2022 Deaths – All Causes – Both Sexes – Ages 85-89 | New Brunswick, Canada

2022 vs New Normal™ for elderly men and women aged 85-89 in New Brunswick

1. 1,326 of 1,326 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 100.00% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is up 3% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 1,282 of 1,282 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 44 excess deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 419 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are up 3% 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 and women aged 85-89 were there?” and
• “How many of them died from All Causes?”

The following 2 charts provide this information:

From the charts, we can see that in 2022, 1,326 of 12,145 elderly men and women aged 85-89 living in New Brunswick died from All Causes.

1,326 ÷ 12,145 = 0.10918 (2022 CDR)

We’ll use the table below to calculate our Old Normal rate for deaths from All Causes

The table shows there were a total of 14,928 deaths from All Causes among 141,365 elderly men and women aged 85-89 living in New Brunswick in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

14,928 ÷ 141,365 = 0.10560 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

12,145 X 0.10560 = 1,282 expected deaths

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

1,326 – 1,282 = 44

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

1,326 ÷ 1,282 = 1.0338

This reveals 44 lives lost and is 103.38% of what we expected (an increase of 3%) in deaths from All Causes among elderly men and women aged 85-89 living in New Brunswick 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):

7,909 ÷ 79,274 = 0.09977 (5-yr CDR)

12,145(2022 pop) X 0.09977 = 1,212 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

1,326 – 1,212 = 114 or 114 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

1,326 ÷ 1,212 = 1.0942 or an increase of 9%

for deaths from All Causes among elderly men and women aged 85-89 living in New Brunswick 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

91,419 X 0.10560 = 9,654 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

9235 – 9,654 = -419 or 419 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

9,235 ÷ 9,654 = 0.9565 or a decrease of 4%

in deaths from All Causes among elderly men and women aged 85-89 living in New Brunswick in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.