The proportion of people under the age of 80 who die from COVID-19 is nearly twice as high in New Brunswick, compared to the national average that can be measured.
Due to the lack of data in some areas, the Canadian average is calculated using statistics from most provinces, except Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, and they do not include territories.
Based on the calculated national average, approximately 60% of COVID deaths are 80 or older, and only 40% are under 80.
In New Brunswick alone, this is quite different: approximately 74% of all deaths since the pandemic began in New Brunswick have been people under 80 years of age.
The second province with the highest number of deaths among those under 80 is Saskatchewan, where the proportion is 55%.
It is followed by Newfoundland and Labrador (50%under 80), Manitoba (50%), Alberta (47%), Ontario (42%), British Columbia (41%) and Quebec (31%).
Tara Moriartyan associate professor at the University of Toronto and infectious disease specialist who has been evaluating COVID -associated mortality in Canada since the pandemic began, said there were a number of disproportionate people under the age of 80 who died of this disease after July 2021, compared to the period when there were no vaccines.
This phenomenon is specifically pronounced in New Brunswick, he said, mainly because COVID is well controlled there until summer 2021.
Since July of that year, many more have died in the province.
Most people over 80 were well protected by their vaccinations at that timeProfessor Moriarty explains, so the number of younger deaths represents a larger share of the total number of deaths.
The New Brunswick Department of Health did not respond Friday to a request to comment on these statistics.
According to the report of Bobbi Jean MacKinnon, CBC
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