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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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National average11.9%11.9%11.1%15.2%8.6%2.4%15.0%
T50Onslow Memorial HospitalJacksonville, NC · Acute care12.6%—11.6%20.9%9.1%—16.4%Compare
T52Ashe Memorial HospitalJefferson, NC · Critical access12.7%—10.5%16.4%7.6%—15.5%Compare
T52Lexington Memorial Hospital IncLexington, NC · Acute care12.7%—11.3%14.9%9.1%—15.1%Compare
T52Maria Parham Medical CenterHenderson, NC · Acute care12.7%11.1%9.5%20.8%8.9%—15.5%Compare
T52Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton, NC · Acute care12.7%13.4%11.6%19.9%11.0%—16.1%Compare
56Rutherford Regional Medical CenterRutherfordton, NC · Acute care12.8%11.7%11.7%14.2%11.3%—15.5%Compare
T57North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem, NC · Acute care13.0%13.3%11.0%13.0%8.9%3.6%15.1%Compare
T57Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington, NC · Acute care13.0%12.9%13.6%16.2%9.5%5.4%13.7%Compare
59Erlanger Murphy Medical CenterMurphy, NC · Critical access13.1%—11.2%14.3%——14.7%Compare
60Carolinas Medical Center/Behavioral HealthCharlotte, NC · Acute care13.2%8.7%9.4%13.2%6.8%1.8%14.8%Compare
T61UNC Health Care WayneGoldsboro, NC · Acute care13.3%10.9%9.4%15.6%10.7%—15.3%Compare
T61Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory, NC · Acute care13.3%11.8%14.6%14.4%9.6%2.1%15.6%Compare
T61Columbus Regional Healthcare SystemWhiteville, NC · Acute care13.3%—9.7%21.4%10.2%—14.5%Compare
64Carteret General HospitalMorehead City, NC · Acute care13.4%13.7%14.4%20.9%9.8%—15.7%Compare
65Randolph HospitalAsheboro, NC · Acute care13.8%—14.0%13.9%8.2%—14.4%Compare
T66Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City, NC · Acute care14.0%12.0%10.0%17.3%7.5%—15.8%Compare
T66Wilson Medical CenterWilson, NC · Acute care14.0%10.7%12.0%18.2%8.6%—15.1%Compare
68The McDowell HospitalMarion, NC · Acute care14.2%—14.5%16.2%8.6%—15.2%Compare
69Scotland Memorial HospitalLaurinburg, NC · Acute care14.4%13.3%10.9%20.1%8.5%—15.2%Compare
70Cape Fear Valley Hoke HospitalRaeford, NC · Acute care14.8%—9.1%13.8%7.7%—15.3%Compare
71UNC RockinghamEden, NC · Acute care15.4%—11.7%14.2%8.5%—14.9%Compare
72Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply, NC · Acute care15.8%12.1%12.6%17.0%8.3%—14.7%Compare
73Blue Ridge Regional HospitalSpruce Pine, NC · Critical access15.9%—14.7%14.8%——14.9%Compare
74Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde, NC · Acute care16.0%10.5%12.6%17.2%9.9%—15.1%Compare
75Wilkes Regional Medical CenterNorth Wilkesboro, NC · Acute care16.4%—11.4%14.7%8.4%—15.7%Compare
76Granville Health SystemsOxford, NC · Acute care16.9%—12.1%16.4%——14.9%Compare
T77Hugh Chatham Memorial HospitalElkin, NC · Acute care17.1%—13.5%18.0%10.0%—15.1%Compare
T77Angel Medical CenterFranklin, NC · Critical access17.1%—10.9%11.6%8.8%—15.7%Compare
79Northern Regional HospitalMount Airy, NC · Acute care17.3%—9.6%11.6%12.3%—14.6%Compare
80Sampson Regional Medical CenterClinton, NC · Acute care17.8%—11.7%17.9%8.0%—15.5%Compare
81Duke Health Lake Norman HospitalMooresville, NC · Acute care18.0%12.5%12.4%17.8%7.5%—15.3%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.

Stroke death rate
30-day death rate for stroke 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.
COPD death rate
30-day death rate for COPD patients.
CABG surgery death rate
30-day death rate for CABG surgery 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.