2022 Deaths – All Causes – Both Sexes – Ages 55-59 | Ontario, Canada

2022 vs New Normal™ for people aged 55-59 in Ontario

1. 5,274 of 5,274 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 100.00% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is down 2% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 5,344 of 5,344 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 70 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 3,349 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are down 2% 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 55-59 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, 5,274 of 1,037,511 people aged 55-59 living in Ontario died from All Causes.

5,274 ÷ 1,037,511 = 0.00508 (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 60,383 deaths from All Causes among 11,722,486 people aged 55-59 living in Ontario in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

60,383 ÷ 11,722,486 = 0.00515 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

1,037,511 X 0.00515 = 5,344 expected deaths

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

5,274 – 5,344 = -70

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

5,274 ÷ 5,344 = 0.9849

This reveals 70 lives saved and is 98.49% of what we expected (a decrease of 2%) in deaths from All Causes among people aged 55-59 living in Ontario 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):

34,175 ÷ 7,271,119 = 0.00470 (5-yr CDR)

1,037,511(2022 pop) X 0.00470 = 4,876 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

5,274 – 4,876 = 398 or 398 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

5,274 ÷ 4,876 = 1.0792 or an increase of 8%

for deaths from All Causes among people aged 55-59 living in Ontario 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

8,308,630 X 0.00515 = 42,798 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

39449 – 42,798 = -3,349 or 3,349 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

39,449 ÷ 42,798 = 0.9200 or a decrease of 8%

in deaths from All Causes among people aged 55-59 living in Ontario in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.