2022 Deaths – All Causes – Female – Ages 65-69 | Arkansas, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for elderly women aged 65-69 in Arkansas

1. 1,636 of 1,636 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 100.00% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is up 17% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 1,400 of 1,400 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 236 excess deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 472 excess deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are up 17% 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 65-69 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, 1,636 of 90,815 elderly women aged 65-69 living in Arkansas died from All Causes.

1,636 ÷ 90,815 = 0.01801 (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 15,168 deaths from All Causes among 983,802 elderly women aged 65-69 living in Arkansas in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

15,168 ÷ 983,802 = 0.01542 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

90,815 X 0.01542 = 1,400 expected deaths

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

1,636 – 1,400 = 236

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

1,636 ÷ 1,400 = 1.1677

This reveals 236 lives lost and is 116.77% of what we expected (an increase of 17%) in deaths from All Causes among elderly women aged 65-69 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):

9,625 ÷ 608,976 = 0.01581 (5-yr CDR)

90,815(2022 pop) X 0.01581 = 1,435 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

1,636 – 1,435 = 201 or 201 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

1,636 ÷ 1,435 = 1.1391 or an increase of 14%

for deaths from All Causes among elderly women aged 65-69 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

699,791 X 0.01542 = 10,789 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

11261 – 10,789 = 472 or 472 lives lost

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

11,261 ÷ 10,789 = 1.0431 or an increase of 4%

in deaths from All Causes among elderly women aged 65-69 living in Arkansas in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.