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What is a 17-year-old girl in Norway 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 5,164
Next 10 years
0.22%
1 in 459
Life expectancy
85
about 68 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. 01Suicide42%
    0.09% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.63%
  2. 02Accidental poisoning & overdose21%
    0.05% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.44%
  3. 03Road accidents9.9%
    0.02% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.11%
  4. 04Leukaemia & lymphoma5.5%
    0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.5%
  5. 05Homicide3.2%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.04%
  6. 06Other digestive disease3.0%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.9%
  7. 07High blood pressure & other circulatory disease2.1%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 5.3%
  8. 08Other neurological disease (e.g. epilepsy)2.1%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.6%
Show the other 11 causes11% together
  1. 09Other mental health conditions2.1%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.54%
  2. 10Other accidents1.6%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.6%
  3. 11Other cancers1.4%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 3.8%
  4. 12Breast cancer1.1%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.5%
  5. 13Cervical cancer1.1%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.30%
  6. 14Lung cancer0.89%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 3.9%
  7. 15Heart failure & other heart disease0.54%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 8.1%
  8. 16Brain cancer0.54%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.67%
  9. 17Pneumonia & flu0.54%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 3.8%
  10. 18Diabetes0.54%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.7%
  11. 19Congenital conditions0.54%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.15%

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 Mental Helse on 116 123 — free and confidential, any time (or findahelpline.com).

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

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

How long people like this live: life expectancy.