2022 Deaths – All Causes – Baby Boy – Under 1 | Arizona, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for baby boys in their first year of life in Arizona

1. 282 of 282 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. 288 of 288 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 6 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 437 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 baby boys in their first year of life 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, 282 of 40,004 baby boys in their first year of life living in Arizona died from All Causes.

282 ÷ 40,004 = 0.00705 (2022 CDR)

The table shows there were a total of 4,849 deaths from All Causes among 673,244 baby boys in their first year of life living in Arizona in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

4,849 ÷ 673,244 = 0.00720 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

40,004 X 0.00720 = 288 expected deaths

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

282 – 288 = -6

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

282 ÷ 288 = 0.9774

This reveals 6 lives saved and is 97.74% of what we expected (a decrease of 2%) in deaths from All Causes among baby boys in their first year of life 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):

1,715 ÷ 297,961 = 0.00576 (5-yr CDR)

40,004(2022 pop) X 0.00576 = 230 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

282 – 230 = 52 or 52 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

282 ÷ 230 = 1.2226 or an increase of 22%

for deaths from All Causes among baby boys in their first year of life 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

337,965 X 0.00720 = 2,434 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

1997 – 2,434 = -437 or 437 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

1,997 ÷ 2,434 = 0.8193 or a decrease of 18%

in deaths from All Causes among baby boys in their first year of life living in Arizona in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.