2022 Deaths – All Causes – Pre-schooler – 0-4 | Nova Scotia, Canada

2022 vs New Normal™ for pre-schoolers aged 0-4 in Nova Scotia

1. 32 of 32 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 99.97% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is down 24% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 42 of 42 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 10 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 27 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are down 24% 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 pre-schoolers aged 0-4 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, 32 of 41,575 pre-schoolers aged 0-4 living in Nova Scotia died from All Causes.

32 ÷ 41,575 = 0.00077 (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 623 deaths from All Causes among 623,525 pre-schoolers aged 0-4 living in Nova Scotia in the 14 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

623 ÷ 623,525 = 0.00100 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

41,575 X 0.00100 = 42 expected deaths

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

32 – 42 = -10

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

32 ÷ 42 = 0.7627

This reveals 10 lives saved and is 76.27% of what we expected (a decrease of 24%) in deaths from All Causes among pre-schoolers aged 0-4 living in Nova Scotia 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):

278 ÷ 296,201 = 0.00094 (5-yr CDR)

41,575(2022 pop) X 0.00094 = 39 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

32 – 39 = -7 or 7 lives saved

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

32 ÷ 39 = 0.8114 or a decrease of 19%

for deaths from All Causes among pre-schoolers aged 0-4 living in Nova Scotia 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

337,776 X 0.00100 = 337 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

310 – 337 = -27 or 27 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

310 ÷ 337 = 0.9094 or a decrease of 9%

in deaths from All Causes among pre-schoolers aged 0-4 living in Nova Scotia in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.