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

2022 vs New Normal™ for individuals of all ages in South Dakota

1. 8,980 of 8,980 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 100.00% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is up 15% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 7,812 of 7,812 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 1,168 excess deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 4,928 excess deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are up 15% 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, 8,980 of 719,685 individuals of all ages living in South Dakota died from All Causes.

8,980 ÷ 719,685 = 0.01248 (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 105,721 deaths from All Causes among 9,739,705 individuals of all ages living in South Dakota in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

105,721 ÷ 9,739,705 = 0.01085 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

719,685 X 0.01085 = 7,812 expected deaths

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

8,980 – 7,812 = 1,168

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

8,980 ÷ 7,812 = 1.1485

This reveals 1,168 lives lost and is 114.85% of what we expected (an increase of 15%) in deaths from All Causes among individuals of all ages living in South Dakota 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):

58,665 ÷ 5,058,198 = 0.01160 (5-yr CDR)

719,685(2022 pop) X 0.01160 = 8,347 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

8,980 – 8,347 = 633 or 633 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

8,980 ÷ 8,347 = 1.0749 or an increase of 7%

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

5,777,883 X 0.01085 = 62,717 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

67645 – 62,717 = 4,928 or 4,928 lives lost

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

67,645 ÷ 62,717 = 1.0776 or an increase of 8%

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