The following 48 hospital have an acute myocardial infarction 30-day mortality rate at or below 12, well below the national average rate of 15.2
Data was taken from CMS' Hospital Compare database, and the rates reflect data measured from July 2009 through June 2012.
The 48 hospitals with the lowest heart attack 30-day mortality rates are as follows:
NYU Hospitals Center (New York City) — 9.4
East Orange (N.J.) General Hospital — 10.4
Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago) — 10.4
Glendale (Calif.) Adventist Medical Center — 10.6
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (New York City) — 10.9
Doylestown (Pa.) Hospital — 11.0
Montefiore Medical Center (Bronx, N.Y.) — 11.1
Winchester (Mass.) Hospital — 11.1
Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center (Houston) — 11.2
Maimonides Medical Center (Brooklyn, N.Y.) — 11.2
Minneapolis VA Medical Center — 11.2
Holy Name Medical Center (Teaneck, N.J.) — 11.3
William Beaumont Hospital-Troy (Mich.) — 11.3
Alexian Brothers Medical Center (Elk Grove, Ill.) — 11.3
Miriam Hospital (Providence, R.I.) — 11.4
Wakemed Cary (N.C.) Hospital — 11.4
Henry Ford Hospital (Detroit) — 11.4
Missouri Baptist Medical Center (Town and Country) — 11.5
Avera Heart Hospital (Sioux Falls, S.D.) — 11.6
St. Luke's Hospital of Kansas City (Mo.) — 11.6
University of California Davis Medical Center (Sacramento) — 11.6
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital (Ann Arbor, Mich.) — 11.7
Southcoast Hospital Group (Fall River, Mass.) — 11.7
Presence Saint Joseph Hospital (Chicago) — 11.7
Loyola Gottleib Memorial Hospital (Melrose Park, Ill.) — 11.7
Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital — 11.7
Yuma (Ariz.) Regional Medical Center — 11.7
Lawrence Hospital Center (Bronxville, N.Y.) — 11.8
Overlook Medical Center (Summit, N.J.) — 11.8
Munson Medical Center (Traverse City, Mich.) — 11.8
The Aroostook Medical Center (Presque Isle, Maine) — 11.8
Mount Sinai Medical Center (Miami Beach, Fla.) — 11.8
Sherman Oaks (Calif.) Hospital — 11.8
French Hospital Medical Center (San Louis Obispo, Calif.) — 11.8
Baptist Memorial Hospital (Memphis, Tenn.) — 11.9
Good Samaritan Hospital (Dayton, Ohio) — 11.9
Providence Hospital and Medical Centers (Southfield, Mich.) — 11.9
Hays (Kan.) Medical Center — 11.9
Beebe Medical Center (Lewes, Del.) — 11.9
Olympia Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 11.9
Arkansas Heart Hospital (Little Rock) — 11.9
Evangelical Community Hospital (Lewisburg, Pa.) — 12.0
Southside Hospital (Bay Shore, N.Y.) — 12.0
Palisades Medical Center (North Bergen, N.J.) — 12.0
Catholic Medical Center (Manchester, N.H.) — 12.0
Detroit Receiving Hospital & University Health Center — 12.0
Little Company of Mary Hospital (Evergreen Park, Ill.) — 12.0
Yale-New Haven (Conn.) Hospital — 12.0