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”
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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.”
Extreme Outliers in Pennsylvania: Beaver and Montour Counties
COVIDcast map for Beaver County Today Governor Wolf has announced that 24 counties in will have restrictions limited on May 8. The state uses the COVID-cast analytics tool from Carnegie Mellon University to predict future cases in each county, according to state health secretary Rachel Levine. Their tool uses doctor visit data and data fromContinue reading “Extreme Outliers in Pennsylvania: Beaver and Montour Counties”
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”
The Number of Corona Virus Cases in Cambria County has Grown Exponentially While Health Behaviors Predict Cases in PA
The number of corona virus cases has grown exponentially in Cambria County. I have been keeping track of the number of cases in a google sheet as can be seen above. The cumulative case line has been following a cubic trend with the polynomial, y = 0.0347×2 – 3051.6x + 7E+07. This equation accounts forContinue reading “The Number of Corona Virus Cases in Cambria County has Grown Exponentially While Health Behaviors Predict Cases in PA”
Corona Numbers from the WHO and JHU
Week 2 of the state of emergency is upon us. Last week I posted numbers from the World Heath Organization’s (WHO) Corona Virus dashboard showing the progression in the number of cases worldwide. Above is the cumulative frequency graph and overall numbers from their dashboard last week. At the left is the WHO’s world wideContinue reading “Corona Numbers from the WHO and JHU”
Corona Numbers from the WHO
I can’t remember a more extreme response to a situation as there is to the Corona Virus. The next biggest thing I can remember is the response to the 9/11 attacks. With everything closed it gives me more time to write here about where the state of the pandemic is. The World Health Organization (WHO)Continue reading “Corona Numbers from the WHO”
Lessons from Super Tuesday: Health Care in the Deep South
The Democratic Presidential race has changed radically since the South Carolina Primary. As a Bernie Sanders supporter I was so hopeful for him to have a strong showing. The outcome was very sobering. I thought I would take a look at the exit poll data from SC and other states from Super Tuesday on theContinue reading “Lessons from Super Tuesday: Health Care in the Deep South”
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.”
A look at the Freshman Democratic Congress, Gender, Ethnic Background and Healthcare Contributions
In my two previous posts I looked at Freshman Democratic Congressman their support for single payer or Medicare for All, and their ethnic background on how they effect campaign contributions from the healthcare industry. I found that there nonwhite freshman who supported single payer received less money than white freshman who did. I also lookedContinue reading “A look at the Freshman Democratic Congress, Gender, Ethnic Background and Healthcare Contributions”