What are people in Greece most likely to die from, at each age?
Life expectancy at birth in Greece is about 79 years for men and 84 for women. But what threatens people most changes with age — and until late middle age it is rarely what people expect. Pick an age group for the full picture.
Top cause = the most likely cause of death over the next 10 years (on wider screens, with its share of all risk) · 10-year risk = chance of dying from any cause within 10 years, for someone in the middle of the age group.
Cancer screening in Greece
- Breast cancermammogram, ages 45–74 — free in the national programme Προλαμβάνω
- Colorectal cancerhome stool test at 50–69, colonoscopy if it's positive — free in the national programme Προλαμβάνω
- Cervical cancerPap test, ages 21–29 — free in the national programme ΠρολαμβάνωHPV test, ages 30–65 — free in the national programme Προλαμβάνω
- Lung cancerif you smoke or smoked heavily, ages 50–74 — ask whether it's offered
Based on Greece's national prevention programme (Προλαμβάνω) and European guidelines. Each cancer's page compares the programmes country by country.
Computed by Odainn from official Eurostat mortality statistics for Greece (2023) — how we calculate. Educational, not medical advice.