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Hospitals in North Carolina with the lowest COPD death rate

83 North Carolina hospitals ranked by COPD death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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83 hospitals ranked in North Carolina by copd death rate; 37 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%
T50ECU Health Medical CenterGreenville, NC · Acute care9.1%13.0%13.4%16.1%2.1%10.6%15.9%Compare
T50Lexington Memorial Hospital IncLexington, NC · Acute care9.1%—11.3%14.9%—12.7%15.1%Compare
T50Onslow Memorial HospitalJacksonville, NC · Acute care9.1%—11.6%20.9%—12.6%16.4%Compare
54ECU Health Bertie HospitalWindsor, NC · Critical access9.2%—14.3%18.8%——14.4%Compare
T55Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care9.3%10.6%9.3%14.3%3.0%10.9%13.3%Compare
T55Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn, NC · Acute care9.3%11.5%9.9%14.5%—11.1%14.3%Compare
57UNC Lenoir Health CareKinston, NC · Acute care9.4%11.1%8.2%14.8%—9.9%15.8%Compare
T58Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville, NC · Acute care9.5%12.7%13.1%12.6%—7.6%13.7%Compare
T58Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia, NC · Acute care9.5%12.6%10.8%14.5%2.7%12.5%15.3%Compare
T58Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington, NC · Acute care9.5%12.9%13.6%16.2%5.4%13.0%13.7%Compare
T58Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory, NC · Acute care9.5%14.9%17.3%23.4%—11.1%14.2%Compare
T62Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury, NC · Acute care9.6%11.3%14.1%14.2%—11.1%14.1%Compare
T62Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory, NC · Acute care9.6%11.8%14.6%14.4%2.1%13.3%15.6%Compare
T64Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care9.7%—9.7%11.2%—8.8%13.2%Compare
T64Novant Health Thomasville Medical CenterThomasville, NC · Acute care9.7%—12.2%13.5%—11.0%15.1%Compare
T66Memorial Mission Hospital And Asheville Surgery CeAsheville, NC · Acute care9.8%11.2%12.2%15.7%2.3%11.8%13.8%Compare
T66Watauga Medical CenterBoone, NC · Acute care9.8%11.9%9.3%17.8%—10.6%15.1%Compare
T66Carteret General HospitalMorehead City, NC · Acute care9.8%13.7%14.4%20.9%—13.4%15.7%Compare
T66Vidant Roanoke Chowan HospitalAhoskie, NC · Acute care9.8%—14.4%16.7%—12.4%16.2%Compare
70Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde, NC · Acute care9.9%10.5%12.6%17.2%—16.0%15.1%Compare
T71WakeMed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh, NC · Acute care10.0%13.7%11.4%13.4%1.7%10.4%13.9%Compare
T71Hugh Chatham Memorial HospitalElkin, NC · Acute care10.0%—13.5%18.0%—17.1%15.1%Compare
T71Vidant Chowan HospitalEdenton, NC · Critical access10.0%—9.5%16.1%—12.2%14.5%Compare
74Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington, NC · Acute care10.1%14.9%9.8%15.0%—10.8%13.7%Compare
75Columbus Regional Healthcare SystemWhiteville, NC · Acute care10.2%—9.7%21.4%—13.3%14.5%Compare
76Caldwell Memorial HospitalLenoir, NC · Acute care10.3%12.2%11.4%18.0%—11.6%14.3%Compare
77UNC Health Care WayneGoldsboro, NC · Acute care10.7%10.9%9.4%15.6%—13.3%15.3%Compare
T78Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem, NC · Acute care10.8%10.8%10.9%13.7%4.5%12.1%14.2%Compare
T78Moses H. Cone The Memorial HospitalGreensboro, NC · Acute care10.8%11.9%10.4%13.7%2.4%10.0%13.9%Compare
80Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton, NC · Acute care11.0%13.4%11.6%19.9%—12.7%16.1%Compare
81Rutherford Regional Medical CenterRutherfordton, NC · Acute care11.3%11.7%11.7%14.2%—12.8%15.5%Compare
82W.G. (Bill) Hefner Salisbury VA Medical Center (Salsbury)Salisbury, NC · Veterans Affairs11.5%—13.1%13.4%——12.8%Compare
83Northern Regional HospitalMount Airy, NC · Acute care12.3%—9.6%11.6%—17.3%14.6%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.