State Rankings

Does your state make the grade? Hospitals across the country show a lot of variation when it comes to patient safety.

Here, states are ranked based on the number of “A” hospitals they have compared to the total number of graded hospitals on the Fall 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. State rankings from Fall 2019 are also displayed.

Fall 2020 Ranking	State	% A Hospitals	Fall 2019 Ranking	% A Hospitals Fall 2019
1	Maine	62.50%	1	58.82%
2	Idaho	58.33%	7	45.45%
3	Delaware	57.14%	23	33.33%
4	Massachusetts	56.90%	12	42.37%
5	Oregon	54.84%	4	48.39%
6	Virginia	52.94%	3	55.88%
7	North Carolina	51.85%	5	46.84%
8	Vermont	50.00%	23	33.33%
9	Colorado	47.62%	20	35.90%
10	Pennsylvania	47.11%	6	45.53%
11	Utah	45.83%	2	56.00%
12	Hawaii	45.45%	35	25.00%
13	Texas	42.73%	16	38.03%
14	Michigan	42.67%	13	41.03%
15	Washington	40.43%	23	33.33%
16	Maryland	38.10%	38	22.73%
17	New Jersey	37.31%	8	44.93%
18	Ohio	37.27%	14	39.45%
19	Florida	36.26%	19	36.78%
20	California	35.85%	21	35.41%
21	Kentucky	35.56%	33	26.00%
22	South Carolina	34.04%	18	36.95%
23	Illinois	33.65%	11	42.59%
24	Tennessee	33.33%	22	33.90%
24	Wyoming	33.33%	49	0.00%
26	Georgia	32.43%	34	25.68%
27	Kansas	32.26%	30	26.67%
28	Connecticut	31.82%	17	37.50%
29	Mississippi	29.73%	26	31.43%
30	Louisiana	29.09%	27	30.77%
31	Rhode Island	28.57%	10	42.86%
32	Arizona	25.53%	32	26.09%
33	Wisconsin	24.14%	15	38.33%
34	Missouri	23.73%	29	27.59%
35	Minnesota	23.08%	37	23.08%
36	Oklahoma	22.50%	35	25.00%
37	Montana	22.22%	9	44.44%
38	Nevada	21.05%	31	26.32%
39	Washington, DC	20.00%	40	20.00%
40	Alabama	19.57%	38	22.73%
41	Indiana	18.64%	41	16.67%
42	New Mexico	16.67%	44	11.76%
43	Iowa	16.13%	46	9.38%
44	New Hampshire	15.38%	27	30.77%
45	New York	9.79%	47	7.48%
46	Arkansas	6.90%	42	13.79%
47	Nebraska	5.88%	43	12.50%
48	West Virginia	4.55%	48	4.55%
49	Alaska	0.00%	47	0.00%
49	South Dakota	0.00%	47	0.00%
49	North Dakota	0.00%	47	0.00%