2022 Deaths – Unknown Causes – Both Sexes – All Ages | British Columbia, Canada

2022 vs New Normal™ for individuals of all ages in British Columbia

1. 2,834 of 45,380 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 6.25% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is up 257% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 741 of 37,741 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 2,093 excess deaths from Unknown Causes in 2022.
6. 7,639 excess All Cause deaths in 2022.
7. 5,500 excess deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2022)
8. 26,444 excess All Cause deaths over the first 8 years of British Columbia’s New Normal™.

1. To show this year’s deaths from Unknown Causes are up 257% 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 individuals of all ages 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, 2,834 of 5,319,324 individuals of all ages living in British Columbia died from Unknown Causes.

2,834 ÷ 5,319,324 = 0.00053 (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 8,469 deaths from Unknown Causes among 60,817,928 individuals of all ages living in British Columbia in the 14 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

8,469 ÷ 60,817,928 = 0.00014 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

5,319,324 X 0.00014 = 741 expected deaths

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

2,834 – 741 = 2,093

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

2,834 ÷ 741 = 3.5696

This reveals 2,093 lives lost and is 356.96% of what we expected (an increase of 257%) in deaths from Unknown Causes among individuals of all ages living in British Columbia 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):

8,284 ÷ 35,028,167 = 0.00024 (5-yr CDR)

5,319,324(2022 pop) X 0.00024 = 1,258 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

2,834 – 1,258 = 1,576 or 1,576 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

2,834 ÷ 1,258 = 2.1614 or an increase of 116%

for deaths from Unknown Causes among individuals of all ages living in British Columbia 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

40,347,491 X 0.00014 = 5,618 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

11118 – 5,618 = 5,500 or 5,500 lives lost

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

11,118 ÷ 5,618 = 1.8463 or an increase of 85%

in deaths from Unknown Causes among individuals of all ages living in British Columbia in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.