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

Sachsen-Anhalt had the highest cancer death rate (age-standardised) of 38 regions in 2015, at 282.1 per 100,000 people. Tübingen had the lowest, at 219.7 per 100,000 people. The median was 250.3 per 100,000 people and the figure for Germany was 252.1 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest282.1Sachsen-Anhalt
Lowest219.7Tübingen
Median250.338 regions
Germany252.1History

All regions, 2015

Sachsen-Anhalt: 282.1 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt282.1Arnsberg: 276.7 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg276.7Saarland: 274.5 per 100,000 peopleSaarland274.5Hamburg: 274.4 per 100,000 peopleHamburg274.4Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 273.4 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern273.4Bremen: 273.1 per 100,000 peopleBremen273.1Düsseldorf: 271.6 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf271.6Schleswig-Holstein: 270.1 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein270.1Berlin: 268.2 per 100,000 peopleBerlin268.2Münster: 266.2 per 100,000 peopleMünster266.2Lüneburg: 264.7 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg264.7Brandenburg: 263.3 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg263.3Trier: 262.5 per 100,000 peopleTrier262.5Köln: 256.3 per 100,000 peopleKöln256.3Hannover: 254.8 per 100,000 peopleHannover254.8Gießen: 254.1 per 100,000 peopleGießen254.1Weser-Ems: 253 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems253Leipzig: 250.5 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig250.5Braunschweig: 250.4 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig250.4Thüringen: 250.3 per 100,000 peopleThüringen250.3Koblenz: 249.7 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz249.7Oberpfalz: 249.5 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz249.5Mittelfranken: 247.3 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken247.3Chemnitz: 245.5 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz245.5Niederbayern: 244.8 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern244.8Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 244.2 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz244.2Oberfranken: 243.7 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken243.7Darmstadt: 242.3 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt242.3Kassel: 240.8 per 100,000 peopleKassel240.8Detmold: 238.5 per 100,000 peopleDetmold238.5Karlsruhe: 234.1 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe234.1Dresden: 231.2 per 100,000 peopleDresden231.2Unterfranken: 230.3 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken230.3Schwaben: 227.9 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben227.9Freiburg: 225.8 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg225.8Stuttgart: 225.3 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart225.3Oberbayern: 224.2 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern224.2Tübingen: 219.7 per 100,000 peopleTübingen219.7Sachsen-Anhalt: 282.1 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt282.1Arnsberg: 276.7 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg276.7Saarland: 274.5 per 100,000 peopleSaarland274.5Hamburg: 274.4 per 100,000 peopleHamburg274.4Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 273.4 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern273.4Bremen: 273.1 per 100,000 peopleBremen273.1Düsseldorf: 271.6 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf271.6Schleswig-Holstein: 270.1 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein270.1Berlin: 268.2 per 100,000 peopleBerlin268.2Münster: 266.2 per 100,000 peopleMünster266.2Lüneburg: 264.7 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg264.7Brandenburg: 263.3 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg263.3Trier: 262.5 per 100,000 peopleTrier262.5Köln: 256.3 per 100,000 peopleKöln256.3Hannover: 254.8 per 100,000 peopleHannover254.8Gießen: 254.1 per 100,000 peopleGießen254.1Weser-Ems: 253 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems253Leipzig: 250.5 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig250.5Braunschweig: 250.4 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig250.4Thüringen: 250.3 per 100,000 peopleThüringen250.3Koblenz: 249.7 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz249.7Oberpfalz: 249.5 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz249.5Mittelfranken: 247.3 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken247.3Chemnitz: 245.5 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz245.5Niederbayern: 244.8 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern244.8Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 244.2 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz244.2Oberfranken: 243.7 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken243.7Darmstadt: 242.3 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt242.3Kassel: 240.8 per 100,000 peopleKassel240.8Detmold: 238.5 per 100,000 peopleDetmold238.5Karlsruhe: 234.1 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe234.1Dresden: 231.2 per 100,000 peopleDresden231.2Unterfranken: 230.3 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken230.3Schwaben: 227.9 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben227.9Freiburg: 225.8 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg225.8Stuttgart: 225.3 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart225.3Oberbayern: 224.2 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern224.2Tübingen: 219.7 per 100,000 peopleTübingen219.7
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

RankRegions2015
per 100,000 people		Change on 2014
1Sachsen-Anhalt282.1+2.5 pts
2Arnsberg276.7+0.8 pts
3Saarland274.5+0.3 pts
4Hamburg274.4+5.6 pts
5Mecklenburg-Vorpommern273.4+8.9 pts
6Bremen273.1-0.9 pts
7Düsseldorf271.6-4.1 pts
8Schleswig-Holstein270.1-0.1 pts
9Berlin268.2+20.8 pts
10Münster266.2-5.3 pts
11Lüneburg264.7+2.5 pts
12Brandenburg263.3+3.9 pts
13Trier262.5+1.7 pts
14Köln256.3-8.6 pts
15Hannover254.8+1 pts
16Gießen254.1+19.8 pts
17Weser-Ems253+1 pts
18Leipzig250.5+6.8 pts
19Braunschweig250.4+0.5 pts
20Thüringen250.3+9.3 pts
21Koblenz249.7-18.1 pts
22Oberpfalz249.5+5.3 pts
23Mittelfranken247.3+12.6 pts
24Chemnitz245.5-3 pts
25Niederbayern244.8+1.1 pts
26Rheinhessen-Pfalz244.2-8.7 pts
27Oberfranken243.7-3.8 pts
28Darmstadt242.3+3.7 pts
29Kassel240.8+0.7 pts
30Detmold238.5-11.3 pts
31Karlsruhe234.1+0.5 pts
32Dresden231.2-5.1 pts
33Unterfranken230.3+9.7 pts
34Schwaben227.9+1.2 pts
35Freiburg225.8-4.5 pts
36Stuttgart225.3+4.6 pts
37Oberbayern224.2+3.3 pts
38Tübingen219.7+3.3 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), 2015) [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), 2015. 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=2015. 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), 2015. 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=2015.

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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), 2015 [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=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Sachsen-Anhalt, with 282.1 per 100,000 people in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Tübingen, with 219.7 per 100,000 people in 2015.

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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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