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What is a 17-year-old girl in Greece 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
0.02%
1 in 5,399
Next 10 years
0.20%
1 in 505
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 road accidents.
Most likely causes

Share of all deaths in the next 10 years.

  1. 01Road accidents30%
    0.06% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.23%
  2. 02Other neurological disease (e.g. epilepsy)10%
    0.02% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.1%
  3. 03Suicide9.5%
    0.02% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.12%
  4. 04Congenital conditions8.2%
    0.02% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.08%
  5. 05Other cancers5.8%
    0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 3.4%
  6. 06Other mental health conditions5.2%
    0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.58%
  7. 07Infections (e.g. sepsis, hepatitis, HIV)4.6%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 3.6%
  8. 08Heart failure & other heart disease4.6%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 11%
Show the other 19 causes22% together
  1. 09Uterine & ovarian cancer2.8%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.4%
  2. 10Accidental poisoning & overdose1.8%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.07%
  3. 11Other lung disease1.6%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 8.7%
  4. 12Leukaemia & lymphoma1.4%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.6%
  5. 13Stroke1.4%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 10%
  6. 14Drug use disorder1.4%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.01%
  7. 15Heart attack & coronary heart disease1.2%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 8.5%
  8. 16Liver cancer1.0%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.71%
  9. 17Homicide1.0%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.02%
  10. 18Other accidents1.0%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.88%
  11. 19Other injuries (incl. undetermined intent)1.0%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.44%
  12. 20Pneumonia & flu1.0%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.1%
  13. 21COVID-191.0%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 5.0%
  14. 22Pregnancy & childbirth1.0%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime <0.01%
  15. 23High blood pressure & other circulatory disease0.81%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 8.4%
  16. 24Breast cancer0.81%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 3.3%
  17. 25Stomach cancer0.60%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.66%
  18. 26Cervical cancer0.41%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.18%
  19. 27Falls0.41%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.2%

Some of these risks are about mental health and substances. They are among the most preventable — if you or someone you love is struggling, call 10306, the national psychosocial support line — free and confidential, any time (or findahelpline.com).

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

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

How long people like this live: life expectancy.