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What is a 17-year-old boy in Luxembourg 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 5,795
Next 10 years
0.35%
1 in 284
Life expectancy
81
about 64 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 accidents38%
    0.13% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.58%
  2. 02Suicide25%
    0.09% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.2%
  3. 03Congenital conditions13%
    0.04% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.13%
  4. 04Other injuries (incl. undetermined intent)12%
    0.04% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.55%
  5. 05Other neurological disease (e.g. epilepsy)2.7%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.4%
  6. 06Heart failure & other heart disease1.8%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 13%
  7. 07Other cancers1.8%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 4.4%
  8. 08Homicide1.8%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.05%
Show the other 5 causes4.4% together
  1. 09Lung cancer0.89%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 5.3%
  2. 10Brain cancer0.89%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.64%
  3. 11Diabetes0.89%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.9%
  4. 12Other digestive disease0.89%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.8%
  5. 13Falls0.89%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.5%

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For people like a 17-year-old boy in Luxembourg, not a personal prediction. Based on official mortality data for Luxembourg (2018, 2019 and 2023), Eurostat. Personal risk also depends on health and habits.

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Full page with comparisons: men aged 15–19 in Luxembourg

How long people like this live: life expectancy.