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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 2016, at 291.7 per 100,000 people. Mayotte had the lowest, at 181.3 per 100,000 people. The median was 242.1 per 100,000 people and the figure for France was 243.5 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest291.7Nord-Pas de Calais
Lowest181.3Mayotte
Median242.127 regions
France243.5History

All regions, 2016

Nord-Pas de Calais: 291.7 per 100,000 peopleNord-Pas de Calais291.7Picardie: 270.6 per 100,000 peoplePicardie270.6Haute-Normandie: 269.4 per 100,000 peopleHaute-Normandie269.4Lorraine: 269.1 per 100,000 peopleLorraine269.1Champagne-Ardenne: 255 per 100,000 peopleChampagne-Ardenne255Bretagne: 254.7 per 100,000 peopleBretagne254.7Basse-Normandie: 253.4 per 100,000 peopleBasse-Normandie253.4Centre - Val de Loire: 253.1 per 100,000 peopleCentre - Val de Loire253.1Limousin: 253.1 per 100,000 peopleLimousin253.1Poitou-Charentes: 251.4 per 100,000 peoplePoitou-Charentes251.4Auvergne: 247.1 per 100,000 peopleAuvergne247.1Pays de la Loire: 245.3 per 100,000 peoplePays de la Loire245.3Bourgogne: 245.2 per 100,000 peopleBourgogne245.2Aquitaine: 242.1 per 100,000 peopleAquitaine242.1Languedoc-Roussillon: 241.9 per 100,000 peopleLanguedoc-Roussillon241.9Alsace: 240.1 per 100,000 peopleAlsace240.1Franche-Comté: 238.9 per 100,000 peopleFranche-Comté238.9Rhône-Alpes: 230.1 per 100,000 peopleRhône-Alpes230.1Ile-de-France: 227.9 per 100,000 peopleIle-de-France227.9Midi-Pyrénées: 225.8 per 100,000 peopleMidi-Pyrénées225.8Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 223.4 per 100,000 peopleProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur223.4Corse: 220.5 per 100,000 peopleCorse220.5La Réunion: 216.2 per 100,000 peopleLa Réunion216.2Martinique: 202.8 per 100,000 peopleMartinique202.8Guyane: 199.9 per 100,000 peopleGuyane199.9Guadeloupe: 181.9 per 100,000 peopleGuadeloupe181.9Mayotte: 181.3 per 100,000 peopleMayotte181.3Nord-Pas de Calais: 291.7 per 100,000 peopleNord-Pas de Calais291.7Picardie: 270.6 per 100,000 peoplePicardie270.6Haute-Normandie: 269.4 per 100,000 peopleHaute-Normandie269.4Lorraine: 269.1 per 100,000 peopleLorraine269.1Champagne-Ardenne: 255 per 100,000 peopleChampagne-Ardenne255Bretagne: 254.7 per 100,000 peopleBretagne254.7Basse-Normandie: 253.4 per 100,000 peopleBasse-Normandie253.4Centre - Val de Loire: 253.1 per 100,000 peopleCentre - Val de Loire253.1Limousin: 253.1 per 100,000 peopleLimousin253.1Poitou-Charentes: 251.4 per 100,000 peoplePoitou-Charentes251.4Auvergne: 247.1 per 100,000 peopleAuvergne247.1Pays de la Loire: 245.3 per 100,000 peoplePays de la Loire245.3Bourgogne: 245.2 per 100,000 peopleBourgogne245.2Aquitaine: 242.1 per 100,000 peopleAquitaine242.1Languedoc-Roussillon: 241.9 per 100,000 peopleLanguedoc-Roussillon241.9Alsace: 240.1 per 100,000 peopleAlsace240.1Franche-Comté: 238.9 per 100,000 peopleFranche-Comté238.9Rhône-Alpes: 230.1 per 100,000 peopleRhône-Alpes230.1Ile-de-France: 227.9 per 100,000 peopleIle-de-France227.9Midi-Pyrénées: 225.8 per 100,000 peopleMidi-Pyrénées225.8Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 223.4 per 100,000 peopleProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur223.4Corse: 220.5 per 100,000 peopleCorse220.5La Réunion: 216.2 per 100,000 peopleLa Réunion216.2Martinique: 202.8 per 100,000 peopleMartinique202.8Guyane: 199.9 per 100,000 peopleGuyane199.9Guadeloupe: 181.9 per 100,000 peopleGuadeloupe181.9Mayotte: 181.3 per 100,000 peopleMayotte181.3
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

RankRegions2016
per 100,000 people		Change on 2015
1Nord-Pas de Calais291.7-1.7 pts
2Picardie270.6-4.1 pts
3Haute-Normandie269.4-5.2 pts
4Lorraine269.1+6.6 pts
5Champagne-Ardenne255-7 pts
6Bretagne254.7+3.7 pts
7Basse-Normandie253.4+1.6 pts
8Centre - Val de Loire253.1+0.1 pts
9Limousin253.1+15.2 pts
10Poitou-Charentes251.4+2.6 pts
11Auvergne247.1+1.3 pts
12Pays de la Loire245.3-6.7 pts
13Bourgogne245.2-12.8 pts
14Aquitaine242.1-6.2 pts
15Languedoc-Roussillon241.9-2.1 pts
16Alsace240.1-11.8 pts
17Franche-Comté238.9+3.2 pts
18Rhône-Alpes230.1+2.2 pts
19Ile-de-France227.9-0.5 pts
20Midi-Pyrénées225.8+5.2 pts
21Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur223.4-12.3 pts
22Corse220.5-13.1 pts
23La Réunion216.2+1.4 pts
24Martinique202.8+2.3 pts
25Guyane199.9+11.3 pts
26Guadeloupe181.9+7.1 pts
27Mayotte181.3+22.1 pts

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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.

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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), 2016) [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), 2016. 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=2016. 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), 2016. 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=2016.

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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), 2016 [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=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Nord-Pas de Calais, with 291.7 per 100,000 people in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Mayotte, with 181.3 per 100,000 people in 2016.

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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.

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