Hospital rankings
Hospitals in New Hampshire with the lowest heart attack death rate
12 New Hampshire hospitals ranked by heart attack death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Catholic Medical Center, Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Parkland Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | 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 | Stroke death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| 1 | Catholic Medical Center | 10.1%, 95th percentile | 9.0%, 86th percentile | 11.1%, 96th percentile | 7.8%, 69th percentile | 1.6%, 93rd percentile | 13.5%, 23rd percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | Compare Catholic Medical Center |
| 2 | Wentworth-Douglass Hospital | 10.2%, 93rd percentile | 11.6%, 37th percentile | 17.3%, 20th percentile | 8.1%, 61st percentile | — | 9.2%, 91st percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Wentworth-Douglass Hospital |
| 3 | Parkland Medical Center | 10.5%, 89th percentile | 7.7%, 96th percentile | 13.3%, 79th percentile | 9.4%, 26th percentile | — | 12.8%, 31st percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Parkland Medical Center |
| 4 | Concord Hospital- Laconia | 10.7%, 85th percentile | 12.5%, 22nd percentile | 13.4%, 77th percentile | 6.3%, 97th percentile | — | 10.3%, 75th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare Concord Hospital- Laconia |
| 5 | Portsmouth Regional Hospital | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 13.1%, 14th percentile | 14.6%, 60th percentile | 10.9%, 7th percentile | 2.4%, 44th percentile | 12.0%, 44th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare Portsmouth Regional Hospital |
| 6 | St Joseph Hospital | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 15.0%, 52nd percentile | 9.4%, 26th percentile | — | 10.1%, 79th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | Compare St Joseph Hospital |
| 7 | Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 10.4%, 62nd percentile | 13.9%, 70th percentile | 7.0%, 88th percentile | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 12.5%, 36th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital |
| 8 | Cheshire Medical Center | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 18.3%, 12th percentile | 8.4%, 52nd percentile | — | 14.2%, 16th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Cheshire Medical Center |
| 9 | Concord Hospital | 13.5%, 8th percentile | 12.6%, 20th percentile | 16.6%, 29th percentile | 10.6%, 9th percentile | 2.4%, 44th percentile | 14.2%, 16th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Concord Hospital |
| 10 | Southern NH Medical Center | 13.8%, 5th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 14.3%, 64th percentile | 8.6%, 46th percentile | — | 12.8%, 31st percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare Southern NH Medical Center |
| 11 | Elliot Hospital | 14.2%, 3rd percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 15.7%, 42nd percentile | 9.1%, 34th percentile | — | 13.1%, 27th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare Elliot Hospital |
| 12 | Exeter Hospital Inc | 14.5%, 2nd percentile | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 13.3%, 79th percentile | 10.2%, 12th percentile | — | 12.6%, 34th percentile | 14.0%, 93rd percentile | Compare Exeter Hospital Inc |
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.
- 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.
- 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.