Allegheny Independent Media

Allegheny Independent Media

Low Birth Weight Babies in PA

I have used County Health Rankings for years on this site to provide insight into the social ills plaguing the Allegheny mountains. Last year they lost their main funder, the Robert Wood Johnston Foundation. They are not doing major data releases now, but they update their site as new data is released. This post focusesContinue reading “Low Birth Weight Babies in PA”

Cambria Pandemic Era African American Low Birth Weight Babies

Group 2013-2019 2014-2020 2015-2021 2016-2022 Overall 9% 9% 9% 9% White 8% 8% 8% 8% AfricanAmerican 16% 17% 17% 20% Percentage of Low Birth Weight Babies in Cambria County There was one statistic I overlooked for race for Cambria County from County Health Rankings: the percentage of low birth weight babies. The percentage overall andContinue reading “Cambria Pandemic Era African American Low Birth Weight Babies”