2022 Deaths – Unknown Causes – Female – 35-39 | Massachusetts, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for women aged 35-39 in Massachusetts

1. 180 of 295 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 61.01% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is up 10% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 162 of 196 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 18 excess deaths from Unknown Causes in 2022.
6. 99 excess All Cause deaths in 2022.
7. 13 excess deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2022)
8. 473 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 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 women aged 35-39 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, 180 of 235,807 women aged 35-39 living in Massachusetts died from Unknown Causes.

180 ÷ 235,807 = 0.00076 (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 2,402 deaths from Unknown Causes among 3,505,358 women aged 35-39 living in Massachusetts in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

2,402 ÷ 3,505,358 = 0.00069 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

235,807 X 0.00069 = 162 expected deaths

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

180 – 162 = 18

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

180 ÷ 162 = 1.0980

This reveals 18 lives lost and is 109.80% of what we expected (an increase of 10%) in deaths from Unknown Causes among women aged 35-39 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):

1,059 ÷ 1,552,818 = 0.00068 (5-yr CDR)

235,807(2022 pop) X 0.00068 = 161 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

180 – 161 = 19 or 19 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

180 ÷ 161 = 1.1031 or an increase of 10%

for deaths from Unknown Causes among women aged 35-39 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

1,788,625 X 0.00069 = 1,226 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

1239 – 1,226 = 13 or 13 lives lost

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

1,239 ÷ 1,226 = 0.9964 or an increase of 0%

in deaths from Unknown Causes among women aged 35-39 living in Massachusetts in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.