2022 Deaths – Unknown Causes – Male – Ages 30-34 | Texas, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for people aged 30-34 in Texas

1. 1,233 of 3,370 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 36.59% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is down 15% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 1,435 of 2,425 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 202 fewer than expected deaths from Unknown Causes in 2022.
6. 945 excess All Cause deaths in 2022.
7. 1,263 fewer than expected deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2022)
8. 4,117 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 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 people aged 30-34 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, 1,233 of 2,203,467 people aged 30-34 living in Texas died from Unknown Causes.

1,233 ÷ 2,203,467 = 0.00056 (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 16,835 deaths from Unknown Causes among 25,846,324 people aged 30-34 living in Texas in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

16,835 ÷ 25,846,324 = 0.00065 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

2,203,467 X 0.00065 = 1,435 expected deaths

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

1,233 – 1,435 = -202

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

1,233 ÷ 1,435 = 0.8461

This reveals 202 lives saved and is 84.61% of what we expected (a decrease of 15%) in deaths from Unknown Causes among people aged 30-34 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):

8,404 ÷ 14,531,692 = 0.00058 (5-yr CDR)

2,203,467(2022 pop) X 0.00058 = 1,274 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

1,233 – 1,274 = -41 or 41 lives saved

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

1,233 ÷ 1,274 = 0.9511 or a decrease of 5%

for deaths from Unknown Causes among people aged 30-34 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

16,735,159 X 0.00065 = 10,900 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

9637 – 10,900 = -1,263 or 1,263 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

9,637 ÷ 10,900 = 0.8707 or a decrease of 13%

in deaths from Unknown Causes among people aged 30-34 living in Texas in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.