2022 Deaths – All Causes – Male – Ages 75-79 | California, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for elderly men aged 75-79 in California

1. 19,576 of 19,576 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 100.00% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is down 10% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 21,773 of 21,773 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 2,197 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 17,033 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are down 10% 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 men aged 75-79 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, 19,576 of 512,750 elderly men aged 75-79 living in California died from All Causes.

19,576 ÷ 512,750 = 0.03818 (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 215,025 deaths from All Causes among 5,063,719 elderly men aged 75-79 living in California in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

215,025 ÷ 5,063,719 = 0.04246 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

512,750 X 0.04246 = 21,773 expected deaths

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

19,576 – 21,773 = -2,197

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

19,576 ÷ 21,773 = 0.8989

This reveals 2,197 lives saved and is 89.89% of what we expected (a decrease of 10%) in deaths from All Causes among elderly men aged 75-79 living in California 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):

113,714 ÷ 3,027,265 = 0.03756 (5-yr CDR)

512,750(2022 pop) X 0.03756 = 19,261 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

19,576 – 19,261 = 315 or 315 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

19,576 ÷ 19,261 = 1.0161 or an increase of 2%

for deaths from All Causes among elderly men aged 75-79 living in California 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

3,540,015 X 0.04246 = 150,323 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

133290 – 150,323 = -17,033 or 17,033 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

133,290 ÷ 150,323 = 0.8865 or a decrease of 11%

in deaths from All Causes among elderly men aged 75-79 living in California in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.