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What is a 42-year-old man in Slovakia most likely to die from?

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Country
Age
42
Sex at birth

Official mortality statistics are published by sex at birth, which is why we ask.

Next 12 months
0.27%
1 in 364
Next 10 years
4.0%
1 in 25
Life expectancy
77
about 35 more years on average
Most likely causes

Share of all deaths in the next 10 years.

  1. 01Heart attack & coronary heart disease14%
    0.55% chance over 10 years · lifetime 27%
  2. 02Liver disease (incl. alcohol-related)13%
    0.52% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.7%
  3. 03Heart failure & other heart disease6.8%
    0.27% chance over 10 years · lifetime 7.1%
  4. 04High blood pressure & other circulatory disease5.5%
    0.22% chance over 10 years · lifetime 6.4%
  5. 05Other injuries (incl. undetermined intent)4.9%
    0.20% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.3%
  6. 06Pneumonia & flu4.4%
    0.18% chance over 10 years · lifetime 7.3%
  7. 07Suicide4.2%
    0.17% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.63%
  8. 08Stroke4.1%
    0.16% chance over 10 years · lifetime 6.3%
Show the other 33 causes43% together
  1. 09Other digestive disease3.9%
    0.16% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.5%
  2. 10Other accidents3.1%
    0.13% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.69%
  3. 11Mouth, throat & larynx cancer3.1%
    0.13% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.8%
  4. 12Other cancers3.0%
    0.12% chance over 10 years · lifetime 3.6%
  5. 13Road accidents3.0%
    0.12% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.50%
  6. 14Colorectal cancer3.0%
    0.12% chance over 10 years · lifetime 3.5%
  7. 15Other neurological disease (e.g. epilepsy)2.1%
    0.09% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.70%
  8. 16Lung cancer2.0%
    0.08% chance over 10 years · lifetime 4.5%
  9. 17Infections (e.g. sepsis, hepatitis, HIV)1.8%
    0.07% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.4%
  10. 18Accidental poisoning & overdose1.6%
    0.06% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.19%
  11. 19Brain cancer1.5%
    0.06% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.58%
  12. 20Pancreatic cancer1.4%
    0.06% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.5%
  13. 21Falls1.2%
    0.05% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.72%
  14. 22Leukaemia & lymphoma1.1%
    0.04% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.7%
  15. 23Diabetes1.1%
    0.04% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.89%
  16. 24Other lung disease1.1%
    0.04% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.5%
  17. 25Drowning0.97%
    0.04% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.17%
  18. 26Liver cancer0.97%
    0.04% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.88%
  19. 27Other causes0.96%
    0.04% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.87%
  20. 28Stomach cancer0.86%
    0.03% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.1%
  21. 29COPD & chronic lung disease0.76%
    0.03% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.2%
  22. 30Alcohol use disorder0.73%
    0.03% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.13%
  23. 31Kidney cancer0.69%
    0.03% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.70%
  24. 32Kidney disease0.68%
    0.03% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.9%
  25. 33Oesophageal cancer0.61%
    0.02% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.67%
  26. 34Homicide0.44%
    0.02% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.05%
  27. 35COVID-190.35%
    0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.3%
  28. 36Congenital conditions0.31%
    0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.03%
  29. 37Prostate cancer0.26%
    0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 3.0%
  30. 38Melanoma (skin cancer)0.25%
    0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.43%
  31. 39Bladder cancer0.09%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.2%
  32. 40Breast cancer0.08%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.06%
  33. 41Parkinson's disease0.03%
    <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.21%

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If a parent, brother, sister or child had:

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