Who dies from other injuries?
In the median of the 36 countries that publish causes of death by age, 0.39% of men and 0.25% of women eventually die from other injuries. It is the most likely cause of death in 4 of their 1,152 country, sex and age groups.
The risk by age
Chance of dying from other injuries within 10 years, and its share of all the risk at that age — the median of 36 countries. Your own country's numbers are one click away on its page.
| Age | men | women |
|---|---|---|
| 15–19 | 0.02% (3.8% of the risk) | <0.01% (2.5% of the risk) |
| 20–24 | 0.03% (3.8% of the risk) | <0.01% (2.5% of the risk) |
| 25–29 | 0.02% (3.1% of the risk) | 0.01% (2.1% of the risk) |
| 30–34 | 0.03% (2.2% of the risk) | 0.01% (2.0% of the risk) |
| 35–39 | 0.03% (2.2% of the risk) | 0.02% (1.5% of the risk) |
| 40–44 | 0.04% (1.5% of the risk) | 0.02% (1.0% of the risk) |
| 45–49 | 0.04% (1.1% of the risk) | 0.02% (0.79% of the risk) |
| 50–54 | 0.06% (0.82% of the risk) | 0.02% (0.59% of the risk) |
| 55–59 | 0.07% (0.58% of the risk) | 0.03% (0.39% of the risk) |
| 60–64 | 0.07% (0.40% of the risk) | 0.03% (0.34% of the risk) |
| 65–69 | 0.09% (0.30% of the risk) | 0.04% (0.26% of the risk) |
| 70–74 | 0.10% (0.25% of the risk) | 0.06% (0.19% of the risk) |
| 75–79 | 0.12% (0.22% of the risk) | 0.08% (0.15% of the risk) |
| 80–84 | 0.12% (0.16% of the risk) | 0.08% (0.12% of the risk) |
| 85–89 | 0.12% (0.13% of the risk) | 0.09% (0.11% of the risk) |
| 90–94 | 0.09% (0.09% of the risk) | 0.06% (0.07% of the risk) |
Where it's the most likely cause of death
Lifetime chance, men: highest and lowest countries
Lifetime chance, women: highest and lowest countries
What changes the odds
This group mixes injuries whose intent couldn't be established with complications of medical care, so no single habit stands out.
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Questions
- At what age is other injuries most likely to be the cause of death?
- For men, other injuries takes its largest share of deaths at 20–24: 3.8% of the risk of dying in the next 10 years, in the median of the 36 countries that publish causes of death by age.
- Which country has the highest risk of dying from other injuries?
- Of the 36 countries that publish causes of death by age, Slovakia has the highest lifetime chance of dying from other injuries for men (1.6%), and Türkiye the lowest (0.03%).
Computed by Odainn from official mortality statistics (Eurostat; ONS, NRS and NISRA; CDC; Statistics Canada) for 36 countries, latest years — how we calculate. Belarus is left out: deaths by cause and age aren't published together there, so the split by cause is our estimate. Population statistics, not a prediction for any individual. Educational, not medical advice.