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Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by lung cancer death rate (age-standardised)

Saarland had the highest lung cancer death rate (age-standardised) of 38 regions in 2019, at 61.5 per 100,000 people. Dresden had the lowest, at 33.5 per 100,000 people. The median was 48.1 per 100,000 people and the figure for Germany was 48 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest61.5Saarland
Lowest33.5Dresden
Median48.138 regions
Germany48History

All regions, 2019

Saarland: 61.5 per 100,000 peopleSaarland61.5Düsseldorf: 61.2 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf61.2Schleswig-Holstein: 60.5 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein60.5Bremen: 60.1 per 100,000 peopleBremen60.1Münster: 59.2 per 100,000 peopleMünster59.2Hamburg: 59.1 per 100,000 peopleHamburg59.1Arnsberg: 58.6 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg58.6Köln: 57.1 per 100,000 peopleKöln57.1Berlin: 55.6 per 100,000 peopleBerlin55.6Lüneburg: 53.9 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg53.9Sachsen-Anhalt: 53.2 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt53.2Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 52.7 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern52.7Weser-Ems: 51.9 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems51.9Braunschweig: 51.8 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig51.8Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 50.2 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz50.2Hannover: 49.9 per 100,000 peopleHannover49.9Koblenz: 49.9 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz49.9Gießen: 49.3 per 100,000 peopleGießen49.3Detmold: 48.5 per 100,000 peopleDetmold48.5Trier: 47.7 per 100,000 peopleTrier47.7Brandenburg: 45.2 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg45.2Karlsruhe: 44.5 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe44.5Darmstadt: 44.3 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt44.3Kassel: 44.3 per 100,000 peopleKassel44.3Oberpfalz: 42.2 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz42.2Oberfranken: 41.1 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken41.1Niederbayern: 40.8 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern40.8Thüringen: 40.6 per 100,000 peopleThüringen40.6Mittelfranken: 40.6 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken40.6Leipzig: 40 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig40Freiburg: 38 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg38Chemnitz: 37.4 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz37.4Tübingen: 35.8 per 100,000 peopleTübingen35.8Schwaben: 35.4 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben35.4Stuttgart: 34.7 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart34.7Unterfranken: 34.3 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken34.3Oberbayern: 34.1 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern34.1Dresden: 33.5 per 100,000 peopleDresden33.5
per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 C33_C34 (hlth_cd_asdr2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankRegions2019
per 100,000 people		Change on 2018
1Saarland61.5-0.6 pts
2Düsseldorf61.2-3.2 pts
3Schleswig-Holstein60.5+2 pts
4Bremen60.1-5.3 pts
5Münster59.2+1.7 pts
6Hamburg59.1-2.4 pts
7Arnsberg58.6-2.7 pts
8Köln57.1-1.8 pts
9Berlin55.6-1.6 pts
10Lüneburg53.9+1.8 pts
11Sachsen-Anhalt53.2+1.6 pts
12Mecklenburg-Vorpommern52.7-0.2 pts
13Weser-Ems51.9-2.3 pts
14Braunschweig51.8+2 pts
15Rheinhessen-Pfalz50.2+2.5 pts
16Hannover49.9+0.5 pts
16Koblenz49.9-1.5 pts
18Gießen49.3+7.6 pts
19Detmold48.5+0.3 pts
20Trier47.7-8.2 pts
21Brandenburg45.2-2.4 pts
22Karlsruhe44.5+1.4 pts
23Darmstadt44.3-2.3 pts
23Kassel44.3+0.5 pts
25Oberpfalz42.2+0.9 pts
26Oberfranken41.1-0.3 pts
27Niederbayern40.8+4.4 pts
28Thüringen40.6-1.8 pts
29Mittelfranken40.6+1.6 pts
30Leipzig40-2.6 pts
31Freiburg38+1.2 pts
32Chemnitz37.4+0.9 pts
33Tübingen35.8+1.4 pts
34Schwaben35.4-0.6 pts
35Stuttgart34.7-1.4 pts
36Unterfranken34.3-3.5 pts
37Oberbayern34.1-1 pts
38Dresden33.5-1.4 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Deaths from [object Object] (ICD-10 C33 and C34) 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 C33_C34 (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 C33_C34 (hlth_cd_asdr2) (Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by lung cancer death rate (age-standardised), 2019) [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 C33_C34 (hlth_cd_asdr2), Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by lung cancer death rate (age-standardised), 2019. Eurostat, European Commission, 8 June 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/lung-cancer-death-rate/germany-regions?period=2019. 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 C33_C34 (hlth_cd_asdr2). Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by lung cancer death rate (age-standardised), 2019. 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/lung-cancer-death-rate/germany-regions?period=2019.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 C33_C34 (hlth_cd_asdr2), Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by lung cancer death rate (age-standardised), 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/lung-cancer-death-rate/germany-regions?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which region has the highest lung cancer death rate (age-standardised)?

Saarland, with 61.5 per 100,000 people in 2019, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest lung cancer death rate (age-standardised)?

Dresden, with 33.5 per 100,000 people in 2019.

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