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Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by age-standardised death rate, all causes

Sachsen-Anhalt had the highest age-standardised death rate, all causes of 38 regions in 2017, at 1,141.9 per 100,000 people. Oberbayern had the lowest, at 918.5 per 100,000 people. The median was 1,041.5 per 100,000 people and the figure for Germany was 1,022.9 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest1,141.9Sachsen-Anhalt
Lowest918.5Oberbayern
Median1,041.538 regions
Germany1,022.9History

All regions, 2017

Sachsen-Anhalt: 1,141.9 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt1,141.9Saarland: 1,097 per 100,000 peopleSaarland1,097Thüringen: 1,092.6 per 100,000 peopleThüringen1,092.6Arnsberg: 1,088.8 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg1,088.8Oberfranken: 1,081.8 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken1,081.8Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 1,067.6 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern1,067.6Niederbayern: 1,065.8 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern1,065.8Braunschweig: 1,065.4 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig1,065.4Düsseldorf: 1,064 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf1,064Gießen: 1,063.5 per 100,000 peopleGießen1,063.5Koblenz: 1,058.2 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz1,058.2Bremen: 1,055 per 100,000 peopleBremen1,055Weser-Ems: 1,054.3 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems1,054.3Lüneburg: 1,053.9 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg1,053.9Brandenburg: 1,052.1 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg1,052.1Mittelfranken: 1,049 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken1,049Schleswig-Holstein: 1,046.6 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein1,046.6Oberpfalz: 1,042.6 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz1,042.6Münster: 1,041.9 per 100,000 peopleMünster1,041.9Hannover: 1,041.1 per 100,000 peopleHannover1,041.1Chemnitz: 1,039.5 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz1,039.5Leipzig: 1,036.8 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig1,036.8Kassel: 1,031.7 per 100,000 peopleKassel1,031.7Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 1,021.7 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz1,021.7Trier: 1,019.8 per 100,000 peopleTrier1,019.8Köln: 1,019 per 100,000 peopleKöln1,019Detmold: 999.3 per 100,000 peopleDetmold999.3Unterfranken: 996.7 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken996.7Hamburg: 993.1 per 100,000 peopleHamburg993.1Berlin: 990 per 100,000 peopleBerlin990Karlsruhe: 980.8 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe980.8Darmstadt: 968.8 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt968.8Dresden: 963.9 per 100,000 peopleDresden963.9Schwaben: 957.3 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben957.3Freiburg: 939.4 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg939.4Stuttgart: 937.6 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart937.6Tübingen: 929.4 per 100,000 peopleTübingen929.4Oberbayern: 918.5 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern918.5
per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 TOTAL (hlth_cd_asdr2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankRegions2017
per 100,000 people		Change on 2016
1Sachsen-Anhalt1,141.9+32.4 pts
2Saarland1,097+13.1 pts
3Thüringen1,092.6+23.9 pts
4Arnsberg1,088.8-9.7 pts
5Oberfranken1,081.8+30.5 pts
6Mecklenburg-Vorpommern1,067.6-9.3 pts
7Niederbayern1,065.8+19.8 pts
8Braunschweig1,065.4+6.8 pts
9Düsseldorf1,064+2.7 pts
10Gießen1,063.5+45.4 pts
11Koblenz1,058.2+7 pts
12Bremen1,055+10.4 pts
13Weser-Ems1,054.3-15.2 pts
14Lüneburg1,053.9+4.1 pts
15Brandenburg1,052.1+8.6 pts
16Mittelfranken1,049+29.8 pts
17Schleswig-Holstein1,046.6+0.2 pts
18Oberpfalz1,042.6-6.4 pts
19Münster1,041.9+1.8 pts
20Hannover1,041.1+12 pts
21Chemnitz1,039.5+2.3 pts
22Leipzig1,036.8+20.8 pts
23Kassel1,031.7+6.5 pts
24Rheinhessen-Pfalz1,021.7+33.9 pts
25Trier1,019.8+12.5 pts
26Köln1,019+6.4 pts
27Detmold999.3-2.4 pts
28Unterfranken996.7+29.1 pts
29Hamburg993.1+10.7 pts
30Berlin990-6.5 pts
31Karlsruhe980.8+3.8 pts
32Darmstadt968.8+17.8 pts
33Dresden963.9+6.2 pts
34Schwaben957.3+5.8 pts
35Freiburg939.4+0.4 pts
36Stuttgart937.6+8.4 pts
37Tübingen929.4+5.5 pts
38Oberbayern918.5+14.2 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Deaths from [object Object] (ICD-10 A00 to Y89) 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).

For 2018 to 2021 Eurostat publishes the total under the code A-R_V-Y (all causes excluding S00 to T98, injury codes that are never an underlying cause); Invokely serves both codes as one series. For deaths per 1,000 people without age standardisation use crude_death_rate. 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.

How to cite

Eurostat. Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 TOTAL (hlth_cd_asdr2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Which region has the highest age-standardised death rate, all causes?

Sachsen-Anhalt, with 1,141.9 per 100,000 people in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest age-standardised death rate, all causes?

Oberbayern, with 918.5 per 100,000 people in 2017.

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 TOTAL (hlth_cd_asdr2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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