2022 Deaths – All Causes – Male – 50-54 | Alberta, Canada

2022 vs New Normal™ for men aged 50-54 in Alberta

1. 596 of 596 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 100.00% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is up 6% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 559 of 559 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 37 excess deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 76 excess deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are up 6% 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 men aged 50-54 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, 596 of 140,208 men aged 50-54 living in Alberta died from All Causes.

596 ÷ 140,208 = 0.00425 (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 7,211 deaths from All Causes among 1,807,479 men aged 50-54 living in Alberta in the 14 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

7,211 ÷ 1,807,479 = 0.00399 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

140,208 X 0.00399 = 559 expected deaths

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

596 – 559 = 37

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

596 ÷ 559 = 1.0628

This reveals 37 lives lost and is 106.28% of what we expected (an increase of 6%) in deaths from All Causes among men aged 50-54 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):

3,968 ÷ 984,795 = 0.00403 (5-yr CDR)

140,208(2022 pop) X 0.00403 = 565 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

596 – 565 = 31 or 31 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

596 ÷ 565 = 1.0524 or an increase of 5%

for deaths from All Causes among men aged 50-54 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

1,125,003 X 0.00399 = 4,488 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

4564 – 4,488 = 76 or 76 lives lost

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

4,564 ÷ 4,488 = 1.0143 or an increase of 1%

in deaths from All Causes among men aged 50-54 living in Alberta in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.