Table 6. Mortality rate (%) in 2006 for sepsis by Brazilian regions and age groups.

	North*	Northeast#	Southeast§	South†	Central West‡	São Paulo	Total¤
1 mo[----1 y	25.5	30.2	13.3	10.7	27.1	17.1	20
1 |---- 4 y	18.0	19,4	14.3	16.1	19.9	22.1	17
5 |---- 9 y	16.5	19.3	14.3	10.3	15.6	22.1	15.1
10 |---- 14 y	16.2	23.9	21.4	15.2	17.9	31.1	20.1
15 |---- 19 y	15.3	31.7	23.1	14.9	16.8	31.7	21.8
TOTAL	21.7	27.1	14.8	12.1	23.4	20.7	19.11

*CDI (children development index) of North region  = 0.56.

#CDI of Northeast region  = 0.56.

^§CDI of Southeast region  = 0.75.

^†CDI of South region  = 0.73.

^‡CDI of Central West region = 0.70.

CDI of São Paulo State  = 0.80.

¤CDI of Brazil  = 0.67.