The following is a list of hospitals with the lowest mortality percentages from pneumonia as determined by data from Hospital Compare.
The national average for a 30-day pneumonia mortality rate is 12.02 percent, based on figures for hospitals with appropriate data collection and significant data.
Data was excluded for hospitals with no data for the measure, too short a collection time, too small a number of cases or discrepancies in the data collection process.
Portland (Ore.) VA Medical Center — 6.5 percent
Saint Vincent Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 6.7 percent
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 6.7 percent
Huntington Memorial Hospital (Pasadena, Calif.) — 6.9 percent
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital(Houston) — 6.9 percent
Greater Baltimore Medical Center — 7 percent
Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood, Calif.) — 7.3 percent
Los Angeles Community Hospital — 7.4 percent
Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg (Bethlehem, Pa.) — 7.4 percent
NYU Hospital's Center (New York City) — 7.5 percent
University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler (Texas) — 7.6 percent
Centura Health-Littleton (Colo.) Adventist Hospital — 7.7 percent
Maimonides Medical Center (Brooklyn, New York) — 7.7 percent
New York-Presbyterian Hospital (New York City) — 7.8
Franklin Woods Community Hospital (Johnson City, Tenn.) — 7.8 percent
Mayo Clinic Hospital (Phoenix) — 7.9 percent
East Valley Hospital Medical Center(Glendora, Calif.) — 7.9 percent
Indiana University Health (Indianapolis) —7.9 percent
Casey County Hospital (Liberty, Ky.) — 7.9 percent
VA Sierra Nevada Healthcare System (Reno) — 7.9 percent
Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center (Las Vegas) — 7.9 percent
Norton (Va.) Community Hospital — 9 percent
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center (Glendale, Ariz.) — 8 percent
Oroville (Calif.) Hospital — 8 percent
Glendale (Calif.) Adventist Medical Center — 8 percent
Tri Valley Health System (Cambridge, Neb.) — 8 percent
The Methodist Hospital (Houston) — 8 percent
Huntington Beach (Calif.) Hospital — 8.1 percent
Jupiter (Fla.) Medical Center — 8.1 percent
Geisinger-Bloomsburg (Pa.) Hospital — 8.1 percent
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare-St. Francis (Milwaukee) — 8.1 percent
University of California San Diego Medical Center — 8.2 percent
Desert Valley Hospital (Victorville, Calif.) — 8.2 percent
Hinsdale (Ill.) Hospital — 8.2 percent
Presence Saint Joseph Hospital-Chicago — 8.2 percent
UPMC McKeesport (Pa.) — 8.2 percent
Stafford (Va.) Hospital — 8.2 percent
Scott & White Hospital-Round Rock(Texas) — 8.2 percent
Tri-City Regional Medical Center (Hawaiian Gardens, Calif.) — 8.3 percent
Providence Tarzana (Calif.) Medical Center — 8.3 percent
Mary Greeley Medical Center (Ames, Iowa) — 8.3 percent
Medstar Harbor Hospital (Baltimore) — 8.3 percent
Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital (Baltimore) — 8.3 percent
Mount Auburn Hospital (Cambridge, Mass.) — 8.3 percent
Falmouth (Mass.) Hospital — 8.3 percent
St Peter's Hospital (Albany, N.Y.) — 8.3 percent
Park Plaza Hospital (Houston) — 8.3 percent
Marion Regional Medical Center (Hamilton, Ala.) — 8.4 percent
White Memorial Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 8.4 percent
Benefis Hospitals-Great Falls (Mont.) —8.4 percent
Jersey Shore University Medical Center (Neptune, N.J.) — 8.4 percent
Trumbull Memorial Hospital (Warren, Ohio) — 8.4 percent
Evergreen Hospital Medical Center (Kirkland, Wash.) — 8.4 percent
Bryan W. Whitfield Memorial Hospital (Demopolis, Ala.) — 8.5 percent
Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center (Globe, Ariz.) — 8.5 percent
Paradise Valley Hospital (National City, Calif.) — 8.5 percent
Garden Grove (Calif.) Hospital & Medical Center — 8.5 percent
Olympia Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 8.5 percent
West Palm Beach (Fla.) VA Medical Center — 8.5 percent
Genesys Regional Medical Center-Health Park (Grand Blanc, Mich.) — 8.5 percent
Parkland Health Center (Farmington, Mo.) — 8.5 percent
Kane (Pa.) Community Hospital — 8.5 percent