2022 Deaths – All Causes – Baby Boy – Under 1 | Kansas, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for baby boys in their first year of life in Kansas

1. 120 of 120 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 99.99% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is down 12% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 136 of 136 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 16 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 155 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are down 12% 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 baby boys in their first year of life 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, 120 of 17,773 baby boys in their first year of life living in Kansas died from All Causes.

120 ÷ 17,773 = 0.00675 (2022 CDR)

The table shows there were a total of 2,324 deaths from All Causes among 303,502 baby boys in their first year of life living in Kansas in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

2,324 ÷ 303,502 = 0.00766 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

17,773 X 0.00766 = 136 expected deaths

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

120 – 136 = -16

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

120 ÷ 136 = 0.8806

This reveals 16 lives saved and is 88.06% of what we expected (a decrease of 12%) in deaths from All Causes among baby boys in their first year of life living in Kansas 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):

864 ÷ 130,912 = 0.00660 (5-yr CDR)

17,773(2022 pop) X 0.00660 = 117 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

120 – 117 = 3 or 3 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

120 ÷ 117 = 1.0215 or an increase of 2%

for deaths from All Causes among baby boys in their first year of life living in Kansas 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

148,685 X 0.00766 = 1,139 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

984 – 1,139 = -155 or 155 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

984 ÷ 1,139 = 0.8632 or a decrease of 14%

in deaths from All Causes among baby boys in their first year of life living in Kansas in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.