2022 Deaths – Unknown Causes – Female – 55-59 | Massachusetts, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for women aged 55-59 in Massachusetts

1. 545 of 1,128 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 48.32% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is up 6% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 511 of 1,093 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 34 excess deaths from Unknown Causes in 2022.
6. 35 excess All Cause deaths in 2022.
7. 58 fewer than expected deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2022)
8. 300 fewer than expected 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 6% 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 55-59 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, 545 of 244,371 women aged 55-59 living in Massachusetts died from Unknown Causes.

545 ÷ 244,371 = 0.00223 (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 6,572 deaths from Unknown Causes among 3,144,805 women aged 55-59 living in Massachusetts in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

6,572 ÷ 3,144,805 = 0.00209 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

244,371 X 0.00209 = 511 expected deaths

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

545 – 511 = 34

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

545 ÷ 511 = 1.0621

This reveals 34 lives lost and is 106.21% of what we expected (an increase of 6%) in deaths from Unknown Causes among women aged 55-59 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):

3,606 ÷ 1,769,581 = 0.00204 (5-yr CDR)

244,371(2022 pop) X 0.00204 = 498 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

545 – 498 = 47 or 47 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

545 ÷ 498 = 1.0891 or an increase of 9%

for deaths from Unknown Causes among women aged 55-59 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

2,013,952 X 0.00209 = 4,209 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

4151 – 4,209 = -58 or 58 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

4,151 ÷ 4,209 = 0.9816 or a decrease of 2%

in deaths from Unknown Causes among women aged 55-59 living in Massachusetts in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.