2022 Deaths – Unknown Causes – Male – 75-79 | Canada

2022 vs New Normal™ for elderly men aged 75-79 in Canada

1. 920 of 23,341 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 3.94% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is up 176% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 327 of 28,294 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 593 excess deaths from Unknown Causes in 2022.
6. 4,953 fewer than expected All Cause deaths in 2022.
7. 1,109 excess deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2022)
8. 36,552 fewer than expected All Cause deaths over the first 8 years of Canada’s New Normal™.

1. To show this year’s deaths from Unknown Causes are up 176% 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 75-79 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, 920 of 647,403 elderly men aged 75-79 living in Canada died from Unknown Causes.

920 ÷ 647,403 = 0.00142 (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 2,952 deaths from Unknown Causes among 5,844,685 elderly men aged 75-79 living in Canada in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

2,952 ÷ 5,844,685 = 0.00051 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

647,403 X 0.00051 = 327 expected deaths

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

920 – 327 = 593

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

920 ÷ 327 = 2.7589

This reveals 593 lives lost and is 275.89% of what we expected (an increase of 176%) in deaths from Unknown Causes among elderly men aged 75-79 living in Canada 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):

2,355 ÷ 3,640,093 = 0.00065 (5-yr CDR)

647,403(2022 pop) X 0.00065 = 419 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

920 – 419 = 501 or 501 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

920 ÷ 419 = 2.1631 or an increase of 116%

for deaths from Unknown Causes among elderly men aged 75-79 living in Canada 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

4,287,496 X 0.00051 = 2,166 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

3275 – 2,166 = 1,109 or 1,109 lives lost

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

3,275 ÷ 2,166 = 1.4830 or an increase of 48%

in deaths from Unknown Causes among elderly men aged 75-79 living in Canada in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.