2022 Deaths – Unknown Causes – Both Sexes – 35-39 | California, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for people aged 35-39 in California

1. 1,619 of 4,916 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 32.93% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is up 1% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 1,571 of 3,294 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 48 excess deaths from Unknown Causes in 2022.
6. 1,622 excess All Cause deaths in 2022.
7. 199 fewer than expected deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2022)
8. 5,887 excess All Cause deaths over the first 8 years of California’s New Normal™.

1. To show this year’s deaths from Unknown 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 people aged 35-39 were there?” and
• “How many of them died from Unknown Causes?”

The following 2 charts provide this information:

From the charts, we can see that in 2022, 1,619 of 2,783,889 people aged 35-39 living in California died from Unknown Causes.

1,619 ÷ 2,783,889 = 0.00058 (2022 CDR)

We’ll use the table below to calculate our Old Normal rate for deaths from Unknown Causes

The table shows there were a total of 22,438 deaths from Unknown Causes among 39,753,378 people aged 35-39 living in California in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

22,438 ÷ 39,753,378 = 0.00056 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

2,783,889 X 0.00056 = 1,571 expected deaths

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

1,619 – 1,571 = 48

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

1,619 ÷ 1,571 = 1.0124

This reveals 48 lives lost and is 101.24% of what we expected (an increase of 1%) in deaths from Unknown Causes among people aged 35-39 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):

10,543 ÷ 19,115,613 = 0.00055 (5-yr CDR)

2,783,889(2022 pop) X 0.00055 = 1,535 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

1,619 – 1,535 = 84 or 84 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

1,619 ÷ 1,535 = 1.0357 or an increase of 4%

for deaths from Unknown Causes among people aged 35-39 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

21,899,502 X 0.00056 = 12,361 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

12162 – 12,361 = -199 or 199 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

12,162 ÷ 12,361 = 0.9668 or a decrease of 3%

in deaths from Unknown Causes among people aged 35-39 living in California in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.