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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 2018, at 276.6 per 100,000 people. Mayotte had the lowest, at 117 per 100,000 people. The median was 234.8 per 100,000 people and the figure for France was 233.4 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest276.6Nord-Pas de Calais
Lowest117Mayotte
Median234.827 regions
France233.4History

All regions, 2018

Nord-Pas de Calais: 276.6 per 100,000 peopleNord-Pas de Calais276.6Picardie: 258.3 per 100,000 peoplePicardie258.3Haute-Normandie: 256.4 per 100,000 peopleHaute-Normandie256.4Lorraine: 252.8 per 100,000 peopleLorraine252.8Bretagne: 248.3 per 100,000 peopleBretagne248.3Champagne-Ardenne: 246.8 per 100,000 peopleChampagne-Ardenne246.8Auvergne: 246.2 per 100,000 peopleAuvergne246.2Basse-Normandie: 244.6 per 100,000 peopleBasse-Normandie244.6Languedoc-Roussillon: 240.5 per 100,000 peopleLanguedoc-Roussillon240.5Centre - Val de Loire: 240 per 100,000 peopleCentre - Val de Loire240Poitou-Charentes: 240 per 100,000 peoplePoitou-Charentes240Bourgogne: 239.3 per 100,000 peopleBourgogne239.3Pays de la Loire: 238.3 per 100,000 peoplePays de la Loire238.3Limousin: 234.8 per 100,000 peopleLimousin234.8Franche-Comté: 233.8 per 100,000 peopleFranche-Comté233.8Aquitaine: 232.3 per 100,000 peopleAquitaine232.3Alsace: 232.1 per 100,000 peopleAlsace232.1Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 223.6 per 100,000 peopleProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur223.6Ile-de-France: 217.6 per 100,000 peopleIle-de-France217.6Rhône-Alpes: 215.7 per 100,000 peopleRhône-Alpes215.7Midi-Pyrénées: 212.7 per 100,000 peopleMidi-Pyrénées212.7Corse: 209.2 per 100,000 peopleCorse209.2La Réunion: 200.6 per 100,000 peopleLa Réunion200.6Martinique: 192.8 per 100,000 peopleMartinique192.8Guadeloupe: 187.5 per 100,000 peopleGuadeloupe187.5Guyane: 165.8 per 100,000 peopleGuyane165.8Mayotte: 117 per 100,000 peopleMayotte117Nord-Pas de Calais: 276.6 per 100,000 peopleNord-Pas de Calais276.6Picardie: 258.3 per 100,000 peoplePicardie258.3Haute-Normandie: 256.4 per 100,000 peopleHaute-Normandie256.4Lorraine: 252.8 per 100,000 peopleLorraine252.8Bretagne: 248.3 per 100,000 peopleBretagne248.3Champagne-Ardenne: 246.8 per 100,000 peopleChampagne-Ardenne246.8Auvergne: 246.2 per 100,000 peopleAuvergne246.2Basse-Normandie: 244.6 per 100,000 peopleBasse-Normandie244.6Languedoc-Roussillon: 240.5 per 100,000 peopleLanguedoc-Roussillon240.5Centre - Val de Loire: 240 per 100,000 peopleCentre - Val de Loire240Poitou-Charentes: 240 per 100,000 peoplePoitou-Charentes240Bourgogne: 239.3 per 100,000 peopleBourgogne239.3Pays de la Loire: 238.3 per 100,000 peoplePays de la Loire238.3Limousin: 234.8 per 100,000 peopleLimousin234.8Franche-Comté: 233.8 per 100,000 peopleFranche-Comté233.8Aquitaine: 232.3 per 100,000 peopleAquitaine232.3Alsace: 232.1 per 100,000 peopleAlsace232.1Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 223.6 per 100,000 peopleProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur223.6Ile-de-France: 217.6 per 100,000 peopleIle-de-France217.6Rhône-Alpes: 215.7 per 100,000 peopleRhône-Alpes215.7Midi-Pyrénées: 212.7 per 100,000 peopleMidi-Pyrénées212.7Corse: 209.2 per 100,000 peopleCorse209.2La Réunion: 200.6 per 100,000 peopleLa Réunion200.6Martinique: 192.8 per 100,000 peopleMartinique192.8Guadeloupe: 187.5 per 100,000 peopleGuadeloupe187.5Guyane: 165.8 per 100,000 peopleGuyane165.8Mayotte: 117 per 100,000 peopleMayotte117
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

RankRegions2018
per 100,000 people		Change on 2017
1Nord-Pas de Calais276.6-5.8 pts
2Picardie258.3-5.1 pts
3Haute-Normandie256.4-5.4 pts
4Lorraine252.8-8.7 pts
5Bretagne248.3-0.9 pts
6Champagne-Ardenne246.8-19.4 pts
7Auvergne246.2+3.9 pts
8Basse-Normandie244.6+9 pts
9Languedoc-Roussillon240.5+4.3 pts
10Centre - Val de Loire240-13.5 pts
11Poitou-Charentes240-9.6 pts
12Bourgogne239.3-11.6 pts
13Pays de la Loire238.3-5.4 pts
14Limousin234.8-0.4 pts
15Franche-Comté233.8-2 pts
16Aquitaine232.3-9.4 pts
17Alsace232.1-6.9 pts
18Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur223.6-3.2 pts
19Ile-de-France217.6-4.5 pts
20Rhône-Alpes215.7-5.8 pts
21Midi-Pyrénées212.7-11.4 pts
22Corse209.2-5.6 pts
23La Réunion200.6-9.7 pts
24Martinique192.8-21.1 pts
25Guadeloupe187.5+19.7 pts
26Guyane165.8-24.6 pts
27Mayotte117-43.4 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.

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), 2018) [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), 2018. 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=2018. 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), 2018. 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=2018.

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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), 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Nord-Pas de Calais, with 276.6 per 100,000 people in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Mayotte, with 117 per 100,000 people in 2018.

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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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