2022 Deaths – All Causes – Female – Ages 65-69 | Alberta, Canada

2022 vs New Normal™ for elderly women aged 65-69 in Alberta

1. 1,057 of 1,057 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 100.00% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is down 10% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 1,169 of 1,169 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 112 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 760 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are down 10% 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 women aged 65-69 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, 1,057 of 118,362 elderly women aged 65-69 living in Alberta died from All Causes.

1,057 ÷ 118,362 = 0.00893 (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 8,097 deaths from All Causes among 820,059 elderly women aged 65-69 living in Alberta in the 14 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

8,097 ÷ 820,059 = 0.00987 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

118,362 X 0.00987 = 1,169 expected deaths

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

1,057 – 1,169 = -112

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

1,057 ÷ 1,169 = 0.9035

This reveals 112 lives saved and is 90.35% of what we expected (a decrease of 10%) in deaths from All Causes among elderly women aged 65-69 living in Alberta 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):

6,046 ÷ 677,971 = 0.00892 (5-yr CDR)

118,362(2022 pop) X 0.00892 = 1,056 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

1,057 – 1,056 = 1 or 1 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

1,057 ÷ 1,056 = 1.0003 or an increase of 0%

for deaths from All Causes among elderly women aged 65-69 living in Alberta 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

796,333 X 0.00987 = 7,863 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

7103 – 7,863 = -760 or 760 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

7,103 ÷ 7,863 = 0.9025 or a decrease of 10%

in deaths from All Causes among elderly women aged 65-69 living in Alberta in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.