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Hospitals in Georgia with the lowest COPD death rate

78 Georgia hospitals ranked by COPD death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Decatur (Atlanta) VA Medical Center, Wellstar Douglas Medical Center, Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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78 hospitals ranked in Georgia by copd death rate; 71 more match but have no reported value.

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National average8.6%11.9%11.1%15.2%2.4%11.9%15.0%
1Decatur (Atlanta) VA Medical CenterDecatur, GA · Veterans Affairs4.9%12.0%6.0%9.2%——14.5%Compare
2Wellstar Douglas Medical CenterDouglasville, GA · Acute care6.5%11.9%7.9%14.1%—10.5%14.3%Compare
T3Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens, GA · Acute care6.7%11.8%10.0%17.1%1.9%14.2%15.5%Compare
T3Piedmont Mountainside Hospital IncJasper, GA · Acute care6.7%—8.5%11.1%—14.7%14.5%Compare
T3Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville, GA · Acute care6.7%13.6%10.6%14.0%—15.3%14.9%Compare
T6Augusta VA Medical CenterAugusta, GA · Veterans Affairs6.8%10.7%6.7%12.1%——15.1%Compare
T6Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick, GA · Acute care6.8%12.7%11.0%14.7%—18.5%14.7%Compare
8Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta, GA · Acute care7.2%9.9%9.4%14.6%2.1%9.6%14.1%Compare
T9Emory University HospitalAtlanta, GA · Acute care7.3%11.6%9.2%13.4%2.2%9.2%14.4%Compare
T9Phoebe Sumter Medical CenterAmericus, GA · Acute care7.3%—12.3%15.3%—14.2%15.5%Compare
T9Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge, GA · Acute care7.3%11.6%11.3%14.9%—14.9%14.7%Compare
12Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta, IncAtlanta, GA · Acute care7.4%12.1%10.2%13.7%2.4%8.9%15.3%Compare
T13Fairview Park HospitalDublin, GA · Acute care7.5%14.5%10.7%13.5%—14.5%15.3%Compare
T13Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta, GA · Acute care7.5%—11.1%14.3%—10.6%15.5%Compare
T15Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville, GA · Acute care7.6%13.0%12.4%16.4%3.0%11.3%14.7%Compare
T15Union General HospitalBlairsville, GA · Acute care7.6%—11.1%17.1%—11.7%14.7%Compare
T15Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta, GA · Acute care7.6%13.4%12.4%16.6%5.2%12.2%15.0%Compare
T18Northeast Georgia Medical Center LumpkinDahlonega, GA · Acute care7.7%—9.6%12.1%——14.7%Compare
T18Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek, GA · Acute care7.7%11.6%9.7%10.0%—11.2%14.5%Compare
T18NGMC Barrow, LLCWinder, GA · Acute care7.7%—11.0%13.9%—9.4%14.9%Compare
T18Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta, GA · Acute care7.7%10.1%9.1%11.2%2.2%12.2%14.8%Compare
T18Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton, GA · Acute care7.7%12.4%9.5%17.9%—12.9%15.7%Compare
T23Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center, LLCLavonia, GA · Acute care7.8%—11.6%13.4%—11.5%14.7%Compare
T23Navicent Health BaldwinMilledgeville, GA · Acute care7.8%—11.4%16.3%—12.9%14.8%Compare
T25Emanuel Medical CenterSwainsboro, GA · Acute care7.9%—10.8%17.0%——14.7%Compare
T25Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton, GA · Acute care7.9%13.0%9.9%12.2%—8.7%14.8%Compare
T25Stephens County HospitalToccoa, GA · Acute care7.9%—9.9%19.0%——15.3%Compare
T28Northside Hospital ForsythCumming, GA · Acute care8.0%13.9%9.2%13.8%—8.2%14.3%Compare
T28Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville, GA · Acute care8.0%10.3%8.8%13.4%—12.6%15.3%Compare
T28Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers, GA · Acute care8.0%11.5%9.4%14.0%—10.4%15.7%Compare
T28Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta, GA · Acute care8.0%11.8%8.2%13.1%1.6%8.2%15.3%Compare
T28Wellstar Spalding Medical CenterGriffin, GA · Acute care8.0%11.4%11.6%16.4%—11.9%15.4%Compare
T28Atrium Health Navicent PeachByron, GA · Critical access8.0%—9.3%17.5%——15.8%Compare
T34Colquitt Regional Medical CenterMoultrie, GA · Acute care8.2%14.1%11.4%16.4%—12.7%16.3%Compare
T34Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville, GA · Acute care8.2%11.3%10.2%12.7%2.1%8.0%14.5%Compare
T34Dublin VA Medical CenterDublin, GA · Veterans Affairs8.2%—9.5%———13.7%Compare
T37East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro, GA · Acute care8.3%12.7%10.2%13.2%—15.2%15.6%Compare
T37Piedmont Newton HospitalCovington, GA · Acute care8.3%12.0%11.2%16.4%—16.9%14.8%Compare
T37Crisp Regional HospitalCordele, GA · Acute care8.3%—9.7%19.9%—13.3%15.5%Compare
40Wayne Memorial HospitalJesup, GA · Acute care8.5%—12.6%17.3%—19.1%15.4%Compare
41Piedmont Columbus Regional NorthsideColumbus, GA · Acute care8.6%11.6%12.0%14.3%—9.2%14.7%Compare
42Memorial Health Meadows HospitalVidalia, GA · Acute care8.7%12.3%10.8%13.8%—12.4%15.2%Compare
T43AdventHealth MurrayChatsworth, GA · Acute care8.8%—9.4%11.6%——14.6%Compare
T43Emory Decatur HospitalDecatur, GA · Acute care8.8%12.6%8.2%15.6%—8.7%14.7%Compare
T45Piedmont Walton HospitalMonroe, GA · Acute care8.9%—10.6%16.6%—14.6%15.5%Compare
T45Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell, GA · Acute care8.9%12.9%9.1%14.8%—11.2%14.5%Compare
47Northeast Georgia Medical Center HabershamDemorest, GA · Acute care9.1%—10.3%14.4%—11.3%15.4%Compare
T48Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan, GA · Acute care9.2%10.5%9.2%13.9%—10.7%14.4%Compare
T48St Marys Good Samaritan HospitalGreensboro, GA · Critical access9.2%—10.5%13.6%——15.6%Compare
T48Candler HospitalSavannah, GA · Acute care9.2%—14.5%19.2%—10.5%14.7%Compare

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.

COPD death rate
30-day death rate for COPD patients.
Heart attack death rate
30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
Heart failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
Pneumonia death rate
30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
CABG surgery death rate
30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
Stroke death rate
30-day death rate for stroke 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.