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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 2017, at 279.6 per 100,000 people. Tübingen had the lowest, at 208.7 per 100,000 people. The median was 247.8 per 100,000 people and the figure for Germany was 246.6 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest279.6Sachsen-Anhalt
Lowest208.7Tübingen
Median247.838 regions
Germany246.6History

All regions, 2017

Sachsen-Anhalt: 279.6 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt279.6Düsseldorf: 268.9 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf268.9Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 268.3 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern268.3Arnsberg: 267.2 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg267.2Münster: 266.4 per 100,000 peopleMünster266.4Schleswig-Holstein: 265 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein265Braunschweig: 264.7 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig264.7Hamburg: 263.5 per 100,000 peopleHamburg263.5Lüneburg: 262.9 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg262.9Saarland: 257.5 per 100,000 peopleSaarland257.5Berlin: 257.1 per 100,000 peopleBerlin257.1Bremen: 256.6 per 100,000 peopleBremen256.6Köln: 254.1 per 100,000 peopleKöln254.1Koblenz: 253.5 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz253.5Gießen: 253.1 per 100,000 peopleGießen253.1Hannover: 250.8 per 100,000 peopleHannover250.8Trier: 250.3 per 100,000 peopleTrier250.3Weser-Ems: 248.7 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems248.7Brandenburg: 248.1 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg248.1Oberpfalz: 247.4 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz247.4Thüringen: 246.3 per 100,000 peopleThüringen246.3Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 245.7 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz245.7Detmold: 243.8 per 100,000 peopleDetmold243.8Leipzig: 241.6 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig241.6Darmstadt: 238.5 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt238.5Chemnitz: 238.4 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz238.4Oberfranken: 238.2 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken238.2Mittelfranken: 237.6 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken237.6Niederbayern: 236.3 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern236.3Kassel: 232.4 per 100,000 peopleKassel232.4Dresden: 229.4 per 100,000 peopleDresden229.4Unterfranken: 228.2 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken228.2Karlsruhe: 223 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe223Freiburg: 219 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg219Oberbayern: 218.2 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern218.2Schwaben: 216.8 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben216.8Stuttgart: 215.3 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart215.3Tübingen: 208.7 per 100,000 peopleTübingen208.7
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

RankRegions2017
per 100,000 people		Change on 2016
1Sachsen-Anhalt279.6+8.7 pts
2Düsseldorf268.9-10.7 pts
3Mecklenburg-Vorpommern268.3-2.6 pts
4Arnsberg267.2-18 pts
5Münster266.4-16.6 pts
6Schleswig-Holstein265-6.6 pts
7Braunschweig264.7+5.5 pts
8Hamburg263.5-4.6 pts
9Lüneburg262.9-0.3 pts
10Saarland257.5-12.3 pts
11Berlin257.1-9.5 pts
12Bremen256.6-7.2 pts
13Köln254.1-13.6 pts
14Koblenz253.5-12.6 pts
15Gießen253.1+6.4 pts
16Hannover250.8-2.6 pts
17Trier250.3-13.6 pts
18Weser-Ems248.7-6.1 pts
19Brandenburg248.1-13.8 pts
20Oberpfalz247.4-1.9 pts
21Thüringen246.3-3.2 pts
22Rheinhessen-Pfalz245.7+6.5 pts
23Detmold243.8-14.5 pts
24Leipzig241.6-8.5 pts
25Darmstadt238.5-3.2 pts
26Chemnitz238.4-5.8 pts
27Oberfranken238.2+0.6 pts
28Mittelfranken237.6-5.5 pts
29Niederbayern236.3-5.7 pts
30Kassel232.4-2.7 pts
31Dresden229.4-0 pts
32Unterfranken228.2+5.3 pts
33Karlsruhe223-10.8 pts
34Freiburg219-3.7 pts
35Oberbayern218.2-6.9 pts
36Schwaben216.8-11.8 pts
37Stuttgart215.3-3.9 pts
38Tübingen208.7-12.3 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), 2017) [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), 2017. 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=2017. 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), 2017. 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=2017.

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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), 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Sachsen-Anhalt, with 279.6 per 100,000 people in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Tübingen, with 208.7 per 100,000 people in 2017.

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