An unusual story surfaced in Alberta, Canada, last month which is just now starting to gain traction around the world. Canadian doctors and a civil liberties lawyer in the Canadian province of Alberta are raising concerns about a growing trend of deaths labeled as “unknown causes” after an unprecedented increase in such deaths was recorded in 2021.

This new category on autopsy reports and death records now tops ‘Covid-19,’ which was added to Alberta’s death tally in 2020. A study looking at excess deaths in Alberta was quietly released in March in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases

That study found the “Top 10 Causes of Death in 2021” by the Government of Alberta were as follows:

ill-defined and unknown causes (3,362)

Dementia (2,135)

Covid-19 (1,950)

Chronic ischemic heart disease (1,939)

Malignant neoplasms of trachea, bronchus, and lung (1,552)

Acute myocardial infarction (1,075)

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( 1,028)

Diabetes mellitus (728)

Stroke (612)

Accidental poisoning by and exposure to drugs and other substances (604)