2022 Deaths – All Causes – Male – 75-79 | New Brunswick, Canada

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

1. 675 of 675 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 100.00% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is down 17% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 811 of 811 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 136 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 920 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are down 17% 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 All Causes?”

The following 2 charts provide this information:

From the charts, we can see that in 2022, 675 of 16,694 elderly men aged 75-79 living in New Brunswick died from All Causes.

675 ÷ 16,694 = 0.04043 (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 6,364 deaths from All Causes among 130,924 elderly men aged 75-79 living in New Brunswick in the 14 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

6,364 ÷ 130,924 = 0.04861 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

16,694 X 0.04861 = 811 expected deaths

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

675 – 811 = -136

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

675 ÷ 811 = 0.8317

This reveals 136 lives saved and is 83.17% of what we expected (a decrease of 17%) in deaths from All Causes among elderly men aged 75-79 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):

3,706 ÷ 92,352 = 0.04013 (5-yr CDR)

16,694(2022 pop) X 0.04013 = 670 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

675 – 670 = 5 or 5 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

675 ÷ 670 = 1.0073 or an increase of 1%

for deaths from All Causes among elderly men aged 75-79 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

109,046 X 0.04861 = 5,301 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

4381 – 5,301 = -920 or 920 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

4,381 ÷ 5,301 = 0.8263 or a decrease of 17%

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