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

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

1. 6,797 of 6,797 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. 6,111 of 6,111 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 686 excess deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 4,735 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 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, 6,797 of 29,049 elderly men aged 80+ living in Iowa died from All Causes.

6,797 ÷ 29,049 = 0.23398 (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 85,882 deaths from All Causes among 408,258 elderly men aged 80+ living in Iowa in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

85,882 ÷ 408,258 = 0.21036 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

29,049 X 0.21036 = 6,111 expected deaths

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

6,797 – 6,111 = 686

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

6,797 ÷ 6,111 = 1.1122

This reveals 686 lives lost and is 111.22% of what we expected (an increase of 11%) in deaths from All Causes among elderly men aged 80+ living in Iowa 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):

45,343 ÷ 196,300 = 0.23099 (5-yr CDR)

29,049(2022 pop) X 0.23099 = 6,710 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

6,797 – 6,710 = 87 or 87 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

6,797 ÷ 6,710 = 1.0129 or an increase of 1%

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

225,349 X 0.21036 = 47,405 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

52140 – 47,405 = 4,735 or 4,735 lives lost

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

52,140 ÷ 47,405 = 1.0998 or an increase of 10%

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