2022 Deaths – All Causes – Male – Ages 50-54 | Alaska, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for men aged 50-54 in Alaska

1. 166 of 166 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 99.99% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is up 30% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 127 of 127 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 39 excess deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 190 excess deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are up 30% 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 50-54 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, 166 of 22,556 men aged 50-54 living in Alaska died from All Causes.

166 ÷ 22,556 = 0.00736 (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 2,315 deaths from All Causes among 409,561 men aged 50-54 living in Alaska in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

2,315 ÷ 409,561 = 0.00565 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

22,556 X 0.00565 = 127 expected deaths

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

166 – 127 = 39

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

166 ÷ 127 = 1.2997

This reveals 39 lives lost and is 129.97% of what we expected (an increase of 30%) in deaths from All Causes among men aged 50-54 living in Alaska 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):

1,091 ÷ 166,269 = 0.00656 (5-yr CDR)

22,556(2022 pop) X 0.00656 = 148 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

166 – 148 = 18 or 18 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

166 ÷ 148 = 1.1199 or an increase of 12%

for deaths from All Causes among men aged 50-54 living in Alaska 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

188,825 X 0.00565 = 1,067 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

1257 – 1,067 = 190 or 190 lives lost

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

1,257 ÷ 1,067 = 1.1756 or an increase of 18%

in deaths from All Causes among men aged 50-54 living in Alaska in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.