2022 Deaths – All Causes – Both Sexes – Ages 55-59 | New Brunswick, Canada

2022 vs New Normal™ for people aged 55-59 in New Brunswick

1. 327 of 327 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 100.00% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is down 3% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 338 of 338 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 11 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 63 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are down 3% 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 people aged 55-59 were there?” and
• “How many of them died from All Causes?”

The following 2 charts provide this information:

From the charts, we can see that in 2022, 327 of 61,033 people aged 55-59 living in New Brunswick died from All Causes.

327 ÷ 61,033 = 0.00536 (2022 CDR)

We’ll use the table below to calculate our Old Normal rate for deaths from All Causes

The table shows there were a total of 4,399 deaths from All Causes among 795,287 people aged 55-59 living in New Brunswick in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

4,399 ÷ 795,287 = 0.00553 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

61,033 X 0.00553 = 338 expected deaths

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

327 – 338 = -11

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

327 ÷ 338 = 0.9669

This reveals 11 lives saved and is 96.69% of what we expected (a decrease of 3%) in deaths from All Causes among people aged 55-59 living in New Brunswick 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):

2,382 ÷ 440,163 = 0.00541 (5-yr CDR)

61,033(2022 pop) X 0.00541 = 330 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

327 – 330 = -3 or 3 lives saved

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

327 ÷ 330 = 0.9882 or a decrease of 1%

for deaths from All Causes among people aged 55-59 living in New Brunswick 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

501,196 X 0.00553 = 2,772 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

2709 – 2,772 = -63 or 63 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

2,709 ÷ 2,772 = 0.9754 or a decrease of 2%

in deaths from All Causes among people aged 55-59 living in New Brunswick in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.