2022 Deaths – All Causes – Both Sexes – Ages 50-54 | Northwest Territories, Canada

2022 vs New Normal™ for people aged 50-54 in Northwest Territories

1. 16 of 16 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 99.94% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is up 15% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 14 of 14 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 2 excess deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 11 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are up 15% 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 people aged 50-54 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, 16 of 3,096 people aged 50-54 living in Northwest Territories died from All Causes.

16 ÷ 3,096 = 0.00517 (2022 CDR)

The table shows there were a total of 196 deaths from All Causes among 43,829 people aged 50-54 living in Northwest Territories in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

196 ÷ 43,829 = 0.00447 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

3,096 X 0.00447 = 14 expected deaths

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

16 – 14 = 2

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

16 ÷ 14 = 1.1531

This reveals 2 lives lost and is 115.31% of what we expected (an increase of 15%) in deaths from All Causes among people aged 50-54 living in Northwest Territories 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):

94 ÷ 23,997 = 0.00392 (5-yr CDR)

3,096(2022 pop) X 0.00392 = 12 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

16 – 12 = 4 or 4 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

16 ÷ 12 = 1.3160 or an increase of 32%

for deaths from All Causes among people aged 50-54 living in Northwest Territories 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

27,093 X 0.00447 = 121 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

110 – 121 = -11 or 11 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

110 ÷ 121 = 0.9059 or a decrease of 9%

in deaths from All Causes among people aged 50-54 living in Northwest Territories in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.