2022 Deaths – All Causes – Baby Girl – Under 1 | Arkansas, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for baby girls in their first year of life in Arkansas

1. 126 of 126 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 99.99% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is up 1% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 125 of 125 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 1 excess deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 5 excess deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are up 1% 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 girls 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, 126 of 17,578 baby girls in their first year of life living in Arkansas died from All Causes.

126 ÷ 17,578 = 0.00717 (2022 CDR)

The table shows there were a total of 1,988 deaths from All Causes among 279,843 baby girls in their first year of life living in Arkansas in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

1,988 ÷ 279,843 = 0.00710 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

17,578 X 0.00710 = 125 expected deaths

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

126 – 125 = 1

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

126 ÷ 125 = 1.0076

This reveals 1 lives lost and is 100.76% of what we expected (an increase of 1%) in deaths from All Causes among baby girls in their first year of life 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):

897 ÷ 125,719 = 0.00713 (5-yr CDR)

17,578(2022 pop) X 0.00713 = 125 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

126 – 125 = 1 or 1 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

126 ÷ 125 = 1.0032 or an increase of 0%

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

143,297 X 0.00710 = 1,018 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

1023 – 1,018 = 5 or 5 lives lost

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

1,023 ÷ 1,018 = 1.0035 or an increase of 0%

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