EU regions (NUTS 2) by death rate from respiratory diseases (age-standardised)
Região Autónoma da Madeira had the highest death rate from respiratory diseases (age-standardised) of 237 regions in 2020, at 211.7 per 100,000 people. Etelä-Suomi had the lowest, at 25.7 per 100,000 people. The median was 69.1 per 100,000 people and the figure for the European Union (27) was 70.9 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2020
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2020 | Change on 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 211.7 | -23.9 pts |
| 2 | Vest | 146.9 | +43 pts |
| 3 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 131 | -8.6 pts |
| 4 | Nord-Vest | 123.9 | +30.5 pts |
| 5 | Centru | 123.3 | +6.6 pts |
| 6 | Sud-Muntenia | 118 | +26.3 pts |
| 7 | Prov. Liège | 115.9 | -10.6 pts |
| 8 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 115.4 | +29.8 pts |
| 9 | Melilla | 114 | +5.8 pts |
| 10 | Dytiki Elláda | 113.8 | -18 pts |
| 11 | Sjælland | 111.6 | -6.1 pts |
| 12 | Severen tsentralen | 111.1 | +56.8 pts |
| 13 | Sud-Est | 109.6 | +6.6 pts |
| 14 | Łódzkie | 109.4 | +5.5 pts |
| 15 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | 109 | +2.1 pts |
| 16 | Prov. Hainaut | 108.2 | -15.3 pts |
| 17 | Moravskoslezsko | 107.4 | +9.7 pts |
| 18 | Hovedstaden | 106.1 | -10.4 pts |
| 19 | Warszawski stołeczny | 106 | +6.6 pts |
| 20 | Nordjylland | 105.6 | -17.7 pts |
| 21 | Ceuta | 104.5 | +3.3 pts |
| 22 | Prov. Namur | 104.4 | -18.6 pts |
| 23 | Yugoiztochen | 104.2 | +45.3 pts |
| 24 | Východné Slovensko | 103.8 | +19.8 pts |
| 25 | Extremadura | 103 | -6.2 pts |
| 26 | Malta | 101.7 | -11.7 pts |
| 27 | Nord-Est | 101.7 | +2 pts |
| 28 | Peloponnisos | 101.5 | -17.4 pts |
| 29 | Ionia Nisia | 101.1 | -23.9 pts |
| 30 | Norte | 101 | -12.6 pts |
| 31 | Syddanmark | 99 | -13.3 pts |
| 32 | Canary Islands | 98.2 | -20.5 pts |
| 33 | Kýpros | 98.2 | -8.8 pts |
| 34 | Mazowiecki regionalny | 97.8 | +14 pts |
| 35 | Západné Slovensko | 97.6 | +21.3 pts |
| 36 | Attiki | 97.6 | -8.5 pts |
| 37 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 97.5 | -10.3 pts |
| 38 | Jihozápad | 97.4 | +6.7 pts |
| 39 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | 97 | +10.2 pts |
| 40 | Severozapaden | 96.4 | +11.5 pts |
| 41 | Stredné Slovensko | 96.3 | +11.6 pts |
| 42 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | 96.1 | +14.6 pts |
| 43 | Castilla-La Mancha | 95.8 | -5 pts |
| 44 | Southern | 95 | -23.6 pts |
| 45 | Podlaskie | 94.9 | +1.4 pts |
| 46 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | 94.6 | +7.4 pts |
| 47 | Mayotte | 94 | +4.3 pts |
| 48 | Pomorskie | 93.3 | -3.4 pts |
| 49 | Kriti | 93 | -14.3 pts |
| 50 | Lombardia | 92.8 | +29.2 pts |
| 51 | Northern and Western | 92.6 | -15.5 pts |
| 52 | Podkarpackie | 92.2 | +20.8 pts |
| 53 | Észak-Alföld | 91.8 | -15.8 pts |
| 54 | Algarve | 91.6 | -7.8 pts |
| 55 | Notio Aigaio | 91.2 | -7.3 pts |
| 56 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 89.6 | -12.7 pts |
| 57 | Střední Morava | 89.4 | +9.6 pts |
| 58 | Észak-Magyarország | 89.3 | -36.5 pts |
| 59 | Eastern and Midland | 89.1 | -28.4 pts |
| 60 | Severoiztochen | 88.4 | +17.7 pts |
| 61 | Midtjylland | 88.2 | -11.3 pts |
| 62 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 87.5 | +11.5 pts |
| 63 | Community of Madrid | 86.6 | -6.4 pts |
| 64 | Severozápad | 86.6 | -14.8 pts |
| 65 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 85.5 | -31.1 pts |
| 66 | Dolnośląskie | 85.2 | -6.6 pts |
| 67 | Thessalia | 84.9 | -12 pts |
| 68 | Severovýchod | 84.4 | -2.5 pts |
| 69 | Yugozapaden | 84 | +16.2 pts |
| 70 | Pest | 83.7 | -6 pts |
| 71 | Jihovýchod | 83.2 | +0.5 pts |
| 72 | Weser-Ems | 82.3 | -5.8 pts |
| 73 | Zachodniopomorskie | 82.3 | -3.3 pts |
| 74 | Andalusia | 82.2 | -13.5 pts |
| 75 | Wielkopolskie | 82.1 | -3.8 pts |
| 76 | Region of Murcia | 81 | -23.3 pts |
| 77 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 80.2 | -12 pts |
| 78 | Střední Čechy | 78.6 | -9.3 pts |
| 79 | Kentriki Makedonia | 78 | -6.4 pts |
| 80 | Sterea Elláda | 77.8 | -17 pts |
| 81 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 77.5 | -20.2 pts |
| 82 | Voreio Aigaio | 77.2 | -8 pts |
| 83 | Limburg (NL) | 76.9 | -11.2 pts |
| 84 | Cantabria | 75.8 | +4.8 pts |
| 85 | Campania | 75.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 86 | Aragon | 75.6 | 0 pts |
| 87 | Prov. Antwerpen | 75.6 | -16.8 pts |
| 88 | Małopolskie | 75.2 | -4.3 pts |
| 89 | Hannover | 75 | -4.4 pts |
| 90 | Opolskie | 74.4 | +1.4 pts |
| 91 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | 74.4 | -17.1 pts |
| 92 | Emilia-Romagna | 74.1 | +6.8 pts |
| 93 | Asturias | 74 | -12.5 pts |
| 94 | Arnsberg | 73.7 | -7.3 pts |
| 95 | Panonska Hrvatska | 72.8 | |
| 96 | Valencian Community | 72.5 | -13 pts |
| 97 | Piemonte | 72.5 | +0.8 pts |
| 98 | Közép-Dunántúl | 72.4 | -6 pts |
| 99 | Dél-Dunántúl | 72 | -19.8 pts |
| 100 | Galicia | 71.7 | -9.8 pts |
| 101 | Oberpfalz | 71.4 | -4.9 pts |
| 102 | Münster | 70.9 | -7 pts |
| 103 | Kassel | 70.7 | -14.3 pts |
| 104 | Lubuskie | 70.7 | +2.2 pts |
| 105 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 70.5 | -15.9 pts |
| 106 | Catalonia | 70.4 | -9.5 pts |
| 107 | Liguria | 70.4 | +5.2 pts |
| 108 | Berlin | 70 | -7.4 pts |
| 109 | Groningen | 69.9 | -16.8 pts |
| 110 | Balearic Islands | 69.9 | -3.5 pts |
| 111 | Lazio | 69.6 | -4.3 pts |
| 112 | Düsseldorf | 69.4 | -6.2 pts |
| 113 | Koblenz | 69.4 | -5.7 pts |
| 114 | Lüneburg | 69.4 | -6.1 pts |
| 115 | Molise | 69.4 | +4.8 pts |
| 116 | Budapest | 69.3 | -9.6 pts |
| 117 | Saarland | 69.2 | +7.1 pts |
| 118 | Oberfranken | 69.2 | -8.6 pts |
| 119 | Niederbayern | 69.1 | -3.3 pts |
| 120 | Castile and León | 68.8 | -12.8 pts |
| 121 | Braunschweig | 68.7 | -6.6 pts |
| 122 | Luxembourg | 68.4 | -15.8 pts |
| 123 | Sicilia | 68.4 | -6.1 pts |
| 124 | Świętokrzyskie | 68.3 | +21.8 pts |
| 125 | Basilicata | 68.2 | -5.5 pts |
| 126 | Thüringen | 67.9 | -6.9 pts |
| 127 | Wien | 67.8 | -7.5 pts |
| 128 | Gießen | 67.3 | -9.1 pts |
| 129 | Schleswig-Holstein | 66.9 | -8.9 pts |
| 130 | Bremen | 66.6 | -13.3 pts |
| 130 | Dytiki Makedonia | 66.6 | -14.2 pts |
| 132 | Hamburg | 66.2 | -1.2 pts |
| 133 | Gelderland | 65.5 | -19.7 pts |
| 134 | Puglia | 65.4 | -2.6 pts |
| 135 | Noord-Brabant | 65.2 | -14.8 pts |
| 136 | Overijssel | 64.6 | -19.9 pts |
| 137 | Dél-Alföld | 64.3 | -12.4 pts |
| 138 | Köln | 64.1 | -9.7 pts |
| 139 | Praha | 63.8 | -5.3 pts |
| 140 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 63.8 | -11.5 pts |
| 141 | Mittelfranken | 63.3 | -11.8 pts |
| 142 | Darmstadt | 63 | -12.8 pts |
| 143 | Lubelskie | 63 | +14.8 pts |
| 144 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 62.7 | -9 pts |
| 145 | Navarre | 62.6 | -3.2 pts |
| 146 | Abruzzo | 62.6 | +1.7 pts |
| 147 | Drenthe | 61.8 | -9.1 pts |
| 148 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 61.7 | -10.8 pts |
| 149 | Marche | 61.6 | -1 pts |
| 150 | Ipeiros | 61.4 | -14.7 pts |
| 151 | Friesland (NL) | 61.1 | -10.8 pts |
| 152 | Bratislavský kraj | 60.8 | +3.6 pts |
| 153 | Trier | 60.5 | -2.7 pts |
| 154 | Picardie | 60.4 | -9.9 pts |
| 155 | Brandenburg | 60.2 | -4 pts |
| 156 | Lorraine | 60.1 | -13.9 pts |
| 157 | Noord-Holland | 59.9 | -16 pts |
| 158 | Mellersta Norrland | 59.8 | -3.2 pts |
| 159 | Umbria | 59.8 | -5.8 pts |
| 160 | La Rioja | 59.7 | -13.8 pts |
| 161 | Detmold | 59.5 | -14.4 pts |
| 162 | Kärnten | 59 | -1.3 pts |
| 163 | Flevoland | 58.7 | -11.3 pts |
| 164 | Toscana | 58.6 | -5.8 pts |
| 165 | Calabria | 58.5 | -7.8 pts |
| 166 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | 58.3 | -6.6 pts |
| 167 | Śląskie | 58.2 | -4.5 pts |
| 168 | Veneto | 58 | -1.9 pts |
| 169 | La Réunion | 57.4 | -11.7 pts |
| 170 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 56.9 | -2.5 pts |
| 171 | Sardegna | 56.8 | -1.9 pts |
| 172 | Småland med öarna | 56.1 | -4.5 pts |
| 173 | Schwaben | 56.1 | -11.7 pts |
| 174 | Övre Norrland | 56.1 | -3.6 pts |
| 175 | Alsace | 55.9 | -9 pts |
| 176 | Sydsverige | 55.8 | -6.6 pts |
| 177 | Karlsruhe | 55 | -10.5 pts |
| 178 | Unterfranken | 54.5 | -8 pts |
| 179 | Freiburg | 54.2 | -6.2 pts |
| 180 | Sjeverna Hrvatska | 54.2 | |
| 181 | Stuttgart | 54.1 | -5.4 pts |
| 182 | Bretagne | 53.8 | -6.4 pts |
| 183 | Oberösterreich | 53.5 | -10 pts |
| 184 | Östra Mellansverige | 53.3 | -5.5 pts |
| 185 | Tübingen | 53.3 | -4.1 pts |
| 186 | Champagne-Ardenne | 53.2 | -8.7 pts |
| 187 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 53.1 | +3.5 pts |
| 188 | Tirol | 52.9 | -5.5 pts |
| 189 | Oberbayern | 52.9 | -9.9 pts |
| 189 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 52.9 | -1.9 pts |
| 191 | Zeeland | 52.7 | -11.5 pts |
| 192 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 52.7 | -14.9 pts |
| 193 | Grad Zagreb | 52.2 | |
| 194 | Haute-Normandie | 51.9 | -8.7 pts |
| 195 | Basse-Normandie | 51.4 | -7.3 pts |
| 196 | Basque Country | 51 | -21.9 pts |
| 197 | Dresden | 50.5 | -0.8 pts |
| 198 | Franche-Comté | 50.5 | -12.5 pts |
| 199 | Norra Mellansverige | 50.4 | -11.6 pts |
| 199 | Steiermark | 50.4 | +1.4 pts |
| 201 | Burgenland | 49.9 | +6.8 pts |
| 202 | Stockholm | 49.9 | -2.6 pts |
| 203 | Salzburg | 49.4 | -3.7 pts |
| 204 | Leipzig | 48.8 | -11.5 pts |
| 205 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 48.7 | -11.8 pts |
| 206 | Chemnitz | 48.6 | -4.4 pts |
| 207 | Auvergne | 48.5 | -10.8 pts |
| 208 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 47.8 | -7.7 pts |
| 209 | Västsverige | 47 | -13.2 pts |
| 210 | Niederösterreich | 45.9 | -12.1 pts |
| 211 | Vorarlberg | 45.4 | -5.4 pts |
| 212 | Aquitaine | 45.2 | -8.6 pts |
| 213 | Centre - Val de Loire | 45 | -7.4 pts |
| 214 | Rhône-Alpes | 45 | -7.2 pts |
| 215 | Pays de la Loire | 44.5 | -7.8 pts |
| 216 | Ile-de-France | 43.5 | -7.3 pts |
| 217 | Limousin | 43.4 | -12.6 pts |
| 218 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 43.3 | -16 pts |
| 219 | Poitou-Charentes | 43.2 | -14.1 pts |
| 219 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 43.2 | +11.1 pts |
| 221 | Bourgogne | 42.7 | -13 pts |
| 222 | Midi-Pyrénées | 42.6 | -10.2 pts |
| 223 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | 42.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 224 | Jadranska Hrvatska | 42.3 | -2.6 pts |
| 225 | Guyane | 42.2 | -6.5 pts |
| 226 | Corse | 40.5 | -6.9 pts |
| 227 | Guadeloupe | 40.1 | +0.4 pts |
| 228 | Martinique | 39.7 | -4.5 pts |
| 229 | Sostinės regionas | 37.4 | +1.3 pts |
| 230 | Eesti | 37.2 | -6.6 pts |
| 231 | Latvija | 35.9 | -3.3 pts |
| 232 | Åland | 32.9 | -4.1 pts |
| 233 | Zahodna Slovenija | 32.6 | -12.2 pts |
| 234 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 31.1 | -6.4 pts |
| 235 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 30.2 | -3.6 pts |
| 236 | Länsi-Suomi | 26 | -4.1 pts |
| 237 | Etelä-Suomi | 25.7 | -5 pts |
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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. 7 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2020 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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.Citation styles
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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) (EU regions (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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Which region has the highest death rate from respiratory diseases (age-standardised)?
Região Autónoma da Madeira, with 211.7 per 100,000 people in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest death rate from respiratory diseases (age-standardised)?
Etelä-Suomi, with 25.7 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. 7 regions have no value for 2020 and are not ranked.
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