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. 2010 Feb 15;9:9. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-9

Table 3.

Sepsis attributed deaths, stratified by infection subgroup.

State-Level Mortality
Infection Subgroup Minimum
(deaths/100,000)
Maximum
(deaths/100,000)
Median (IQR)
(deaths/100,000)

Respiratory 23.9 47.6 35.3 (33.0 - 39.3)
Septicemia 3.6 26.0 14.0 (8.6 - 19.3)
Abdominal/Gastrointestinal 3.1 8.0 4.9 (4.2 - 5.6)
Kidney/Genitourinary 0.2 0.9 0.4 (0.3 - 0.6)
Cardiac 0.6 1.8 0.9 (0.8 - 0.9)
Neurological 0.2 0.5 0.3 (0.3 - 0.4)
Other 3.2 56.0 6.1 (4.3 - 9.6)

State-level mortality per 100,000 persons ages ≥ 15 years, United States, 1999-2005. Includes contiguous United States and District of Columbia.