2022 Deaths – All Causes – Both Sexes – Ages 65-69 | Arkansas, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for elderly men and women aged 65-69 in Arkansas

1. 3,889 of 3,889 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 100.00% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is up 15% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 3,383 of 3,383 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 506 excess deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 1,458 excess deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are up 15% 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 and women aged 65-69 were there?” and
• “How many of them died from All Causes?”

The following 2 charts provide this information:

From the charts, we can see that in 2022, 3,889 of 172,328 elderly men and women aged 65-69 living in Arkansas died from All Causes.

3,889 ÷ 172,328 = 0.02257 (2022 CDR)

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

The table shows there were a total of 36,515 deaths from All Causes among 1,860,239 elderly men and women aged 65-69 living in Arkansas in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

36,515 ÷ 1,860,239 = 0.01963 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

172,328 X 0.01963 = 3,383 expected deaths

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

3,889 – 3,383 = 506

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

3,889 ÷ 3,383 = 1.1491

This reveals 506 lives lost and is 114.91% of what we expected (an increase of 15%) in deaths from All Causes among elderly men and women aged 65-69 living in Arkansas 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):

23,502 ÷ 1,148,802 = 0.02046 (5-yr CDR)

172,328(2022 pop) X 0.02046 = 3,525 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

3,889 – 3,525 = 364 or 364 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

3,889 ÷ 3,525 = 1.1026 or an increase of 10%

for deaths from All Causes among elderly men and women aged 65-69 living in Arkansas 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

1,321,130 X 0.01963 = 25,933 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

27391 – 25,933 = 1,458 or 1,458 lives lost

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

27,391 ÷ 25,933 = 1.0557 or an increase of 6%

in deaths from All Causes among elderly men and women aged 65-69 living in Arkansas in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.