Mortality rates for eight conditions in Pennsylvania hospitals are up significantly from 2016 data, according to a recent Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council report.

The report shows average rates for the Butler Health System in all areas except for lung blood clots, which was higher than average.

The performance report of state hospitals also shows statistically significant decreases in 30-day readmission rates for seven conditions.

The eight conditions with reported increases related to in-hospital mortality rates are: sepsis, medical management of heart attacks, respiratory failure, acute kidney failure, blood clots in lungs, medical management of diabetes, abnormal heartbeat and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

The seven with reported decreases in 30-day readmission rates are: medical management of heart attacks, medical management of diabetes, heart failure, abnormal heartbeat, acute kidney failure, intestinal obstruction and stroke.

Additionally, the report showed a statistically significant statewide increase in the 30-day readmission rate for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The disease’s 30-day readmission rate increased from 20.3% to 21.1% since 2016.

Butler Health System had an above average in-hospital mortality rate for blood clots in the lung, according to the report. The average rate in the state for that condition was 2.6%. The report did not specify what BHS’s rate was.

According to the report, Butler Memorial Hospital had 86 cases of blood clots in the lung in the study period and had an average hospital charge of $37,975 for treatment of the condition.

The report compared data from federal fiscal year 2016 to data collected in federal fiscal year 2021, or Oct.1, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021.

The council tracks data for the following conditions: abnormal heartbeat, blood clots in the lung, chest pain, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes — medical management, heart attack — medical management, heart failure, intestinal obstruction, kidney and urinary tract infections, acute kidney failure, respiratory failure, sepsis and stroke.