EU regions (NUTS 2) by death rate from external causes (age-standardised)
Sostinės regionas had the highest death rate from external causes (age-standardised) of 234 regions in 2018, at 100 per 100,000 people. Community of Madrid had the lowest, at 22.8 per 100,000 people. The median was 48.7 per 100,000 people and the figure for the European Union (27) was 47.8 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2018
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2018 | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sostinės regionas | 100 | +5.2 pts |
| 2 | Prov. Namur | 92.1 | +1.8 pts |
| 3 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 90.6 | -0.8 pts |
| 4 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | 88.1 | -9.7 pts |
| 5 | Latvija | 82 | -5 pts |
| 6 | Prov. Hainaut | 80.4 | +4.9 pts |
| 7 | Prov. Liège | 78.4 | +7.3 pts |
| 8 | Jadranska Hrvatska | 76.3 | +9.1 pts |
| 9 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 76.1 | -6.6 pts |
| 10 | Észak-Magyarország | 74.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 11 | Mazowiecki regionalny | 73.4 | +7.1 pts |
| 12 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 73.3 | +2.2 pts |
| 13 | Západné Slovensko | 72.8 | +5.6 pts |
| 14 | Východné Slovensko | 71.2 | +10.9 pts |
| 15 | Łódzkie | 70.3 | +3 pts |
| 16 | Nord-Est | 69.9 | +2 pts |
| 17 | Zahodna Slovenija | 69.3 | +0.6 pts |
| 18 | Bretagne | 69.3 | -1.2 pts |
| 19 | Střední Morava | 69.2 | +5.3 pts |
| 20 | Limousin | 69.1 | +9.3 pts |
| 21 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | 68.2 | +9.4 pts |
| 22 | Severozápad | 67.8 | +9.5 pts |
| 23 | Stredné Slovensko | 67.7 | -5.5 pts |
| 24 | Dél-Alföld | 66.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 25 | Länsi-Suomi | 65.8 | +3.2 pts |
| 26 | Mellersta Norrland | 65.5 | +3.5 pts |
| 27 | Övre Norrland | 65.1 | +7.3 pts |
| 28 | Franche-Comté | 64.4 | +2.6 pts |
| 29 | Noord-Holland | 64.4 | +7.2 pts |
| 30 | Guyane | 64.2 | +9.4 pts |
| 31 | Chemnitz | 64.1 | +7 pts |
| 32 | Leipzig | 63.4 | +2.8 pts |
| 33 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 63.1 | +1.8 pts |
| 34 | Jihozápad | 63 | -0.1 pts |
| 34 | Podlaskie | 63 | +2.8 pts |
| 36 | Auvergne | 62.9 | +1.5 pts |
| 37 | Eesti | 62.8 | -2.1 pts |
| 38 | Pomorskie | 62.3 | +4.9 pts |
| 39 | Střední Čechy | 62.2 | +7.1 pts |
| 40 | Hamburg | 61.3 | -1.6 pts |
| 41 | Algarve | 61.1 | +5.8 pts |
| 42 | La Réunion | 61.1 | -1.4 pts |
| 43 | Norra Mellansverige | 60.8 | +7 pts |
| 44 | Śląskie | 60.8 | +2.7 pts |
| 45 | Champagne-Ardenne | 60.8 | -0 pts |
| 46 | Közép-Dunántúl | 60.2 | -2.9 pts |
| 47 | Dresden | 60.1 | +0.9 pts |
| 48 | Lorraine | 60.1 | +1.6 pts |
| 49 | Kärnten | 60 | +4.6 pts |
| 50 | Poitou-Charentes | 59.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 51 | Dél-Dunántúl | 59.6 | +3.9 pts |
| 51 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 59.6 | -4.6 pts |
| 53 | Opolskie | 59.6 | +9.4 pts |
| 54 | Pays de la Loire | 59.4 | +1.6 pts |
| 55 | Etelä-Suomi | 59 | -3.6 pts |
| 55 | Sud-Est | 59 | +5 pts |
| 57 | Basse-Normandie | 58.5 | -6.6 pts |
| 58 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 58.3 | +3.6 pts |
| 59 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 58.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 60 | Pest | 57.9 | -0.7 pts |
| 61 | Limburg (NL) | 57.9 | +8.3 pts |
| 61 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | 57.9 | +2.9 pts |
| 63 | Bourgogne | 57.9 | -5 pts |
| 64 | Haute-Normandie | 57.9 | +1.1 pts |
| 65 | Észak-Alföld | 57.1 | -3.6 pts |
| 66 | Schleswig-Holstein | 56.9 | +1.9 pts |
| 67 | Gelderland | 56.6 | +2 pts |
| 68 | Jihovýchod | 56.6 | -2.9 pts |
| 69 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 56.2 | +2.9 pts |
| 70 | Thüringen | 56 | -2.6 pts |
| 71 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 55.9 | -4.9 pts |
| 72 | Picardie | 55.9 | -7.8 pts |
| 73 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 55.7 | -1.5 pts |
| 74 | Bratislavský kraj | 55.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 75 | Centre - Val de Loire | 55.5 | -3.1 pts |
| 75 | Moravskoslezsko | 55.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 77 | Lubelskie | 55.5 | -0.6 pts |
| 78 | Severovýchod | 55 | -1.6 pts |
| 79 | Zachodniopomorskie | 54.2 | +0.5 pts |
| 80 | Freiburg | 54.1 | +3.4 pts |
| 80 | Noord-Brabant | 54.1 | +0.5 pts |
| 82 | Centru | 54 | +2.3 pts |
| 83 | Flevoland | 53.9 | +2.3 pts |
| 84 | Drenthe | 53.9 | -2.5 pts |
| 85 | Alsace | 53.8 | +1.7 pts |
| 86 | Aquitaine | 53.7 | -2.2 pts |
| 87 | Corse | 53.3 | -3 pts |
| 88 | Salzburg | 53.3 | -12 pts |
| 89 | Lubuskie | 53 | -1.5 pts |
| 90 | Prov. Antwerpen | 52.9 | +2.4 pts |
| 91 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 52.9 | +0.7 pts |
| 92 | Tirol | 52.6 | +4.4 pts |
| 93 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | 52.5 | +4.9 pts |
| 94 | Östra Mellansverige | 52.5 | +0.6 pts |
| 95 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 52.2 | -2 pts |
| 96 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | 51.9 | -4.6 pts |
| 97 | Rhône-Alpes | 51.8 | -2 pts |
| 98 | Oberbayern | 51.7 | +3.8 pts |
| 99 | Niederösterreich | 51.7 | +1.6 pts |
| 99 | Oberösterreich | 51.7 | +1.1 pts |
| 101 | Oberfranken | 51.6 | +6.7 pts |
| 102 | Guadeloupe | 51.6 | -6.7 pts |
| 103 | Västsverige | 51.5 | +3 pts |
| 104 | Midi-Pyrénées | 51.3 | -5.5 pts |
| 105 | Dolnośląskie | 51.3 | +1.7 pts |
| 106 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 51.2 | +2.7 pts |
| 107 | Tübingen | 50.8 | -2.9 pts |
| 108 | Overijssel | 50.5 | +1.5 pts |
| 109 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 50.2 | +8.1 pts |
| 110 | Praha | 50.1 | +4.4 pts |
| 111 | Nord-Vest | 50 | +1.1 pts |
| 112 | Świętokrzyskie | 49.7 | -1 pts |
| 113 | Luxembourg | 49.6 | +8.4 pts |
| 114 | Steiermark | 49.2 | -3.3 pts |
| 115 | Mittelfranken | 49.1 | +8.3 pts |
| 116 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 48.8 | +15.3 pts |
| 117 | Stuttgart | 48.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 118 | Wielkopolskie | 48.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 119 | Severozapaden | 48.4 | -3.5 pts |
| 120 | Wien | 48 | +4.5 pts |
| 121 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 47.7 | -1.1 pts |
| 122 | Niederbayern | 47.5 | +4 pts |
| 122 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 47.5 | -3.1 pts |
| 124 | Småland med öarna | 47.1 | -2.2 pts |
| 125 | Sydsverige | 46.9 | +1.7 pts |
| 126 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | 46.9 | -2 pts |
| 127 | Gießen | 46.7 | -1.8 pts |
| 128 | Friesland (NL) | 46.6 | -2.6 pts |
| 129 | Małopolskie | 46.6 | -2.7 pts |
| 129 | Sud-Muntenia | 46.6 | +1.2 pts |
| 131 | Groningen | 46.5 | +0.9 pts |
| 132 | Brandenburg | 46.5 | +1.6 pts |
| 133 | Schwaben | 46.4 | -0 pts |
| 134 | Karlsruhe | 46.4 | -1.3 pts |
| 135 | Ionia Nisia | 46.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 136 | Oberpfalz | 46 | +0.7 pts |
| 137 | Unterfranken | 45.9 | +1 pts |
| 138 | Zeeland | 45.8 | -3.1 pts |
| 139 | Kýpros | 45.7 | +1.3 pts |
| 140 | Kassel | 45.5 | +1.8 pts |
| 141 | Norte | 45.2 | 0 pts |
| 142 | Vorarlberg | 45 | -2.9 pts |
| 143 | Peloponnisos | 44.8 | +4.9 pts |
| 144 | Vest | 44.8 | -1.3 pts |
| 145 | Stockholm | 44.4 | -2.4 pts |
| 146 | Koblenz | 44.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 147 | Martinique | 44 | -7.8 pts |
| 148 | Budapest | 43.9 | -4.6 pts |
| 149 | Darmstadt | 43.3 | +1.3 pts |
| 150 | Trier | 43.2 | +2.2 pts |
| 151 | Berlin | 43.1 | +2.6 pts |
| 152 | Podkarpackie | 42.7 | -1.4 pts |
| 153 | Burgenland | 42.6 | +4.4 pts |
| 154 | Köln | 42.3 | +0.9 pts |
| 155 | Midtjylland | 42.1 | +4.3 pts |
| 156 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 42 | +2.4 pts |
| 157 | Ile-de-France | 42 | +2.1 pts |
| 158 | Nordjylland | 41.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 159 | Notio Aigaio | 41.2 | +5.6 pts |
| 160 | Lüneburg | 41.2 | +1.1 pts |
| 161 | Sjælland | 41 | -1 pts |
| 162 | Kriti | 41 | +3.5 pts |
| 163 | Severoiztochen | 40.9 | -1.5 pts |
| 163 | Warszawski stołeczny | 40.9 | +2.6 pts |
| 165 | Saarland | 40.8 | -0.7 pts |
| 166 | Syddanmark | 40.5 | +1.1 pts |
| 167 | Severen tsentralen | 40.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 168 | Yugoiztochen | 40.4 | -1.8 pts |
| 169 | Braunschweig | 40.3 | +2.2 pts |
| 170 | Detmold | 39.6 | +3 pts |
| 171 | Southern | 39.5 | +4.4 pts |
| 172 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | 38.7 | +3.3 pts |
| 173 | Abruzzo | 38.6 | -5.6 pts |
| 174 | Arnsberg | 38.6 | +0.5 pts |
| 175 | Sardegna | 38.5 | -2.8 pts |
| 176 | Calabria | 38.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 177 | Münster | 38.3 | +2 pts |
| 178 | Basilicata | 38.2 | +5.7 pts |
| 179 | Lazio | 37.5 | -1.1 pts |
| 180 | Asturias | 37.4 | -3.4 pts |
| 181 | Attiki | 36.9 | +0.8 pts |
| 181 | Sterea Elláda | 36.9 | +2.1 pts |
| 183 | Marche | 36.6 | -1.9 pts |
| 184 | Dytiki Elláda | 36.5 | +2.2 pts |
| 185 | Hovedstaden | 36.5 | +2.9 pts |
| 186 | Düsseldorf | 36 | -0.8 pts |
| 186 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 36 | -3.1 pts |
| 188 | Åland | 35.8 | -17.1 pts |
| 189 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 35.5 | -3.3 pts |
| 190 | Catalonia | 35.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 190 | Molise | 35.4 | -4 pts |
| 192 | Weser-Ems | 35.4 | +1.2 pts |
| 193 | Navarre | 35.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 194 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 35.2 | +3.3 pts |
| 195 | Sicilia | 35.1 | -1.3 pts |
| 196 | Northern and Western | 34.7 | -4.6 pts |
| 197 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 34.7 | -6.1 pts |
| 198 | Piemonte | 34.5 | +1.3 pts |
| 199 | Toscana | 34.5 | -2.8 pts |
| 200 | Emilia-Romagna | 34.5 | -2 pts |
| 201 | Galicia | 34 | -0.2 pts |
| 202 | Kentriki Makedonia | 33.8 | -2 pts |
| 203 | Castile and León | 33.5 | +1.5 pts |
| 204 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 33.5 | -2.2 pts |
| 205 | Bremen | 33.2 | +5.9 pts |
| 206 | Dytiki Makedonia | 33.1 | +3.9 pts |
| 207 | Veneto | 32.9 | +1.2 pts |
| 208 | Puglia | 32.4 | -3.4 pts |
| 209 | Aragon | 31.6 | +0.9 pts |
| 210 | Canary Islands | 31.1 | +0.6 pts |
| 211 | Ceuta | 31.1 | +7.5 pts |
| 211 | Liguria | 31.1 | -1.8 pts |
| 213 | Balearic Islands | 31 | -3.7 pts |
| 214 | Hannover | 30.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 215 | Castilla-La Mancha | 30.7 | -3.3 pts |
| 216 | Andalusia | 30.7 | -0 pts |
| 217 | Umbria | 30.5 | -6.9 pts |
| 218 | Campania | 30.2 | -3 pts |
| 219 | Thessalia | 30.1 | -2 pts |
| 220 | Lombardia | 29.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 221 | Ipeiros | 29.4 | +1.3 pts |
| 222 | Eastern and Midland | 28.9 | +2.6 pts |
| 223 | Valencian Community | 28.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 224 | Cantabria | 28.3 | +2.2 pts |
| 225 | La Rioja | 28.1 | -2.5 pts |
| 226 | Basque Country | 28.1 | -4.2 pts |
| 227 | Voreio Aigaio | 27.9 | -16.1 pts |
| 228 | Region of Murcia | 27.9 | +0.3 pts |
| 229 | Mayotte | 27 | -11.7 pts |
| 230 | Malta | 25.1 | -4.6 pts |
| 231 | Extremadura | 24.7 | -2.4 pts |
| 232 | Yugozapaden | 23.9 | -0 pts |
| 233 | Melilla | 23 | -13.8 pts |
| 234 | Community of Madrid | 22.8 | -1.2 pts |
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About this ranking
Deaths from [object Object] (ICD-10 V01 to Y89) 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. 10 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2018 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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 V01-Y89 (hlth_cd_asdr2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
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Which region has the highest death rate from external causes (age-standardised)?
Sostinės regionas, with 100 per 100,000 people in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest death rate from external causes (age-standardised)?
Community of Madrid, with 22.8 per 100,000 people in 2018.
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 V01-Y89 (hlth_cd_asdr2). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 10 regions have no value for 2018 and are not ranked.
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