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. 2014 Aug 4;111(31-32):530–536. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2014.0530

eTable 1. Age-standardized mortality rates (cases per 100000, men only) in the comparison between German states in 2012 and ranking 1-3 in the comparison between German states (in square brackets)*.

Federal state Cause of death Myocardial infarction and reinfarction Ischemic heart disease Circulatory diseases Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality Overall mortality
ICD-10 I21-I22 I20-I25 I00-I99 R95-R99 A00-T98
Schleswig-Holstein 31.5 80.7 220.9 16.5 632.5
Hamburg 40.3 81.5 185.7 39.8 622.4
Bremen 50.0 91.8 233.3 14.4 687.8
Lower Saxony 51.3 107.2 226.3 16.3 658.1
North Rhine-Westphalia 41.4 79.7 208.0 39.3 663.5
Hesse 40.7 95.5 196.7 18.3 601.2
Rhineland-Palatinate 47.7 104.3 223.2 9.2 640.9
Saarland 55.5 [3] 128.2 238.8 19.6 690.7
Baden-Württemberg 42.8 85.6 191.1 6.3 564.1
Bavaria 48.0 97.0 214.6 10.2 610.8
Brandenburg [1] 71.9 125.4 249.3 21.9 701.2
Berlin 43.9 82.6 181.7 52.3 630.4
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 57.9 [2] 129.0 [2] 261.6 15.6 [2] 746.1
Saxony [3] 61.7 128.3 [3] 257.4 13.5 681.1
Saxony-Anhalt [2] 69.9 [1] 146.5 [1] 281.1 13.4 [1] 770.6
Thuringia 58.2 116.1 255.4 11.2 [3] 719.9
Federal Republic of Germany 47.6 97.3 216.7 20.5 642.4

*All rates were age-standardized by using the population standard Germany 1987 (www.gbe-bund.de; accessed 9 February 2014); Data in square brackets: the highest rate was given a No 1 ranking, the next highest rate a No 2 ranking, etc.