Autonomous communities of Spain by cancer death rate (age-standardised)

Asturias had the highest cancer death rate (age-standardised) of 19 autonomous communities in 2017, at 256.3 per 100,000 people. Community of Madrid had the lowest, at 204.8 per 100,000 people. The median was 227.6 per 100,000 people and the figure for Spain was 226.6 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest256.3Asturias

Lowest204.8Community of Madrid

Median227.619 autonomous communities

Spain226.6History

All autonomous communities, 2017

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

Rank	Autonomous communities	2017 per 100,000 people	Change on 2016
1	Asturias	256.3	-6.9 pts
2	Cantabria	243.5	-26.3 pts
3	Extremadura	243.1	-3.3 pts
4	Aragon	241.6	-3.4 pts
5	Basque Country	239.8	-3.6 pts
6	Galicia	239.6	-3.8 pts
7	Melilla	239.3	+2.5 pts
8	Ceuta	238.5	+2.6 pts
9	Canary Islands	227.8	-5.2 pts
10	Andalusia	227.6	+2.3 pts
11	Region of Murcia	227.1	-3.6 pts
12	Valencian Community	226.7	-4.5 pts
13	Castile and León	225.6	-4.3 pts
14	Balearic Islands	225.5	+0.9 pts
15	Castilla-La Mancha	224.6	-1.7 pts
16	Navarre	224.5	-7.8 pts
17	Catalonia	221	-4.4 pts
18	La Rioja	220.6	-15.2 pts
19	Community of Madrid	204.8	-0.3 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 autonomous communities 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) (Autonomous communities of Spain 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), Autonomous communities of Spain 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/spain-regions?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 C (hlth_cd_asdr2). Autonomous communities of Spain 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/spain-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), Autonomous communities of Spain 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/spain-regions?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 C (hlth\_cd\_asdr2): Autonomous communities of Spain by cancer death rate (age-standardised), 2017}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/cancer-death-rate/spain-regions?period=2017. Publisher attribution: 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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Which autonomous community has the highest cancer death rate (age-standardised)?

Asturias, with 256.3 per 100,000 people in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Community of Madrid, with 204.8 per 100,000 people in 2017.

Where does this ranking come from?

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.