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Hospitals in North Carolina with the lowest stroke death rate

81 North Carolina hospitals ranked by stroke death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Pardee Hospital Henderson County, Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center, Johnston Health. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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81 hospitals ranked in North Carolina by stroke death rate; 39 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalStroke death ratelower is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average11.9%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville, NC · Acute care7.6%5412.7%13.1%13.7%0.77158 min0.99222Compare
2Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care8.8%54—9.7%13.2%0.95190 min0.8636Compare
3Johnston HealthSmithfield, NC · Acute care9.2%4411.9%12.9%15.2%0.80187 min0.95175Compare
T4Duke Regional HospitalDurham, NC · Acute care9.5%5411.5%11.7%14.1%0.98255 min0.89391Compare
T4Harris Regional HospitalSylva, NC · Acute care9.5%33—11.4%13.9%1.03174 min1.0686Compare
T6AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville, NC · Acute care9.6%54—9.8%14.3%1.02164 min0.93103Compare
T6Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern, NC · Acute care9.6%4414.8%11.7%14.1%0.86216 min0.89314Compare
T6Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte, NC · Acute care9.6%3311.9%11.1%15.5%1.04160 min0.94344Compare
9UNC Lenoir Health CareKinston, NC · Acute care9.9%4311.1%8.2%15.8%0.85194 min0.94235Compare
T10Atrium Health UnionMonroe, NC · Acute care10.0%4310.6%9.5%14.1%1.18132 min0.91157Compare
T10Moses H. Cone The Memorial HospitalGreensboro, NC · Acute care10.0%3311.9%10.4%13.9%1.08224 min0.941,232Compare
12Rex HospitalRaleigh, NC · Acute care10.1%5410.5%8.2%14.7%1.19202 min0.93425Compare
13Central Carolina HospitalSanford, NC · Acute care10.3%22—9.7%15.5%0.92172 min0.96137Compare
14WakeMed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh, NC · Acute care10.4%4413.7%11.4%13.9%0.99204 min0.97678Compare
15WakeMed, Cary HospitalCary, NC · Acute care10.5%5314.0%11.3%14.6%1.04196 min0.98156Compare
T16Watauga Medical CenterBoone, NC · Acute care10.6%3411.9%9.3%15.1%0.96192 min0.95117Compare
T16ECU Health Medical CenterGreenville, NC · Acute care10.6%2313.0%13.4%15.9%0.88289 min0.99909Compare
18Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton, NC · Acute care10.7%34—10.3%14.9%0.90177 min0.95110Compare
T19The Outer Banks Hospital, IncNags Head, NC · Critical access10.8%44—9.5%15.3%—208 min—19Compare
T19Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington, NC · Acute care10.8%3214.9%9.8%13.7%1.27228 min0.93238Compare
21Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care10.9%5210.6%9.3%13.3%0.69162 min0.96877Compare
T22Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville, NC · Acute care11.0%3313.8%11.4%14.9%0.98186 min0.93247Compare
T22Novant Health Thomasville Medical CenterThomasville, NC · Acute care11.0%33—12.2%15.1%0.95176 min0.94149Compare
T22Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville, NC · Acute care11.0%2313.4%10.2%15.4%1.06216 min0.98600Compare
T25Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury, NC · Acute care11.1%4311.3%14.1%14.1%0.78205 min0.97308Compare
T25UNC Health NashRocky Mount, NC · Acute care11.1%4311.6%11.4%14.8%0.96200 min0.95332Compare
T25Atrium Health ClevelandShelby, NC · Acute care11.1%3312.0%11.9%14.9%1.03160 min0.94241Compare
T25Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn, NC · Acute care11.1%3311.5%9.9%14.3%0.86210 min0.93108Compare
T25Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory, NC · Acute care11.1%2414.9%17.3%14.2%0.93228 min0.96258Compare
T30FirstHealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst, NC · Acute care11.2%4410.6%11.4%15.0%0.93201 min0.92395Compare
T30ECU Health North HospitalRoanoke Rapids, NC · Acute care11.2%2211.7%9.5%14.6%0.92212 min0.99206Compare
32Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews, NC · Acute care11.3%5310.3%7.1%13.6%0.91244 min0.91102Compare
33Duke University HospitalDurham, NC · Acute care11.4%5410.4%9.1%14.9%1.10317 min0.951,019Compare
34Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord, NC · Acute care11.5%4312.5%8.2%14.6%0.99186 min0.90457Compare
T35Caldwell Memorial HospitalLenoir, NC · Acute care11.6%3312.2%11.4%14.3%1.08205 min1.03110Compare
T35Vidant Duplin HospitalKenansville, NC · Acute care11.6%34—13.4%14.9%0.96170 min0.97101Compare
T35Transylvania Regional Hospital, IncBrevard, NC · Critical access11.6%24—11.1%16.8%—98 min—25Compare
T35Novant Health Ballantyne Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care11.6%—4—8.4%14.5%0.97192 min0.9236Compare
39Memorial Mission Hospital And Asheville Surgery CeAsheville, NC · Acute care11.8%3211.2%12.2%13.8%0.68163 min0.99735Compare
40UNC HospitalsChapel Hill, NC · Acute care12.0%5411.4%10.6%14.9%0.92268 min0.95724Compare
T41Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem, NC · Acute care12.1%4310.8%10.9%14.2%0.93206 min0.95912Compare
T41Stanly Regional Medical CenterAlbemarle, NC · Acute care12.1%3311.9%13.8%15.5%1.08144 min0.93109Compare
T43Vidant Chowan HospitalEdenton, NC · Critical access12.2%34—9.5%14.5%—164 min—25Compare
T43Vidant Edgecombe HospitalTarboro, NC · Acute care12.2%34—16.2%15.8%1.02239 min0.9983Compare
T45Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville, NC · Acute care12.3%439.7%11.4%14.5%0.88204 min0.9475Compare
T45Atrium Health University CityCharlotte, NC · Acute care12.3%33—10.7%14.9%1.01148 min0.93130Compare
T45High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point, NC · Acute care12.3%2311.1%10.4%15.5%0.93247 min0.95354Compare
48Vidant Roanoke Chowan HospitalAhoskie, NC · Acute care12.4%23—14.4%16.2%1.06140 min0.95124Compare
49Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia, NC · Acute care12.5%4312.6%10.8%15.3%1.04192 min0.95442Compare
T50Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton, NC · Acute care12.6%4311.2%12.1%14.4%0.90173 min1.00204Compare

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.
Overall star rating
CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
Patient survey star rating
HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
Heart attack death rate
30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
Heart failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure 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.
Serious complications
Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
Time in emergency department
Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
Medicare spending per patient
Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
Total beds
Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).