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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 2022, at 271.3 per 100,000 people. Stuttgart had the lowest, at 203.3 per 100,000 people. The median was 238.6 per 100,000 people and the figure for Germany was 237.3 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest271.3Sachsen-Anhalt
Lowest203.3Stuttgart
Median238.638 regions
Germany237.3History

All regions, 2022

Sachsen-Anhalt: 271.3 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt271.3Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 267.8 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern267.8Arnsberg: 260.9 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg260.9Schleswig-Holstein: 259.9 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein259.9Düsseldorf: 256.4 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf256.4Saarland: 253.3 per 100,000 peopleSaarland253.3Bremen: 252 per 100,000 peopleBremen252Braunschweig: 251.1 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig251.1Münster: 251.1 per 100,000 peopleMünster251.1Hamburg: 249.5 per 100,000 peopleHamburg249.5Lüneburg: 247.7 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg247.7Trier: 247.2 per 100,000 peopleTrier247.2Hannover: 247.1 per 100,000 peopleHannover247.1Koblenz: 245.6 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz245.6Brandenburg: 244 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg244Weser-Ems: 242.6 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems242.6Köln: 241.9 per 100,000 peopleKöln241.9Leipzig: 241.3 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig241.3Berlin: 240.4 per 100,000 peopleBerlin240.4Gießen: 236.9 per 100,000 peopleGießen236.9Oberfranken: 236.6 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken236.6Chemnitz: 235.4 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz235.4Oberpfalz: 235 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz235Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 234.5 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz234.5Detmold: 233.7 per 100,000 peopleDetmold233.7Thüringen: 232.9 per 100,000 peopleThüringen232.9Darmstadt: 231.4 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt231.4Niederbayern: 228.6 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern228.6Kassel: 228.5 per 100,000 peopleKassel228.5Mittelfranken: 227.1 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken227.1Dresden: 216.5 per 100,000 peopleDresden216.5Schwaben: 215.5 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben215.5Karlsruhe: 214.7 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe214.7Unterfranken: 212.6 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken212.6Oberbayern: 208.1 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern208.1Tübingen: 206.1 per 100,000 peopleTübingen206.1Freiburg: 205.8 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg205.8Stuttgart: 203.3 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart203.3
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

RankRegions2022
per 100,000 people		Change on 2021
1Sachsen-Anhalt271.3+1.8 pts
2Mecklenburg-Vorpommern267.8-4.7 pts
3Arnsberg260.9+5.3 pts
4Schleswig-Holstein259.9+1.4 pts
5Düsseldorf256.4+1.9 pts
6Saarland253.3-7.4 pts
7Bremen252+9.7 pts
8Braunschweig251.1+5.2 pts
9Münster251.1+5.4 pts
10Hamburg249.5-1.4 pts
11Lüneburg247.7+2.5 pts
12Trier247.2-7.2 pts
13Hannover247.1+2.3 pts
14Koblenz245.6-0.3 pts
15Brandenburg244-2.4 pts
16Weser-Ems242.6+7.1 pts
17Köln241.9+2.8 pts
18Leipzig241.3+6 pts
19Berlin240.4+1.9 pts
20Gießen236.9+2 pts
21Oberfranken236.6+2.5 pts
22Chemnitz235.4+2.6 pts
23Oberpfalz235+8.9 pts
24Rheinhessen-Pfalz234.5+3.5 pts
25Detmold233.7-0.5 pts
26Thüringen232.9-0 pts
27Darmstadt231.4+7 pts
28Niederbayern228.6+7.6 pts
29Kassel228.5-0.4 pts
30Mittelfranken227.1+3.3 pts
31Dresden216.5-4.5 pts
32Schwaben215.5+0.2 pts
33Karlsruhe214.7-7.8 pts
34Unterfranken212.6-2.7 pts
35Oberbayern208.1-0.8 pts
36Tübingen206.1+3.9 pts
37Freiburg205.8-7 pts
38Stuttgart203.3+0.5 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), 2022) [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), 2022. 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=2022. 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), 2022. 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=2022.

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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), 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Sachsen-Anhalt, with 271.3 per 100,000 people in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Stuttgart, with 203.3 per 100,000 people in 2022.

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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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