Hospital rankings
Hospitals in New Hampshire with the lowest COPD death rate
21 New Hampshire hospitals ranked by COPD death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Concord Hospital- Laconia, Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, Catholic Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | COPD death ratelower is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Stroke death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 8.6% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 2.4% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| 1 | Concord Hospital- Laconia | 6.3%, 97th percentile | 10.7%, 85th percentile | 12.5%, 22nd percentile | 13.4%, 77th percentile | — | 10.3%, 75th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare Concord Hospital- Laconia |
| 2 | Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital | 7.0%, 88th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 10.4%, 62nd percentile | 13.9%, 70th percentile | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 12.5%, 36th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital |
| T3 | Catholic Medical Center | 7.8%, 69th percentile | 10.1%, 95th percentile | 9.0%, 86th percentile | 11.1%, 96th percentile | 1.6%, 93rd percentile | 13.5%, 23rd percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | Compare Catholic Medical Center |
| T3 | Frisbie Memorial Hospital | 7.8%, 69th percentile | — | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 15.1%, 51st percentile | — | — | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare Frisbie Memorial Hospital |
| 5 | Wentworth-Douglass Hospital | 8.1%, 61st percentile | 10.2%, 93rd percentile | 11.6%, 37th percentile | 17.3%, 20th percentile | — | 9.2%, 91st percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Wentworth-Douglass Hospital |
| 6 | Cheshire Medical Center | 8.4%, 52nd percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 18.3%, 12th percentile | — | 14.2%, 16th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Cheshire Medical Center |
| T7 | Huggins Hospital | 8.5%, 49th percentile | — | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 14.2%, 66th percentile | — | — | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Huggins Hospital |
| T7 | Speare Memorial Hospital | 8.5%, 49th percentile | — | 12.1%, 28th percentile | 15.4%, 46th percentile | — | — | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Speare Memorial Hospital |
| 9 | Southern NH Medical Center | 8.6%, 46th percentile | 13.8%, 5th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 14.3%, 64th percentile | — | 12.8%, 31st percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare Southern NH Medical Center |
| T10 | The Memorial Hospital | 9.1%, 34th percentile | — | 12.2%, 27th percentile | 15.6%, 43rd percentile | — | 12.5%, 36th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare The Memorial Hospital |
| T10 | Elliot Hospital | 9.1%, 34th percentile | 14.2%, 3rd percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 15.7%, 42nd percentile | — | 13.1%, 27th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare Elliot Hospital |
| T10 | Monadnock Community Hospital | 9.1%, 34th percentile | — | 13.1%, 14th percentile | 21.8%, 1st percentile | — | 11.5%, 53rd percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Monadnock Community Hospital |
| 13 | Valley Regional Hospital | 9.3%, 28th percentile | — | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 18.1%, 13th percentile | — | — | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare Valley Regional Hospital |
| T14 | Parkland Medical Center | 9.4%, 26th percentile | 10.5%, 89th percentile | 7.7%, 96th percentile | 13.3%, 79th percentile | — | 12.8%, 31st percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Parkland Medical Center |
| T14 | St Joseph Hospital | 9.4%, 26th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 15.0%, 52nd percentile | — | 10.1%, 79th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | Compare St Joseph Hospital |
| 16 | Littleton Regional Healthcare | 9.5%, 24th percentile | — | — | 16.9%, 25th percentile | — | — | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Littleton Regional Healthcare |
| 17 | Androscoggin Valley Hospital | 10.1%, 14th percentile | — | 14.6%, 5th percentile | 20.5%, 3rd percentile | — | — | 14.3%, 86th percentile | Compare Androscoggin Valley Hospital |
| 18 | Exeter Hospital Inc | 10.2%, 12th percentile | 14.5%, 2nd percentile | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 13.3%, 79th percentile | — | 12.6%, 34th percentile | 14.0%, 93rd percentile | Compare Exeter Hospital Inc |
| 19 | Concord Hospital | 10.6%, 9th percentile | 13.5%, 8th percentile | 12.6%, 20th percentile | 16.6%, 29th percentile | 2.4%, 44th percentile | 14.2%, 16th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Concord Hospital |
| 20 | Portsmouth Regional Hospital | 10.9%, 7th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 13.1%, 14th percentile | 14.6%, 60th percentile | 2.4%, 44th percentile | 12.0%, 44th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare Portsmouth Regional Hospital |
| 21 | Cottage Hospital | 11.0%, 6th percentile | — | 11.3%, 44th percentile | 19.2%, 7th percentile | — | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Cottage Hospital |
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.