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

Arnsberg had the highest cancer death rate (age-standardised) of 38 regions in 2016, at 285.2 per 100,000 people. Stuttgart had the lowest, at 219.3 per 100,000 people. The median was 251.8 per 100,000 people and the figure for Germany was 253.2 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest285.2Arnsberg
Lowest219.3Stuttgart
Median251.838 regions
Germany253.2History

All regions, 2016

Arnsberg: 285.2 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg285.2Münster: 283 per 100,000 peopleMünster283Düsseldorf: 279.6 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf279.6Schleswig-Holstein: 271.6 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein271.6Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 270.9 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern270.9Sachsen-Anhalt: 270.8 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt270.8Saarland: 269.8 per 100,000 peopleSaarland269.8Hamburg: 268.1 per 100,000 peopleHamburg268.1Köln: 267.7 per 100,000 peopleKöln267.7Berlin: 266.5 per 100,000 peopleBerlin266.5Koblenz: 266.1 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz266.1Trier: 263.9 per 100,000 peopleTrier263.9Bremen: 263.7 per 100,000 peopleBremen263.7Lüneburg: 263.2 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg263.2Brandenburg: 261.9 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg261.9Braunschweig: 259.2 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig259.2Detmold: 258.3 per 100,000 peopleDetmold258.3Weser-Ems: 254.8 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems254.8Hannover: 253.4 per 100,000 peopleHannover253.4Leipzig: 250.1 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig250.1Thüringen: 249.5 per 100,000 peopleThüringen249.5Oberpfalz: 249.3 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz249.3Gießen: 246.8 per 100,000 peopleGießen246.8Chemnitz: 244.1 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz244.1Mittelfranken: 243.1 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken243.1Niederbayern: 242 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern242Darmstadt: 241.7 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt241.7Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 239.2 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz239.2Oberfranken: 237.6 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken237.6Kassel: 235.1 per 100,000 peopleKassel235.1Karlsruhe: 233.8 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe233.8Dresden: 229.4 per 100,000 peopleDresden229.4Schwaben: 228.6 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben228.6Oberbayern: 225.1 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern225.1Unterfranken: 222.9 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken222.9Freiburg: 222.7 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg222.7Tübingen: 220.9 per 100,000 peopleTübingen220.9Stuttgart: 219.3 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart219.3Arnsberg: 285.2 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg285.2Münster: 283 per 100,000 peopleMünster283Düsseldorf: 279.6 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf279.6Schleswig-Holstein: 271.6 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein271.6Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 270.9 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern270.9Sachsen-Anhalt: 270.8 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt270.8Saarland: 269.8 per 100,000 peopleSaarland269.8Hamburg: 268.1 per 100,000 peopleHamburg268.1Köln: 267.7 per 100,000 peopleKöln267.7Berlin: 266.5 per 100,000 peopleBerlin266.5Koblenz: 266.1 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz266.1Trier: 263.9 per 100,000 peopleTrier263.9Bremen: 263.7 per 100,000 peopleBremen263.7Lüneburg: 263.2 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg263.2Brandenburg: 261.9 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg261.9Braunschweig: 259.2 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig259.2Detmold: 258.3 per 100,000 peopleDetmold258.3Weser-Ems: 254.8 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems254.8Hannover: 253.4 per 100,000 peopleHannover253.4Leipzig: 250.1 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig250.1Thüringen: 249.5 per 100,000 peopleThüringen249.5Oberpfalz: 249.3 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz249.3Gießen: 246.8 per 100,000 peopleGießen246.8Chemnitz: 244.1 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz244.1Mittelfranken: 243.1 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken243.1Niederbayern: 242 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern242Darmstadt: 241.7 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt241.7Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 239.2 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz239.2Oberfranken: 237.6 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken237.6Kassel: 235.1 per 100,000 peopleKassel235.1Karlsruhe: 233.8 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe233.8Dresden: 229.4 per 100,000 peopleDresden229.4Schwaben: 228.6 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben228.6Oberbayern: 225.1 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern225.1Unterfranken: 222.9 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken222.9Freiburg: 222.7 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg222.7Tübingen: 220.9 per 100,000 peopleTübingen220.9Stuttgart: 219.3 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart219.3
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

RankRegions2016
per 100,000 people		Change on 2015
1Arnsberg285.2+8.5 pts
2Münster283+16.8 pts
3Düsseldorf279.6+8 pts
4Schleswig-Holstein271.6+1.6 pts
5Mecklenburg-Vorpommern270.9-2.5 pts
6Sachsen-Anhalt270.8-11.3 pts
7Saarland269.8-4.7 pts
8Hamburg268.1-6.3 pts
9Köln267.7+11.4 pts
10Berlin266.5-1.6 pts
11Koblenz266.1+16.4 pts
12Trier263.9+1.4 pts
13Bremen263.7-9.3 pts
14Lüneburg263.2-1.5 pts
15Brandenburg261.9-1.4 pts
16Braunschweig259.2+8.8 pts
17Detmold258.3+19.7 pts
18Weser-Ems254.8+1.8 pts
19Hannover253.4-1.4 pts
20Leipzig250.1-0.4 pts
21Thüringen249.5-0.8 pts
22Oberpfalz249.3-0.1 pts
23Gießen246.8-7.3 pts
24Chemnitz244.1-1.3 pts
25Mittelfranken243.1-4.2 pts
26Niederbayern242-2.8 pts
27Darmstadt241.7-0.7 pts
28Rheinhessen-Pfalz239.2-5 pts
29Oberfranken237.6-6.1 pts
30Kassel235.1-5.7 pts
31Karlsruhe233.8-0.3 pts
32Dresden229.4-1.8 pts
33Schwaben228.6+0.7 pts
34Oberbayern225.1+0.9 pts
35Unterfranken222.9-7.4 pts
36Freiburg222.7-3.1 pts
37Tübingen220.9+1.2 pts
38Stuttgart219.3-6 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.

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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), 2016) [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), 2016. 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=2016. 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), 2016. 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=2016.

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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), 2016 [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=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Arnsberg, with 285.2 per 100,000 people in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Stuttgart, with 219.3 per 100,000 people in 2016.

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