Table 2. Demographics and Clinical Characteristics of Patients With Sepsis in 2014.
| Characteristic | Patients With Sepsis, No. (%) (N = 173 690) |
|---|---|
| Age, y | |
| Mean (SD) | 66.5 (15.5) |
| 20-39 | 11 475 (6.6) |
| 40-59 | 40 975 (23.6) |
| 60-79 | 80 857 (46.6) |
| ≥80 | 40 383 (23.3) |
| Sex | |
| Men | 100 030 (57.6) |
| Women | 73 660 (42.4) |
| Race/ethnicitya | |
| White | 117 081 (67.4) |
| Black | 26 564 (15.3) |
| Hispanic | 18 417 (10.6) |
| Asian | 3499 (2.0) |
| Other | 4497 (2.6) |
| Comorbidities | |
| Diabetes | 62 043 (35.7) |
| Chronic pulmonary disease | 53 742 (30.9) |
| Renal disease | 46 560 (26.8) |
| Congestive heart failure | 44 168 (25.4) |
| Cancer | 34 229 (19.7) |
| Dementia or cerebrovascular disease | 17 862 (10.3) |
| Liver disease | 17 437 (10.0) |
| HIV or AIDS | 1726 (1.0) |
| Clinical characteristics | |
| Present-on-admission sepsis | 150 801 (86.8) |
| Hospital-onset sepsis | 22 889 (13.2) |
| Positive blood culturesb | 24 949 (17.2) |
| No. of organ dysfunction criteria met | |
| Mean (SD) | 2.1 (1.4) |
| Median (range)c | 2 (1-2) |
| Required ICU admission | 94 956 (54.7) |
| ICU length of stay | |
| Mean (SD) | 6.4 (8.8) |
| Median (range)c | 5 (2-6) |
| Hospital length of stay | |
| Mean (SD) | 12.0 (12.1) |
| Median (range) c | 10 (8-12) |
| Discharge dispositiona | |
| Home | 86 301 (49.7) |
| In-hospital death | 26 061 (15.0) |
| Hospice | 10 731 (6.2) |
| Nonacute care facility | 42 127 (24.3) |
| Transfer to acute care hospital | 4216 (2.4) |
Abbreviation: ICU, intensive care unit.
a
Data missing for 3499 (2.0%) cases for race/ethnicity and 4254 (2.4%) cases for discharge disposition.
b
Blood culture results were available in 280 of the 409 hospitals in the datasets; percentage of positive blood cultures reflects the denominator of sepsis cases (n = 145 236) in those 280 hospitals. Positive blood cultures excluded common skin contaminants and were counted if they occurred anytime during hospitalization, not necessarily during the sepsis episode.
c
Reported median organ dysfunctions, ICU length of stay, and hospital length of stay represent median of the median values in each of the 7 datasets, along with range of medians across the datasets.