The CDC just updated it’s numbers for the first quarter of 2022.
In spite of all the “died suddenly” in the news, and increases casket sales, etc., “officially” there is no change from trend, will all numbers less than 1 SD from the mean.
| Year | Month | Number of Live Births | Number of Deaths | Number of Infant Deaths | 12 Month-ending Number of Live Births | 12 Month-ending Number of Deaths | 12 Month-ending Number of Infant Deaths |
| 2020 | January | 305,000 | 264,000 | 1,800 | 3,742,000 | 2,861,000 | 21,000 |
| 2020 | February | 283,000 | 244,000 | 1,700 | 3,744,000 | 2,872,000 | 21,100 |
| 2020 | March | 302,000 | 269,000 | 1,700 | 3,742,000 | 2,887,000 | 20,900 |
| 2020 | April | 290,000 | 322,000 | 1,600 | 3,733,000 | 2,974,000 | 20,800 |
| 2020 | May | 301,000 | 280,000 | 1,700 | 3,718,000 | 3,017,000 | 20,700 |
| 2020 | June | 302,000 | 250,000 | 1,700 | 3,716,000 | 3,041,000 | 20,500 |
| 2020 | July | 321,000 | 278,000 | 1,600 | 3,704,000 | 3,091,000 | 20,400 |
| 2020 | August | 319,000 | 277,000 | 1,600 | 3,681,000 | 3,140,000 | 20,200 |
| 2020 | September | 311,000 | 257,000 | 1,600 | 3,666,000 | 3,174,000 | 20,100 |
| 2020 | October | 305,000 | 273,000 | 1,600 | 3,646,000 | 3,209,000 | 20,000 |
| 2020 | November | 282,000 | 302,000 | 1,600 | 3,630,000 | 3,272,000 | 19,900 |
| 2020 | December | 290,000 | 366,000 | 1,500 | 3,611,000 | 3,382,000 | 19,600 |
| 2021 | January | 277,000 | 373,000 | 1,700 | 3,583,000 | 3,491,000 | 19,500 |
| 2021 | February | 266,000 | 282,000 | 1,500 | 3,567,000 | 3,528,000 | 19,300 |
| 2021 | March | 302,000 | 270,000 | 1,700 | 3,567,000 | 3,529,000 | 19,300 |
| 2021 | April | 293,000 | 256,000 | 1,700 | 3,570,000 | 3,464,000 | 19,400 |
| 2021 | May | 301,000 | 258,000 | 1,700 | 3,569,000 | 3,442,000 | 19,400 |
| 2021 | June | 313,000 | 245,000 | 1,600 | 3,581,000 | 3,436,000 | 19,300 |
| 2021 | July | 326,000 | 257,000 | 1,700 | 3,585,000 | 3,415,000 | 19,400 |
| 2021 | August | 330,000 | 303,000 | 1,700 | 3,595,000 | 3,442,000 | 19,400 |
| 2021 | September | 325,000 | 311,000 | 1,700 | 3,609,000 | 3,496,000 | 19,500 |
| 2021 | October | 315,000 | 299,000 | 1,700 | 3,619,000 | 3,522,000 | 19,600 |
| 2021 | November | 301,000 | 288,000 | 1,600 | 3,638,000 | 3,507,000 | 19,600 |
| 2021 | December | 310,000 | 318,000 | 1,700 | 3,658,000 | 3,459,000 | 19,700 |
| 2022 | January | 294,000 | 368,000 | 1,600 | 3,675,000 | 3,459,000 | 19,900 |
| 2022 | February | 275,000 | 288,000 | 1,400 | 3,684,000 | 3,465,000 | 19,900 |
| 2022 | March | 306,000 | 266,000 | 1,600 | 3,688,000 | 3,461,000 | 19,800 |
| Mean | 301,667 | 287,556 | 1,641 | 3,648,926 | 3,297,630 | 19,933 | |
| StdDev | 15,930 | 35,589 | 83 | 59,934 | 225,653 | 562 | |
| Mean+1StdDev | 317,597 | 323,144 | 1,724 | 3,708,860 | 3,523,283 | 20,496 | |
| Mean-21tdDev | 285,736 | 251,967 | 1,558 | 3,588,992 | 3,071,976 | 19,371 | |
| Last month Z score | 0.523 | 0.855 | 0.716 | 0.151 | 0.715 | 0.415 | |