County |
Cases |
Deaths |
Case
Mortality % |
Cases per
death |
Deaths per
100,000 |
Rank of Deaths
per 100.000 in PA |
% Fully Vaccinated |
JUNIATA |
3,009 |
120 |
3.99% |
25.1 |
484.6 |
1 |
36% |
SULLIVAN |
607 |
24 |
3.95% |
25.3 |
395.7 |
6 |
48% |
WARREN |
4,436 |
141 |
3.18% |
31.5 |
359.8 |
10 |
41% |
NORTHUMBERLAND |
13,371 |
409 |
3.06% |
32.7 |
450.2 |
3 |
51% |
TIOGA |
4,814 |
137 |
2.85% |
35.1 |
337.5 |
14 |
39% |
MIFFLIN |
7,494 |
212 |
2.83% |
35.3 |
459.5 |
2 |
43% |
MONTOUR |
2,599 |
73 |
2.81% |
35.6 |
400.4 |
5 |
68% |
CAMBRIA |
20,420 |
535 |
2.62% |
38.2 |
410.9 |
4 |
48% |
PENNSYLVANIA |
1,608,022 |
32,188 |
2.01% |
50.0 |
251.4 |
|
51% |
Last week I posted on Cambria County's high case mortality rate from COVID. It has the eighth highest rate in the state. The case mortality is an estimate of the probability of a person dying when they are diagnosed with the disease. This week I thought that I would take a look at the seven counties with higher case mortality rates than Cambria. You can find these states in the map below.
The table above shows the top 8 counties in case mortality from COVID. Juniata County has the worst rate in the state with the probability of dying is one out of 25.1 cases when diagnosed with the disease. Close behind is Sullivan County with a probability of one in every 25.3 cases. Cambria's is one in every 38.2 cases. Pennsylvania's rate is one in every 50 cases. All of the counties with rates higher than Cambria have populations less than 100,000.
Not surprisingly, the population adjusted mortality rates for each county are higher than the state rate of 251.4 deaths/100,000. Except for Warren and Tioga, all of them are in the top 8 counties for this metric. Looking at vaccination rates, 6 of the 8 counties have full vaccination rates lower than the state rate of 51%. Montour County actually has the highest full vaccination rate in Pennsylvania at 68%.