2022 Deaths – Unknown Causes – Male – Ages 65-69 | New York, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for elderly men aged 65-69 in New York

1. 1,439 of 8,932 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 16.11% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is down 6% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 1,524 of 9,635 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 85 fewer than expected deaths from Unknown Causes in 2022.
6. 703 fewer than expected All Cause deaths in 2022.
7. 1,175 fewer than expected deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2022)
8. 4,633 fewer than expected All Cause deaths over the first 8 years of New York’s New Normal™.

1. To show this year’s deaths from Unknown Causes are down 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 elderly men aged 65-69 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, 1,439 of 531,690 elderly men aged 65-69 living in New York died from Unknown Causes.

1,439 ÷ 531,690 = 0.00271 (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 14,501 deaths from Unknown Causes among 5,060,428 elderly men aged 65-69 living in New York in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

14,501 ÷ 5,060,428 = 0.00287 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

531,690 X 0.00287 = 1,524 expected deaths

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

1,439 – 1,524 = -85

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

1,439 ÷ 1,524 = 0.9412

This reveals 85 lives saved and is 94.12% of what we expected (a decrease of 6%) in deaths from Unknown Causes among elderly men aged 65-69 living in New York 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):

8,546 ÷ 3,362,845 = 0.00254 (5-yr CDR)

531,690(2022 pop) X 0.00254 = 1,351 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

1,439 – 1,351 = 88 or 88 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

1,439 ÷ 1,351 = 1.0608 or an increase of 6%

for deaths from Unknown Causes among elderly men aged 65-69 living in New York 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

3,894,535 X 0.00287 = 11,160 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

9985 – 11,160 = -1,175 or 1,175 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

9,985 ÷ 11,160 = 0.8916 or a decrease of 11%

in deaths from Unknown Causes among elderly men aged 65-69 living in New York in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.