2022 Deaths – Unknown Causes – Both Sexes – Ages 70-74 | Texas, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for elderly men and women aged 70-74 in Texas

1. 3,211 of 27,542 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 11.66% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is down 15% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 3,754 of 27,727 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 543 fewer than expected deaths from Unknown Causes in 2022.
6. 185 fewer than expected All Cause deaths in 2022.
7. 3,959 fewer than expected deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2022)
8. 7,138 fewer than expected 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 elderly men and women aged 70-74 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, 3,211 of 1,069,219 elderly men and women aged 70-74 living in Texas died from Unknown Causes.

3,211 ÷ 1,069,219 = 0.00300 (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 31,676 deaths from Unknown Causes among 9,021,418 elderly men and women aged 70-74 living in Texas in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

31,676 ÷ 9,021,418 = 0.00351 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

1,069,219 X 0.00351 = 3,754 expected deaths

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

3,211 – 3,754 = -543

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

3,211 ÷ 3,754 = 0.8529

This reveals 543 lives saved and is 85.29% of what we expected (a decrease of 15%) in deaths from Unknown Causes among elderly men and women aged 70-74 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):

19,523 ÷ 6,533,084 = 0.00299 (5-yr CDR)

1,069,219(2022 pop) X 0.00299 = 3,195 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

3,211 – 3,195 = 16 or 16 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

3,211 ÷ 3,195 = 1.0016 or an increase of 0%

for deaths from Unknown Causes among elderly men and women aged 70-74 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

7,602,303 X 0.00351 = 26,693 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

22734 – 26,693 = -3,959 or 3,959 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

22,734 ÷ 26,693 = 0.8493 or a decrease of 15%

in deaths from Unknown Causes among elderly men and women aged 70-74 living in Texas in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.