2022 Deaths – All Causes – Female – Ages 55-59 | Arkansas, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for women aged 55-59 in Arkansas

1. 820 of 820 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 100.00% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is up 22% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 673 of 673 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 147 excess deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 1,167 excess deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are up 22% 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 women aged 55-59 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, 820 of 94,696 women aged 55-59 living in Arkansas died from All Causes.

820 ÷ 94,696 = 0.00866 (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 9,496 deaths from All Causes among 1,336,400 women aged 55-59 living in Arkansas in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

9,496 ÷ 1,336,400 = 0.00711 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

94,696 X 0.00711 = 673 expected deaths

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

820 – 673 = 147

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

820 ÷ 673 = 1.2169

This reveals 147 lives lost and is 121.69% of what we expected (an increase of 22%) in deaths from All Causes among women aged 55-59 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):

6,040 ÷ 706,537 = 0.00855 (5-yr CDR)

94,696(2022 pop) X 0.00855 = 810 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

820 – 810 = 10 or 10 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

820 ÷ 810 = 1.0117 or an increase of 1%

for deaths from All Causes among women aged 55-59 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

801,233 X 0.00711 = 5,693 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

6860 – 5,693 = 1,167 or 1,167 lives lost

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

6,860 ÷ 5,693 = 1.2032 or an increase of 20%

in deaths from All Causes among women aged 55-59 living in Arkansas in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.