2022 Deaths – All Causes – Pre-schooler – 1-4 | California, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for pre-schoolers aged 1-4 in California

1. 336 of 336 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 100.00% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is down 21% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 410 of 410 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 74 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 982 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are down 21% 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 pre-schoolers aged 1-4 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, 336 of 1,702,615 pre-schoolers aged 1-4 living in California died from All Causes.

336 ÷ 1,702,615 = 0.00020 (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 7,281 deaths from All Causes among 30,231,687 pre-schoolers aged 1-4 living in California in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

7,281 ÷ 30,231,687 = 0.00024 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

1,702,615 X 0.00024 = 410 expected deaths

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

336 – 410 = -74

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

336 ÷ 410 = 0.7867

This reveals 74 lives saved and is 78.67% of what we expected (a decrease of 21%) in deaths from All Causes among pre-schoolers aged 1-4 living in California 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):

2,349 ÷ 13,521,897 = 0.00017 (5-yr CDR)

1,702,615(2022 pop) X 0.00017 = 296 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

336 – 296 = 40 or 40 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

336 ÷ 296 = 1.0742 or an increase of 7%

for deaths from All Causes among pre-schoolers aged 1-4 living in California 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

15,224,512 X 0.00024 = 3,667 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

2685 – 3,667 = -982 or 982 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

2,685 ÷ 3,667 = 0.7031 or a decrease of 30%

in deaths from All Causes among pre-schoolers aged 1-4 living in California in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.