2022 Deaths – Unknown Causes – Male – Ages 30-34 | Quebec, Canada

2022 vs New Normal™ for people aged 30-34 in Quebec

1. 96 of 347 total deaths were from Unknown Causes
2. 27.66% of all deaths were from Unknown Causes
3. This is up 342% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 16 of 368 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 80 excess deaths from Unknown Causes in 2022.
6. 21 fewer than expected All Cause deaths in 2022.
7. 192 excess deaths from Unknown Causes (2015-2022)
8. 399 fewer than expected All Cause deaths over the first 8 years of Quebec’s New Normal™.

1. To show this year’s deaths from Unknown Causes are up 342% 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 30-34 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, 96 of 579,370 people aged 30-34 living in Quebec died from Unknown Causes.

96 ÷ 579,370 = 0.00017 (2022 CDR)

We’ll use the table below to calculate our Old Normal rate for deaths from Unknown Causes

The table shows there were a total of 215 deaths from Unknown Causes among 7,814,523 people aged 30-34 living in Quebec in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

215 ÷ 7,814,523 = 0.00003 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

579,370 X 0.00003 = 16 expected deaths

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

96 – 16 = 80

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

96 ÷ 16 = 4.4171

This reveals 80 lives lost and is 441.71% of what we expected (an increase of 342%) in deaths from Unknown Causes among people aged 30-34 living in Quebec 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):

216 ÷ 3,789,814 = 0.00006 (5-yr CDR)

579,370(2022 pop) X 0.00006 = 33 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

96 – 33 = 63 or 63 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

96 ÷ 33 = 2.4733 or an increase of 147%

for deaths from Unknown Causes among people aged 30-34 living in Quebec 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

4,369,184 X 0.00003 = 120 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

312 – 120 = 192 or 192 lives lost

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

312 ÷ 120 = 1.9036 or an increase of 90%

in deaths from Unknown Causes among people aged 30-34 living in Quebec in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.