2022 Deaths – All Causes – Female – 75-79 | Massachusetts, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for elderly women aged 75-79 in Massachusetts

1. 3,672 of 3,672 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 100.00% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is down 11% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 4,106 of 4,106 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 434 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 2,946 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are down 11% 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 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, 3,672 of 130,597 elderly women aged 75-79 living in Massachusetts died from All Causes.

3,672 ÷ 130,597 = 0.02812 (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 47,276 deaths from All Causes among 1,503,628 elderly women aged 75-79 living in Massachusetts in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

47,276 ÷ 1,503,628 = 0.03144 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

130,597 X 0.03144 = 4,106 expected deaths

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

3,672 – 4,106 = -434

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

3,672 ÷ 4,106 = 0.8940

This reveals 434 lives saved and is 89.40% of what we expected (a decrease of 11%) in deaths from All Causes among elderly women aged 75-79 living in Massachusetts 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):

21,208 ÷ 754,413 = 0.02811 (5-yr CDR)

130,597(2022 pop) X 0.02811 = 3,671 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

3,672 – 3,671 = 1 or 1 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

3,672 ÷ 3,671 = 0.9998 or an increase of 0%

for deaths from All Causes among elderly women aged 75-79 living in Massachusetts 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

885,010 X 0.03144 = 27,826 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

24880 – 27,826 = -2,946 or 2,946 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

24,880 ÷ 27,826 = 0.8938 or a decrease of 11%

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