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

Düsseldorf had the highest cancer death rate (age-standardised) of 38 regions in 2012, at 287.2 per 100,000 people. Stuttgart had the lowest, at 227.4 per 100,000 people. The median was 259.3 per 100,000 people and the figure for Germany was 259.3 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest287.2Düsseldorf
Lowest227.4Stuttgart
Median259.338 regions
Germany259.3History

All regions, 2012

Düsseldorf: 287.2 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf287.2Arnsberg: 282.5 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg282.5Sachsen-Anhalt: 281.4 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt281.4Saarland: 277.9 per 100,000 peopleSaarland277.9Bremen: 276.5 per 100,000 peopleBremen276.5Hamburg: 275.6 per 100,000 peopleHamburg275.6Lüneburg: 275.5 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg275.5Münster: 275.1 per 100,000 peopleMünster275.1Berlin: 274.6 per 100,000 peopleBerlin274.6Köln: 271.7 per 100,000 peopleKöln271.7Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 270.1 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern270.1Brandenburg: 266.9 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg266.9Weser-Ems: 265.1 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems265.1Braunschweig: 263.4 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig263.4Koblenz: 263.3 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz263.3Oberpfalz: 262 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz262Hannover: 261.6 per 100,000 peopleHannover261.6Detmold: 261.1 per 100,000 peopleDetmold261.1Trier: 260.3 per 100,000 peopleTrier260.3Leipzig: 258.3 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig258.3Schleswig-Holstein: 256.3 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein256.3Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 255.7 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz255.7Chemnitz: 255.3 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz255.3Gießen: 254.1 per 100,000 peopleGießen254.1Thüringen: 252.6 per 100,000 peopleThüringen252.6Oberfranken: 250.9 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken250.9Mittelfranken: 248.5 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken248.5Niederbayern: 246.9 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern246.9Kassel: 246.9 per 100,000 peopleKassel246.9Darmstadt: 245 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt245Karlsruhe: 242.6 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe242.6Unterfranken: 238.7 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken238.7Dresden: 237.7 per 100,000 peopleDresden237.7Oberbayern: 233.7 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern233.7Schwaben: 233 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben233Freiburg: 231.7 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg231.7Tübingen: 229.3 per 100,000 peopleTübingen229.3Stuttgart: 227.4 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart227.4
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

RankRegions2012
per 100,000 people		Change on 2011
1Düsseldorf287.2-3 pts
2Arnsberg282.5-12.1 pts
3Sachsen-Anhalt281.4-7.4 pts
4Saarland277.9-22.5 pts
5Bremen276.5-7 pts
6Hamburg275.6-12.7 pts
7Lüneburg275.5+1.7 pts
8Münster275.1-15.1 pts
9Berlin274.6-0.6 pts
10Köln271.7+0.4 pts
11Mecklenburg-Vorpommern270.1-18 pts
12Brandenburg266.9-1.7 pts
13Weser-Ems265.1-3.9 pts
14Braunschweig263.4+3.5 pts
15Koblenz263.3+2.6 pts
16Oberpfalz262+12.8 pts
17Hannover261.6+3.3 pts
18Detmold261.1+2 pts
19Trier260.3-12.5 pts
20Leipzig258.3+4.7 pts
21Schleswig-Holstein256.3-0.1 pts
22Rheinhessen-Pfalz255.7-2.5 pts
23Chemnitz255.3-11.1 pts
24Gießen254.1+9.4 pts
25Thüringen252.6-3.1 pts
26Oberfranken250.9-2.3 pts
27Mittelfranken248.5-9.5 pts
28Niederbayern246.9-0.2 pts
29Kassel246.9-3 pts
30Darmstadt245-7.8 pts
31Karlsruhe242.6-0.5 pts
32Unterfranken238.7-4.7 pts
33Dresden237.7-3.5 pts
34Oberbayern233.7-6.8 pts
35Schwaben233-3.8 pts
36Freiburg231.7-10 pts
37Tübingen229.3-4.5 pts
38Stuttgart227.4-3.7 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 Germany (NUTS 2) by cancer death rate (age-standardised), 2012) [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 Germany (NUTS 2) by cancer death rate (age-standardised), 2012. 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/germany-regions?period=2012. 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 Germany (NUTS 2) by cancer death rate (age-standardised), 2012. 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/germany-regions?period=2012.

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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 Germany (NUTS 2) by cancer death rate (age-standardised), 2012 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/cancer-death-rate/germany-regions?period=2012 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Düsseldorf, with 287.2 per 100,000 people in 2012, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Stuttgart, with 227.4 per 100,000 people in 2012.

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