2022 Deaths – Unknown Causes – Male – Ages 55-59 | United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for men aged 55-59 in United States

1. 4,267 of 103,522 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 4.12% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is down 8% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 4,548 of 95,837 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 281 fewer than expected deaths from Unknown Causes in 2022.
6. 7,685 excess All Cause deaths in 2022.
7. 3,165 fewer than expected deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2022)
8. 45,510 excess All Cause deaths over the first 8 years of United States’s New Normal™.

1. To show this year’s deaths from Unknown Causes are down 8% 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 men aged 55-59 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, 4,267 of 10,373,923 men aged 55-59 living in United States died from Unknown Causes.

4,267 ÷ 10,373,923 = 0.00041 (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 57,556 deaths from Unknown Causes among 131,286,862 men aged 55-59 living in United States in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

57,556 ÷ 131,286,862 = 0.00044 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

10,373,923 X 0.00044 = 4,548 expected deaths

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

4,267 – 4,548 = -281

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

4,267 ÷ 4,548 = 0.9173

This reveals 281 lives saved and is 91.73% of what we expected (a decrease of 8%) in deaths from Unknown Causes among men aged 55-59 living in United States 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):

29,748 ÷ 74,435,296 = 0.00040 (5-yr CDR)

10,373,923(2022 pop) X 0.00040 = 4,146 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

4,267 – 4,146 = 121 or 121 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

4,267 ÷ 4,146 = 1.0041 or an increase of 0%

for deaths from Unknown Causes among men aged 55-59 living in United States 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

84,809,219 X 0.00044 = 37,180 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

34015 – 37,180 = -3,165 or 3,165 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

34,015 ÷ 37,180 = 0.8945 or a decrease of 11%

in deaths from Unknown Causes among men aged 55-59 living in United States in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.