2022 Deaths – All Causes – Both Sexes – Ages 70-74 | Connecticut, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for elderly men and women aged 70-74 in Connecticut

1. 3,234 of 3,234 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 100.00% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is down 12% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 3,658 of 3,658 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 424 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 3,651 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are down 12% 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 men and women aged 70-74 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, 3,234 of 166,204 elderly men and women aged 70-74 living in Connecticut died from All Causes.

3,234 ÷ 166,204 = 0.01946 (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 36,237 deaths from All Causes among 1,646,502 elderly men and women aged 70-74 living in Connecticut in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

36,237 ÷ 1,646,502 = 0.02201 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

166,204 X 0.02201 = 3,658 expected deaths

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

3,234 – 3,658 = -424

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

3,234 ÷ 3,658 = 0.8837

This reveals 424 lives saved and is 88.37% of what we expected (a decrease of 12%) in deaths from All Causes among elderly men and women aged 70-74 living in Connecticut 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):

20,122 ÷ 1,060,926 = 0.01897 (5-yr CDR)

166,204(2022 pop) X 0.01897 = 3,152 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

3,234 – 3,152 = 82 or 82 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

3,234 ÷ 3,152 = 1.0254 or an increase of 3%

for deaths from All Causes among elderly men and women aged 70-74 living in Connecticut 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

1,227,130 X 0.02201 = 27,007 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

23356 – 27,007 = -3,651 or 3,651 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

23,356 ÷ 27,007 = 0.8644 or a decrease of 14%

in deaths from All Causes among elderly men and women aged 70-74 living in Connecticut in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.