2022 Deaths – Unknown Causes – Both Sexes – All Ages | District Of Columbia, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for individuals of all ages in District Of Columbia

1. 3,726 of 5,349 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 69.66% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is down 5% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 3,921 of 5,647 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 195 fewer than expected deaths from Unknown Causes in 2022.
6. 298 fewer than expected All Cause deaths in 2022.
7. 2,570 fewer than expected deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2022)
8. 5,189 fewer than expected All Cause deaths over the first 8 years of District Of Columbia’s New Normal™.

1. To show this year’s deaths from Unknown Causes are down 5% 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 individuals of all ages 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, 3,726 of 514,805 individuals of all ages living in District Of Columbia died from Unknown Causes.

3,726 ÷ 514,805 = 0.00724 (2022 CDR)

The table shows there were a total of 53,899 deaths from Unknown Causes among 7,077,046 individuals of all ages living in District Of Columbia in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

53,899 ÷ 7,077,046 = 0.00762 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

514,805 X 0.00762 = 3,921 expected deaths

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

3,726 – 3,921 = -195

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

3,726 ÷ 3,921 = 0.9491

This reveals 195 lives saved and is 94.91% of what we expected (a decrease of 5%) in deaths from Unknown Causes among individuals of all ages living in District Of Columbia 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):

26,463 ÷ 3,786,477 = 0.00699 (5-yr CDR)

514,805(2022 pop) X 0.00699 = 3,598 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

3,726 – 3,598 = 128 or 128 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

3,726 ÷ 3,598 = 1.0341 or an increase of 3%

for deaths from Unknown Causes among individuals of all ages living in District Of Columbia 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

4,301,282 X 0.00762 = 32,759 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

30189 – 32,759 = -2,570 or 2,570 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

30,189 ÷ 32,759 = 0.9203 or a decrease of 8%

in deaths from Unknown Causes among individuals of all ages living in District Of Columbia in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.