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

Arnsberg had the highest death rate from respiratory diseases (age-standardised) of 38 regions in 2014, at 91.2 per 100,000 people. Chemnitz had the lowest, at 41.9 per 100,000 people. The median was 65.4 per 100,000 people and the figure for Germany was 68 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest91.2Arnsberg
Lowest41.9Chemnitz
Median65.438 regions
Germany68History

All regions, 2014

Arnsberg: 91.2 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg91.2Düsseldorf: 88.6 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf88.6Münster: 86.8 per 100,000 peopleMünster86.8Köln: 82.6 per 100,000 peopleKöln82.6Bremen: 78.6 per 100,000 peopleBremen78.6Detmold: 77.5 per 100,000 peopleDetmold77.5Berlin: 77.5 per 100,000 peopleBerlin77.5Weser-Ems: 74.6 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems74.6Schleswig-Holstein: 73.8 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein73.8Thüringen: 71.7 per 100,000 peopleThüringen71.7Hannover: 71.1 per 100,000 peopleHannover71.1Oberfranken: 69.5 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken69.5Braunschweig: 69.3 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig69.3Mittelfranken: 68.6 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken68.6Lüneburg: 67.7 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg67.7Niederbayern: 67.7 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern67.7Brandenburg: 67.7 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg67.7Trier: 65.5 per 100,000 peopleTrier65.5Koblenz: 65.5 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz65.5Kassel: 65.4 per 100,000 peopleKassel65.4Oberpfalz: 64.5 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz64.5Gießen: 64.4 per 100,000 peopleGießen64.4Darmstadt: 61.6 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt61.6Saarland: 60.4 per 100,000 peopleSaarland60.4Oberbayern: 59.6 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern59.6Schwaben: 59.6 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben59.6Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 59 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz59Unterfranken: 57.3 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken57.3Karlsruhe: 57.1 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe57.1Hamburg: 54.8 per 100,000 peopleHamburg54.8Tübingen: 53.6 per 100,000 peopleTübingen53.6Freiburg: 52.5 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg52.5Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 51.1 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern51.1Sachsen-Anhalt: 50.5 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt50.5Leipzig: 48.9 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig48.9Stuttgart: 46.9 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart46.9Dresden: 45.9 per 100,000 peopleDresden45.9Chemnitz: 41.9 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz41.9
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

RankRegions2014
per 100,000 people
Change on 2013
1Arnsberg91.2-15.5 pts
2Düsseldorf88.6-10.2 pts
3Münster86.8-9.8 pts
4Köln82.6-13.2 pts
5Bremen78.6-22 pts
6Detmold77.5-8.6 pts
7Berlin77.5-9.4 pts
8Weser-Ems74.6-17.5 pts
9Schleswig-Holstein73.8-26.8 pts
10Thüringen71.7-6.3 pts
11Hannover71.1-7.9 pts
12Oberfranken69.5-11.4 pts
13Braunschweig69.3-13.1 pts
14Mittelfranken68.6-3.2 pts
15Lüneburg67.7-16.8 pts
16Niederbayern67.7-1.8 pts
17Brandenburg67.7-18.4 pts
18Trier65.5-1.8 pts
19Koblenz65.5-9.3 pts
20Kassel65.4-14.9 pts
21Oberpfalz64.5-11.1 pts
22Gießen64.4-11.9 pts
23Darmstadt61.6-11.5 pts
24Saarland60.4-7 pts
25Oberbayern59.6-2.8 pts
26Schwaben59.6-8.6 pts
27Rheinhessen-Pfalz59-9.1 pts
28Unterfranken57.3-8.7 pts
29Karlsruhe57.1-9.4 pts
30Hamburg54.8-11.6 pts
31Tübingen53.6-2.2 pts
32Freiburg52.5-10.7 pts
33Mecklenburg-Vorpommern51.1-19.2 pts
34Sachsen-Anhalt50.5-11.3 pts
35Leipzig48.9-7.7 pts
36Stuttgart46.9-4.3 pts
37Dresden45.9-14.3 pts
38Chemnitz41.9-11.9 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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Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 J (hlth_cd_asdr2), Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by death rate from respiratory diseases (age-standardised), 2014. 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/germany-regions?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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

Arnsberg, with 91.2 per 100,000 people in 2014, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Chemnitz, with 41.9 per 100,000 people in 2014.

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