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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 2015, at 98.3 per 100,000 people. Chemnitz had the lowest, at 47.2 per 100,000 people. The median was 78.3 per 100,000 people and the figure for Germany was 77.3 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest98.3Arnsberg
Lowest47.2Chemnitz
Median78.338 regions
Germany77.3History

All regions, 2015

Arnsberg: 98.3 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg98.3Düsseldorf: 95.5 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf95.5Berlin: 94.8 per 100,000 peopleBerlin94.8Bremen: 93.8 per 100,000 peopleBremen93.8Münster: 91.6 per 100,000 peopleMünster91.6Weser-Ems: 88.9 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems88.9Schleswig-Holstein: 87.7 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein87.7Köln: 86.4 per 100,000 peopleKöln86.4Thüringen: 85.3 per 100,000 peopleThüringen85.3Detmold: 81 per 100,000 peopleDetmold81Oberfranken: 80.5 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken80.5Lüneburg: 80.1 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg80.1Oberpfalz: 80.1 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz80.1Gießen: 79.5 per 100,000 peopleGießen79.5Braunschweig: 79 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig79Hannover: 78.9 per 100,000 peopleHannover78.9Mittelfranken: 78.7 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken78.7Kassel: 78.5 per 100,000 peopleKassel78.5Niederbayern: 78.4 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern78.4Darmstadt: 78.3 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt78.3Koblenz: 76.8 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz76.8Brandenburg: 76.5 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg76.5Trier: 73.9 per 100,000 peopleTrier73.9Unterfranken: 73.2 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken73.2Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 71.3 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz71.3Saarland: 70.1 per 100,000 peopleSaarland70.1Tübingen: 68.4 per 100,000 peopleTübingen68.4Oberbayern: 68.2 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern68.2Freiburg: 66.6 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg66.6Karlsruhe: 66 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe66Schwaben: 65.9 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben65.9Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 63.7 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern63.7Hamburg: 62.1 per 100,000 peopleHamburg62.1Sachsen-Anhalt: 60.8 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt60.8Stuttgart: 58.3 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart58.3Dresden: 56.4 per 100,000 peopleDresden56.4Leipzig: 55.3 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig55.3Chemnitz: 47.2 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz47.2Arnsberg: 98.3 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg98.3Düsseldorf: 95.5 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf95.5Berlin: 94.8 per 100,000 peopleBerlin94.8Bremen: 93.8 per 100,000 peopleBremen93.8Münster: 91.6 per 100,000 peopleMünster91.6Weser-Ems: 88.9 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems88.9Schleswig-Holstein: 87.7 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein87.7Köln: 86.4 per 100,000 peopleKöln86.4Thüringen: 85.3 per 100,000 peopleThüringen85.3Detmold: 81 per 100,000 peopleDetmold81Oberfranken: 80.5 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken80.5Lüneburg: 80.1 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg80.1Oberpfalz: 80.1 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz80.1Gießen: 79.5 per 100,000 peopleGießen79.5Braunschweig: 79 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig79Hannover: 78.9 per 100,000 peopleHannover78.9Mittelfranken: 78.7 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken78.7Kassel: 78.5 per 100,000 peopleKassel78.5Niederbayern: 78.4 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern78.4Darmstadt: 78.3 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt78.3Koblenz: 76.8 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz76.8Brandenburg: 76.5 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg76.5Trier: 73.9 per 100,000 peopleTrier73.9Unterfranken: 73.2 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken73.2Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 71.3 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz71.3Saarland: 70.1 per 100,000 peopleSaarland70.1Tübingen: 68.4 per 100,000 peopleTübingen68.4Oberbayern: 68.2 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern68.2Freiburg: 66.6 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg66.6Karlsruhe: 66 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe66Schwaben: 65.9 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben65.9Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 63.7 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern63.7Hamburg: 62.1 per 100,000 peopleHamburg62.1Sachsen-Anhalt: 60.8 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt60.8Stuttgart: 58.3 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart58.3Dresden: 56.4 per 100,000 peopleDresden56.4Leipzig: 55.3 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig55.3Chemnitz: 47.2 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz47.2
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

RankRegions2015
per 100,000 people		Change on 2014
1Arnsberg98.3+7.1 pts
2Düsseldorf95.5+6.9 pts
3Berlin94.8+17.3 pts
4Bremen93.8+15.3 pts
5Münster91.6+4.8 pts
6Weser-Ems88.9+14.4 pts
7Schleswig-Holstein87.7+14 pts
8Köln86.4+3.8 pts
9Thüringen85.3+13.6 pts
10Detmold81+3.4 pts
11Oberfranken80.5+11 pts
12Lüneburg80.1+12.4 pts
13Oberpfalz80.1+15.5 pts
14Gießen79.5+15.1 pts
15Braunschweig79+9.8 pts
16Hannover78.9+7.8 pts
17Mittelfranken78.7+10.1 pts
18Kassel78.5+13 pts
19Niederbayern78.4+10.7 pts
20Darmstadt78.3+16.7 pts
21Koblenz76.8+11.3 pts
22Brandenburg76.5+8.9 pts
23Trier73.9+8.3 pts
24Unterfranken73.2+15.9 pts
25Rheinhessen-Pfalz71.3+12.3 pts
26Saarland70.1+9.7 pts
27Tübingen68.4+14.8 pts
28Oberbayern68.2+8.6 pts
29Freiburg66.6+14.1 pts
30Karlsruhe66+8.9 pts
31Schwaben65.9+6.3 pts
32Mecklenburg-Vorpommern63.7+12.6 pts
33Hamburg62.1+7.3 pts
34Sachsen-Anhalt60.8+10.4 pts
35Stuttgart58.3+11.4 pts
36Dresden56.4+10.5 pts
37Leipzig55.3+6.5 pts
38Chemnitz47.2+5.2 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. 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 Germany (NUTS 2) by death rate from respiratory diseases (age-standardised), 2015) [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 Germany (NUTS 2) by death rate from respiratory diseases (age-standardised), 2015. 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=2015. 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 Germany (NUTS 2) by death rate from respiratory diseases (age-standardised), 2015. 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/germany-regions?period=2015.

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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 Germany (NUTS 2) by death rate from respiratory diseases (age-standardised), 2015 [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/germany-regions?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Arnsberg, with 98.3 per 100,000 people in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Chemnitz, with 47.2 per 100,000 people in 2015.

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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.

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