2022 Deaths – Unknown Causes – Both Sexes – Ages 75-79 | Prince Edward Island, Canada

2022 vs New Normal™ for elderly men and women aged 75-79 in Prince Edward Island

1. 8 of 217 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 3.69% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is up 231% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 2 of 264 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 6 excess deaths from Unknown Causes in 2022.
6. 47 fewer than expected All Cause deaths in 2022.
7. 11 excess deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2022)
8. 312 fewer than expected All Cause deaths over the first 8 years of Prince Edward Island’s New Normal™.

1. To show this year’s deaths from Unknown Causes are up 231% 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 and women aged 75-79 were there?” and
• “How many of them died from Unknown Causes?”

The following 2 charts provide this information:

From the charts, we can see that in 2022, 8 of 6,651 elderly men and women aged 75-79 living in Prince Edward Island died from Unknown Causes.

8 ÷ 6,651 = 0.00120 (2022 CDR)

The table shows there were a total of 21 deaths from Unknown Causes among 59,458 elderly men and women aged 75-79 living in Prince Edward Island in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

21 ÷ 59,458 = 0.00035 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

6,651 X 0.00035 = 2 expected deaths

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

8 – 2 = 6

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

8 ÷ 2 = 3.3118

This reveals 6 lives lost and is 331.18% of what we expected (an increase of 231%) in deaths from Unknown Causes among elderly men and women aged 75-79 living in Prince Edward Island 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):

18 ÷ 35,961 = 0.00050 (5-yr CDR)

6,651(2022 pop) X 0.00050 = 3 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

8 – 3 = 5 or 5 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

8 ÷ 3 = 2.3560 or an increase of 136%

for deaths from Unknown Causes among elderly men and women aged 75-79 living in Prince Edward Island 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

42,612 X 0.00035 = 15 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

26 – 15 = 11 or 11 lives lost

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

26 ÷ 15 = 1.6800 or an increase of 68%

in deaths from Unknown Causes among elderly men and women aged 75-79 living in Prince Edward Island in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.