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

2022 vs New Normal™ for babies in their first year of life in Louisiana

1. 414 of 414 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 100.00% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is down 21% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 525 of 525 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 111 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 778 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are down 21% 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 babies 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, 414 of 56,702 babies in their first year of life living in Louisiana died from All Causes.

414 ÷ 56,702 = 0.00730 (2022 CDR)

The table shows there were a total of 8,740 deaths from All Causes among 944,437 babies in their first year of life living in Louisiana in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

8,740 ÷ 944,437 = 0.00925 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

56,702 X 0.00925 = 525 expected deaths

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

414 – 525 = -111

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

414 ÷ 525 = 0.7881

This reveals 111 lives saved and is 78.81% of what we expected (a decrease of 21%) in deaths from All Causes among babies in their first year of life living in Louisiana 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):

3,200 ÷ 417,841 = 0.00766 (5-yr CDR)

56,702(2022 pop) X 0.00766 = 434 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

414 – 434 = -20 or 20 lives saved

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

414 ÷ 434 = 0.9521 or a decrease of 5%

for deaths from All Causes among babies in their first year of life living in Louisiana 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

474,543 X 0.00925 = 4,392 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

3614 – 4,392 = -778 or 778 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

3,614 ÷ 4,392 = 0.8221 or a decrease of 18%

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