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

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

1. 228 of 228 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 100.00% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is up 11% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 205 of 205 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 23 excess deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 126 excess deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are up 11% 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, 228 of 36,090 women aged 55-59 living in Delaware died from All Causes.

228 ÷ 36,090 = 0.00632 (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 2,406 deaths from All Causes among 422,988 women aged 55-59 living in Delaware in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

2,406 ÷ 422,988 = 0.00569 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

36,090 X 0.00569 = 205 expected deaths

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

228 – 205 = 23

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

228 ÷ 205 = 1.1087

This reveals 23 lives lost and is 110.87% of what we expected (an increase of 11%) in deaths from All Causes among women aged 55-59 living in Delaware 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):

1,547 ÷ 253,847 = 0.00609 (5-yr CDR)

36,090(2022 pop) X 0.00609 = 220 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

228 – 220 = 8 or 8 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

228 ÷ 220 = 1.0349 or an increase of 3%

for deaths from All Causes among women aged 55-59 living in Delaware 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

289,937 X 0.00569 = 1,649 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

1775 – 1,649 = 126 or 126 lives lost

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

1,775 ÷ 1,649 = 1.0744 or an increase of 7%

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