2022 Deaths – Unknown Causes – Female – All Ages | British Columbia, Canada

2022 vs New Normal™ for women of all ages in British Columbia

1. 1,108 of 21,154 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 5.24% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is up 171% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 382 of 18,441 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 726 excess deaths from Unknown Causes in 2022.
6. 2,713 excess All Cause deaths in 2022.
7. 1,859 excess deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2022)
8. 7,515 excess 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 171% 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 of all ages 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, 1,108 of 2,690,744 women of all ages living in British Columbia died from Unknown Causes.

1,108 ÷ 2,690,744 = 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 4,345 deaths from Unknown Causes among 30,641,911 women of all ages living in British Columbia in the 14 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

4,345 ÷ 30,641,911 = 0.00014 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

2,690,744 X 0.00014 = 382 expected deaths

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

1,108 – 382 = 726

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

1,108 ÷ 382 = 2.7127

This reveals 726 lives lost and is 271.27% of what we expected (an increase of 171%) in deaths from Unknown Causes among women of all ages 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):

3,642 ÷ 17,693,874 = 0.00021 (5-yr CDR)

2,690,744(2022 pop) X 0.00021 = 554 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

1,108 – 554 = 554 or 554 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

1,108 ÷ 554 = 1.9079 or an increase of 91%

for deaths from Unknown Causes among women of all ages 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

20,384,618 X 0.00014 = 2,891 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

4750 – 2,891 = 1,859 or 1,859 lives lost

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

4,750 ÷ 2,891 = 1.5350 or an increase of 54%

in deaths from Unknown Causes among women of all ages living in British Columbia in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.