2022 Deaths – Unknown Causes – Both Sexes – Ages 25-29 | Alberta, Canada

2022 vs New Normal™ for people aged 25-29 in Alberta

1. 112 of 392 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 28.57% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is up 893% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 8 of 197 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 104 excess deaths from Unknown Causes in 2022.
6. 195 excess All Cause deaths in 2022.
7. 578 excess deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2022)
8. 939 excess All Cause deaths over the first 8 years of Alberta’s New Normal™.

1. To show this year’s deaths from Unknown Causes are up 893% 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 25-29 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, 112 of 307,763 people aged 25-29 living in Alberta died from Unknown Causes.

112 ÷ 307,763 = 0.00036 (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 106 deaths from Unknown Causes among 3,978,199 people aged 25-29 living in Alberta in the 14 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

106 ÷ 3,978,199 = 0.00003 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

307,763 X 0.00003 = 8 expected deaths

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

112 – 8 = 104

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

112 ÷ 8 = 9.9308

This reveals 104 lives lost and is 993.08% of what we expected (an increase of 893%) in deaths from Unknown Causes among people aged 25-29 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):

535 ÷ 2,269,923 = 0.00024 (5-yr CDR)

307,763(2022 pop) X 0.00024 = 73 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

112 – 73 = 39 or 39 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

112 ÷ 73 = 1.4812 or an increase of 48%

for deaths from Unknown Causes among people aged 25-29 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

2,577,686 X 0.00003 = 69 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

647 – 69 = 578 or 578 lives lost

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

647 ÷ 69 = 6.8495 or an increase of 585%

in deaths from Unknown Causes among people aged 25-29 living in Alberta in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.