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

Weser-Ems had the highest death rate from respiratory diseases (age-standardised) of 38 regions in 2022, at 82.6 per 100,000 people. Dresden had the lowest, at 47.6 per 100,000 people. The median was 69.6 per 100,000 people and the figure for Germany was 68.7 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest82.6Weser-Ems
Lowest47.6Dresden
Median69.638 regions
Germany68.7History

All regions, 2022

Weser-Ems: 82.6 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems82.6Lüneburg: 81.9 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg81.9Arnsberg: 81.9 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg81.9Thüringen: 79.6 per 100,000 peopleThüringen79.6Saarland: 77.1 per 100,000 peopleSaarland77.1Hannover: 76.8 per 100,000 peopleHannover76.8Münster: 76.6 per 100,000 peopleMünster76.6Düsseldorf: 76.5 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf76.5Oberpfalz: 76.5 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz76.5Braunschweig: 76.4 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig76.4Berlin: 75.8 per 100,000 peopleBerlin75.8Hamburg: 75.8 per 100,000 peopleHamburg75.8Kassel: 74 per 100,000 peopleKassel74Oberfranken: 73.7 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken73.7Gießen: 72.9 per 100,000 peopleGießen72.9Bremen: 72.9 per 100,000 peopleBremen72.9Koblenz: 72.9 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz72.9Köln: 71.3 per 100,000 peopleKöln71.3Detmold: 70.1 per 100,000 peopleDetmold70.1Trier: 69 per 100,000 peopleTrier69Mittelfranken: 69 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken69Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 68.3 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz68.3Schleswig-Holstein: 67.6 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein67.6Darmstadt: 66.6 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt66.6Niederbayern: 66.6 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern66.6Brandenburg: 63.5 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg63.5Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 61.9 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern61.9Sachsen-Anhalt: 60.8 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt60.8Karlsruhe: 60.7 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe60.7Unterfranken: 60.5 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken60.5Freiburg: 60.4 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg60.4Schwaben: 58.8 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben58.8Leipzig: 58.1 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig58.1Oberbayern: 57.3 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern57.3Stuttgart: 57 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart57Tübingen: 56.1 per 100,000 peopleTübingen56.1Chemnitz: 48.3 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz48.3Dresden: 47.6 per 100,000 peopleDresden47.6
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

RankRegions2022
per 100,000 people		Change on 2021
1Weser-Ems82.6+10.6 pts
2Lüneburg81.9+13 pts
3Arnsberg81.9+15.9 pts
4Thüringen79.6+7.8 pts
5Saarland77.1+9.5 pts
6Hannover76.8+7.6 pts
7Münster76.6+10.9 pts
8Düsseldorf76.5+14 pts
9Oberpfalz76.5+13.6 pts
10Braunschweig76.4+6.2 pts
11Berlin75.8+11.8 pts
11Hamburg75.8+6.5 pts
13Kassel74+11 pts
14Oberfranken73.7+14.3 pts
15Gießen72.9+14.5 pts
16Bremen72.9+13.3 pts
17Koblenz72.9+4.8 pts
18Köln71.3+11.8 pts
19Detmold70.1+12.5 pts
20Trier69+12.1 pts
21Mittelfranken69+15.9 pts
22Rheinhessen-Pfalz68.3+10.8 pts
23Schleswig-Holstein67.6+5.2 pts
24Darmstadt66.6+9 pts
24Niederbayern66.6+6.7 pts
26Brandenburg63.5+6.4 pts
27Mecklenburg-Vorpommern61.9+10.5 pts
28Sachsen-Anhalt60.8+12 pts
29Karlsruhe60.7+8.5 pts
30Unterfranken60.5+8.8 pts
31Freiburg60.4+11.2 pts
32Schwaben58.8+11.9 pts
33Leipzig58.1+7.9 pts
34Oberbayern57.3+9.5 pts
35Stuttgart57+9.8 pts
36Tübingen56.1+8 pts
37Chemnitz48.3+4.4 pts
38Dresden47.6+6.2 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 Germany (NUTS 2) by death rate from respiratory diseases (age-standardised), 2022) [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), 2022. 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=2022. 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), 2022. 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=2022.

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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), 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Weser-Ems, with 82.6 per 100,000 people in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Dresden, with 47.6 per 100,000 people in 2022.

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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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