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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 2017, at 62.9 per 100,000 people. Bremen had the lowest, at 27.3 per 100,000 people. The median was 43.9 per 100,000 people and the figure for Germany was 45.1 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest62.9Hamburg
Lowest27.3Bremen
Median43.938 regions
Germany45.1History

All regions, 2017

Hamburg: 62.9 per 100,000 peopleHamburg62.9Leipzig: 60.6 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig60.6Dresden: 59.2 per 100,000 peopleDresden59.2Thüringen: 58.6 per 100,000 peopleThüringen58.6Chemnitz: 57 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz57Schleswig-Holstein: 55 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein55Tübingen: 53.7 per 100,000 peopleTübingen53.7Freiburg: 50.8 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg50.8Sachsen-Anhalt: 48.8 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt48.8Gießen: 48.5 per 100,000 peopleGießen48.5Stuttgart: 48.5 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart48.5Oberbayern: 47.9 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern47.9Karlsruhe: 47.7 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe47.7Schwaben: 46.4 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben46.4Oberpfalz: 45.3 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz45.3Oberfranken: 44.9 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken44.9Unterfranken: 44.9 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken44.9Brandenburg: 44.9 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg44.9Koblenz: 44.2 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz44.2Kassel: 43.7 per 100,000 peopleKassel43.7Niederbayern: 43.5 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern43.5Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 42.1 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern42.1Darmstadt: 42 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt42Saarland: 41.5 per 100,000 peopleSaarland41.5Köln: 41.4 per 100,000 peopleKöln41.4Trier: 41 per 100,000 peopleTrier41Mittelfranken: 40.8 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken40.8Berlin: 40.5 per 100,000 peopleBerlin40.5Lüneburg: 40.1 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg40.1Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 39.6 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz39.6Arnsberg: 38.2 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg38.2Braunschweig: 38 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig38Düsseldorf: 36.7 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf36.7Detmold: 36.5 per 100,000 peopleDetmold36.5Münster: 36.2 per 100,000 peopleMünster36.2Weser-Ems: 34.2 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems34.2Hannover: 30.9 per 100,000 peopleHannover30.9Bremen: 27.3 per 100,000 peopleBremen27.3Hamburg: 62.9 per 100,000 peopleHamburg62.9Leipzig: 60.6 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig60.6Dresden: 59.2 per 100,000 peopleDresden59.2Thüringen: 58.6 per 100,000 peopleThüringen58.6Chemnitz: 57 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz57Schleswig-Holstein: 55 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein55Tübingen: 53.7 per 100,000 peopleTübingen53.7Freiburg: 50.8 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg50.8Sachsen-Anhalt: 48.8 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt48.8Gießen: 48.5 per 100,000 peopleGießen48.5Stuttgart: 48.5 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart48.5Oberbayern: 47.9 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern47.9Karlsruhe: 47.7 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe47.7Schwaben: 46.4 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben46.4Oberpfalz: 45.3 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz45.3Oberfranken: 44.9 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken44.9Unterfranken: 44.9 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken44.9Brandenburg: 44.9 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg44.9Koblenz: 44.2 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz44.2Kassel: 43.7 per 100,000 peopleKassel43.7Niederbayern: 43.5 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern43.5Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 42.1 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern42.1Darmstadt: 42 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt42Saarland: 41.5 per 100,000 peopleSaarland41.5Köln: 41.4 per 100,000 peopleKöln41.4Trier: 41 per 100,000 peopleTrier41Mittelfranken: 40.8 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken40.8Berlin: 40.5 per 100,000 peopleBerlin40.5Lüneburg: 40.1 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg40.1Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 39.6 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz39.6Arnsberg: 38.2 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg38.2Braunschweig: 38 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig38Düsseldorf: 36.7 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf36.7Detmold: 36.5 per 100,000 peopleDetmold36.5Münster: 36.2 per 100,000 peopleMünster36.2Weser-Ems: 34.2 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems34.2Hannover: 30.9 per 100,000 peopleHannover30.9Bremen: 27.3 per 100,000 peopleBremen27.3
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

RankRegions2017
per 100,000 people		Change on 2016
1Hamburg62.9+0.4 pts
2Leipzig60.6+1.4 pts
3Dresden59.2+6.2 pts
4Thüringen58.6+0.2 pts
5Chemnitz57+1.3 pts
6Schleswig-Holstein55+3.9 pts
7Tübingen53.7+0.4 pts
8Freiburg50.8-3.5 pts
9Sachsen-Anhalt48.8+4.7 pts
10Gießen48.5+6 pts
11Stuttgart48.5+1.7 pts
12Oberbayern47.9+4.9 pts
13Karlsruhe47.7+4.4 pts
14Schwaben46.4+6.6 pts
15Oberpfalz45.3+4.2 pts
16Oberfranken44.9+5.3 pts
17Unterfranken44.9+7.5 pts
18Brandenburg44.9+1.4 pts
19Koblenz44.2+2.4 pts
20Kassel43.7-3.2 pts
21Niederbayern43.5-1.3 pts
22Mecklenburg-Vorpommern42.1-3.6 pts
23Darmstadt42-0.8 pts
24Saarland41.5+4.2 pts
25Köln41.4+1.1 pts
26Trier41-3.9 pts
27Mittelfranken40.8-0 pts
28Berlin40.5+0.4 pts
29Lüneburg40.1+0.3 pts
30Rheinhessen-Pfalz39.6+1.1 pts
31Arnsberg38.2+0.8 pts
32Braunschweig38-0.6 pts
33Düsseldorf36.7+0.1 pts
34Detmold36.5-1.5 pts
35Münster36.2-5.6 pts
36Weser-Ems34.2-2.5 pts
37Hannover30.9-1.2 pts
38Bremen27.3+0.5 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), 2017) [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), 2017. 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=2017. 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), 2017. 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=2017.

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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), 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/external-causes-death-rate/germany-regions?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Hamburg, with 62.9 per 100,000 people in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Bremen, with 27.3 per 100,000 people in 2017.

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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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