Group 2016-2018 2017-2019 2018-2020 2019-2021 Overall 75.8 76.1 75.8 74.9 White 76.2 76.4 76.1 75.3 AfricanAmerican 65.6 67.3 66.9 63.7 Life Expectancy by Race in Cambria County Two weeks ago I posted on the rise in mortality in the African American community in Cambria County during the pandemic. The table above shows the decline in […]

The news media has recently reported on President Biden’s calling Cuba a failed state.  There have been demonstrations there due to the corona virus pandemic.  The Cuban president responded by pointing out that the 60 year embargo of Cuba has exacerbated shortages of medical supplies and other basic resources.  I thought I would compare how […]

Last week I posted on how African Americans in Cambria County lag behind other ethnic groups in the County and behind African Americans in the state and the US in life expectancy.  The numbers are summarized in the table below. Cambria County[1] Pennsylvania US Overall 75.6 78.3 78.6 Caucasian 76.1 78.9 78.5 African-American 64.8 73.4 […]

Cambria County Pennsylvania US Overall 75.6 78.3 78.6 Caucasian 76.1 78.9 78.5 African-American 64.8 73.4 74.8 Hispanic 87.7 85.3 81.8 The new county health rankings are out for every county in the US for 2019.  My County Cambria County was ranked 65th out of 67 counties in Pennsylvania in health outcomes as reported in the […]

This month it has been reported that life expectancy in 2015 in the US has decreased for the first time since 1993.  The decrease was from 78.9 years in 2014 to 78.8 in 2015.  The reasons for this decrease are unclear though the overall death rate increased by 1.2% last year.  The top causes of […]

Rotated Factor Matrixa Factor 1  (52% of Variance) 2 (21% of Variance) Infant Mortality 2007 Deaths/1000 .915 .157 Life Expectancy -.824 -.473 % Low Birthweight Babies .700 .341 Groups per million .612 % change in bankruptcy -.441 Percent Uninsured in Demographic Group for All Income Levels .979 Percent under age 65 in 200% of Poverty […]

This is a Cross Post with the Healthcare for All PA/PUSH site on trends in medical bankruptcies and an update on decreases in Massachusetts mortality rates over the same period. In my post on the Gallup polls on improvements in the uninsured rates.  I speculated that looking at the rates of medical bankruptcies would provide […]

This is a follow up on the last post on the number of hate groups (such as the Ku Klux Klan and the Westboro Baptist Church) in each state that are being watched by the Southern Poverty Law Center.  Some may not agree with the inclusion of African American separatists like the Nation of Islam.  […]

The Southern Poverty Law Center has issued a report listing the total number of hate groups per state which they track.  The categories followed include, the Ku Klux Klan, Neo Nazi, White Nationalist, Racist Skinhead, Christian Identity, Neo-Confederate, Black Separatist, and General Hate. California is shown to have the most hate groups followed by Florida […]

The Huffington Post posted a summary of the Annie E. Casey foundation’s report of Child Wellness State By State.  It lists New Hampshire as the best state for child wellness and Mississippi as the worst.  The rankings are based on ten indicators which are: 1. Percentage of low-birthweight babies 2. Infant mortality rate 3. Child […]