2023 Deaths – Unknown Causes – Both Sexes – Ages 5-9 | Canada

2023 vs New Normal™ for children aged 5-9 in Canada

1. 34 of 196 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 17.35% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is up 22% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 7 of 217 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 27 excess deaths from Unknown Causes in 2023.
6. 21 fewer than expected All Cause deaths in 2023.
7. 93 fewer than expected deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2023)
8. 337 fewer than expected All Cause deaths over the first 9 years of Canada’s New Normal™.

1. To show this year’s deaths from Unknown Causes are up 22% compared to Old Normal rates, we need to calculate the rates for both 2023 and for the Old Normal.

Remember, death rates are calculated to answer these questions:

• “How many children aged 5-9 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 2023, 34 of 2,122,845 children aged 5-9 living in Canada died from Unknown Causes.

34 ÷ 2,122,845 = 0.00002 (2023 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 87 deaths from Unknown Causes among 28,242,343 children aged 5-9 living in Canada in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

87 ÷ 28,242,343 = 0.00000 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2023 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

2,122,845 X 0.00000 = 7 expected deaths

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

34 – 7 = 27

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

34 ÷ 7 = 1.2244

This reveals 27 lives lost and is 122.44% of what we expected (an increase of 22%) in deaths from Unknown Causes among children aged 5-9 living in Canada in 2023, as compared to the Old Normal.

This is the same method used by Public Health to calculate the 5-yr CDR (Cumulative Death Rate):

116 ÷ 16,222,268 = 0.00001 (5-yr CDR)

2,122,845(2023 pop) X 0.00001 = 15 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

34 – 15 = 19 or 19 lives saved

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

34 ÷ 15 = 0.9339 or a decrease of 7%

for deaths from Unknown Causes among children aged 5-9 living in Canada in 2023, 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

18,345,113 X 0.00000 = 57 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

150 – 57 = 93 or 93 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

150 ÷ 57 = 0.6251 or a decrease of 37%

in deaths from Unknown Causes among children aged 5-9 living in Canada in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.