Table 3:

Mortality during the Subsequent Year for Patients Hospitalized with Severe Sepsis in the Intensive Care Unit, Matched Intensive Care Unit Control Subjects, Matched Hospitalized with Infection, Matched Hospital Control Subjects, and Matched and Unmatched Population Control Subjects

	Developed Severe Sepsis and Required ICU Care	Required ICU Care but Did Not Develop Severe Sepsis	Hospitalized with Infection but Did Not Require ICU Care	Hospitalized Patients	Matched Population Control Subjects	Unmatched Population Control Subjects
Variables	(n = 4,179)	(n = 4,179)	(n = 4,179)	(n = 4,179)	(n = 4,179)	(n = 819,283)
Mortality, %*
1-yr mortality	40.8	25.4	27.9	20.5	12.8	5.3
2-yr mortality	51.2	36.5	38.9	30.7	21.3	10.3
3-yr mortality	58.9	44.3	48.2	39.1	28.5	15.3
Mortality for those discharged home, %
1-yr mortality	27.4	17.83	21.4	16.1	—	—
2-yr mortality	40.1	29.2	31.6	25.5	—	—
3-yr mortality	47.2	36.9	40.6	33.7	—	—

For definition of abbreviation see Table 1.

All hospitalized patients survived to hospital discharge during the index admission.

^*P < 0.0001 for comparisons between patients with severe sepsis and control subjects.