2022 Deaths – All Causes – Girls And Boys – 5-9 | Nova Scotia, Canada

2022 vs New Normal™ for children aged 5-9 in Nova Scotia

1. 3 of 3 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 99.67% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is down 45% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 5 of 5 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 2 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 10 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are down 45% 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 children aged 5-9 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, 3 of 47,500 children aged 5-9 living in Nova Scotia died from All Causes.

3 ÷ 47,500 = 0.00006 (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 71 deaths from All Causes among 675,038 children aged 5-9 living in Nova Scotia in the 14 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

71 ÷ 675,038 = 0.00011 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

47,500 X 0.00011 = 5 expected deaths

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

3 – 5 = -2

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

3 ÷ 5 = 0.5483

This reveals 2 lives saved and is 54.83% of what we expected (a decrease of 45%) in deaths from All Causes among children aged 5-9 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):

26 ÷ 323,179 = 0.00008 (5-yr CDR)

47,500(2022 pop) X 0.00008 = 4 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

3 – 4 = -1 or 1 lives saved

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

3 ÷ 4 = 0.6983 or a decrease of 30%

for deaths from All Causes among children aged 5-9 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

370,679 X 0.00011 = 39 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

29 – 39 = -10 or 10 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

29 ÷ 39 = 0.6792 or a decrease of 32%

in deaths from All Causes among children aged 5-9 living in Nova Scotia in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.