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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. 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
T50Onslow Memorial HospitalJacksonville, NC · Acute care12.6%12—11.6%16.4%1.19187 min1.00150Compare
T52Ashe Memorial HospitalJefferson, NC · Critical access12.7%3——10.5%15.5%—178 min—76Compare
T52Lexington Memorial Hospital IncLexington, NC · Acute care12.7%23—11.3%15.1%0.95154 min0.8894Compare
T52Maria Parham Medical CenterHenderson, NC · Acute care12.7%2211.1%9.5%15.5%0.97168 min1.01102Compare
T52Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton, NC · Acute care12.7%2313.4%11.6%16.1%0.90248 min0.89314Compare
56Rutherford Regional Medical CenterRutherfordton, NC · Acute care12.8%2311.7%11.7%15.5%1.06144 min0.94143Compare
T57North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem, NC · Acute care13.0%4313.3%11.0%15.1%1.08183 min0.96885Compare
T57Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington, NC · Acute care13.0%3212.9%13.6%13.7%1.01204 min0.94769Compare
59Erlanger Murphy Medical CenterMurphy, NC · Critical access13.1%44—11.2%14.7%—177 min—50Compare
60Carolinas Medical Center/Behavioral HealthCharlotte, NC · Acute care13.2%438.7%9.4%14.8%0.88196 min0.98843Compare
T61UNC Health Care WayneGoldsboro, NC · Acute care13.3%3310.9%9.4%15.3%0.94190 min0.96316Compare
T61Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory, NC · Acute care13.3%2311.8%14.6%15.6%1.03174 min1.04338Compare
T61Columbus Regional Healthcare SystemWhiteville, NC · Acute care13.3%12—9.7%14.5%1.07177 min1.01166Compare
64Carteret General HospitalMorehead City, NC · Acute care13.4%2413.7%14.4%15.7%1.09225 min0.92117Compare
65Randolph HospitalAsheboro, NC · Acute care13.8%43—14.0%14.4%0.97216 min0.90145Compare
T66Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City, NC · Acute care14.0%3412.0%10.0%15.8%1.10148 min0.97182Compare
T66Wilson Medical CenterWilson, NC · Acute care14.0%1210.7%12.0%15.1%0.93191 min0.95317Compare
68The McDowell HospitalMarion, NC · Acute care14.2%34—14.5%15.2%0.94144 min0.9665Compare
69Scotland Memorial HospitalLaurinburg, NC · Acute care14.4%3313.3%10.9%15.2%0.96195 min0.93104Compare
70Cape Fear Valley Hoke HospitalRaeford, NC · Acute care14.8%44—9.1%15.3%0.94205 min0.7241Compare
71UNC RockinghamEden, NC · Acute care15.4%44—11.7%14.9%0.95187 min0.92108Compare
72Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply, NC · Acute care15.8%4412.1%12.6%14.7%0.88181 min0.9260Compare
73Blue Ridge Regional HospitalSpruce Pine, NC · Critical access15.9%34—14.7%14.9%—115 min—85Compare
74Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde, NC · Acute care16.0%3310.5%12.6%15.1%0.94193 min0.98178Compare
75Wilkes Regional Medical CenterNorth Wilkesboro, NC · Acute care16.4%33—11.4%15.7%0.93164 min1.02120Compare
76Granville Health SystemsOxford, NC · Acute care16.9%23—12.1%14.9%1.37191 min0.8962Compare
T77Hugh Chatham Memorial HospitalElkin, NC · Acute care17.1%34—13.5%15.1%0.97168 min1.0481Compare
T77Angel Medical CenterFranklin, NC · Critical access17.1%24—10.9%15.7%—120 min—25Compare
79Northern Regional HospitalMount Airy, NC · Acute care17.3%44—9.6%14.6%1.13192 min0.94112Compare
80Sampson Regional Medical CenterClinton, NC · Acute care17.8%24—11.7%15.5%0.96127 min0.96146Compare
81Duke Health Lake Norman HospitalMooresville, NC · Acute care18.0%1212.5%12.4%15.3%0.86190 min0.94105Compare

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).