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

Hamburg had the highest death rate from external causes (age-standardised) of 38 regions in 2016, at 62.6 per 100,000 people. Bremen had the lowest, at 26.8 per 100,000 people. The median was 42.1 per 100,000 people and the figure for Germany was 44 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest62.6Hamburg
Lowest26.8Bremen
Median42.138 regions
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All regions, 2016

Hamburg: 62.6 per 100,000 peopleHamburg62.6Leipzig: 59.2 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig59.2Thüringen: 58.4 per 100,000 peopleThüringen58.4Chemnitz: 55.8 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz55.8Freiburg: 54.2 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg54.2Tübingen: 53.3 per 100,000 peopleTübingen53.3Dresden: 53 per 100,000 peopleDresden53Schleswig-Holstein: 51.1 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein51.1Kassel: 46.8 per 100,000 peopleKassel46.8Stuttgart: 46.8 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart46.8Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 45.7 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern45.7Trier: 44.8 per 100,000 peopleTrier44.8Niederbayern: 44.8 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern44.8Sachsen-Anhalt: 44.1 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt44.1Brandenburg: 43.5 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg43.5Karlsruhe: 43.3 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe43.3Oberbayern: 43 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern43Darmstadt: 42.8 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt42.8Gießen: 42.5 per 100,000 peopleGießen42.5Münster: 41.8 per 100,000 peopleMünster41.8Koblenz: 41.8 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz41.8Oberpfalz: 41.1 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz41.1Mittelfranken: 40.9 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken40.9Köln: 40.4 per 100,000 peopleKöln40.4Berlin: 40.1 per 100,000 peopleBerlin40.1Lüneburg: 39.9 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg39.9Schwaben: 39.8 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben39.8Oberfranken: 39.6 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken39.6Braunschweig: 38.6 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig38.6Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 38.5 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz38.5Detmold: 38.1 per 100,000 peopleDetmold38.1Unterfranken: 37.4 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken37.4Saarland: 37.4 per 100,000 peopleSaarland37.4Arnsberg: 37.3 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg37.3Weser-Ems: 36.7 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems36.7Düsseldorf: 36.6 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf36.6Hannover: 32.1 per 100,000 peopleHannover32.1Bremen: 26.8 per 100,000 peopleBremen26.8Hamburg: 62.6 per 100,000 peopleHamburg62.6Leipzig: 59.2 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig59.2Thüringen: 58.4 per 100,000 peopleThüringen58.4Chemnitz: 55.8 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz55.8Freiburg: 54.2 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg54.2Tübingen: 53.3 per 100,000 peopleTübingen53.3Dresden: 53 per 100,000 peopleDresden53Schleswig-Holstein: 51.1 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein51.1Kassel: 46.8 per 100,000 peopleKassel46.8Stuttgart: 46.8 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart46.8Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 45.7 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern45.7Trier: 44.8 per 100,000 peopleTrier44.8Niederbayern: 44.8 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern44.8Sachsen-Anhalt: 44.1 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt44.1Brandenburg: 43.5 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg43.5Karlsruhe: 43.3 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe43.3Oberbayern: 43 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern43Darmstadt: 42.8 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt42.8Gießen: 42.5 per 100,000 peopleGießen42.5Münster: 41.8 per 100,000 peopleMünster41.8Koblenz: 41.8 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz41.8Oberpfalz: 41.1 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz41.1Mittelfranken: 40.9 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken40.9Köln: 40.4 per 100,000 peopleKöln40.4Berlin: 40.1 per 100,000 peopleBerlin40.1Lüneburg: 39.9 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg39.9Schwaben: 39.8 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben39.8Oberfranken: 39.6 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken39.6Braunschweig: 38.6 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig38.6Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 38.5 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz38.5Detmold: 38.1 per 100,000 peopleDetmold38.1Unterfranken: 37.4 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken37.4Saarland: 37.4 per 100,000 peopleSaarland37.4Arnsberg: 37.3 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg37.3Weser-Ems: 36.7 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems36.7Düsseldorf: 36.6 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf36.6Hannover: 32.1 per 100,000 peopleHannover32.1Bremen: 26.8 per 100,000 peopleBremen26.8
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

RankRegions2016
per 100,000 people		Change on 2015
1Hamburg62.6+4.9 pts
2Leipzig59.2+2.6 pts
3Thüringen58.4+3.4 pts
4Chemnitz55.8-3.5 pts
5Freiburg54.2-1.9 pts
6Tübingen53.3+2.1 pts
7Dresden53-1.5 pts
8Schleswig-Holstein51.1-1.8 pts
9Kassel46.8-2.2 pts
10Stuttgart46.8+2.9 pts
11Mecklenburg-Vorpommern45.7+1.6 pts
12Trier44.8-1.1 pts
13Niederbayern44.8+3.5 pts
14Sachsen-Anhalt44.1-5.5 pts
15Brandenburg43.5-2.3 pts
16Karlsruhe43.3-0.2 pts
17Oberbayern43+5 pts
18Darmstadt42.8-4.3 pts
19Gießen42.5-5.7 pts
20Münster41.8+9.1 pts
21Koblenz41.8-3 pts
22Oberpfalz41.1+5.1 pts
23Mittelfranken40.9+4.2 pts
24Köln40.4+8.8 pts
25Berlin40.1-0.7 pts
26Lüneburg39.9-3 pts
27Schwaben39.8+3.6 pts
28Oberfranken39.6+1.6 pts
29Braunschweig38.6+1.1 pts
30Rheinhessen-Pfalz38.5-4.4 pts
31Detmold38.1+6.6 pts
32Unterfranken37.4+6.4 pts
33Saarland37.4-0.5 pts
34Arnsberg37.3+5.7 pts
35Weser-Ems36.7-1.3 pts
36Düsseldorf36.6+4.8 pts
37Hannover32.1-7.5 pts
38Bremen26.8-2.9 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), 2016) [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), 2016. 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=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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), 2016. 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/external-causes-death-rate/germany-regions?period=2016.

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

Hamburg, with 62.6 per 100,000 people in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Bremen, with 26.8 per 100,000 people in 2016.

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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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