What did we do to make our death rate the lowest possible?
Survival and Mortality Rates
Mortality
As a university medical center, Vanderbilt often treats patients who have life-threatening conditions. Vanderbilt has fewer deaths than would be expected nationally, given the severity of the patients' conditions. The zero line is the nationally expected rate. Anything below this line is good.
Survival
Likewise, more people with life-threatening conditions survived at Vanderbilt than would be expected to survive nationally, given the severity of their conditions. The zero line is the nationally expected rate. Anything above this line is good.
About Survival and Mortality Rates
The University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) looks at the mortality rates of patients with life-threatening conditions. It compares Vanderbilt Medical Center's data against that of other academic-based medical centers.