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

Asturias had the highest cancer death rate (age-standardised) of 19 autonomous communities in 2021, at 241.5 per 100,000 people. Community of Madrid had the lowest, at 185.3 per 100,000 people. The median was 220 per 100,000 people and the figure for Spain was 213.3 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest241.5Asturias

Lowest185.3Community of Madrid

Median22019 autonomous communities

Spain213.3History

All autonomous communities, 2021

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	2021 per 100,000 people	Change on 2020
1	Asturias	241.5	-3.6 pts
2	Extremadura	228.1	-6.6 pts
3	Region of Murcia	225.5	+0.8 pts
4	Cantabria	223	-5.5 pts
5	Navarre	222.9	+8 pts
6	Basque Country	222.4	-0.9 pts
7	Aragon	222.1	-1.1 pts
8	Andalusia	221.9	+4.9 pts
9	Galicia	220.4	-3.5 pts
10	Valencian Community	220	-4.1 pts
11	Ceuta	220	+8.3 pts
12	Castile and León	213	-4.3 pts
13	Castilla-La Mancha	211.7	+5.5 pts
14	La Rioja	210.2	-12 pts
15	Canary Islands	208.1	-9 pts
16	Balearic Islands	207.3	-0.5 pts
17	Catalonia	206.3	-0.8 pts
18	Melilla	200.1	-25.1 pts
19	Community of Madrid	185.3	-2.6 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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Which autonomous community has the highest cancer death rate (age-standardised)?

Asturias, with 241.5 per 100,000 people in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Community of Madrid, with 185.3 per 100,000 people in 2021.

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.