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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 2013, at 292.3 per 100,000 people. Tübingen had the lowest, at 220.9 per 100,000 people. The median was 259.3 per 100,000 people and the figure for Germany was 257.9 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest292.3Düsseldorf
Lowest220.9Tübingen
Median259.338 regions
Germany257.9History

All regions, 2013

Düsseldorf: 292.3 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf292.3Sachsen-Anhalt: 289.5 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt289.5Saarland: 288.7 per 100,000 peopleSaarland288.7Arnsberg: 287.4 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg287.4Bremen: 285.8 per 100,000 peopleBremen285.8Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 279.3 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern279.3Münster: 278.2 per 100,000 peopleMünster278.2Köln: 271.8 per 100,000 peopleKöln271.8Hamburg: 269.9 per 100,000 peopleHamburg269.9Brandenburg: 269.1 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg269.1Berlin: 268.1 per 100,000 peopleBerlin268.1Lüneburg: 267 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg267Koblenz: 265.5 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz265.5Trier: 265.4 per 100,000 peopleTrier265.4Leipzig: 264.5 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig264.5Weser-Ems: 261.5 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems261.5Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 261.3 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz261.3Braunschweig: 260 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig260Detmold: 259.6 per 100,000 peopleDetmold259.6Chemnitz: 258.9 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz258.9Hannover: 258.8 per 100,000 peopleHannover258.8Schleswig-Holstein: 257.9 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein257.9Oberpfalz: 255 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz255Kassel: 250.8 per 100,000 peopleKassel250.8Gießen: 250.3 per 100,000 peopleGießen250.3Thüringen: 249.5 per 100,000 peopleThüringen249.5Darmstadt: 247.5 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt247.5Oberfranken: 246.7 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken246.7Mittelfranken: 244.8 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken244.8Niederbayern: 243.8 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern243.8Unterfranken: 242.8 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken242.8Schwaben: 241.8 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben241.8Dresden: 241.4 per 100,000 peopleDresden241.4Karlsruhe: 240.2 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe240.2Freiburg: 235.9 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg235.9Oberbayern: 229.7 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern229.7Stuttgart: 228.2 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart228.2Tübingen: 220.9 per 100,000 peopleTübingen220.9
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

RankRegions2013
per 100,000 people		Change on 2012
1Düsseldorf292.3+5.2 pts
2Sachsen-Anhalt289.5+8.1 pts
3Saarland288.7+10.8 pts
4Arnsberg287.4+4.9 pts
5Bremen285.8+9.3 pts
6Mecklenburg-Vorpommern279.3+9.3 pts
7Münster278.2+3.1 pts
8Köln271.8+0.1 pts
9Hamburg269.9-5.7 pts
10Brandenburg269.1+2.2 pts
11Berlin268.1-6.5 pts
12Lüneburg267-8.5 pts
13Koblenz265.5+2.2 pts
14Trier265.4+5.1 pts
15Leipzig264.5+6.2 pts
16Weser-Ems261.5-3.5 pts
17Rheinhessen-Pfalz261.3+5.6 pts
18Braunschweig260-3.4 pts
19Detmold259.6-1.4 pts
20Chemnitz258.9+3.6 pts
21Hannover258.8-2.8 pts
22Schleswig-Holstein257.9+1.6 pts
23Oberpfalz255-7 pts
24Kassel250.8+3.9 pts
25Gießen250.3-3.9 pts
26Thüringen249.5-3.1 pts
27Darmstadt247.5+2.5 pts
28Oberfranken246.7-4.2 pts
29Mittelfranken244.8-3.8 pts
30Niederbayern243.8-3.2 pts
31Unterfranken242.8+4 pts
32Schwaben241.8+8.8 pts
33Dresden241.4+3.7 pts
34Karlsruhe240.2-2.3 pts
35Freiburg235.9+4.2 pts
36Oberbayern229.7-4 pts
37Stuttgart228.2+0.8 pts
38Tübingen220.9-8.4 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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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), 2013) [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), 2013. 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=2013. 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), 2013. 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=2013.

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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), 2013 [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=2013 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Düsseldorf, with 292.3 per 100,000 people in 2013, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Tübingen, with 220.9 per 100,000 people in 2013.

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