Table 1.

Database characteristics.

States and state transition distribution in the dataset
State	Transitions (4200 total)	Patients (1492 total)
No SIRS	1300 (30.85%)	915 (61.33%)
SIRS	294 (6.98%)	264 (17.70%)
Sepsis	41 (0.97%)	38 (2.54%)
Septic Shock	17 (0.40%)	17 (1.14%)
PS (Probable SIRS)	1929 (45.79%)	939 (62.94%)
Bacteremia	157 (3.73%)	121 (8.11%)
BPS (Bacteremia Probable Sepsis)	323 (7.67%)	179 (11.99%)
PSS (Probable Septic Shock)	139 (3.30%)	135 (9.05%)
Demographics and Final Diagnosis
Characteristic	Value
Female Gender	677 (45.37%)
Male Gender	815 (54.63%)
Mortality Rate	376 (25.2%)
Length of Stay (days)	Mean: 17 Median: 8
Intensive Care Unit Stay (days)	Mean: 6.5 Median: 1
Sepsis Diagnosis	188 (12.60%)
Septic shock Diagnosis	21 (1.41%)
Severe Sepsis Diagnosis	8 (0.53%)