2022 Deaths – Unknown Causes – Male – 50-54 | Maryland, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for men aged 50-54 in Maryland

1. 483 of 1,169 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 41.32% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is down 10% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 535 of 1,233 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 52 fewer than expected deaths from Unknown Causes in 2022.
6. 64 fewer than expected All Cause deaths in 2022.
7. 154 fewer than expected deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2022)
8. 89 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 down 10% 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 aged 50-54 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, 483 of 196,973 men aged 50-54 living in Maryland died from Unknown Causes.

483 ÷ 196,973 = 0.00245 (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 8,050 deaths from Unknown Causes among 2,961,444 men aged 50-54 living in Maryland in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

8,050 ÷ 2,961,444 = 0.00272 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

196,973 X 0.00272 = 535 expected deaths

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

483 – 535 = -52

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

483 ÷ 535 = 0.8988

This reveals 52 lives saved and is 89.88% of what we expected (a decrease of 10%) in deaths from Unknown Causes among men aged 50-54 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):

3,783 ÷ 1,428,986 = 0.00265 (5-yr CDR)

196,973(2022 pop) X 0.00265 = 521 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

483 – 521 = -38 or 38 lives saved

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

483 ÷ 521 = 0.9228 or a decrease of 8%

for deaths from Unknown Causes among men aged 50-54 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

1,625,959 X 0.00272 = 4,420 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

4266 – 4,420 = -154 or 154 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

4,266 ÷ 4,420 = 0.9617 or a decrease of 4%

in deaths from Unknown Causes among men aged 50-54 living in Maryland in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.