2022 Deaths – All Causes – Both Sexes – Ages 70-74 | Louisiana, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for elderly men and women aged 70-74 in Louisiana

1. 6,057 of 6,057 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 100.00% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is down 6% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 6,408 of 6,408 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 351 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 2,857 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are down 6% 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 and women aged 70-74 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, 6,057 of 208,345 elderly men and women aged 70-74 living in Louisiana died from All Causes.

6,057 ÷ 208,345 = 0.02907 (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 62,125 deaths from All Causes among 2,019,829 elderly men and women aged 70-74 living in Louisiana in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

62,125 ÷ 2,019,829 = 0.03076 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

208,345 X 0.03076 = 6,408 expected deaths

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

6,057 – 6,408 = -351

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

6,057 ÷ 6,408 = 0.9449

This reveals 351 lives saved and is 94.49% of what we expected (a decrease of 6%) in deaths from All Causes among elderly men and women aged 70-74 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):

37,195 ÷ 1,290,759 = 0.02882 (5-yr CDR)

208,345(2022 pop) X 0.02882 = 6,004 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

6,057 – 6,004 = 53 or 53 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

6,057 ÷ 6,004 = 1.0085 or an increase of 1%

for deaths from All Causes among elderly men and women aged 70-74 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

1,499,104 X 0.03076 = 46,109 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

43252 – 46,109 = -2,857 or 2,857 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

43,252 ÷ 46,109 = 0.9377 or a decrease of 6%

in deaths from All Causes among elderly men and women aged 70-74 living in Louisiana in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.