2022 Deaths – All Causes – Male – Ages 80+ | Georgia, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for elderly men aged 80+ in Georgia

1. 14,837 of 14,837 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 100.00% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is down 2% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 15,209 of 15,209 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 372 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 4,459 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are down 2% 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 aged 80+ 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, 14,837 of 74,863 elderly men aged 80+ living in Georgia died from All Causes.

14,837 ÷ 74,863 = 0.19819 (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 137,606 deaths from All Causes among 677,357 elderly men aged 80+ living in Georgia in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

137,606 ÷ 677,357 = 0.20315 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

74,863 X 0.20315 = 15,209 expected deaths

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

14,837 – 15,209 = -372

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

14,837 ÷ 15,209 = 0.9755

This reveals 372 lives saved and is 97.55% of what we expected (a decrease of 2%) in deaths from All Causes among elderly men aged 80+ living in Georgia 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):

88,745 ÷ 456,961 = 0.19421 (5-yr CDR)

74,863(2022 pop) X 0.19421 = 14,539 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

14,837 – 14,539 = 298 or 298 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

14,837 ÷ 14,539 = 1.0204 or an increase of 2%

for deaths from All Causes among elderly men aged 80+ living in Georgia 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

531,824 X 0.20315 = 108,041 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

103582 – 108,041 = -4,459 or 4,459 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

103,582 ÷ 108,041 = 0.9587 or a decrease of 4%

in deaths from All Causes among elderly men aged 80+ living in Georgia in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.