2022 Deaths – Unknown Causes – Elderly Men And Women – Ages 90+ | Alberta, Canada

2022 vs New Normal™ for elderly men and women aged 90+ in Alberta

1. 139 of 6,169 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 2.25% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is up 149% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 56 of 5,668 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 83 excess deaths from Unknown Causes in 2022.
6. 501 excess All Cause deaths in 2022.
7. 339 excess deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2022)
8. 445 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 149% 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 90+ 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, 139 of 28,361 elderly men and women aged 90+ living in Alberta died from Unknown Causes.

139 ÷ 28,361 = 0.00490 (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 423 deaths from Unknown Causes among 215,653 elderly men and women aged 90+ living in Alberta in the 14 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

423 ÷ 215,653 = 0.00196 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

28,361 X 0.00196 = 56 expected deaths

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

139 – 56 = 83

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

139 ÷ 56 = 2.4860

This reveals 83 lives lost and is 248.60% of what we expected (an increase of 149%) in deaths from Unknown Causes among elderly men and women aged 90+ 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):

604 ÷ 177,734 = 0.00340 (5-yr CDR)

28,361(2022 pop) X 0.00340 = 96 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

139 – 96 = 43 or 43 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

139 ÷ 96 = 1.4380 or an increase of 44%

for deaths from Unknown Causes among elderly men and women aged 90+ 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

206,095 X 0.00196 = 404 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

743 – 404 = 339 or 339 lives lost

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

743 ÷ 404 = 1.8286 or an increase of 83%

in deaths from Unknown Causes among elderly men and women aged 90+ living in Alberta in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.