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 2018 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. State rankings from the previous grading cycle, Spring 2018, are also displayed.
| Rank | State | % A Hospitals |
Spring 2018 Ranking |
% A Hospitals Spring 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey | 56.72% | 17 | 33.85% |
| 2 | Oregon | 54.55% | 11 | 41.38% |
| 3 | Virginia | 51.52% | 5 | 51.67% |
| 4 | Massachusetts | 44.07% | 4 | 53.57% |
| 5 | Texas | 43.06% | 14 | 35.71% |
| 6 | North Carolina | 43.04% | 9 | 41.89% |
| 7 | Rhode Island | 42.86% | 3 | 62.50% |
| 8 | Ohio | 42.73% | 8 | 42.45% |
| 9 | Colorado | 41.46% | 6 | 47.22% |
| 10 | Maine | 40.00% | 7 | 42.86% |
| 11 | Michigan | 39.51% | 24 | 30.26% |
| 12 | Louisiana | 39.22% | 28 | 27.08% |
| 13 | Illinois | 39.09% | 15 | 34.58% |
| 14 | Pennsylvania | 37.88% | 22 | 31.36% |
| 15 | Utah | 36.00% | 12 | 40.91% |
| 16 | Nevada | 35.00% | 40 | 16.67% |
| 17 | Georgia | 34.67% | 35 | 21.13% |
| 18 | Mississippi | 34.29% | 26 | 29.03% |
| 19 | Florida | 33.91% | 23 | 30.64% |
| 20 | Hawaii | 33.33% | 1 | 72.73% |
| 20 | Montana | 33.33% | 30 | 25.00% |
| 22 | Wisconsin | 32.73% | 10 | 41.51% |
| 23 | California | 32.42% | 25 | 29.10% |
| 24 | Kansas | 32.26% | 27 | 27.59% |
| 25 | New Hampshire | 30.77% | 33 | 23.08% |
| 26 | South Carolina | 30.43% | 16 | 34.15% |
| 27 | Idaho | 30.00% | 2 | 70.00% |
| 28 | Wyoming | 29.57% | 36 | 20.00% |
| 29 | Oklahoma | 25.64% | 38 | 19.44% |
| 30 | Alaska | 25.00% | 49 | 0.00% |
| 30 | Minnesota | 25.00% | 18 | 33.33% |
| 32 | Washington | 24.44% | 32 | 24.44% |
| 33 | Kentucky | 23.53% | 34 | 21.74% |
| 34 | Missouri | 23.33% | 13 | 35.85% |
| 35 | Tennessee | 23.08% | 20 | 32.79% |
| 36 | Indiana | 22.58% | 21 | 31.48% |
| 36 | Arizona | 21.74% | 29 | 26.19% |
| 38 | Maryland | 20.00% | 47 | 7.32% |
| 39 | Alabama | 18.87% | 42 | 15.22% |
| 40 | Vermont | 16.67% | 36 | 20.00% |
| 40 | West Virginia | 16.67% | 45 | 9.09% |
| 42 | New Mexico | 14.29% | 18 | 33.33% |
| 43 | South Dakota | 10.00% | 30 | 25.00% |
| 43 | Arkansas | 10.00% | 44 | 12.00% |
| 45 | Iowa | 9.09% | 39 | 19.35% |
| 46 | New York | 8.28% | 48 | 5.84% |
| 47 | Connecticut | 8.00% | 46 | 8.33% |
| 48 | Nebraska | 6.67% | 43 | 12.50% |
| 49 | Washington, D.C. | 0.00% | 40 | 16.67% |
| 49 | Delaware | 0.00% | 49 | 0.00% |
| 49 | North Dakota | 0.00% | 49 | 0.00% |