2022 Deaths – Unknown Causes – Both Sexes – Ages 85-89 | Alberta, Canada

2022 vs New Normal™ for elderly men and women aged 85-89 in Alberta

1. 80 of 4,435 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 1.80% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is up 175% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 29 of 4,494 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 51 excess deaths from Unknown Causes in 2022.
6. 59 fewer than expected All Cause deaths in 2022.
7. 232 excess deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2022)
8. 3,082 fewer than expected 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 175% 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 men and women aged 85-89 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, 80 of 45,118 elderly men and women aged 85-89 living in Alberta died from Unknown Causes.

80 ÷ 45,118 = 0.00177 (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 264 deaths from Unknown Causes among 415,524 elderly men and women aged 85-89 living in Alberta in the 14 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

264 ÷ 415,524 = 0.00064 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

45,118 X 0.00064 = 29 expected deaths

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

80 – 29 = 51

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

80 ÷ 29 = 2.7476

This reveals 51 lives lost and is 274.76% of what we expected (an increase of 175%) in deaths from Unknown Causes among elderly men and women aged 85-89 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):

368 ÷ 294,387 = 0.00125 (5-yr CDR)

45,118(2022 pop) X 0.00125 = 56 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

80 – 56 = 24 or 24 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

80 ÷ 56 = 1.4072 or an increase of 41%

for deaths from Unknown Causes among elderly men and women aged 85-89 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

339,505 X 0.00064 = 216 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

448 – 216 = 232 or 232 lives lost

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

448 ÷ 216 = 2.0448 or an increase of 104%

in deaths from Unknown Causes among elderly men and women aged 85-89 living in Alberta in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.