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What is a 17-year-old boy in Romania 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
0.05%
1 in 2,115
Next 10 years
0.67%
1 in 150
Life expectancy
73
about 56 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 accidents25%
    0.17% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.1%
  2. 02Suicide14%
    0.09% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.0%
  3. 03Other accidents6.0%
    0.04% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.0%
  4. 04Pneumonia & flu5.0%
    0.03% chance over 10 years · lifetime 5.3%
  5. 05Drowning4.7%
    0.03% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.28%
  6. 06Other cancers4.5%
    0.03% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.3%
  7. 07Other neurological disease (e.g. epilepsy)4.3%
    0.03% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.44%
  8. 08Heart attack & coronary heart disease3.4%
    0.02% chance over 10 years · lifetime 18%
Show the other 28 causes33% together
  1. 09Other lung disease3.1%
    0.02% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.4%
  2. 10Heart failure & other heart disease2.8%
    0.02% chance over 10 years · lifetime 4.8%
  3. 11Falls2.7%
    0.02% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.96%
  4. 12Infections (e.g. sepsis, hepatitis, HIV)2.6%
    0.02% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.2%
  5. 13Other digestive disease2.6%
    0.02% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.8%
  6. 14Leukaemia & lymphoma2.4%
    0.02% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.89%
  7. 15High blood pressure & other circulatory disease2.2%
    0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 17%
  8. 16Other injuries (incl. undetermined intent)2.2%
    0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.20%
  9. 17Brain cancer1.6%
    0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.50%
  10. 18Homicide1.5%
    0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.12%
  11. 19Stroke1.4%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 12%
  12. 20Accidental poisoning & overdose1.2%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.24%
  13. 21Kidney disease1.2%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.5%
  14. 22Colorectal cancer0.84%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.8%
  15. 23Lung cancer0.66%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 4.7%
  16. 24COPD & chronic lung disease0.62%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.4%
  17. 25Liver disease (incl. alcohol-related)0.57%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 4.0%
  18. 26COVID-190.47%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.85%
  19. 27Congenital conditions0.43%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.01%
  20. 28Stomach cancer0.30%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.3%
  21. 29Liver cancer0.30%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.2%
  22. 30Diabetes0.27%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.0%
  23. 31Other causes0.25%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.39%
  24. 32Pancreatic cancer0.24%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.1%
  25. 33Melanoma (skin cancer)0.17%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.16%
  26. 34Drug use disorder0.17%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime <0.01%
  27. 35Alcohol use disorder0.13%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.14%
  28. 36Mouth, throat & larynx cancer0.07%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.6%

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