2022 Deaths – All Causes – Male – Ages 50-54 | Delaware, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for men aged 50-54 in Delaware

1. 246 of 246 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 100.00% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is up 21% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 204 of 204 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 42 excess deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 112 excess deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are up 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 men aged 50-54 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, 246 of 29,877 men aged 50-54 living in Delaware died from All Causes.

246 ÷ 29,877 = 0.00823 (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 2,955 deaths from All Causes among 433,137 men aged 50-54 living in Delaware in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

2,955 ÷ 433,137 = 0.00682 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

29,877 X 0.00682 = 204 expected deaths

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

246 – 204 = 42

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

246 ÷ 204 = 1.2051

This reveals 42 lives lost and is 120.51% of what we expected (an increase of 21%) in deaths from All Causes among men aged 50-54 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):

1,544 ÷ 216,033 = 0.00715 (5-yr CDR)

29,877(2022 pop) X 0.00715 = 214 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

246 – 214 = 32 or 32 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

246 ÷ 214 = 1.1504 or an increase of 15%

for deaths from All Causes among men aged 50-54 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

245,910 X 0.00682 = 1,678 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

1790 – 1,678 = 112 or 112 lives lost

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

1,790 ÷ 1,678 = 1.0654 or an increase of 7%

in deaths from All Causes among men aged 50-54 living in Delaware in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.