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.