What are people in Poland most likely to die from, at each age?
Life expectancy at birth in Poland is about 75 years for men and 82 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.
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Cancer screening in Poland
- Breast cancerevery 2 years, ages 45–74
- Colorectal cancercolonoscopy once every 10 years, ages 50–65 (from 40 if a parent, sibling or child had bowel cancer)
- Cervical cancerevery 3 years (cytology) or 5 years after a negative HPV test, ages 25–64
- Lung cancerages 50–74 with 20+ pack-years (now or in the past) — free low-dose CT, no referral needed
Based on NFZ screening programmes and the “Moje Zdrowie” health check. Each cancer's page compares the programmes country by country.
Computed by Odainn from official Eurostat mortality statistics for Poland (2023–2024) — how we calculate. Educational, not medical advice.