You can get cirrhosis at any age since a number of conditions can lead to cirrhosis. Vital According to "Vital Statistics and Liver Disease in the United States" by Dr. Jay H. Hoofnagle, Director at National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), "Chronic liver disease/cirrhosis is the fourth leading cause of death for persons between the ages of 45 to 54 years, and the seventh leading cause of death for those 35 to 44 and 55 to 64".
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