Table 1. Number of sepsis cases by patient characteristics from 2006 to 2015.

Indicator / Attribute	2006–2007 N	2008–2009 N	2010–2011 N	2012–2013 N	2014–2015 N	Average N (%)	Annual Growth Percentageb
Total
Cases of sepsis	118,014	114,834	144,636	161,100	185,874	72,446c	64.1%
% from all hospitalizations	0.60%	0.59%	0.74%	0.85%	0.99%	0.75%	76.3%
Cases per gender
Male	62,098	60,413	75,742	84,263	96,553	37,907c (52.3%)	60.8%
Female	55,915	54,421	68,894	76,837	89,321	34,539c (47.7%)	67.9%
Cases per age
0–17	43,920	40,012	44,860	44,699	42,708	21,620c (29.8%)	-5.7%
18–64	37,964	37,763	46,998	52,523	60,503	23,575c (32.5%)	68.8%
65–84	28,865	29,440	41,215	49,056	62,247	21,082c (29.1%)	135.0%
85+	7,265	7,619	11,563	14,822	20,416	6,169c (8.5%)	205.8%
Mean patient age in years	39.1	40.9	44.4	47.0	50.8	45.2	34.8%
Race/Ethnicitya
White	NA	43,810	54,067	58,044	67,345	27,908c (36.8%)	69.2%
Black	NA	3,605	4,733	4,961	5,936	2,404c (3.2%)	97.4%
Brown (Mixed-race)	NA	25,475	33,953	42,899	56,578	19,863c (26.2%)	163.1%
Yellow (Asian)	NA	481	591	653	1,296	378c (0.5%)	355.6%
Indigenous	NA	439	301	246	278	158c (0.2%)	-45.4%
No Information	NA	41,024	50,991	54,297	54,441	25,094c (33.1%)	41.0%
Death cases	50,388	47,799	65,359	76,638	95,009	33,519c	101.9%

^aFollowing the nomenclature and order presented in SIHSUS database.

^bGrowth percentage from 2006 to 2015.

^cAnnual average.

NA = not available.