2022 Deaths – Unknown Causes – Female – Ages 55-59 | British Columbia, Canada

2022 vs New Normal™ for women aged 55-59 in British Columbia

1. 50 of 722 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 6.93% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is up 412% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 8 of 705 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 42 excess deaths from Unknown Causes in 2022.
6. 17 excess All Cause deaths in 2022.
7. 101 excess deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2022)
8. 430 fewer than expected All Cause deaths over the first 8 years of British Columbia’s New Normal™.

1. To show this year’s deaths from Unknown Causes are up 412% 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 women 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, 50 of 186,828 women aged 55-59 living in British Columbia died from Unknown Causes.

50 ÷ 186,828 = 0.00027 (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 91 deaths from Unknown Causes among 2,155,286 women aged 55-59 living in British Columbia in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

91 ÷ 2,155,286 = 0.00004 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

186,828 X 0.00004 = 8 expected deaths

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

50 – 8 = 42

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

50 ÷ 8 = 5.1248

This reveals 42 lives lost and is 512.48% of what we expected (an increase of 412%) in deaths from Unknown Causes among women aged 55-59 living in British Columbia 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):

115 ÷ 1,331,582 = 0.00009 (5-yr CDR)

186,828(2022 pop) X 0.00009 = 16 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

50 – 16 = 34 or 34 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

50 ÷ 16 = 2.7773 or an increase of 178%

for deaths from Unknown Causes among women aged 55-59 living in British Columbia 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

1,518,410 X 0.00004 = 64 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

165 – 64 = 101 or 101 lives lost

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

165 ÷ 64 = 2.0809 or an increase of 108%

in deaths from Unknown Causes among women aged 55-59 living in British Columbia in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.