Regions of France (NUTS 2) by cancer death rate (age-standardised)

Nord-Pas de Calais had the highest cancer death rate (age-standardised) of 27 regions in 2015, at 293.4 per 100,000 people. Mayotte had the lowest, at 159.2 per 100,000 people. The median was 245.8 per 100,000 people and the figure for France was 245.1 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest293.4Nord-Pas de Calais

Lowest159.2Mayotte

Median245.827 regions

France245.1History

All regions, 2015

per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 C (hlth_cd_asdr2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2015 per 100,000 people	Change on 2014
1	Nord-Pas de Calais	293.4	+5.3 pts
2	Picardie	274.7	+6.4 pts
3	Haute-Normandie	274.6	+0.3 pts
4	Lorraine	262.4	-3.2 pts
5	Champagne-Ardenne	262	+1 pts
6	Bourgogne	258	+6.4 pts
7	Centre - Val de Loire	253	+6.2 pts
8	Pays de la Loire	251.9	+7 pts
9	Alsace	251.9	+0.3 pts
10	Basse-Normandie	251.8	+5.8 pts
11	Bretagne	251	-0.6 pts
12	Poitou-Charentes	248.7	+1.1 pts
13	Aquitaine	248.3	+5.2 pts
14	Auvergne	245.8	-6.6 pts
15	Languedoc-Roussillon	244	+3.5 pts
16	Limousin	237.8	-3.9 pts
17	Franche-Comté	235.7	+4.4 pts
18	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	235.7	+10.6 pts
19	Corse	233.6	+4.8 pts
20	Ile-de-France	228.4	-1.5 pts
21	Rhône-Alpes	227.9	-0.7 pts
22	Midi-Pyrénées	220.6	-1.7 pts
23	La Réunion	214.8	-19.2 pts
24	Martinique	200.5	-6.9 pts
25	Guyane	188.6	+12.4 pts
26	Guadeloupe	174.8	+2.5 pts
27	Mayotte	159.2	-11.7 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Deaths from [object Object] (ICD-10 C00 to C97) per 100,000 inhabitants, age-standardised to the revised European Standard Population of 2013. Both sexes, all ages, by place of residence (Eurostat causes of death statistics).

Age standardisation removes the effect of different age structures, so EU countries and regions can be compared with each other. US age-adjusted rates use the 2000 US standard population and are not comparable with these. Death certification and cause coding differ between countries, and Eurostat flags some values as following a different definition. Eurostat publishes these rates about two and a half years after the reference year.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 C (hlth_cd_asdr2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 C (hlth_cd_asdr2) (Regions of France (NUTS 2) by cancer death rate (age-standardised), 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table

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Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 C (hlth_cd_asdr2), Regions of France (NUTS 2) by cancer death rate (age-standardised), 2015. Eurostat, European Commission, 8 June 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/cancer-death-rate/france-regions?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 C (hlth_cd_asdr2). Regions of France (NUTS 2) by cancer death rate (age-standardised), 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/cancer-death-rate/france-regions?period=2015.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 C (hlth_cd_asdr2), Regions of France (NUTS 2) by cancer death rate (age-standardised), 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/cancer-death-rate/france-regions?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 C (hlth\_cd\_asdr2): Regions of France (NUTS 2) by cancer death rate (age-standardised), 2015}},
  year = {2026},
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  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/cancer-death-rate/france-regions?period=2015. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 C (hlth\_cd\_asdr2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth\_cd\_asdr2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which region has the highest cancer death rate (age-standardised)?

Nord-Pas de Calais, with 293.4 per 100,000 people in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest cancer death rate (age-standardised)?

Mayotte, with 159.2 per 100,000 people in 2015.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 C (hlth_cd_asdr2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.