2022 Deaths – All Causes – Both Sexes – Ages 80-84 | Saskatchewan, Canada

2022 vs New Normal™ for elderly men and women aged 80-84 in Saskatchewan

1. 1,322 of 1,322 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 100.00% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is down 8% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 1,438 of 1,438 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 116 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 842 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are down 8% 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 80-84 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, 1,322 of 23,794 elderly men and women aged 80-84 living in Saskatchewan died from All Causes.

1,322 ÷ 23,794 = 0.05556 (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 21,499 deaths from All Causes among 355,615 elderly men and women aged 80-84 living in Saskatchewan in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

21,499 ÷ 355,615 = 0.06046 (Old Normal CDR)

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

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

23,794 X 0.06046 = 1,438 expected deaths

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

1,322 – 1,438 = -116

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

1,322 ÷ 1,438 = 0.9189

This reveals 116 lives saved and is 91.89% of what we expected (a decrease of 8%) in deaths from All Causes among elderly men and women aged 80-84 living in Saskatchewan 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):

8,923 ÷ 159,588 = 0.05591 (5-yr CDR)

23,794(2022 pop) X 0.05591 = 1,330 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

1,322 – 1,330 = -8 or 8 lives saved

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

1,322 ÷ 1,330 = 0.9935 or a decrease of 1%

for deaths from All Causes among elderly men and women aged 80-84 living in Saskatchewan 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

183,382 X 0.06046 = 11,087 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

10245 – 11,087 = -842 or 842 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

10,245 ÷ 11,087 = 0.9239 or a decrease of 8%

in deaths from All Causes among elderly men and women aged 80-84 living in Saskatchewan in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.