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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 2018, at 275.9 per 100,000 people. Tübingen had the lowest, at 205 per 100,000 people. The median was 245.6 per 100,000 people and the figure for Germany was 246 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest275.9Arnsberg
Lowest205Tübingen
Median245.638 regions
Germany246History

All regions, 2018

Arnsberg: 275.9 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg275.9Sachsen-Anhalt: 271.9 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt271.9Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 270.3 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern270.3Saarland: 270.2 per 100,000 peopleSaarland270.2Düsseldorf: 269.9 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf269.9Hamburg: 266.1 per 100,000 peopleHamburg266.1Bremen: 262.3 per 100,000 peopleBremen262.3Schleswig-Holstein: 261.5 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein261.5Trier: 261.1 per 100,000 peopleTrier261.1Koblenz: 260.1 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz260.1Köln: 258.8 per 100,000 peopleKöln258.8Münster: 258.3 per 100,000 peopleMünster258.3Braunschweig: 255.5 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig255.5Berlin: 253.8 per 100,000 peopleBerlin253.8Weser-Ems: 253 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems253Lüneburg: 249.6 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg249.6Hannover: 249.2 per 100,000 peopleHannover249.2Detmold: 245.9 per 100,000 peopleDetmold245.9Brandenburg: 245.8 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg245.8Thüringen: 245.4 per 100,000 peopleThüringen245.4Leipzig: 245.2 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig245.2Oberpfalz: 243.7 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz243.7Niederbayern: 242 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern242Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 241.7 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz241.7Gießen: 241.3 per 100,000 peopleGießen241.3Chemnitz: 240.1 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz240.1Oberfranken: 239.9 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken239.9Kassel: 239.4 per 100,000 peopleKassel239.4Mittelfranken: 237 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken237Darmstadt: 232.7 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt232.7Karlsruhe: 228.1 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe228.1Freiburg: 227.8 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg227.8Dresden: 224.7 per 100,000 peopleDresden224.7Schwaben: 223.5 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben223.5Unterfranken: 222 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken222Stuttgart: 216.7 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart216.7Oberbayern: 212.1 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern212.1Tübingen: 205 per 100,000 peopleTübingen205
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

RankRegions2018
per 100,000 people		Change on 2017
1Arnsberg275.9+8.7 pts
2Sachsen-Anhalt271.9-7.6 pts
3Mecklenburg-Vorpommern270.3+2 pts
4Saarland270.2+12.7 pts
5Düsseldorf269.9+1 pts
6Hamburg266.1+2.5 pts
7Bremen262.3+5.7 pts
8Schleswig-Holstein261.5-3.5 pts
9Trier261.1+10.9 pts
10Koblenz260.1+6.6 pts
11Köln258.8+4.7 pts
12Münster258.3-8.1 pts
13Braunschweig255.5-9.2 pts
14Berlin253.8-3.3 pts
15Weser-Ems253+4.3 pts
16Lüneburg249.6-13.3 pts
17Hannover249.2-1.6 pts
18Detmold245.9+2.2 pts
19Brandenburg245.8-2.3 pts
20Thüringen245.4-0.9 pts
21Leipzig245.2+3.6 pts
22Oberpfalz243.7-3.7 pts
23Niederbayern242+5.7 pts
24Rheinhessen-Pfalz241.7-4 pts
25Gießen241.3-11.8 pts
26Chemnitz240.1+1.8 pts
27Oberfranken239.9+1.7 pts
28Kassel239.4+7 pts
29Mittelfranken237-0.6 pts
30Darmstadt232.7-5.8 pts
31Karlsruhe228.1+5.1 pts
32Freiburg227.8+8.8 pts
33Dresden224.7-4.6 pts
34Schwaben223.5+6.7 pts
35Unterfranken222-6.2 pts
36Stuttgart216.7+1.3 pts
37Oberbayern212.1-6.2 pts
38Tübingen205-3.7 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), 2018) [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), 2018. 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=2018. 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), 2018. 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=2018.

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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), 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Arnsberg, with 275.9 per 100,000 people in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Tübingen, with 205 per 100,000 people in 2018.

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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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