Table 3

Incidence of death for sepsis and non-sepsis individuals

ActivityPerson-time (person-years)DeathsIncidence (deaths per 1000 person-years)
Non-sepsis163 520314019.2 (18.5–19.9)
Sepsis2241316141.0 (126.3–157.5)
 Lung infection1132176155.4 (134.1–180.2)
 Kidney infection36651139.4 (105.9–183.4)
 Abdominal infection3882564.4 (43.5–95.3)
 Skin infection16823137.1 (91.1–206.4)
 ‘Sepsis’ NOS8225306.2 (206.9–453.2)
 Other infections10516152.2 (93.2–248.4)
Overall165 761345620.8 (20.2–21.6)
  • Sepsis incidence further stratified by infection type.

  • NOS, not otherwise specified.