What is a 67-year-old man in Serbia 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.
Official mortality statistics are published by sex at birth, which is why we ask.
Share of all deaths in the next 10 years.
- 5.2% chance over 10 years · lifetime 20%
- 3.6% chance over 10 years · lifetime 15%
- 3.3% chance over 10 years · lifetime 9.8%
- 3.2% chance over 10 years · lifetime 4.9%
- 3.0% chance over 10 years · lifetime 9.3%
- 1.4% chance over 10 years · lifetime 3.0%
- 1.4% chance over 10 years · lifetime 3.0%
- 1.2% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.9%
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- 1.1% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.9%
- 0.97% chance over 10 years · lifetime 3.2%
- 0.88% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.5%
- 0.88% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.5%
- 0.83% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.5%
- 0.58% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.4%
- 0.57% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.1%
- 0.51% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.1%
- 0.49% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.84%
- 0.48% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.95%
- 0.47% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.93%
- 0.46% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.2%
- 0.46% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.8%
- 0.38% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.67%
- 23Other causes0.99%0.34% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.2%
- 0.33% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.48%
- 0.32% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.77%
- 0.30% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.1%
- 0.25% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.45%
- 0.22% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.38%
- 0.22% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.78%
- 0.20% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.45%
- 0.16% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.49%
- 0.14% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.24%
- 0.13% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.15%
- 0.12% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.25%
- 0.12% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.31%
- 0.12% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.48%
- 0.12% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.19%
- 0.11% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.23%
- 0.03% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.05%
- 0.02% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.03%
- 0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.02%
- 0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.02%
- 0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.02%
- <0.01% chance over 10 years · lifetime <0.01%
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 the national SOS line on 0800 309 309, option 1 — free and confidential, any time (or findahelpline.com).
For people like a 67-year-old man in Serbia, not a personal prediction. Based on official mortality data for Serbia (2023), Eurostat. Personal risk also depends on health and habits.
Full page with comparisons: men aged 65–69 in Serbia
How long people like this live: life expectancy.
Check-ups recommended for a 67-year-old man in Serbia
- Blood pressure checkevery year from 40 (every 3 years before)
- Bowel cancer screening (stool test)home stool test every 2 years, ages 50–74; colonoscopy if it's positive — free in the national screening programme
- Flu vaccineevery autumn — from 60 or 65, depending on your country
- Cholesterol & heart-risk checkfrom 40 (men) / 50 (women), then as your doctor advises
- Pneumonia vaccine (pneumococcal)from 60 or 65, depending on your country — ask your doctor
- Blood sugar test (diabetes)every 3 years from 35
If you smoke or used to:
- Lung cancer screening (low-dose CT)if you smoke or smoked heavily, ages 50–74 — ask whether it's offered
- Aortic aneurysm scan (ultrasound)once, men 65+ who have ever smoked · ask your doctor
If a parent, brother, sister or child had:
- Bowel cancer in the family — earlier bowel checkoften a colonoscopy every 5 years from 40 (or 10 years before your relative's age at diagnosis, if earlier) · ask your doctor
- Prostate cancer in the family — PSA testfrom 45 (a father or brother diagnosed before 60), if you choose to be tested · ask your doctor
Based on Serbia's national screening programmes (Batut Institute) and European guidelines. Your doctor may suggest more, or sooner, depending on your health. Educational, not medical advice.
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