2022 Deaths – Unknown Causes – Male – Ages 40-44 | Texas, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for men aged 40-44 in Texas

1. 972 of 3,294 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 29.51% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is down 10% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 1,069 of 2,899 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 97 fewer than expected deaths from Unknown Causes in 2022.
6. 395 excess All Cause deaths in 2022.
7. 529 fewer than expected deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2022)
8. 435 excess All Cause deaths over the first 8 years of Texas’s New Normal™.

1. To show this year’s deaths from Unknown Causes are down 10% 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 men aged 40-44 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, 972 of 1,044,357 men aged 40-44 living in Texas died from Unknown Causes.

972 ÷ 1,044,357 = 0.00093 (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 13,152 deaths from Unknown Causes among 12,852,456 men aged 40-44 living in Texas in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

13,152 ÷ 12,852,456 = 0.00102 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

1,044,357 X 0.00102 = 1,069 expected deaths

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

972 – 1,069 = -97

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

972 ÷ 1,069 = 0.9007

This reveals 97 lives saved and is 90.07% of what we expected (a decrease of 10%) in deaths from Unknown Causes among men aged 40-44 living in Texas 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):

6,275 ÷ 6,554,856 = 0.00096 (5-yr CDR)

1,044,357(2022 pop) X 0.00096 = 1,000 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

972 – 1,000 = -28 or 28 lives saved

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

972 ÷ 1,000 = 0.9622 or a decrease of 4%

for deaths from Unknown Causes among men aged 40-44 living in Texas 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

7,599,213 X 0.00102 = 7,776 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

7247 – 7,776 = -529 or 529 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

7,247 ÷ 7,776 = 0.9229 or a decrease of 8%

in deaths from Unknown Causes among men aged 40-44 living in Texas in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.