NUTS 3 areas of Germany by death rate

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by death rate, 2016
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Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt had the highest death rate of 400 areas in 2016, at 16.8 per 1,000 inhabitants. München, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at 7.5 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 11.4 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for Germany was 11.1 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest16.8Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt

Lowest7.5München, Kreisfreie Stadt

Median11.4400 areas

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Top 40 areas, 2016

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per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2016 per 1,000 inhabitants	Change on 2015
1	Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt	16.8	+1 pts
2	Dessau-Roßlau, Kreisfreie Stadt	16.1	+0.6 pts
3	Mansfeld-Südharz	15.8	+0.4 pts
4	Kyffhäuserkreis	15.7	+0.3 pts
4	Salzlandkreis	15.7	-0.3 pts
6	Lüchow-Dannenberg	15.6	+1 pts
6	Vogtlandkreis	15.6	-0.1 pts
6	Zwickau	15.6	-0.3 pts
9	Elbe-Elster	15.3	+0.6 pts
10	Görlitz	15.2	-0.4 pts
10	Harz	15.2	-0.6 pts
10	Prignitz	15.2	-0.4 pts
13	Goslar	15.1	+0.1 pts
13	Uelzen	15.1	+0.3 pts
13	Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge	15.1	-0.9 pts
16	Altenburger Land	14.9	+0.1 pts
16	Anhalt-Bitterfeld	14.9	-0.5 pts
18	Helmstedt	14.8	0 pts
18	Werra-Meißner-Kreis	14.8	-0.1 pts
20	Erzgebirgskreis	14.7	+0.1 pts
20	Holzminden	14.7	+0.4 pts
20	Oberspreewald-Lausitz	14.7	+0.3 pts
20	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt	14.7	-0.5 pts
24	Greiz	14.6	-0.3 pts
25	Birkenfeld	14.5	-0.4 pts
25	Burgenlandkreis	14.5	-0.8 pts
25	Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt	14.5	+0.1 pts
25	Wittenberg	14.5	-0.7 pts
29	Stendal	14.4	-0.2 pts
29	Wilhelmshaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	14.4	-0.2 pts
31	Sonneberg	14.3	-1.7 pts
32	Northeim	14.2	+0.3 pts
33	Gera, Kreisfreie Stadt	14.1	-0.4 pts
33	Schmalkalden-Meiningen	14.1	-0.7 pts
33	Tirschenreuth	14.1	+0.4 pts
33	Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis	14.1	+0.1 pts
37	Hof, Landkreis	14	-0.5 pts
37	Nordhausen	14	+0.3 pts
37	Schaumburg	14	-0.6 pts
40	Jerichower Land	13.9	-0.4 pts
40	Mittelsachsen	13.9	-0.5 pts
40	Neunkirchen	13.9	-0.5 pts
43	Bautzen	13.8	+0.2 pts
43	Hameln-Pyrmont	13.8	-0.7 pts
43	Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt	13.8	+0.2 pts
43	Spree-Neiße	13.8	-0.5 pts
43	Uckermark	13.8	-0.2 pts
43	Vulkaneifel	13.8	+0.3 pts
49	Cochem-Zell	13.7	+0.2 pts
49	Frankfurt (Oder), Kreisfreie Stadt	13.7	+0.7 pts
49	Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt	13.7	0 pts
49	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	13.7	-0.4 pts
53	Nordsachsen	13.6	+0.2 pts
53	Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	13.6	-1 pts
53	Vorpommern-Greifswald	13.6	+0.1 pts
53	Vorpommern-Rügen	13.6	+0.6 pts
57	Baden-Baden, Stadtkreis	13.5	-0.1 pts
57	Brandenburg an der Havel, Kreisfreie Stadt	13.5	-0.3 pts
57	Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	13.5	+0.2 pts
57	Hildburghausen	13.5	-0.2 pts
57	Wittmund	13.5	+1.2 pts
62	Bottrop, Kreisfreie Stadt	13.4	+0.5 pts
62	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	13.4	-0.2 pts
62	Ilm-Kreis	13.4	+0.1 pts
62	Kronach	13.4	-0.1 pts
62	Ostholstein	13.4	-0.5 pts
62	Saale-Orla-Kreis	13.4	-0.5 pts
68	Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt	13.3	-0.5 pts
68	Sömmerda	13.3	-0.4 pts
68	Wartburgkreis	13.3	-0.3 pts
71	Cuxhaven	13.2	-0.1 pts
71	Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt	13.2	-0.4 pts
71	Saalekreis	13.2	-0.3 pts
71	Schwerin, Kreisfreie Stadt	13.2	+0.5 pts
71	Südwestpfalz	13.2	+1.1 pts
76	Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	13.1	-0.2 pts
76	Merzig-Wadern	13.1	-0.3 pts
76	Ostprignitz-Ruppin	13.1	-0.3 pts
79	Altmarkkreis Salzwedel	13	-0.4 pts
79	Cottbus, Kreisfreie Stadt	13	-0.1 pts
79	Gotha	13	-0.2 pts
79	Leipzig	13	-0.5 pts
79	Saarlouis	13	-0.2 pts
79	Waldeck-Frankenberg	13	-0.3 pts
85	Dithmarschen	12.9	-1 pts
85	Meißen	12.9	-0.3 pts
85	Recklinghausen	12.9	+0.2 pts
85	Saarpfalz-Kreis	12.9	-0.3 pts
89	Ahrweiler	12.8	+0.2 pts
89	Amberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	12.8	-0.7 pts
89	Aurich	12.8	+0.1 pts
89	Coburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	12.8	-0.9 pts
89	Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt	12.8	-0.1 pts
89	Friesland (DE)	12.8	+0.1 pts
89	Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt	12.8	-0.5 pts
89	Lichtenfels	12.8	-0.2 pts
89	Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt	12.8	-0.5 pts
89	Rhein-Lahn-Kreis	12.8	+0.1 pts
99	Bad Kissingen	12.7	-0.7 pts
99	Coburg, Landkreis	12.7	-0.1 pts
99	Hildesheim	12.7	-0.4 pts
99	Neumünster, Kreisfreie Stadt	12.7	-0.2 pts
99	Nienburg (Weser)	12.7	-0.5 pts
99	Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt	12.7	-1.2 pts
99	St. Wendel	12.7	-0.3 pts
99	Wesermarsch	12.7	-0.2 pts
107	Celle	12.6	+0.3 pts
107	Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	12.6	-0.3 pts
107	Hersfeld-Rotenburg	12.6	-1 pts
107	Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	12.6	+0.1 pts
107	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt	12.6	-0.6 pts
107	Regionalverband Saarbrücken	12.6	-1.1 pts
107	Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt	12.6	-0.2 pts
107	Wolfenbüttel	12.6	+0.2 pts
115	Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt	12.5	-0.1 pts
115	Kulmbach	12.5	-0.4 pts
115	Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt	12.5	-0.7 pts
115	Oder-Spree	12.5	0 pts
119	Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt	12.4	-0.4 pts
119	Kusel	12.4	-1.1 pts
119	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis	12.4	-0.5 pts
119	Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	12.4	-0.5 pts
119	Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt	12.4	+0.2 pts
124	Börde	12.3	-0.9 pts
124	Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt	12.3	+0.2 pts
124	Hochsauerlandkreis	12.3	-0.3 pts
124	Kassel, Landkreis	12.3	-0.2 pts
124	Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	12.3	0 pts
124	Ludwigslust-Parchim	12.3	-0.4 pts
124	Neuwied	12.3	+0.3 pts
124	Schleswig-Flensburg	12.3	+0.1 pts
124	Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt	12.3	+0.6 pts
124	Steinburg	12.3	0 pts
124	Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt	12.3	0 pts
124	Unna	12.3	-0.6 pts
136	Freyung-Grafenau	12.2	0 pts
136	Göttingen	12.2	-0.1 pts
136	Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt	12.2	-1 pts
136	Herford	12.2	+0.2 pts
136	Landkreis Rostock	12.2	-0.2 pts
136	Minden-Lübbecke	12.2	+0.5 pts
136	Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	12.2	-0.1 pts
136	Peine	12.2	+0.1 pts
136	Vogelsbergkreis	12.2	-1.2 pts
136	Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt	12.2	-0.9 pts
146	Bad Dürkheim	12.1	-0.4 pts
146	Bad Kreuznach	12.1	-0.3 pts
146	Flensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	12.1	-0.4 pts
146	Märkischer Kreis	12.1	-0.1 pts
146	Mettmann	12.1	-0.3 pts
146	Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt	12.1	-1.2 pts
152	Bayreuth, Landkreis	12	-0.6 pts
152	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	12	-0.3 pts
152	Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt	12	0 pts
152	Heidekreis	12	0 pts
152	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	12	-0.2 pts
152	Nordfriesland	12	-0.2 pts
152	Odenwaldkreis	12	-0.3 pts
152	Plön	12	-0.1 pts
160	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)	11.9	-0.5 pts
160	Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.9	-0.1 pts
160	Nordwestmecklenburg	11.9	+0.2 pts
160	Rhön-Grabfeld	11.9	-0.9 pts
164	Dahme-Spreewald	11.8	0 pts
164	Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.8	-0.5 pts
164	Euskirchen	11.8	-0.4 pts
164	Havelland	11.8	+0.4 pts
164	Lippe	11.8	-0.6 pts
164	Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.8	-0.6 pts
164	Oberbergischer Kreis	11.8	-0.1 pts
164	Regen	11.8	-1.2 pts
164	Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis	11.8	-0.7 pts
164	Siegen-Wittgenstein	11.8	+0.1 pts
164	Wesel	11.8	-0.2 pts
164	Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.8	-0.2 pts
176	Düren	11.7	-0.4 pts
176	Eichsfeld	11.7	+0.9 pts
176	Höxter	11.7	-0.2 pts
176	Soest	11.7	-0.3 pts
176	Teltow-Fläming	11.7	-0.8 pts
176	Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.7	-0.3 pts
182	Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.6	-0.5 pts
182	Barnim	11.6	-0.4 pts
182	Berchtesgadener Land	11.6	-0.2 pts
182	Donnersbergkreis	11.6	-1.3 pts
182	Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.6	-0.2 pts
182	Leer	11.6	-0.1 pts
182	Märkisch-Oderland	11.6	-0.5 pts
182	Mühldorf a. Inn	11.6	-0.4 pts
182	Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.6	-0.7 pts
182	Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.6	+0.5 pts
192	Amberg-Sulzbach	11.5	-0.7 pts
192	Ammerland	11.5	+0.5 pts
192	Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.5	+0.1 pts
192	Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.5	-0.1 pts
192	Mayen-Koblenz	11.5	+0.6 pts
192	Oberhavel	11.5	-0.2 pts
192	Rendsburg-Eckernförde	11.5	+0.3 pts
192	Rotenburg (Wümme)	11.5	+0.5 pts
200	Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.4	-0.5 pts
200	Diepholz	11.4	-0.5 pts
200	Herzogtum Lauenburg	11.4	-0.4 pts
200	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis	11.4	0 pts
200	Potsdam-Mittelmark	11.4	+0.8 pts
200	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	11.4	+0.3 pts
200	Saale-Holzland-Kreis	11.4	-0.4 pts
200	Stormarn	11.4	+0.4 pts
208	Delmenhorst, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.3	+0.1 pts
208	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.3	+0.4 pts
208	Olpe	11.3	+0.3 pts
208	Osterholz	11.3	+0.1 pts
208	Pinneberg	11.3	+0.2 pts
208	Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.3	0 pts
208	Schwandorf	11.3	-0.3 pts
208	Weimarer Land	11.3	-1.1 pts
208	Westerwaldkreis	11.3	-0.3 pts
217	Bernkastel-Wittlich	11.2	-0.9 pts
217	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.2	+0.4 pts
217	Cham	11.2	-0.4 pts
217	Deggendorf	11.2	-0.4 pts
217	Landshut, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.2	-0.7 pts
217	Main-Tauber-Kreis	11.2	-0.6 pts
217	Rottal-Inn	11.2	-0.9 pts
217	Verden	11.2	+0.2 pts
217	Viersen	11.2	-0.2 pts
217	Zollernalbkreis	11.2	+0.3 pts
227	Bergstraße	11.1	-0.5 pts
227	Freudenstadt	11.1	-0.1 pts
227	Heinsberg	11.1	-0.3 pts
227	Limburg-Weilburg	11.1	-0.6 pts
227	Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.1	-0.2 pts
227	Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim	11.1	-0.4 pts
227	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.1	-0.3 pts
227	Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen	11.1	-0.7 pts
235	Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt	11	-0.4 pts
235	Lindau (Bodensee)	11	-0.8 pts
235	Main-Spessart	11	-1 pts
235	Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab	11	-1.1 pts
235	Oldenburg, Landkreis	11	+0.1 pts
235	Pforzheim, Stadtkreis	11	-0.4 pts
235	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	11	-0.2 pts
235	Wetteraukreis	11	0 pts
243	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.9	-0.2 pts
243	Kleve	10.9	-0.5 pts
243	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.9	-0.8 pts
243	Nürnberger Land	10.9	-0.8 pts
243	Region Hannover	10.9	-0.3 pts
243	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	10.9	-0.2 pts
243	Segeberg	10.9	+0.3 pts
243	Waldshut	10.9	+0.4 pts

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Deaths per 1,000 residents during the year.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the areas are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Crude death rate per 1,000 average residents by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Which area has the highest death rate?

Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 16.8 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest death rate?

München, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 7.5 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2016.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Crude death rate per 1,000 average residents by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-08.