Table 3.
Rates of sepsis and sepsis-attributable mortality across four Norwegian health regions
| South-East n = 2919 |
West n = 1217 |
Mid n = 730 |
North n = 430 |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All culture-positive EOS, n (%)a | 38 (1.3) | 18 (1.5) | 20 (2.7) | 8 (1.9) | 0.076 |
| Sepsis-attributable mortality, n (%) | 12/38 (31.6) | 3/18 (16.7) | 2/20 (10) | 3/8 (37.5) | 0.201 |
| All culture-positive LOS, n (%)a | 340 (11.6) | 67 (5.5) | 36 (4.9) | 50 (11.6) | <0.001b |
| Sepsis-attributable mortality, n (%) | 31/340 (9.1) | 9/67 (13.4) | 8/36 (22.2) | 6/50 (12) | 0.650 |
| Gram-negative LOS, n (%)c | 62 (18.2) | 16 (23.9) | 10 (27.8) | 7 (14.0) | 0.240 |
| Sepsis-attributable mortality, n (%) | 9/62 (14.5) | 2/16 (12.5) | 2/10 (20.0) | 2/7 (28.6) | 0.756 |
| Gram-positive, excluding CoNS- LOS, n (%)c | 106 (31.2) | 31 (46.3) | 11 (30.6) | 15 (30.0) | 0.015d |
| Sepsis-attributable mortality, n (%) | 5/106 (4.7) | 3/31 (3.2) | 1/11 (9.1) | 1/15 (6.7) | 0.872 |
| CoNS LOS, n (%)c | 165 (48.5) | 20 (29.9) | 14 (38.9) | 25 (50.0) | <0.001b |
| Sepsis-attributable mortality, n (%) | 5/165 (3.0) | 2/20 (10.0) | 1/14 (7.1) | 1/25 (4.0) | 0.175 |
aPercentage of the study population.
bSignificant differences between South-East and West, between South-East and Mid, between West and North, and between Mid and North.
cPercentage of all culture-positive LOS cases.
dSignificant differences between South-East and West.