10 Cities Where You Don’t Want to Get Sick City Readmission rate Avg. 30 day mortality rate Hospital safety score grade Preventable hospitalizations (per 1,000) National Average 15.2% 11.5% 59.3 * Binghamton, NY 17.3% 14.2% C- 59.4 Morgantown, WV 17.0% 13.3% C- 88.6 Kingston, NY 17.5% 13.3% C 64.2 Hot Springs, AR 15.8% 14.3% C- 66.7 Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA 17.0% 13.4% C 51.2 Madera, CA 16.4% 13.9% F 49.0 Bowling Green, KY 17.3% 11.8% C 101.5 Greenville, NC 17.2% 12.8% D- 57.9 Odessa, TX 15.9% 13.6% B- 77.0 Jonesboro, AR 16.0% 13.5% C- 71.5 * 59.3 patients per 1,000 Medicare enrollees were hospitalized for conditions otherwise treatable by ambulatory care.