eTable 2. Age-standardized mortality rates (cases per 100000, women 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 | 26.3 | 77.5 | 309.9 | 11.9 | [3] | 770.5 | |||||
| Hamburg | 34.2 | 82.7 | 244.9 | 28.8 | 727.4 | ||||||
| Bremen | 38.6 | 74.9 | 288.3 | 11.1 | 745.9 | ||||||
| Lower Saxony | 41.7 | 101.7 | 300.7 | 9.6 | 746.9 | ||||||
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 37.2 | 78.4 | 285.9 | 29.1 | 770.2 | ||||||
| Hesse | 33.1 | 88.1 | 279.2 | 11.6 | 725.9 | ||||||
| Rhineland-Palatinate | 41.3 | 102.8 | 310.9 | 5.6 | 760.3 | ||||||
| Saarland | 43.5 | [3] | 126.4 | 304.2 | 17.8 | 786.0 | |||||
| Baden-Württemberg | 37.9 | 80.7 | 262.5 | 3.4 | 671.2 | ||||||
| Bavaria | 38.8 | 88.1 | 298.5 | 6.3 | 727.2 | ||||||
| Brandenburg | [1] | 60.5 | 124.6 | [2] | 336.8 | 11.3 | 750.2 | ||||
| Berlin | 41.9 | 89.3 | 255.2 | 47.6 | 740.3 | ||||||
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | 45.1 | [2] | 127.1 | [3] | 332.4 | 5.9 | 757.1 | ||||
| Saxony | [3] | 46.4 | 121.4 | 326.8 | 6.0 | 709.4 | |||||
| Saxony-Anhalt | [2] | 57.0 | [1] | 148.5 | [1] | 370.1 | 4.2 | [1] | 787.4 | ||
| Thuringia | 26.3 | 77.5 | 309.9 | 11.9 | [2] | 770.5 | |||||
| Federal Republic of Germany | 40.0 | 93.6 | 295.4 | 14.0 | 739.5 | ||||||
*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.