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Hospitals in Connecticut with the lowest stroke death rate

24 Connecticut hospitals ranked by stroke death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Danbury Hospital, Greenwich Hospital Association -, St Vincent's Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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24 hospitals ranked in Connecticut by stroke death rate; 12 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalStroke death ratelower is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average11.9%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1Danbury HospitalDanbury, CT · Acute care8.1%4312.7%9.4%15.4%0.90209 min1.02345Compare
2Greenwich Hospital Association -Greenwich, CT · Acute care8.8%5310.7%6.5%14.7%0.92176 min0.94206Compare
3St Vincent's Medical CenterBridgeport, CT · Acute care8.9%4311.0%12.5%14.0%0.88228 min1.03397Compare
4Norwalk HospitalNorwalk, CT · Acute care9.1%3310.9%10.7%14.7%0.98200 min1.00328Compare
5William W Backus HospitalNorwich, CT · Acute care9.9%4311.5%10.2%14.4%0.76174 min0.97213Compare
6Hartford HospitalHartford, CT · Acute care10.1%429.6%10.8%15.5%0.67269 min1.02819Compare
7Sharon HospitalSharon, CT · Acute care10.2%54—11.3%14.3%0.94130 min0.9278Compare
8Stamford HospitalStamford, CT · Acute care10.4%5311.1%11.6%14.1%0.96200 min1.00305Compare
T9John Dempsey Hospital Of The University Of ConnectFarmington, CT · Acute care10.5%3412.6%12.4%14.8%1.01246 min0.99204Compare
T9Windham Community Memorial HospitalWillimantic, CT · Acute care10.5%33—11.2%15.2%0.93138 min0.94130Compare
11Middlesex HospitalMiddletown, CT · Acute care10.7%34—12.7%14.7%0.82159 min0.95275Compare
12The Hospital Of Central ConnecticutNew Britain, CT · Acute care11.0%2312.7%12.4%14.6%1.03173 min1.03330Compare
13Bridgeport HospitalBridgeport, CT · Acute care11.3%4312.3%8.5%15.6%0.91140 min0.99497Compare
14Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven, CT · Acute care11.6%539.4%7.1%14.2%0.70198 min0.99874Compare
15Manchester Memorial HospitalManchester, CT · Acute care11.7%42—9.5%14.9%0.85223 min0.98249Compare
16MidState Medical CenterMeriden, CT · Acute care11.8%4312.2%12.2%14.9%0.71220 min1.02144Compare
17St Francis Hospital & Medical CenterHartford, CT · Acute care13.0%2211.6%11.9%14.8%1.39275 min1.05617Compare
T18Charlotte Hungerford HospitalTorrington, CT · Acute care13.1%33—13.0%16.1%0.83147 min0.96109Compare
T18Bristol HospitalBristol, CT · Acute care13.1%23—10.8%16.0%1.12190 min1.06134Compare
T18Day Kimball HospitalPutnam, CT · Acute care13.1%23—10.5%15.2%0.97221 min1.07104Compare
21Lawrence & Memorial HospitalNew London, CT · Acute care13.4%3311.1%9.7%14.3%1.05131 min0.97280Compare
22Griffin HospitalDerby, CT · Acute care13.5%4411.1%11.6%13.6%1.01165 min0.94160Compare
23Saint Mary's HospitalWaterbury, CT · Acute care14.7%3210.8%11.8%15.5%1.00249 min1.02347Compare
24Waterbury HospitalWaterbury, CT · Acute care17.7%2311.7%12.4%14.8%1.18227 min1.03357Compare

About these rankings

Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.

Stroke death rate
30-day death rate for stroke patients.
Overall star rating
CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
Patient survey star rating
HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
Heart attack death rate
30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
Heart failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
Hospital-wide readmission rate
Rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days, all conditions. From 2025 CMS reports the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure (claims plus EHR data), which replaced the claims-only measure; values are close but not strictly comparable across the change. CMS suppressed it for 2026.. Latest available: 2025 release.
Serious complications
Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
Time in emergency department
Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
Medicare spending per patient
Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
Total beds
Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).