2022 Deaths – Unknown Causes – Male – Ages 20-24 | Texas, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for people aged 20-24 in Texas

1. 760 of 2,187 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 34.75% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is down 21% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 942 of 2,042 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 182 fewer than expected deaths from Unknown Causes in 2022.
6. 145 excess All Cause deaths in 2022.
7. 1,054 fewer than expected deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2022)
8. 380 excess All Cause deaths over the first 8 years of Texas’s New Normal™.

1. To show this year’s deaths from Unknown Causes are down 21% 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 people aged 20-24 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, 760 of 2,191,176 people aged 20-24 living in Texas died from Unknown Causes.

760 ÷ 2,191,176 = 0.00035 (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 11,484 deaths from Unknown Causes among 26,713,110 people aged 20-24 living in Texas in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

11,484 ÷ 26,713,110 = 0.00043 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

2,191,176 X 0.00043 = 942 expected deaths

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

760 – 942 = -182

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

760 ÷ 942 = 0.7885

This reveals 182 lives saved and is 78.85% of what we expected (a decrease of 21%) in deaths from Unknown Causes among people aged 20-24 living in Texas 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):

5,179 ÷ 14,076,505 = 0.00037 (5-yr CDR)

2,191,176(2022 pop) X 0.00037 = 806 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

760 – 806 = -46 or 46 lives saved

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

760 ÷ 806 = 0.9178 or a decrease of 8%

for deaths from Unknown Causes among people aged 20-24 living in Texas 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

16,267,681 X 0.00043 = 6,993 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

5939 – 6,993 = -1,054 or 1,054 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

5,939 ÷ 6,993 = 0.8299 or a decrease of 17%

in deaths from Unknown Causes among people aged 20-24 living in Texas in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.