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

Düsseldorf had the highest lung cancer death rate (age-standardised) of 38 regions in 2021, at 61.6 per 100,000 people. Chemnitz had the lowest, at 33.1 per 100,000 people. The median was 47.5 per 100,000 people and the figure for Germany was 47 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest61.6Düsseldorf
Lowest33.1Chemnitz
Median47.538 regions
Germany47History

All regions, 2021

Düsseldorf: 61.6 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf61.6Schleswig-Holstein: 60.5 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein60.5Hamburg: 59 per 100,000 peopleHamburg59Arnsberg: 57.3 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg57.3Münster: 56.2 per 100,000 peopleMünster56.2Köln: 54.6 per 100,000 peopleKöln54.6Trier: 54.4 per 100,000 peopleTrier54.4Berlin: 53.9 per 100,000 peopleBerlin53.9Hannover: 53.7 per 100,000 peopleHannover53.7Koblenz: 53.3 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz53.3Bremen: 52.9 per 100,000 peopleBremen52.9Saarland: 52.6 per 100,000 peopleSaarland52.6Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 52.4 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern52.4Braunschweig: 52.3 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig52.3Sachsen-Anhalt: 52.1 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt52.1Weser-Ems: 49.5 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems49.5Lüneburg: 49.5 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg49.5Kassel: 48.1 per 100,000 peopleKassel48.1Brandenburg: 47.6 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg47.6Detmold: 47.4 per 100,000 peopleDetmold47.4Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 46.2 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz46.2Darmstadt: 44.9 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt44.9Gießen: 43.2 per 100,000 peopleGießen43.2Leipzig: 41.5 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig41.5Karlsruhe: 41.4 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe41.4Mittelfranken: 40.2 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken40.2Thüringen: 38.4 per 100,000 peopleThüringen38.4Unterfranken: 36.4 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken36.4Oberbayern: 36 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern36Niederbayern: 35.6 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern35.6Oberfranken: 35.3 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken35.3Stuttgart: 35.2 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart35.2Freiburg: 34.9 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg34.9Oberpfalz: 34.7 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz34.7Schwaben: 34.7 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben34.7Tübingen: 34.3 per 100,000 peopleTübingen34.3Dresden: 33.8 per 100,000 peopleDresden33.8Chemnitz: 33.1 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz33.1Düsseldorf: 61.6 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf61.6Schleswig-Holstein: 60.5 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein60.5Hamburg: 59 per 100,000 peopleHamburg59Arnsberg: 57.3 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg57.3Münster: 56.2 per 100,000 peopleMünster56.2Köln: 54.6 per 100,000 peopleKöln54.6Trier: 54.4 per 100,000 peopleTrier54.4Berlin: 53.9 per 100,000 peopleBerlin53.9Hannover: 53.7 per 100,000 peopleHannover53.7Koblenz: 53.3 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz53.3Bremen: 52.9 per 100,000 peopleBremen52.9Saarland: 52.6 per 100,000 peopleSaarland52.6Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 52.4 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern52.4Braunschweig: 52.3 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig52.3Sachsen-Anhalt: 52.1 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt52.1Weser-Ems: 49.5 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems49.5Lüneburg: 49.5 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg49.5Kassel: 48.1 per 100,000 peopleKassel48.1Brandenburg: 47.6 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg47.6Detmold: 47.4 per 100,000 peopleDetmold47.4Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 46.2 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz46.2Darmstadt: 44.9 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt44.9Gießen: 43.2 per 100,000 peopleGießen43.2Leipzig: 41.5 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig41.5Karlsruhe: 41.4 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe41.4Mittelfranken: 40.2 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken40.2Thüringen: 38.4 per 100,000 peopleThüringen38.4Unterfranken: 36.4 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken36.4Oberbayern: 36 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern36Niederbayern: 35.6 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern35.6Oberfranken: 35.3 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken35.3Stuttgart: 35.2 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart35.2Freiburg: 34.9 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg34.9Oberpfalz: 34.7 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz34.7Schwaben: 34.7 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben34.7Tübingen: 34.3 per 100,000 peopleTübingen34.3Dresden: 33.8 per 100,000 peopleDresden33.8Chemnitz: 33.1 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz33.1
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

RankRegions2021
per 100,000 people		Change on 2020
1Düsseldorf61.6+1 pts
2Schleswig-Holstein60.5+2.8 pts
3Hamburg59+2.4 pts
4Arnsberg57.3-3.1 pts
5Münster56.2-1.9 pts
6Köln54.6-0.9 pts
7Trier54.4+1.7 pts
8Berlin53.9-2.3 pts
9Hannover53.7+4.9 pts
10Koblenz53.3+2.2 pts
11Bremen52.9-12.2 pts
12Saarland52.6-3.7 pts
13Mecklenburg-Vorpommern52.4+4.4 pts
14Braunschweig52.3+0.1 pts
15Sachsen-Anhalt52.1+1.9 pts
16Weser-Ems49.5-0.6 pts
17Lüneburg49.5-4.7 pts
18Kassel48.1+5 pts
19Brandenburg47.6-0.4 pts
20Detmold47.4+0.3 pts
21Rheinhessen-Pfalz46.2-0.9 pts
22Darmstadt44.9-0.4 pts
23Gießen43.2+0.6 pts
24Leipzig41.5-3.1 pts
25Karlsruhe41.4-3.2 pts
26Mittelfranken40.2-1 pts
27Thüringen38.4-1 pts
28Unterfranken36.4+1.3 pts
29Oberbayern36+0.9 pts
30Niederbayern35.6+0.1 pts
31Oberfranken35.3-5 pts
32Stuttgart35.2-1.7 pts
33Freiburg34.9-4.1 pts
34Oberpfalz34.7-3 pts
35Schwaben34.7+0.3 pts
36Tübingen34.3+1.4 pts
37Dresden33.8-2 pts
38Chemnitz33.1-1.4 pts

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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), 2021) [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), 2021. 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=2021. 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), 2021. 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=2021.

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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), 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Düsseldorf, with 61.6 per 100,000 people in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Chemnitz, with 33.1 per 100,000 people in 2021.

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 C33_C34 (hlth_cd_asdr2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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