Death rates for heart failure, heart attack by state

Massachusetts has the lowest death rate for heart failure patients and Wyoming has the lowest average death rate for heart attack patients in the country, according to CMS data.

CMS collected provider-level data on complication measures, the CMS Patient Safety Indicators and 30-day death rates for hospitals across the nation. 

Here are the average death rates for heart failure and heart attack patients for every state:

  State

  Average death rate for heart failure patients

  Average death rate for heart attack patients

Alabama

12.34

13.25

Alaska

12.99

12.48

Arizona

11.53

13.04

Arkansas

12.33

13.08

California

11.12

12.41

Colorado

11.72

11.98

Connecticut

11.12

12.26

Delaware

10.76

12.10

Florida

11.46

12.47

Georgia

11.87

12.59

Hawaii

11.84

12.63

Idaho

13.27

12.31

Illinois

11.35

12.36

Indiana

12.48

12.84

Iowa

13.14

12.84

Kansas

12.31

12.44

Kentucky

12.43

12.87

Louisiana

12.41

13.32

Maine

12.70

12.86

Maryland

11.39

12.04

Massachusetts

10.39

12.08

Michigan

11.73

12.53

Minnesota

11.30

11.75

Mississippi

12.92

13.88

Missouri

12.27

12.61

Montana

12.52

12.28

Nebraska

12.70

12.33

Nevada

11.12

12.91

New Hampshire

11.86

12.09

New Jersey

11.26

12.69

New Mexico

12.48

12.61

New York

11.30

12.23

North Carolina

12.04

12.68

North Dakota

12.47

12.23

Ohio

11.52

12.35

Oklahoma

12.45

12.98

Oregon

12.75

12.62

Pennsylvania

11.47

12.51

Rhode Island

10.90

12.43

South Carolina

12.51

12.96

South Dakota

12.16

12.10

Tennessee

12.24

13.08

Texas

11.54

12.59

Utah

11.60

11.94

Vermont

12.79

12.96

Virginia

11.96

12.16

Washington

12.54

12.68

West Virginia

11.61

12.83

Wisconsin

12.40

12.18

Wyoming

13.30

11.60




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