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

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

1. 603 of 603 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 100.00% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is down 3% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 623 of 623 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 20 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 345 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are down 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 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, 603 of 4,862 elderly men aged 85-89 living in New Brunswick died from All Causes.

603 ÷ 4,862 = 0.12402 (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 5,752 deaths from All Causes among 44,884 elderly men aged 85-89 living in New Brunswick in the 14 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

5,752 ÷ 44,884 = 0.12815 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

4,862 X 0.12815 = 623 expected deaths

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

603 – 623 = -20

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

603 ÷ 623 = 0.9677

This reveals 20 lives saved and is 96.77% of what we expected (a decrease of 3%) in deaths from All Causes among elderly men 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):

3,539 ÷ 30,152 = 0.11737 (5-yr CDR)

4,862(2022 pop) X 0.11737 = 571 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

603 – 571 = 32 or 32 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

603 ÷ 571 = 1.0566 or an increase of 6%

for deaths from All Causes among elderly men 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

35,014 X 0.12815 = 4,487 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

4142 – 4,487 = -345 or 345 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

4,142 ÷ 4,487 = 0.9230 or a decrease of 8%

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