EU regions (NUTS 2) by death rate from respiratory diseases (age-standardised)
Vest had the highest death rate from respiratory diseases (age-standardised) of 237 regions in 2021, at 220 per 100,000 people. Zahodna Slovenija had the lowest, at 23.5 per 100,000 people. The median was 61.6 per 100,000 people and the figure for the European Union (27) was 65.5 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2021
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2021 | Change on 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vest | 220 | +73.1 pts |
| 2 | Východné Slovensko | 195.9 | +92.1 pts |
| 3 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 179.6 | -32.1 pts |
| 4 | Západné Slovensko | 155.5 | +57.9 pts |
| 5 | Stredné Slovensko | 151.4 | +55.2 pts |
| 6 | Severen tsentralen | 148.9 | +37.8 pts |
| 7 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | 146.8 | +50.7 pts |
| 8 | Nord-Vest | 132 | +8 pts |
| 9 | Sud-Est | 131.2 | +21.5 pts |
| 10 | Centru | 127.8 | +4.5 pts |
| 11 | Mayotte | 123.1 | +29.1 pts |
| 12 | Severozapaden | 120.5 | +24.1 pts |
| 13 | Nord-Est | 120 | +18.3 pts |
| 14 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 119.5 | -11.5 pts |
| 15 | Dytiki Elláda | 118.4 | +4.5 pts |
| 16 | Melilla | 117.1 | +3 pts |
| 17 | Sud-Muntenia | 113.4 | -4.6 pts |
| 18 | Nordjylland | 111 | +5.4 pts |
| 19 | Sjælland | 108.1 | -3.6 pts |
| 20 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | 106.8 | -2.2 pts |
| 21 | Syddanmark | 104.6 | +5.7 pts |
| 22 | Hovedstaden | 104.6 | -1.5 pts |
| 23 | Ceuta | 104.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 24 | Attiki | 104.2 | +6.6 pts |
| 25 | Prov. Liège | 101.7 | -14.2 pts |
| 26 | Malta | 101.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 27 | Ionia Nisia | 101.4 | +0.3 pts |
| 28 | Łódzkie | 100.5 | -8.9 pts |
| 29 | Yugozapaden | 100.4 | +16.4 pts |
| 30 | Yugoiztochen | 100 | -4.2 pts |
| 31 | Peloponnisos | 98.9 | -2.6 pts |
| 32 | Kriti | 97.3 | +4.3 pts |
| 33 | Midtjylland | 96.6 | +8.4 pts |
| 34 | Bratislavský kraj | 95.7 | +35 pts |
| 35 | Warszawski stołeczny | 95.6 | -10.4 pts |
| 36 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | 95.2 | +0.6 pts |
| 37 | Notio Aigaio | 94.7 | +3.5 pts |
| 38 | Mazowiecki regionalny | 93.7 | -4.1 pts |
| 39 | Podkarpackie | 93.6 | +1.4 pts |
| 40 | Moravskoslezsko | 93.4 | -14.1 pts |
| 41 | Dolnośląskie | 93.3 | +8.1 pts |
| 42 | Prov. Namur | 92.5 | -11.9 pts |
| 43 | Canary Islands | 92.3 | -6 pts |
| 44 | Prov. Hainaut | 92.1 | -16 pts |
| 45 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 92 | -5.5 pts |
| 46 | Severoiztochen | 90 | +1.6 pts |
| 47 | Southern | 89.2 | -5.8 pts |
| 48 | Pomorskie | 86.9 | -6.4 pts |
| 49 | Észak-Alföld | 86.4 | -5.4 pts |
| 50 | Severozápad | 85.6 | -1 pts |
| 51 | Eastern and Midland | 85.4 | -3.7 pts |
| 52 | Thessalia | 85 | +0.1 pts |
| 53 | Észak-Magyarország | 84.8 | -4.5 pts |
| 54 | Northern and Western | 84.6 | -8 pts |
| 55 | Podlaskie | 84.5 | -10.4 pts |
| 56 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | 84.2 | -12.8 pts |
| 57 | Sterea Elláda | 83.7 | +5.9 pts |
| 58 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 83.5 | -2 pts |
| 59 | Wielkopolskie | 83.1 | +1 pts |
| 60 | Kentriki Makedonia | 82.4 | +4.4 pts |
| 61 | Voreio Aigaio | 82.3 | +5.1 pts |
| 62 | Střední Morava | 81.4 | -8 pts |
| 63 | Jihovýchod | 81.3 | -2 pts |
| 64 | Zachodniopomorskie | 81.1 | -1.1 pts |
| 65 | Kýpros | 80.7 | -17.5 pts |
| 66 | Norte | 80.3 | -20.7 pts |
| 67 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 79.1 | -36.2 pts |
| 68 | Jihozápad | 78.9 | -18.5 pts |
| 69 | Severovýchod | 78.5 | -5.9 pts |
| 70 | Extremadura | 78.4 | -24.6 pts |
| 71 | Algarve | 76.4 | -15.2 pts |
| 72 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 74.9 | -14.6 pts |
| 73 | Castilla-La Mancha | 74.6 | -21.2 pts |
| 74 | Świętokrzyskie | 74.4 | +6.1 pts |
| 75 | Střední Čechy | 73.8 | -4.8 pts |
| 76 | Region of Murcia | 73.3 | -7.7 pts |
| 77 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 72.3 | -5.2 pts |
| 78 | Weser-Ems | 72 | -10.3 pts |
| 79 | Limburg (NL) | 71.8 | -5.1 pts |
| 80 | Thüringen | 71.8 | +3.8 pts |
| 81 | Panonska Hrvatska | 71.2 | -1.6 pts |
| 82 | Community of Madrid | 70.9 | -15.7 pts |
| 83 | Andalusia | 70.4 | -11.7 pts |
| 84 | Dél-Dunántúl | 70.2 | -1.8 pts |
| 85 | Braunschweig | 70.2 | +1.5 pts |
| 86 | Campania | 70.1 | -5.6 pts |
| 87 | Basilicata | 69.9 | +1.7 pts |
| 87 | Sjeverna Hrvatska | 69.9 | +15.8 pts |
| 89 | Opolskie | 69.9 | -4.5 pts |
| 90 | Małopolskie | 69.5 | -5.7 pts |
| 91 | Hamburg | 69.3 | +3.1 pts |
| 92 | Hannover | 69.2 | -5.9 pts |
| 93 | Közép-Dunántúl | 69 | -3.5 pts |
| 94 | Lüneburg | 69 | -0.4 pts |
| 95 | Koblenz | 68.1 | -1.3 pts |
| 96 | Prov. Antwerpen | 67.8 | -7.8 pts |
| 97 | Saarland | 67.6 | -1.6 pts |
| 98 | Pest | 67.1 | -16.5 pts |
| 99 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 67.1 | -13.1 pts |
| 100 | Grad Zagreb | 67 | +14.9 pts |
| 101 | Arnsberg | 66 | -7.6 pts |
| 102 | Münster | 65.7 | -5.3 pts |
| 103 | Gelderland | 65 | -0.5 pts |
| 103 | Ipeiros | 65 | +3.6 pts |
| 105 | Dytiki Makedonia | 64.5 | -2.1 pts |
| 106 | Galicia | 64.2 | -7.5 pts |
| 107 | Dél-Alföld | 64.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 108 | Berlin | 64 | -6.1 pts |
| 109 | La Rioja | 63.8 | +4.1 pts |
| 110 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | 63.8 | -10.6 pts |
| 111 | Sicilia | 63.7 | -4.6 pts |
| 112 | Overijssel | 63.3 | -1.3 pts |
| 113 | Kassel | 63 | -7.7 pts |
| 114 | Oberpfalz | 62.9 | -8.5 pts |
| 115 | Lazio | 62.6 | -7 pts |
| 116 | Düsseldorf | 62.5 | -6.9 pts |
| 117 | Schleswig-Holstein | 62.4 | -4.5 pts |
| 118 | Budapest | 62.3 | -7 pts |
| 119 | Noord-Brabant | 61.6 | -3.6 pts |
| 120 | La Réunion | 60.8 | +3.5 pts |
| 121 | Luxembourg | 60.8 | -7.6 pts |
| 122 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | 60.7 | +2.4 pts |
| 123 | Groningen | 60.5 | -9.4 pts |
| 124 | Umbria | 59.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 125 | Valencian Community | 59.9 | -12.6 pts |
| 126 | Niederbayern | 59.9 | -9.2 pts |
| 127 | Bremen | 59.7 | -6.9 pts |
| 128 | Köln | 59.6 | -4.5 pts |
| 129 | Praha | 59.5 | -4.3 pts |
| 130 | Oberfranken | 59.4 | -9.7 pts |
| 131 | Śląskie | 59.4 | +1.2 pts |
| 132 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 59.4 | -11.2 pts |
| 133 | Lubelskie | 59.3 | -3.7 pts |
| 134 | Calabria | 59.1 | +0.6 pts |
| 135 | Cantabria | 59 | -16.8 pts |
| 136 | Puglia | 58.8 | -6.6 pts |
| 137 | Catalonia | 58.6 | -11.8 pts |
| 138 | Lubuskie | 58.5 | -12.2 pts |
| 139 | Gießen | 58.5 | -8.9 pts |
| 140 | Noord-Holland | 57.8 | -2.1 pts |
| 141 | Detmold | 57.7 | -1.8 pts |
| 142 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 57.6 | -6.1 pts |
| 143 | Darmstadt | 57.6 | -5.5 pts |
| 144 | Friesland (NL) | 57.5 | -3.6 pts |
| 144 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 57.5 | -4.2 pts |
| 146 | Brandenburg | 57.2 | -3 pts |
| 147 | Balearic Islands | 57 | -12.9 pts |
| 148 | Trier | 56.9 | -3.6 pts |
| 149 | Drenthe | 56.1 | -5.7 pts |
| 150 | Lorraine | 55.6 | -4.5 pts |
| 151 | Abruzzo | 55.3 | -7.3 pts |
| 152 | Wien | 55.3 | -12.5 pts |
| 153 | Aragon | 55.2 | -20.4 pts |
| 154 | Emilia-Romagna | 54.1 | -20 pts |
| 155 | Flevoland | 54.1 | -4.6 pts |
| 156 | Toscana | 53.4 | -5.3 pts |
| 157 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 53.3 | -34.2 pts |
| 158 | Övre Norrland | 53.3 | -2.8 pts |
| 159 | Mittelfranken | 53 | -10.2 pts |
| 160 | Asturias | 52.9 | -21.1 pts |
| 161 | Piemonte | 52.6 | -19.9 pts |
| 162 | Molise | 52.5 | -16.8 pts |
| 163 | Marche | 52.4 | -9.3 pts |
| 164 | Karlsruhe | 52.2 | -2.8 pts |
| 165 | Picardie | 52.2 | -8.2 pts |
| 166 | Unterfranken | 51.7 | -2.8 pts |
| 167 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 51.4 | -1.3 pts |
| 168 | Liguria | 51.2 | -19.2 pts |
| 169 | Lombardia | 50.8 | -42 pts |
| 170 | Östra Mellansverige | 50.5 | -2.8 pts |
| 171 | Basse-Normandie | 50.4 | -1 pts |
| 172 | Guyane | 50.4 | +8.1 pts |
| 173 | Leipzig | 50.2 | +1.4 pts |
| 174 | Sardegna | 49.8 | -7 pts |
| 175 | Castile and León | 49.6 | -19.2 pts |
| 176 | Sydsverige | 49.4 | -6.4 pts |
| 177 | Mellersta Norrland | 49.3 | -10.5 pts |
| 178 | Freiburg | 49.2 | -5 pts |
| 179 | Alsace | 49 | -6.9 pts |
| 180 | Bretagne | 48.9 | -4.9 pts |
| 181 | Zeeland | 48.8 | -4 pts |
| 182 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 48.8 | -4.1 pts |
| 183 | Champagne-Ardenne | 48.5 | -4.7 pts |
| 184 | Tübingen | 48.1 | -5.2 pts |
| 185 | Tirol | 48 | -5 pts |
| 186 | Oberbayern | 47.9 | -5 pts |
| 187 | Norra Mellansverige | 47.8 | -2.6 pts |
| 188 | Veneto | 47.5 | -10.5 pts |
| 189 | Navarre | 47.5 | -15.1 pts |
| 190 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 47.2 | -15.4 pts |
| 191 | Stuttgart | 47.2 | -6.9 pts |
| 192 | Jadranska Hrvatska | 47 | +4.7 pts |
| 193 | Schwaben | 46.9 | -9.2 pts |
| 194 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 46.4 | -2.3 pts |
| 195 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 45.6 | -2.2 pts |
| 196 | Poitou-Charentes | 45.3 | +2.1 pts |
| 197 | Haute-Normandie | 45.2 | -6.7 pts |
| 198 | Auvergne | 45 | -3.5 pts |
| 199 | Småland med öarna | 44.9 | -11.2 pts |
| 200 | Västsverige | 44.8 | -2.2 pts |
| 201 | Midi-Pyrénées | 44.6 | +2 pts |
| 202 | Centre - Val de Loire | 44.3 | -0.8 pts |
| 203 | Eesti | 44.2 | +7 pts |
| 204 | Franche-Comté | 44 | -6.4 pts |
| 205 | Chemnitz | 43.9 | -4.7 pts |
| 206 | Aquitaine | 43.9 | -1.3 pts |
| 207 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 43.8 | +0.5 pts |
| 208 | Limousin | 43.7 | +0.3 pts |
| 209 | Basque Country | 43.7 | -7.3 pts |
| 210 | Kärnten | 42.5 | -16.4 pts |
| 211 | Oberösterreich | 42.2 | -11.2 pts |
| 212 | Pays de la Loire | 41.4 | -3.1 pts |
| 213 | Dresden | 41.4 | -9.1 pts |
| 214 | Niederösterreich | 41.3 | -4.6 pts |
| 215 | Salzburg | 41.1 | -8.2 pts |
| 216 | Ile-de-France | 41 | -2.4 pts |
| 217 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 41 | -12.2 pts |
| 218 | Bourgogne | 40.7 | -1.9 pts |
| 219 | Stockholm | 40.7 | -9.1 pts |
| 220 | Martinique | 40.2 | +0.5 pts |
| 221 | Steiermark | 39.5 | -10.9 pts |
| 222 | Latvija | 39 | +3.2 pts |
| 222 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | 39 | -3.4 pts |
| 224 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 38.9 | -18 pts |
| 225 | Corse | 38.7 | -1.8 pts |
| 226 | Rhône-Alpes | 38.6 | -6.4 pts |
| 227 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 38.1 | -5.2 pts |
| 228 | Vorarlberg | 37.1 | -8.3 pts |
| 229 | Burgenland | 33.8 | -16.1 pts |
| 230 | Guadeloupe | 33.6 | -6.5 pts |
| 231 | Åland | 31.2 | -1.7 pts |
| 232 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 30.4 | -0.8 pts |
| 233 | Sostinės regionas | 27.9 | -9.5 pts |
| 234 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 27.4 | -2.8 pts |
| 235 | Länsi-Suomi | 26.6 | +0.6 pts |
| 236 | Etelä-Suomi | 26 | +0.2 pts |
| 237 | Zahodna Slovenija | 23.5 | -9 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 2021 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), 2021) [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)?
Vest, with 220 per 100,000 people in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest death rate from respiratory diseases (age-standardised)?
Zahodna Slovenija, with 23.5 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 J (hlth_cd_asdr2). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 7 regions have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.
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