2022 Deaths – Unknown Causes – Baby Boy – Under 1 | Maryland, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for baby boys in their first year of life in Maryland

1. 178 of 212 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 83.96% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is down 4% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 186 of 287 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 8 fewer than expected deaths from Unknown Causes in 2022.
6. 75 fewer than expected All Cause deaths in 2022.
7. 96 fewer than expected deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2022)
8. 435 fewer than expected All Cause deaths over the first 8 years of Maryland’s New Normal™.

1. To show this year’s deaths from Unknown Causes are down 4% 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 baby boys in their first year of life 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, 178 of 35,085 baby boys in their first year of life living in Maryland died from Unknown Causes.

178 ÷ 35,085 = 0.00507 (2022 CDR)

The table shows there were a total of 2,974 deaths from Unknown Causes among 561,042 baby boys in their first year of life living in Maryland in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

2,974 ÷ 561,042 = 0.00530 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

35,085 X 0.00530 = 186 expected deaths

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

178 – 186 = -8

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

178 ÷ 186 = 0.9553

This reveals 8 lives saved and is 95.53% of what we expected (a decrease of 4%) in deaths from Unknown Causes among baby boys in their first year of life living in Maryland 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):

1,251 ÷ 252,687 = 0.00495 (5-yr CDR)

35,085(2022 pop) X 0.00495 = 174 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

178 – 174 = 4 or 4 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

178 ÷ 174 = 1.0227 or an increase of 2%

for deaths from Unknown Causes among baby boys in their first year of life living in Maryland 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

287,772 X 0.00530 = 1,525 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

1429 – 1,525 = -96 or 96 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

1,429 ÷ 1,525 = 0.9350 or a decrease of 6%

in deaths from Unknown Causes among baby boys in their first year of life living in Maryland in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.