2022 Deaths – Unknown Causes – Both Sexes – All Ages | Maryland, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for individuals of all ages in Maryland

1. 16,008 of 56,456 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 28.35% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is up 9% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 14,676 of 47,863 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 1,332 excess deaths from Unknown Causes in 2022.
6. 8,593 excess All Cause deaths in 2022.
7. 5,970 excess deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2022)
8. 44,923 excess All Cause deaths over the first 8 years of Maryland’s New Normal™.

1. To show this year’s deaths from Unknown Causes are up 9% 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, 16,008 of 6,044,429 individuals of all ages living in Maryland died from Unknown Causes.

16,008 ÷ 6,044,429 = 0.00265 (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 202,768 deaths from Unknown Causes among 83,513,336 individuals of all ages living in Maryland in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

202,768 ÷ 83,513,336 = 0.00243 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

6,044,429 X 0.00243 = 14,676 expected deaths

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

16,008 – 14,676 = 1,332

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

16,008 ÷ 14,676 = 1.0863

This reveals 1,332 lives lost and is 108.63% of what we expected (an increase of 9%) in deaths from Unknown Causes among individuals of all ages 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):

105,573 ÷ 41,571,871 = 0.00254 (5-yr CDR)

6,044,429(2022 pop) X 0.00254 = 15,350 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

16,008 – 15,350 = 658 or 658 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

16,008 ÷ 15,350 = 1.0388 or an increase of 4%

for deaths from Unknown Causes among individuals of all ages 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

47,616,300 X 0.00243 = 115,611 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

121581 – 115,611 = 5,970 or 5,970 lives lost

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

121,581 ÷ 115,611 = 1.0473 or an increase of 5%

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