenies.Continue reading “Pandemic Life Expectancies for Race in Pennsylvania”
Black Life-Expectancy and the Pandemic in the Alleghenies
While looking at the numbers for Johnstown and Altoona in the last post, I looked at the county health rankings for Blair County. To my surprise the life expectancy for African-Americans there (65.1 years) was close to that for Cambria County (63.7 years). This is despite Blair County having a relatively high overall heath rankingContinue reading “Black Life-Expectancy and the Pandemic in the Alleghenies”
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”
As Chlamydia Rates Increase in Cambria and Somerset, so do Mortality Rates
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 ratesContinue reading “As Chlamydia Rates Increase in Cambria and Somerset, so do Mortality Rates”
The Unmet Need Score in Cambria and Somerset
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 classifiedContinue reading “The Unmet Need Score in Cambria and Somerset”