Sepsis-associated mortality in England: an analysis of multiple cause of death data from 2001 to 2010.

ABSTRACT: To quantify mortality associated with sepsis in the whole population of England. Descriptive statistics of multiple cause of death data. England between 2001 and 2010. All people whose death was registered in England between 2001 and 2010 and whose certificate contained a sepsis-associated International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) code. Multiple cause of death data extracted from Office for National Statistics mortality database. Age-specific and sex-specific death rates and direct age-standardised death rates. In 2010, 5.1% of deaths in England were definitely associated with sepsis. Adding those that may be associated with sepsis increases this figure to 7.7% of all deaths. Only 8.6% of deaths definitely associated with sepsis in 2010 had a sepsis-related condition

SUBMITTER: McPherson D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3733313 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature