2022 Deaths – All Causes – Female – Ages 80-84 | Arizona, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for elderly women aged 80-84 in Arizona

1. 4,714 of 4,714 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 100.00% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is down 2% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 4,829 of 4,829 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 115 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 2,528 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are down 2% 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 women aged 80-84 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, 4,714 of 93,217 elderly women aged 80-84 living in Arizona died from All Causes.

4,714 ÷ 93,217 = 0.05057 (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 49,837 deaths from All Causes among 962,124 elderly women aged 80-84 living in Arizona in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

49,837 ÷ 962,124 = 0.05180 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

93,217 X 0.05180 = 4,829 expected deaths

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

4,714 – 4,829 = -115

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

4,714 ÷ 4,829 = 0.9761

This reveals 115 lives saved and is 97.61% of what we expected (a decrease of 2%) in deaths from All Causes among elderly women aged 80-84 living in Arizona 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):

26,887 ÷ 565,663 = 0.04753 (5-yr CDR)

93,217(2022 pop) X 0.04753 = 4,431 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

4,714 – 4,431 = 283 or 283 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

4,714 ÷ 4,431 = 1.0637 or an increase of 6%

for deaths from All Causes among elderly women aged 80-84 living in Arizona 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

658,880 X 0.05180 = 34,129 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

31601 – 34,129 = -2,528 or 2,528 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

31,601 ÷ 34,129 = 0.9257 or a decrease of 7%

in deaths from All Causes among elderly women aged 80-84 living in Arizona in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.