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What is a 17-year-old girl in Austria most likely to die from?

Move the controls. The answer comes from official mortality statistics for 37 countries in Europe and North America — and it surprises almost everyone.

Country
Age
17
Sex at birth

Official mortality statistics are published by sex at birth, which is why we ask.

Next 12 months
0.03%
1 in 3,804
Next 10 years
0.25%
1 in 402
Life expectancy
84
about 67 more years on average
The surpriseAt 17, the top risk in the next 10 years isn't aging — it's suicide.
Most likely causes

Share of all deaths in the next 10 years.

  1. 01Suicide19%
    0.05% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.55%
  2. 02Other injuries (incl. undetermined intent)18%
    0.04% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.69%
  3. 03Road accidents9.5%
    0.02% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.20%
  4. 04Other neurological disease (e.g. epilepsy)7.4%
    0.02% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.2%
  5. 05Other causes5.6%
    0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 3.6%
  6. 06Accidental poisoning & overdose5.0%
    0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.05%
  7. 07Congenital conditions3.3%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.13%
  8. 08Leukaemia & lymphoma3.0%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.7%
Show the other 23 causes30% together
  1. 09Brain cancer2.7%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.47%
  2. 10Other cancers2.4%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 3.5%
  3. 11Falls2.4%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.1%
  4. 12Colorectal cancer2.4%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.0%
  5. 13Stroke2.1%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 5.8%
  6. 14Drug use disorder2.0%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.06%
  7. 15Other accidents1.8%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.0%
  8. 16Homicide1.8%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.05%
  9. 17Other lung disease1.8%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.71%
  10. 18Pneumonia & flu1.5%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.0%
  11. 19Heart failure & other heart disease1.2%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 11%
  12. 20High blood pressure & other circulatory disease1.2%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 11%
  13. 21Melanoma (skin cancer)1.2%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.33%
  14. 22Other mental health conditions0.91%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.09%
  15. 23Heart attack & coronary heart disease0.64%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 13%
  16. 24Stomach cancer0.64%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.58%
  17. 25Diabetes0.64%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 3.8%
  18. 26Pancreatic cancer0.59%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.0%
  19. 27COPD & chronic lung disease0.59%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 3.3%
  20. 28Lung cancer0.32%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 3.4%
  21. 29Breast cancer0.32%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 3.4%
  22. 30Other digestive disease0.32%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.4%
  23. 31Pregnancy & childbirth0.32%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime <0.01%

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For people like a 17-year-old girl in Austria, not a personal prediction. Based on official mortality data for Austria (2023), Eurostat. Personal risk also depends on health and habits.

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Full page with comparisons: women aged 15–19 in Austria

How long people like this live: life expectancy.