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

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

1. 1,784 of 19,576 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 9.11% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is down 13% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 2,049 of 21,773 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 265 fewer than expected deaths from Unknown Causes in 2022.
6. 2,197 fewer than expected All Cause deaths in 2022.
7. 1,537 fewer than expected deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2022)
8. 17,033 fewer than expected All Cause deaths over the first 8 years of California’s New Normal™.

1. To show this year’s deaths from Unknown Causes are down 13% 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 Unknown Causes?”

The following 2 charts provide this information:

From the charts, we can see that in 2022, 1,784 of 512,750 elderly men aged 75-79 living in California died from Unknown Causes.

1,784 ÷ 512,750 = 0.00348 (2022 CDR)

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

The table shows there were a total of 20,239 deaths from Unknown Causes among 5,063,719 elderly men aged 75-79 living in California in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

20,239 ÷ 5,063,719 = 0.00400 (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 0.00400 = 2,049 expected deaths

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

1,784 – 2,049 = -265

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

1,784 ÷ 2,049 = 0.8683

This reveals 265 lives saved and is 86.83% of what we expected (a decrease of 13%) in deaths from Unknown 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):

10,828 ÷ 3,027,265 = 0.00358 (5-yr CDR)

512,750(2022 pop) X 0.00358 = 1,834 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

1,784 – 1,834 = -50 or 50 lives saved

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

1,784 ÷ 1,834 = 0.9700 or a decrease of 3%

for deaths from Unknown 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 0.00400 = 14,149 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

12612 – 14,149 = -1,537 or 1,537 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

12,612 ÷ 14,149 = 0.8891 or a decrease of 11%

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