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

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

1. 16,394 of 63,366 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 25.87% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is up 7% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 15,232 of 58,456 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 1,162 excess deaths from Unknown Causes in 2022.
6. 4,910 excess All Cause deaths in 2022.
7. 7,853 excess deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2022)
8. 26,575 excess All Cause deaths over the first 8 years of Massachusetts’s New Normal™.

1. To show this year’s deaths from Unknown Causes are up 7% 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 Unknown Causes?”

The following 2 charts provide this information:

From the charts, we can see that in 2022, 16,394 of 6,831,080 individuals of all ages living in Massachusetts died from Unknown Causes.

16,394 ÷ 6,831,080 = 0.00240 (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 212,738 deaths from Unknown Causes among 95,408,556 individuals of all ages living in Massachusetts in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

212,738 ÷ 95,408,556 = 0.00223 (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 0.00223 = 15,232 expected deaths

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

16,394 – 15,232 = 1,162

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

16,394 ÷ 15,232 = 1.0715

This reveals 1,162 lives lost and is 107.15% of what we expected (an increase of 7%) in deaths from Unknown 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):

111,181 ÷ 46,861,588 = 0.00237 (5-yr CDR)

6,831,080(2022 pop) X 0.00237 = 16,207 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

16,394 – 16,207 = 187 or 187 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

16,394 ÷ 16,207 = 1.0073 or an increase of 1%

for deaths from Unknown 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 0.00223 = 119,722 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

127575 – 119,722 = 7,853 or 7,853 lives lost

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

127,575 ÷ 119,722 = 1.0608 or an increase of 6%

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