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

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern had the highest cancer death rate (age-standardised) of 38 regions in 2021, at 272.6 per 100,000 people. Tübingen had the lowest, at 202.2 per 100,000 people. The median was 235.1 per 100,000 people and the figure for Germany was 235.7 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest272.6Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Lowest202.2Tübingen
Median235.138 regions
Germany235.7History

All regions, 2021

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 272.6 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern272.6Sachsen-Anhalt: 269.5 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt269.5Saarland: 260.7 per 100,000 peopleSaarland260.7Schleswig-Holstein: 258.6 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein258.6Arnsberg: 255.6 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg255.6Düsseldorf: 254.5 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf254.5Trier: 254.4 per 100,000 peopleTrier254.4Hamburg: 250.8 per 100,000 peopleHamburg250.8Brandenburg: 246.4 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg246.4Braunschweig: 245.9 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig245.9Koblenz: 245.8 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz245.8Münster: 245.7 per 100,000 peopleMünster245.7Lüneburg: 245.1 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg245.1Hannover: 244.8 per 100,000 peopleHannover244.8Bremen: 242.3 per 100,000 peopleBremen242.3Köln: 239 per 100,000 peopleKöln239Berlin: 238.4 per 100,000 peopleBerlin238.4Weser-Ems: 235.4 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems235.4Leipzig: 235.3 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig235.3Gießen: 234.9 per 100,000 peopleGießen234.9Detmold: 234.2 per 100,000 peopleDetmold234.2Oberfranken: 234.1 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken234.1Thüringen: 232.9 per 100,000 peopleThüringen232.9Chemnitz: 232.8 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz232.8Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 231 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz231Kassel: 228.9 per 100,000 peopleKassel228.9Oberpfalz: 226.1 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz226.1Darmstadt: 224.5 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt224.5Mittelfranken: 223.8 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken223.8Karlsruhe: 222.6 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe222.6Niederbayern: 221 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern221Dresden: 221 per 100,000 peopleDresden221Schwaben: 215.3 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben215.3Unterfranken: 215.3 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken215.3Freiburg: 212.7 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg212.7Oberbayern: 208.9 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern208.9Stuttgart: 202.8 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart202.8Tübingen: 202.2 per 100,000 peopleTübingen202.2Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 272.6 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern272.6Sachsen-Anhalt: 269.5 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt269.5Saarland: 260.7 per 100,000 peopleSaarland260.7Schleswig-Holstein: 258.6 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein258.6Arnsberg: 255.6 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg255.6Düsseldorf: 254.5 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf254.5Trier: 254.4 per 100,000 peopleTrier254.4Hamburg: 250.8 per 100,000 peopleHamburg250.8Brandenburg: 246.4 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg246.4Braunschweig: 245.9 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig245.9Koblenz: 245.8 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz245.8Münster: 245.7 per 100,000 peopleMünster245.7Lüneburg: 245.1 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg245.1Hannover: 244.8 per 100,000 peopleHannover244.8Bremen: 242.3 per 100,000 peopleBremen242.3Köln: 239 per 100,000 peopleKöln239Berlin: 238.4 per 100,000 peopleBerlin238.4Weser-Ems: 235.4 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems235.4Leipzig: 235.3 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig235.3Gießen: 234.9 per 100,000 peopleGießen234.9Detmold: 234.2 per 100,000 peopleDetmold234.2Oberfranken: 234.1 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken234.1Thüringen: 232.9 per 100,000 peopleThüringen232.9Chemnitz: 232.8 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz232.8Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 231 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz231Kassel: 228.9 per 100,000 peopleKassel228.9Oberpfalz: 226.1 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz226.1Darmstadt: 224.5 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt224.5Mittelfranken: 223.8 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken223.8Karlsruhe: 222.6 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe222.6Niederbayern: 221 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern221Dresden: 221 per 100,000 peopleDresden221Schwaben: 215.3 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben215.3Unterfranken: 215.3 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken215.3Freiburg: 212.7 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg212.7Oberbayern: 208.9 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern208.9Stuttgart: 202.8 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart202.8Tübingen: 202.2 per 100,000 peopleTübingen202.2
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

RankRegions2021
per 100,000 people		Change on 2020
1Mecklenburg-Vorpommern272.6+5.1 pts
2Sachsen-Anhalt269.5+2.2 pts
3Saarland260.7+5.9 pts
4Schleswig-Holstein258.6+2.3 pts
5Arnsberg255.6-9 pts
6Düsseldorf254.5-4.2 pts
7Trier254.4-0.7 pts
8Hamburg250.8+1.8 pts
9Brandenburg246.4-4.2 pts
10Braunschweig245.9-0 pts
11Koblenz245.8-4.6 pts
12Münster245.7-12.4 pts
13Lüneburg245.1-3.1 pts
14Hannover244.8+1.2 pts
15Bremen242.3-16.3 pts
16Köln239-5.8 pts
17Berlin238.4-12.8 pts
18Weser-Ems235.4-10.2 pts
19Leipzig235.3-8.3 pts
20Gießen234.9-11 pts
21Detmold234.2-4.3 pts
22Oberfranken234.1-4 pts
23Thüringen232.9-4.8 pts
24Chemnitz232.8-3 pts
25Rheinhessen-Pfalz231-6.7 pts
26Kassel228.9-1.7 pts
27Oberpfalz226.1-12.5 pts
28Darmstadt224.5-3.5 pts
29Mittelfranken223.8-14.6 pts
30Karlsruhe222.6+1.5 pts
31Niederbayern221-6.3 pts
32Dresden221-6.7 pts
33Schwaben215.3-0 pts
34Unterfranken215.3+1.7 pts
35Freiburg212.7-5 pts
36Oberbayern208.9-3.7 pts
37Stuttgart202.8-6.6 pts
38Tübingen202.2-2.9 pts

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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), 2021) [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), 2021. 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=2021. 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), 2021. 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=2021.

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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), 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, with 272.6 per 100,000 people in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Tübingen, with 202.2 per 100,000 people in 2021.

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