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What is a 17-year-old boy 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
0.04%
1 in 2,587
Next 10 years
0.63%
1 in 159
Life expectancy
75
about 58 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 accidents22%
    0.14% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.80%
  2. 02Other injuries (incl. undetermined intent)12%
    0.08% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.6%
  3. 03Suicide12%
    0.07% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.85%
  4. 04Other neurological disease (e.g. epilepsy)8.2%
    0.05% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.83%
  5. 05Heart failure & other heart disease5.6%
    0.04% chance over 10 years · lifetime 7.1%
  6. 06Other accidents5.5%
    0.03% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.77%
  7. 07Drowning4.7%
    0.03% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.26%
  8. 08Other cancers4.3%
    0.03% chance over 10 years · lifetime 3.6%
Show the other 18 causes26% together
  1. 09Other digestive disease3.4%
    0.02% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.5%
  2. 10Pneumonia & flu3.2%
    0.02% chance over 10 years · lifetime 7.2%
  3. 11High blood pressure & other circulatory disease2.7%
    0.02% chance over 10 years · lifetime 6.3%
  4. 12Falls2.7%
    0.02% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.77%
  5. 13Liver disease (incl. alcohol-related)2.4%
    0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.9%
  6. 14Accidental poisoning & overdose2.3%
    0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.26%
  7. 15Congenital conditions1.7%
    0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.05%
  8. 16Leukaemia & lymphoma1.7%
    0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.6%
  9. 17Mouth, throat & larynx cancer0.85%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.8%
  10. 18Kidney disease0.85%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.9%
  11. 19Homicide0.80%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.07%
  12. 20Colorectal cancer0.64%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 3.5%
  13. 21Brain cancer0.64%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.60%
  14. 22Diabetes0.64%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.88%
  15. 23Heart attack & coronary heart disease0.43%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 26%
  16. 24Stomach cancer0.43%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.1%
  17. 25COVID-190.38%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.3%
  18. 26Infections (e.g. sepsis, hepatitis, HIV)0.21%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.4%

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