Regions of Belgium (NUTS 2) by death rate from respiratory diseases (age-standardised)

Prov. Liège had the highest death rate from respiratory diseases (age-standardised) of 11 regions in 2020, at 115.9 per 100,000 people. Prov. Vlaams-Brabant had the lowest, at 70.5 per 100,000 people. The median was 85.5 per 100,000 people and the figure for Belgium was 86.8 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest115.9Prov. Liège

Lowest70.5Prov. Vlaams-Brabant

Median85.511 regions

Belgium86.8History

All regions, 2020

per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 J (hlth_cd_asdr2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2020 per 100,000 people	Change on 2019
1	Prov. Liège	115.9	-10.6 pts
2	Prov. Hainaut	108.2	-15.3 pts
3	Prov. Namur	104.4	-18.6 pts
4	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	97.5	-10.3 pts
5	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	89.6	-12.7 pts
6	Prov. Limburg (BE)	85.5	-31.1 pts
7	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	80.2	-12 pts
8	Prov. Brabant wallon	77.5	-20.2 pts
9	Prov. Antwerpen	75.6	-16.8 pts
10	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	74.4	-17.1 pts
11	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	70.5	-15.9 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Deaths from [object Object] (ICD-10 J00 to J99) 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).

COVID-19 is coded separately (U07) and is not included. 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 J (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 J (hlth_cd_asdr2) (Regions of Belgium (NUTS 2) by death rate from respiratory diseases (age-standardised), 2020) [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 J (hlth_cd_asdr2), Regions of Belgium (NUTS 2) by death rate from respiratory diseases (age-standardised), 2020. Eurostat, European Commission, 8 June 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/respiratory-disease-death-rate/belgium-regions?period=2020. 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 J (hlth_cd_asdr2). Regions of Belgium (NUTS 2) by death rate from respiratory diseases (age-standardised), 2020. 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/respiratory-disease-death-rate/belgium-regions?period=2020.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 J (hlth_cd_asdr2), Regions of Belgium (NUTS 2) by death rate from respiratory diseases (age-standardised), 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/respiratory-disease-death-rate/belgium-regions?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/respiratory-disease-death-rate/belgium-regions?period=2020. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 J (hlth\_cd\_asdr2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth\_cd\_asdr2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which region has the highest death rate from respiratory diseases (age-standardised)?

Prov. Liège, with 115.9 per 100,000 people in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest death rate from respiratory diseases (age-standardised)?

Prov. Vlaams-Brabant, with 70.5 per 100,000 people in 2020.

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