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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 2019, at 277.3 per 100,000 people. Tübingen had the lowest, at 203.8 per 100,000 people. The median was 243.6 per 100,000 people and the figure for Germany was 243.8 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest277.3Sachsen-Anhalt
Lowest203.8Tübingen
Median243.638 regions
Germany243.8History

All regions, 2019

Sachsen-Anhalt: 277.3 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt277.3Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 275 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern275Arnsberg: 269.1 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg269.1Düsseldorf: 267.5 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf267.5Münster: 264.9 per 100,000 peopleMünster264.9Schleswig-Holstein: 262.9 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein262.9Hamburg: 260.9 per 100,000 peopleHamburg260.9Lüneburg: 259 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg259Bremen: 258.5 per 100,000 peopleBremen258.5Köln: 256.1 per 100,000 peopleKöln256.1Saarland: 255.7 per 100,000 peopleSaarland255.7Braunschweig: 254.4 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig254.4Berlin: 251 per 100,000 peopleBerlin251Leipzig: 248.7 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig248.7Weser-Ems: 246 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems246Koblenz: 245.7 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz245.7Detmold: 244.7 per 100,000 peopleDetmold244.7Trier: 244.6 per 100,000 peopleTrier244.6Brandenburg: 244.2 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg244.2Hannover: 243.1 per 100,000 peopleHannover243.1Gießen: 242.4 per 100,000 peopleGießen242.4Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 242 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz242Thüringen: 241.5 per 100,000 peopleThüringen241.5Chemnitz: 240.6 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz240.6Kassel: 235.3 per 100,000 peopleKassel235.3Mittelfranken: 233.9 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken233.9Darmstadt: 233.5 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt233.5Niederbayern: 232.5 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern232.5Karlsruhe: 230.3 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe230.3Oberpfalz: 229.3 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz229.3Oberfranken: 228.2 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken228.2Dresden: 227.3 per 100,000 peopleDresden227.3Unterfranken: 220.6 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken220.6Freiburg: 220.1 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg220.1Schwaben: 214.4 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben214.4Stuttgart: 212 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart212Oberbayern: 211.9 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern211.9Tübingen: 203.8 per 100,000 peopleTübingen203.8Sachsen-Anhalt: 277.3 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt277.3Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 275 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern275Arnsberg: 269.1 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg269.1Düsseldorf: 267.5 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf267.5Münster: 264.9 per 100,000 peopleMünster264.9Schleswig-Holstein: 262.9 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein262.9Hamburg: 260.9 per 100,000 peopleHamburg260.9Lüneburg: 259 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg259Bremen: 258.5 per 100,000 peopleBremen258.5Köln: 256.1 per 100,000 peopleKöln256.1Saarland: 255.7 per 100,000 peopleSaarland255.7Braunschweig: 254.4 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig254.4Berlin: 251 per 100,000 peopleBerlin251Leipzig: 248.7 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig248.7Weser-Ems: 246 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems246Koblenz: 245.7 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz245.7Detmold: 244.7 per 100,000 peopleDetmold244.7Trier: 244.6 per 100,000 peopleTrier244.6Brandenburg: 244.2 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg244.2Hannover: 243.1 per 100,000 peopleHannover243.1Gießen: 242.4 per 100,000 peopleGießen242.4Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 242 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz242Thüringen: 241.5 per 100,000 peopleThüringen241.5Chemnitz: 240.6 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz240.6Kassel: 235.3 per 100,000 peopleKassel235.3Mittelfranken: 233.9 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken233.9Darmstadt: 233.5 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt233.5Niederbayern: 232.5 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern232.5Karlsruhe: 230.3 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe230.3Oberpfalz: 229.3 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz229.3Oberfranken: 228.2 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken228.2Dresden: 227.3 per 100,000 peopleDresden227.3Unterfranken: 220.6 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken220.6Freiburg: 220.1 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg220.1Schwaben: 214.4 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben214.4Stuttgart: 212 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart212Oberbayern: 211.9 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern211.9Tübingen: 203.8 per 100,000 peopleTübingen203.8
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

RankRegions2019
per 100,000 people		Change on 2018
1Sachsen-Anhalt277.3+5.4 pts
2Mecklenburg-Vorpommern275+4.7 pts
3Arnsberg269.1-6.8 pts
4Düsseldorf267.5-2.4 pts
5Münster264.9+6.6 pts
6Schleswig-Holstein262.9+1.4 pts
7Hamburg260.9-5.1 pts
8Lüneburg259+9.4 pts
9Bremen258.5-3.8 pts
10Köln256.1-2.7 pts
11Saarland255.7-14.5 pts
12Braunschweig254.4-1.1 pts
13Berlin251-2.7 pts
14Leipzig248.7+3.5 pts
15Weser-Ems246-7 pts
16Koblenz245.7-14.4 pts
17Detmold244.7-1.2 pts
18Trier244.6-16.5 pts
19Brandenburg244.2-1.6 pts
20Hannover243.1-6.1 pts
21Gießen242.4+1.1 pts
22Rheinhessen-Pfalz242+0.3 pts
23Thüringen241.5-3.9 pts
24Chemnitz240.6+0.5 pts
25Kassel235.3-4.1 pts
26Mittelfranken233.9-3.1 pts
27Darmstadt233.5+0.8 pts
28Niederbayern232.5-9.5 pts
29Karlsruhe230.3+2.2 pts
30Oberpfalz229.3-14.4 pts
31Oberfranken228.2-11.7 pts
32Dresden227.3+2.5 pts
33Unterfranken220.6-1.4 pts
34Freiburg220.1-7.7 pts
35Schwaben214.4-9.1 pts
36Stuttgart212-4.6 pts
37Oberbayern211.9-0.1 pts
38Tübingen203.8-1.2 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), 2019) [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), 2019. 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=2019. 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), 2019. 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=2019.

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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), 2019 [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=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Sachsen-Anhalt, with 277.3 per 100,000 people in 2019, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Tübingen, with 203.8 per 100,000 people in 2019.

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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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