Some of this surprised me as I was always under the impression that the larger states had better funded medical care and more advanced technology. Seems that isn't always the case.

A complete list of rankings for each of the 26 procedures studied at almost 5,000 hospitals is available at www.healthgrades.com.

Here's how the 50 states and District of Columbia fared:

Rank  State
1        ND
2        FL
3        OH
4        MI
5        MD
6        CO
7        PA
8        CT
9        UT
10      SD
11      VA
12      MN
13      AZ
14      MT
15      NJ
16      ME
17      IL
18      RI
19      WA
20      IN
21      OR
22      DC
23      NH
24      ID
25      CA
26      MA
27      MO
28      LA
29      NC
30      TX
31      NM
32      NE
33      NY
34      KY
35      DE
36      NV
37      GA
38      WI
39      AK
40      IA
41      WV
42      SC
43      WY
44      HI
45      OK
46      VT
47      KS
48      TN
49      AR
50      AL
51      MS