2022 Deaths – Unknown Causes – Female – Ages 65-69 | District Of Columbia, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for elderly women aged 65-69 in District Of Columbia

1. 178 of 256 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 69.53% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is up 1% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 177 of 236 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 1 excess deaths from Unknown Causes in 2022.
6. 20 excess All Cause deaths in 2022.
7. 37 fewer than expected deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2022)
8. 65 fewer than expected All Cause deaths over the first 8 years of District Of Columbia’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 elderly women aged 65-69 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, 178 of 15,208 elderly women aged 65-69 living in District Of Columbia died from Unknown Causes.

178 ÷ 15,208 = 0.01170 (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 1,969 deaths from Unknown Causes among 169,307 elderly women aged 65-69 living in District Of Columbia in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

1,969 ÷ 169,307 = 0.01163 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

15,208 X 0.01163 = 177 expected deaths

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

178 – 177 = 1

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

178 ÷ 177 = 1.0055

This reveals 1 lives lost and is 100.55% of what we expected (an increase of 1%) in deaths from Unknown Causes among elderly women aged 65-69 living in District Of Columbia 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):

1,234 ÷ 109,400 = 0.01128 (5-yr CDR)

15,208(2022 pop) X 0.01128 = 172 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

178 – 172 = 6 or 6 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

178 ÷ 172 = 1.0367 or an increase of 4%

for deaths from Unknown Causes among elderly women aged 65-69 living in District Of Columbia 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

124,608 X 0.01163 = 1,449 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

1412 – 1,449 = -37 or 37 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

1,412 ÷ 1,449 = 0.9735 or a decrease of 3%

in deaths from Unknown Causes among elderly women aged 65-69 living in District Of Columbia in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.