2022 Deaths – All Causes – Both Sexes – All Ages | Massachusetts, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for individuals of all ages in Massachusetts

1. 63,366 of 63,366 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 100.00% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is up 8% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 58,456 of 58,456 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 4,910 excess deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 26,575 excess deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are up 8% 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 individuals of all ages 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, 63,366 of 6,831,080 individuals of all ages living in Massachusetts died from All Causes.

63,366 ÷ 6,831,080 = 0.00928 (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 816,450 deaths from All Causes among 95,408,556 individuals of all ages living in Massachusetts in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

816,450 ÷ 95,408,556 = 0.00856 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

6,831,080 X 0.00856 = 58,456 expected deaths

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

63,366 – 58,456 = 4,910

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

63,366 ÷ 58,456 = 1.0827

This reveals 4,910 lives lost and is 108.27% of what we expected (an increase of 8%) in deaths from All Causes among individuals of all ages living in Massachusetts 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):

422,679 ÷ 46,861,588 = 0.00902 (5-yr CDR)

6,831,080(2022 pop) X 0.00902 = 61,615 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

63,366 – 61,615 = 1,751 or 1,751 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

63,366 ÷ 61,615 = 1.0273 or an increase of 3%

for deaths from All Causes among individuals of all ages living in Massachusetts 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

53,692,668 X 0.00856 = 459,470 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

486045 – 459,470 = 26,575 or 26,575 lives lost

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

486,045 ÷ 459,470 = 1.0566 or an increase of 6%

in deaths from All Causes among individuals of all ages living in Massachusetts in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.