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

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

1. 5,482 of 5,482 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 100.00% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is down 4% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 5,684 of 5,684 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 202 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 2,335 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are down 4% 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, 5,482 of 1,189,772 women aged 55-59 living in California died from All Causes.

5,482 ÷ 1,189,772 = 0.00461 (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 74,376 deaths from All Causes among 15,568,187 women aged 55-59 living in California in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

74,376 ÷ 15,568,187 = 0.00478 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

1,189,772 X 0.00478 = 5,684 expected deaths

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

5,482 – 5,684 = -202

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

5,482 ÷ 5,684 = 0.9624

This reveals 202 lives saved and is 96.24% of what we expected (a decrease of 4%) in deaths from All Causes among women aged 55-59 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):

40,345 ÷ 8,891,370 = 0.00454 (5-yr CDR)

1,189,772(2022 pop) X 0.00454 = 5,399 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

5,482 – 5,399 = 83 or 83 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

5,482 ÷ 5,399 = 1.0132 or an increase of 1%

for deaths from All Causes among women aged 55-59 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

10,081,142 X 0.00478 = 48,162 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

45827 – 48,162 = -2,335 or 2,335 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

45,827 ÷ 48,162 = 0.9495 or a decrease of 5%

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