Table 2.

Age and nursing home residence among U.S. emergency department visits for severe sepsis resulting in hospital death vs. discharged alive and intensive care unit vs. non-intensive care unit admission

Characteristics	In-hospital death % (95%CI)	Discharged alive % (95%CI)	ICU admission % (95%CI)	Non-ICU admission % (95%CI)
Age, years; median (IQR)	76 (64–82)	66 (47–80)	71 (61–83)	70 (54–82)
18–44	5% (nc)	18% (15–23)	4.3% (nc)	14% (9.1–20)
45–64	24% (nc)	28% (22–34)	32% (22–46)	25% (19–33)
65–79	31% (17–50)	28% (23–34)	32% (23–42)	32% (24–40)
≥80	39% (25–55)	26% (20–32)	28% (22–35)	29% (23–36)
Nursing home resident	48% (31–64)	20% (15–26)	39% (27–52)	21% (16–29)

ICU, intensive care unit; CI, confidence interval; IQR, interquartile range; ED, emergent department; LOS, length of stay; nc, not calculable due to >30% relative standard error