Table 1. Characteristics of patients with incident sepsis events in three data sources.
Figures are frequencies (% of column total).
| Primary care (CPRD) | Hospital episodes (HES) | Mortality data (ONS) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | ||
| Total | 9 893 (49) | 10 313 (51) | 9 796 (48) | 10 482 (52) | 6 245 (45) | 7 727 (55) | |
| Age-group (years) | 0–4 | 137 (1) | 138 (1) | 122 (1) | 142 (1) | 5 (0) | 5 (0) |
| 5–14 | 194 (2) | 181 (2 | 131 (1) | 82 (1) | 13 (0) | 6 (0) | |
| 15–24 | 230 (2) | 293 (3) | 114 (1) | 121 (2) | 19 (0) | 17 (0) | |
| 25–34 | 257 (3) | 464 (4) | 191 (2) | 238 (2) | 33 (0) | 19 (0) | |
| 35–44 | 461 (5) | 667 (6) | 353 (4) | 430 (4) | 91 (1) | 83 (1) | |
| 45–54 | 786 (8) | 911 (9) | 651 (7) | 840 (8) | 219 (4) | 219 (3) | |
| 55–64 | 1 410 (14) | 1 351 (13) | 1 298 (13) | 1 180 (11) | 520 (8) | 468 (6) | |
| 65–74 | 2 186 (22) | 1 756 (17) | 2 178 (22) | 1 809 (17) | 1 172 19) | 962 (12) | |
| 75–84 | 2 639 (27) | 2 281 (22) | 2 855 (29) | 2 661 (25) | 2 169 (35) | 2 423 (31) | |
| 85+ | 1 593 (16) | 2 271 (22) | 1 903 (19) | 2 979 (28) | 2 004 (32) | 3 525 (46) | |
| Deprivation fifth | Least deprived | 1 570 (16) | 1 502 (15) | 1 630 (17) | 1 662 (16) | 923 (15) | 1 123 (15) |
| 2nd | 1 570 (16) | 1 502 (15) | 1 630 (17) | 1 662 (16) | 923 (15) | 1 123 (15) | |
| 3rd | 2 126 (21) | 2 403 (23) | 1 892 (19) | 2 004 (19) | 1 258 (20) | 1 525 (20) | |
| 4th | 1 852 (19) | 1 817 (18) | 1 892 (19) | 1 960 (19) | 1 150 (18) | 1 408 (18) | |
| Most deprived | 1 889 (19) | 1 914 (19) | 1 944 (20) | 2 178 (21) | 1 308 (21) | 1 657 (21) | |
| Data missing | 1 (0) | 2 (0) | 1 (0) | 4 (0) | 6 (0) | 4 (0) | |
| Period | 2002:2006 | 2 271 (23) | 2 604 (25) | 1 911 (19) | 2 133 (20) | 2 077 (33) | 2 550 (33) |
| 2007:2011 | 3 234 (33) | 3 422 (33) | 2 964 (30) | 3 155 (30) | 2 398 (38) | 3 086 (40) | |
| 2012:2017 | 4 388 (44) | 4 287 (42) | 4 921 (50) | 5 194 (50) | 1 770 (28) | 2 091 (27) | |
CPRD, Clinical Practice Research Datalink; HES, Hospital Episode Statistics; ONS, Office for National Statistics.