Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by cancer death rate (age-standardised), 2023

Sachsen-Anhalt had the highest cancer death rate (age-standardised) of 38 regions in 2023, at 276.1 per 100,000 people. Tübingen had the lowest, at 194.7 per 100,000 people. The median was 237.4 per 100,000 people and the figure for Germany was 234.8 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest276.1Sachsen-Anhalt

Lowest194.7Tübingen

Median237.438 regions

Germany234.8History

All regions, 2023

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	2023 per 100,000 people	Change on 2022
1	Sachsen-Anhalt	276.1	+4.8 pts
2	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	267.2	-0.6 pts
3	Arnsberg	255.9	-5.1 pts
4	Düsseldorf	253.6	-2.8 pts
5	Bremen	253.1	+1 pts
6	Schleswig-Holstein	251.5	-8.4 pts
7	Hamburg	248.4	-1 pts
8	Hannover	246.2	-0.9 pts
9	Trier	246.1	-1.1 pts
10	Münster	245.6	-5.5 pts
11	Braunschweig	245.4	-5.7 pts
12	Berlin	244.6	+4.2 pts
13	Brandenburg	244.6	+0.6 pts
14	Saarland	242.8	-10.5 pts
15	Koblenz	241.8	-3.8 pts
16	Lüneburg	241.6	-6 pts
17	Köln	239.9	-2 pts
18	Chemnitz	238.8	+3.4 pts
19	Leipzig	238.6	-2.7 pts
20	Gießen	236.2	-0.8 pts
21	Weser-Ems	235.7	-6.9 pts
22	Oberpfalz	233.8	-1.2 pts
23	Detmold	233.5	-0.1 pts
24	Niederbayern	231	+2.4 pts
25	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	230.6	-3.8 pts
26	Oberfranken	230.2	-6.4 pts
27	Darmstadt	229.3	-2.1 pts
28	Thüringen	228.4	-4.4 pts
29	Kassel	226.5	-2 pts
30	Mittelfranken	225.4	-1.7 pts
31	Dresden	222.1	+5.6 pts
32	Karlsruhe	216.1	+1.4 pts
33	Schwaben	210.6	-5 pts
34	Unterfranken	207.7	-4.9 pts
35	Freiburg	204.8	-1 pts
36	Oberbayern	204.1	-4 pts
37	Stuttgart	198.9	-4.4 pts
38	Tübingen	194.7	-11.4 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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Which region has the highest cancer death rate (age-standardised)?

Sachsen-Anhalt, with 276.1 per 100,000 people in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Tübingen, with 194.7 per 100,000 people in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

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.