What is a 92-year-old man in Bulgaria 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.
- 29% chance over 10 years · lifetime 29%
- 24% chance over 10 years · lifetime 24%
- 14% chance over 10 years · lifetime 14%
- 14% chance over 10 years · lifetime 14%
- 2.2% chance over 10 years · lifetime 2.3%
- 1.8% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.8%
- 1.5% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.5%
- 1.4% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.4%
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- 1.4% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.4%
- 1.3% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.4%
- 1.1% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.2%
- 1.1% chance over 10 years · lifetime 1.1%
- 0.82% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.85%
- 0.81% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.83%
- 0.55% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.57%
- 0.39% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.40%
- 0.39% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.40%
- 0.37% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.38%
- 0.25% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.25%
- 0.23% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.23%
- 0.20% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.20%
- 0.20% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.20%
- 23Other causes0.20%0.20% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.20%
- 0.16% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.16%
- 0.16% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.16%
- 0.15% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.16%
- 0.11% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.11%
- 0.09% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.09%
- 0.09% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.09%
- 0.08% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.09%
- 0.07% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.07%
- 0.07% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.07%
- 0.07% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.07%
- 0.05% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.05%
- 0.05% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.05%
- 0.05% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.05%
- 0.05% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.05%
- 0.02% chance over 10 years · lifetime 0.02%
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For people like a 92-year-old man in Bulgaria, not a personal prediction. Based on official mortality data for Bulgaria (2023), Eurostat. Personal risk also depends on health and habits.
Full page with comparisons: men aged 90–94 in Bulgaria
How long people like this live: life expectancy.
Check-ups recommended for a 92-year-old man in Bulgaria
- Blood pressure checkevery year from 40 (every 3 years before)
- Flu vaccineevery autumn — from 60 or 65, depending on your country
- Cholesterol & heart-risk checkevery 5 years, men from 40 and women from 50, with a heart-risk score — in your free yearly preventive check-up (NZOK)
- Pneumonia vaccine (pneumococcal)from 60 or 65, depending on your country — ask your doctor
- Prostate cancer test (PSA)PSA blood test every year from 45 — in your free yearly preventive check-up (NZOK)
- Blood sugar test (diabetes)every 3 years from 35
If you smoke or used to:
- Aortic aneurysm scan (ultrasound)once, men 65+ who have ever smoked · ask your doctor
Based on Bulgaria's preventive check-up (NZOK, Ordinance No. 8) and European guidelines. Your doctor may suggest more, or sooner, depending on your health. Educational, not medical advice.
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