2022 Deaths – All Causes – Female – Ages 80-84 | Arkansas, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for elderly women aged 80-84 in Arkansas

1. 2,482 of 2,482 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 100.00% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is up 6% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 2,341 of 2,341 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 141 excess deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 101 excess deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are up 6% compared to Old Normal rates, we need to calculate the rates for both 2022 and for the Old Normal.

Remember, death rates are calculated to answer these questions:

• “How many elderly women aged 80-84 were there?” and
• “How many of them died from All Causes?”

The following 2 charts provide this information:

From the charts, we can see that in 2022, 2,482 of 37,227 elderly women aged 80-84 living in Arkansas died from All Causes.

2,482 ÷ 37,227 = 0.06667 (2022 CDR)

We’ll use the table below to calculate our Old Normal rate for deaths from All Causes

The table shows there were a total of 32,009 deaths from All Causes among 509,039 elderly women aged 80-84 living in Arkansas in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

32,009 ÷ 509,039 = 0.06288 (Old Normal CDR)

We can use the Old Normal rate to predict this year’s deaths:

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

37,227 X 0.06288 = 2,341 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths shows lives saved or lost:

2,482 – 2,341 = 141

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths gives us the comparative rates:

2,482 ÷ 2,341 = 1.0601

This reveals 141 lives lost and is 106.01% of what we expected (an increase of 6%) in deaths from All Causes among elderly women aged 80-84 living in Arkansas in 2022, as compared to the Old Normal.

This is the same method used by Public Health to calculate the 5-yr CDR (Cumulative Death Rate):

15,436 ÷ 246,116 = 0.06272 (5-yr CDR)

37,227(2022 pop) X 0.06272 = 2,335 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

2,482 – 2,335 = 147 or 147 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

2,482 ÷ 2,335 = 1.0629 or an increase of 6%

for deaths from All Causes among elderly women aged 80-84 living in Arkansas in 2022, as compared to the previous 5 years.

Compare our Old Normal to the 5yr CDR. Does it tell the same story your TV does?

Finally, the same method can also be used to compare our Old Normal rate to the New Normal™ rate:

New Normal™ population X Old Normal rate = expected deaths

283,343 X 0.06288 = 17,817 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

17918 – 17,817 = 101 or 101 lives lost

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

17,918 ÷ 17,817 = 1.0055 or an increase of 1%

in deaths from All Causes among elderly women aged 80-84 living in Arkansas in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.