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What is a 17-year-old girl in Slovakia 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
0.01%
1 in 6,850
Next 10 years
0.23%
1 in 432
Life expectancy
82
about 65 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 accidents19%
    0.04% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.26%
  2. 02Other neurological disease (e.g. epilepsy)9.8%
    0.02% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.56%
  3. 03Other cancers9.5%
    0.02% chance over 10 years · lifetime 3.2%
  4. 04Heart failure & other heart disease9.4%
    0.02% chance over 10 years · lifetime 8.8%
  5. 05Suicide9.4%
    0.02% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.16%
  6. 06Pneumonia & flu6.8%
    0.02% chance over 10 years · lifetime 5.7%
  7. 07Other injuries (incl. undetermined intent)6.8%
    0.02% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.1%
  8. 08Other digestive disease2.9%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.8%
Show the other 19 causes26% together
  1. 09High blood pressure & other circulatory disease2.8%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 8.4%
  2. 10Other causes2.7%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.2%
  3. 11Leukaemia & lymphoma2.3%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.5%
  4. 12Liver disease (incl. alcohol-related)1.8%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.2%
  5. 13Kidney cancer1.7%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.48%
  6. 14Pregnancy & childbirth1.7%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime <0.01%
  7. 15Homicide1.7%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.04%
  8. 16COPD & chronic lung disease1.6%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.74%
  9. 17Drowning1.6%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.07%
  10. 18Heart attack & coronary heart disease1.2%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 32%
  11. 19Cervical cancer1.2%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.61%
  12. 20COVID-191.2%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.97%
  13. 21Stroke1.0%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 7.1%
  14. 22Congenital conditions1.0%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.05%
  15. 23Colorectal cancer0.60%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.3%
  16. 24Breast cancer0.60%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 3.4%
  17. 25Kidney disease0.60%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.3%
  18. 26Falls0.60%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.32%
  19. 27Accidental poisoning & overdose0.60%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.08%

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

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

How long people like this live: life expectancy.