2022 Deaths – Unknown Causes – Male – Ages 90+ | British Columbia, Canada

2022 vs New Normal™ for elderly men aged 90+ in British Columbia

1. 166 of 3,766 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 4.41% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is up 87% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 88 of 3,090 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 78 excess deaths from Unknown Causes in 2022.
6. 676 excess All Cause deaths in 2022.
7. 172 excess deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2022)
8. 1,597 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 87% 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 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, 166 of 17,194 elderly men aged 90+ living in British Columbia died from Unknown Causes.

166 ÷ 17,194 = 0.00965 (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 593 deaths from Unknown Causes among 115,276 elderly men aged 90+ living in British Columbia in the 14 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

593 ÷ 115,276 = 0.00514 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

17,194 X 0.00514 = 88 expected deaths

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

166 – 88 = 78

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

166 ÷ 88 = 1.8731

This reveals 78 lives lost and is 187.31% of what we expected (an increase of 87%) in deaths from Unknown Causes among elderly men aged 90+ 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):

622 ÷ 102,554 = 0.00607 (5-yr CDR)

17,194(2022 pop) X 0.00607 = 104 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

166 – 104 = 62 or 62 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

166 ÷ 104 = 1.5892 or an increase of 59%

for deaths from Unknown Causes among elderly men aged 90+ 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

119,748 X 0.00514 = 616 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

788 – 616 = 172 or 172 lives lost

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

788 ÷ 616 = 1.2767 or an increase of 28%

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