2022 Deaths – Unknown Causes – Male – Ages 80-84 | Washington, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for elderly men aged 80-84 in Washington

1. 926 of 4,558 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 20.32% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is down 0% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 929 of 4,739 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 3 fewer than expected deaths from Unknown Causes in 2022.
6. 181 fewer than expected All Cause deaths in 2022.
7. 3 fewer than expected deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2022)
8. 3,045 fewer than expected All Cause deaths over the first 8 years of Washington’s New Normal™.

1. To show this year’s deaths from Unknown Causes are down 0% 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 aged 80-84 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, 926 of 62,838 elderly men aged 80-84 living in Washington died from Unknown Causes.

926 ÷ 62,838 = 0.01474 (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 9,901 deaths from Unknown Causes among 669,360 elderly men aged 80-84 living in Washington in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

9,901 ÷ 669,360 = 0.01479 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

62,838 X 0.01479 = 929 expected deaths

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

926 – 929 = -3

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

926 ÷ 929 = 0.9956

This reveals 3 lives saved and is 99.56% of what we expected (a decrease of 0%) in deaths from Unknown Causes among elderly men aged 80-84 living in Washington 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):

5,629 ÷ 380,524 = 0.01479 (5-yr CDR)

62,838(2022 pop) X 0.01479 = 930 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

926 – 930 = -4 or 4 lives saved

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

926 ÷ 930 = 0.9955 or a decrease of 0%

for deaths from Unknown Causes among elderly men aged 80-84 living in Washington 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

443,362 X 0.01479 = 6,558 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

6555 – 6,558 = -3 or 3 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

6,555 ÷ 6,558 = 0.9989 or a decrease of 0%

in deaths from Unknown Causes among elderly men aged 80-84 living in Washington in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.