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

2022 vs New Normal™ for men of all ages in Iowa

1. 17,495 of 17,495 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 100.00% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is up 20% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 14,530 of 14,530 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 2,965 excess deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 15,152 excess deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are up 20% 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 of all ages 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, 17,495 of 1,581,626 men of all ages living in Iowa died from All Causes.

17,495 ÷ 1,581,626 = 0.01106 (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 201,429 deaths from All Causes among 21,926,369 men of all ages living in Iowa in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

201,429 ÷ 21,926,369 = 0.00919 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

1,581,626 X 0.00919 = 14,530 expected deaths

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

17,495 – 14,530 = 2,965

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

17,495 ÷ 14,530 = 1.2028

This reveals 2,965 lives lost and is 120.28% of what we expected (an increase of 20%) in deaths from All Causes among men of all ages 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):

111,504 ÷ 10,811,115 = 0.01031 (5-yr CDR)

1,581,626(2022 pop) X 0.01031 = 16,313 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

17,495 – 16,313 = 1,182 or 1,182 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

17,495 ÷ 16,313 = 1.0714 or an increase of 7%

for deaths from All Causes among men of all ages 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

12,392,741 X 0.00919 = 113,847 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

128999 – 113,847 = 15,152 or 15,152 lives lost

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

128,999 ÷ 113,847 = 1.1319 or an increase of 13%

in deaths from All Causes among men of all ages living in Iowa in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.