2022 Deaths – Unknown Causes – Baby – Under 1 | Maryland, United States

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

1. 353 of 422 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 83.65% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is up 0% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 351 of 524 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 2 excess deaths from Unknown Causes in 2022.
6. 102 fewer than expected All Cause deaths in 2022.
7. 203 fewer than expected deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2022)
8. 772 fewer than expected All Cause deaths over the first 8 years of Maryland’s New Normal™.

1. To show this year’s deaths from Unknown Causes are up 0% 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 Unknown Causes?”

The following 2 charts provide this information:

From the charts, we can see that in 2022, 353 of 69,158 babies in their first year of life living in Maryland died from Unknown Causes.

353 ÷ 69,158 = 0.00510 (2022 CDR)

We’ll use the table below to calculate our Old Normal rate for deaths from Unknown Causes

The table shows there were a total of 5,564 deaths from Unknown Causes among 1,097,489 babies in their first year of life living in Maryland in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

5,564 ÷ 1,097,489 = 0.00507 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

69,158 X 0.00507 = 351 expected deaths

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

353 – 351 = 2

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

353 ÷ 351 = 1.0048

This reveals 2 lives lost and is 100.48% of what we expected (an increase of 0%) in deaths from Unknown Causes among babies in their first year of life living in Maryland 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):

2,303 ÷ 494,692 = 0.00466 (5-yr CDR)

69,158(2022 pop) X 0.00466 = 322 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

353 – 322 = 31 or 31 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

353 ÷ 322 = 1.0941 or an increase of 9%

for deaths from Unknown Causes among babies in their first year of life living in Maryland 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

563,850 X 0.00507 = 2,859 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

2656 – 2,859 = -203 or 203 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

2,656 ÷ 2,859 = 0.9273 or a decrease of 7%

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