 In 2011 , Dayton was ranked the # 3 city in the United States for excellence in health care . The ranking is from HealthGrade 's list of America ’ s Top 50 Cities for Hospital Care . Other Ohio cities listed include Cincinnati at # 6 and Cleveland at # 16 . Also in 2011 , the cities of Cincinnati and Dayton were ranked # 1 and # 4 in the nation for emergency room care . Then in 2013 , HealthGrades ranked the Dayton region number one in the nation for the lowest hospital mortality rate . 
