Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Mississippi with the lowest stroke death rate
27 Mississippi hospitals ranked by stroke death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Baptist Memorial Hospital Desoto, Baptist Memorial Hospital North Ms, BMH-Golden Triangle. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Stroke death ratelower is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | COPD death ratelower is better | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
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| National average | 11.9% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 15.0% | ||
| 1 | Baptist Memorial Hospital Desoto | 7.9%, 98th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 9.4%, 81st percentile | 15.0%, 52nd percentile | 9.3%, 28th percentile | 2.6%, 33rd percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | Compare Baptist Memorial Hospital Desoto |
| T2 | Baptist Memorial Hospital North Ms | 8.8%, 95th percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 14.7%, 58th percentile | 7.3%, 83rd percentile | 3.4%, 9th percentile | 16.2%, 5th percentile | Compare Baptist Memorial Hospital North Ms |
| T2 | BMH-Golden Triangle | 8.8%, 95th percentile | 13.7%, 6th percentile | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 18.8%, 9th percentile | 8.6%, 46th percentile | 3.0%, 19th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | Compare BMH-Golden Triangle |
| 4 | Mississippi Baptist Medical Center | 9.8%, 84th percentile | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 15.3%, 48th percentile | 9.5%, 24th percentile | 3.3%, 12th percentile | 16.1%, 6th percentile | Compare Mississippi Baptist Medical Center |
| T5 | Ochsner Medical Center-Hancock | 10.8%, 66th percentile | — | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 13.7%, 73rd percentile | — | — | 16.1%, 6th percentile | Compare Ochsner Medical Center-Hancock |
| T5 | Bolivar Medical Center | 10.8%, 66th percentile | — | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 19.5%, 6th percentile | 15.0%, 0th percentile | — | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Bolivar Medical Center |
| 7 | Merit Health River Region | 11.4%, 54th percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 8.9%, 87th percentile | 21.1%, 2nd percentile | 8.5%, 49th percentile | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 16.0%, 7th percentile | Compare Merit Health River Region |
| 8 | Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County | 11.5%, 53rd percentile | — | 12.8%, 18th percentile | 14.6%, 60th percentile | 8.5%, 49th percentile | — | 14.1%, 91st percentile | Compare Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County |
| 9 | Forrest General Hospital | 11.6%, 51st percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 13.7%, 10th percentile | 19.2%, 7th percentile | 10.9%, 7th percentile | 2.3%, 49th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Forrest General Hospital |
| 10 | Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch Hospital | 11.9%, 45th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 16.7%, 27th percentile | 9.7%, 20th percentile | — | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch Hospital |
| 11 | Singing River Gulfport | 12.0%, 44th percentile | 12.4%, 29th percentile | 13.1%, 14th percentile | 17.7%, 16th percentile | 8.6%, 46th percentile | — | 16.2%, 5th percentile | Compare Singing River Gulfport |
| 12 | Anderson Regional Medical Center | 12.5%, 36th percentile | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 11.7%, 35th percentile | 16.6%, 29th percentile | 8.2%, 58th percentile | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | Compare Anderson Regional Medical Center |
| 13 | North Mississippi Medical Center | 13.0%, 28th percentile | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 16.1%, 1st percentile | 17.3%, 20th percentile | 12.8%, 1st percentile | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare North Mississippi Medical Center |
| 14 | Magnolia Regional Health Center | 13.2%, 26th percentile | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 14.5%, 5th percentile | 17.0%, 24th percentile | 9.1%, 34th percentile | 3.7%, 6th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Magnolia Regional Health Center |
| 15 | Merit Health Central | 13.6%, 22nd percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | — | 18.4%, 11th percentile | — | — | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare Merit Health Central |
| T16 | University Of Mississippi Medical Center | 13.7%, 21st percentile | 13.2%, 11th percentile | 9.2%, 84th percentile | 14.7%, 58th percentile | 8.1%, 61st percentile | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 16.0%, 7th percentile | Compare University Of Mississippi Medical Center |
| T16 | Singing River Health System | 13.7%, 21st percentile | 14.2%, 3rd percentile | 15.0%, 3rd percentile | 20.8%, 3rd percentile | 9.7%, 20th percentile | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | Compare Singing River Health System |
| 18 | St Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital | 13.8%, 20th percentile | 14.3%, 2nd percentile | 13.6%, 10th percentile | 15.7%, 42nd percentile | 13.6%, 0th percentile | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare St Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital |
| 19 | Memorial Hospital At Gulfport | 14.1%, 17th percentile | 14.1%, 3rd percentile | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 17.4%, 19th percentile | 7.6%, 75th percentile | 3.4%, 9th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare Memorial Hospital At Gulfport |
| 20 | Ochsner Rush Hospital | 14.4%, 15th percentile | 13.9%, 4th percentile | 13.9%, 8th percentile | 21.7%, 1st percentile | 8.0%, 63rd percentile | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare Ochsner Rush Hospital |
| 21 | South Central Regional Medical Center | 14.8%, 13th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 21.1%, 2nd percentile | 9.5%, 24th percentile | — | 16.9%, 1st percentile | Compare South Central Regional Medical Center |
| 22 | Memorial Hospital Biloxi | 15.7%, 9th percentile | — | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 14.7%, 58th percentile | — | — | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare Memorial Hospital Biloxi |
| 23 | Merit Health River Oaks | 16.1%, 7th percentile | 13.3%, 10th percentile | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 16.3%, 33rd percentile | 8.9%, 38th percentile | — | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Merit Health River Oaks |
| 24 | Merit Health Natchez | 17.6%, 4th percentile | — | 12.1%, 28th percentile | 17.7%, 16th percentile | — | — | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Merit Health Natchez |
| 25 | University Of Mississippi Medical Center- Grenada | 19.3%, 2nd percentile | — | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 17.2%, 21st percentile | 14.0%, 0th percentile | — | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare University Of Mississippi Medical Center- Grenada |
| 26 | Delta Health System - The Medical Center | 19.4%, 2nd percentile | 16.6%, 0th percentile | 14.6%, 5th percentile | 29.0%, 0th percentile | 16.1%, 0th percentile | — | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Delta Health System - The Medical Center |
| 27 | Merit Health Wesley | 20.0%, 2nd percentile | 14.7%, 1st percentile | 14.3%, 6th percentile | 16.8%, 26th percentile | 9.6%, 22nd percentile | 4.7%, 2nd percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | Compare Merit Health Wesley |
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.
- 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.
- COPD death rate
- 30-day death rate for COPD patients.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery 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.