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Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by death rate from external causes (age-standardised)

Chemnitz had the highest death rate from external causes (age-standardised) of 38 regions in 2015, at 59.3 per 100,000 people. Bremen had the lowest, at 29.7 per 100,000 people. The median was 42.8 per 100,000 people and the figure for Germany was 42.8 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest59.3Chemnitz
Lowest29.7Bremen
Median42.838 regions
Germany42.8History

All regions, 2015

Chemnitz: 59.3 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz59.3Hamburg: 57.7 per 100,000 peopleHamburg57.7Leipzig: 56.5 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig56.5Freiburg: 56.2 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg56.2Thüringen: 55 per 100,000 peopleThüringen55Dresden: 54.5 per 100,000 peopleDresden54.5Schleswig-Holstein: 52.8 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein52.8Tübingen: 51.2 per 100,000 peopleTübingen51.2Sachsen-Anhalt: 49.6 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt49.6Kassel: 49.1 per 100,000 peopleKassel49.1Gießen: 48.2 per 100,000 peopleGießen48.2Darmstadt: 47.1 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt47.1Trier: 45.9 per 100,000 peopleTrier45.9Brandenburg: 45.8 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg45.8Koblenz: 44.7 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz44.7Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 44 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern44Stuttgart: 43.9 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart43.9Karlsruhe: 43.5 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe43.5Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 42.8 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz42.8Lüneburg: 42.8 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg42.8Niederbayern: 41.4 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern41.4Berlin: 40.8 per 100,000 peopleBerlin40.8Hannover: 39.6 per 100,000 peopleHannover39.6Oberfranken: 38.1 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken38.1Oberbayern: 38 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern38Weser-Ems: 38 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems38Saarland: 37.9 per 100,000 peopleSaarland37.9Braunschweig: 37.5 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig37.5Mittelfranken: 36.7 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken36.7Schwaben: 36.2 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben36.2Oberpfalz: 36.1 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz36.1Münster: 32.7 per 100,000 peopleMünster32.7Düsseldorf: 31.8 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf31.8Arnsberg: 31.6 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg31.6Köln: 31.5 per 100,000 peopleKöln31.5Detmold: 31.4 per 100,000 peopleDetmold31.4Unterfranken: 30.9 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken30.9Bremen: 29.7 per 100,000 peopleBremen29.7Chemnitz: 59.3 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz59.3Hamburg: 57.7 per 100,000 peopleHamburg57.7Leipzig: 56.5 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig56.5Freiburg: 56.2 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg56.2Thüringen: 55 per 100,000 peopleThüringen55Dresden: 54.5 per 100,000 peopleDresden54.5Schleswig-Holstein: 52.8 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein52.8Tübingen: 51.2 per 100,000 peopleTübingen51.2Sachsen-Anhalt: 49.6 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt49.6Kassel: 49.1 per 100,000 peopleKassel49.1Gießen: 48.2 per 100,000 peopleGießen48.2Darmstadt: 47.1 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt47.1Trier: 45.9 per 100,000 peopleTrier45.9Brandenburg: 45.8 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg45.8Koblenz: 44.7 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz44.7Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 44 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern44Stuttgart: 43.9 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart43.9Karlsruhe: 43.5 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe43.5Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 42.8 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz42.8Lüneburg: 42.8 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg42.8Niederbayern: 41.4 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern41.4Berlin: 40.8 per 100,000 peopleBerlin40.8Hannover: 39.6 per 100,000 peopleHannover39.6Oberfranken: 38.1 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken38.1Oberbayern: 38 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern38Weser-Ems: 38 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems38Saarland: 37.9 per 100,000 peopleSaarland37.9Braunschweig: 37.5 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig37.5Mittelfranken: 36.7 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken36.7Schwaben: 36.2 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben36.2Oberpfalz: 36.1 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz36.1Münster: 32.7 per 100,000 peopleMünster32.7Düsseldorf: 31.8 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf31.8Arnsberg: 31.6 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg31.6Köln: 31.5 per 100,000 peopleKöln31.5Detmold: 31.4 per 100,000 peopleDetmold31.4Unterfranken: 30.9 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken30.9Bremen: 29.7 per 100,000 peopleBremen29.7
per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, 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.

Full ranking

RankRegions2015
per 100,000 people		Change on 2014
1Chemnitz59.3+3.9 pts
2Hamburg57.7-1.4 pts
3Leipzig56.5-0.5 pts
4Freiburg56.2+2.6 pts
5Thüringen55+3.8 pts
6Dresden54.5+9 pts
7Schleswig-Holstein52.8+10 pts
8Tübingen51.2-0.1 pts
9Sachsen-Anhalt49.6+0.2 pts
10Kassel49.1+5.2 pts
11Gießen48.2+6.7 pts
12Darmstadt47.1+4.1 pts
13Trier45.9+2.5 pts
14Brandenburg45.8+5.3 pts
15Koblenz44.7+5.7 pts
16Mecklenburg-Vorpommern44-2 pts
17Stuttgart43.9+3.2 pts
18Karlsruhe43.5+2.1 pts
19Rheinhessen-Pfalz42.8+4 pts
20Lüneburg42.8+0.6 pts
21Niederbayern41.4+1 pts
22Berlin40.8+4.4 pts
23Hannover39.6+3.5 pts
24Oberfranken38.1+6 pts
25Oberbayern38+3.4 pts
25Weser-Ems38+1.3 pts
27Saarland37.9+1.7 pts
28Braunschweig37.5+0.1 pts
29Mittelfranken36.7+0.9 pts
30Schwaben36.2+1.1 pts
31Oberpfalz36.1+0.9 pts
32Münster32.7-2.9 pts
33Düsseldorf31.8-2.1 pts
34Arnsberg31.6-5.2 pts
35Köln31.5-2.8 pts
36Detmold31.4-5.7 pts
37Unterfranken30.9-0.1 pts
38Bremen29.7+3.7 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. 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.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 V01-Y89 (hlth_cd_asdr2) (Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by death rate from external causes (age-standardised), 2015) [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 V01-Y89 (hlth_cd_asdr2), Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by death rate from external causes (age-standardised), 2015. Eurostat, European Commission, 8 June 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/external-causes-death-rate/germany-regions?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Which region has the highest death rate from external causes (age-standardised)?

Chemnitz, with 59.3 per 100,000 people in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest death rate from external causes (age-standardised)?

Bremen, with 29.7 per 100,000 people in 2015.

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.

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