2022 Deaths – Unknown Causes – Male – 55-59 | Alberta, Canada

2022 vs New Normal™ for men aged 55-59 in Alberta

1. 135 of 932 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 14.48% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is up 959% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 11 of 838 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 124 excess deaths from Unknown Causes in 2022.
6. 94 excess All Cause deaths in 2022.
7. 624 excess deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2022)
8. 169 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 959% 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 55-59 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, 135 of 136,874 men aged 55-59 living in Alberta died from Unknown Causes.

135 ÷ 136,874 = 0.00099 (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 121 deaths from Unknown Causes among 1,456,010 men aged 55-59 living in Alberta in the 14 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

121 ÷ 1,456,010 = 0.00008 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

136,874 X 0.00008 = 11 expected deaths

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

135 – 11 = 124

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

135 ÷ 11 = 10.5936

This reveals 124 lives lost and is 1,059.36% of what we expected (an increase of 959%) in deaths from Unknown Causes among men aged 55-59 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):

583 ÷ 992,090 = 0.00059 (5-yr CDR)

136,874(2022 pop) X 0.00059 = 80 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

135 – 80 = 55 or 55 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

135 ÷ 80 = 1.6503 or an increase of 65%

for deaths from Unknown Causes among men aged 55-59 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

1,128,964 X 0.00008 = 94 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

718 – 94 = 624 or 624 lives lost

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

718 ÷ 94 = 6.8309 or an increase of 583%

in deaths from Unknown Causes among men aged 55-59 living in Alberta in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.