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Table 2 Sepsis attributed deaths, United States, 1999-2005

From: National variation in United States sepsis mortality: a descriptive study

State

Sepsis-

Attributed Deaths

1999-2005

Population

2000

Crude

Sepsis-Attributed Mortality

(Annual Deaths per 100,000)

Age-Adjusted

Sepsis-Attributed

Mortality

(Annual Deaths per 100,000; 95% CI)

Minnesota

11,907

4,622,379

42.9

41.0 (40.2 - 41.8)

North Dakota

2,057

597,853

57.3

44.9 (42.7 - 47.1)

Alaska

853

568,616

25.0

46.0 (43.7 - 48.3)

New Hampshire

3,214

1,185,137

45.2

46.4 (44.8 - 48.0)

Oregon

9,624

3,283,846

48.8

46.5 (45.5 - 47.5)

Vermont

1,703

582,797

48.7

47.2 (44.9 - 49.5)

Nebraska

5,467

1,588,076

57.4

50.0 (48.6 - 51.4)

Wisconsin

16,520

5,050,218

54.5

50.3 (49.5 - 51.1)

Washington

16,229

5,610,002

48.2

50.9 (50.1 - 51.7)

Idaho

3,518

1,210,933

48.4

50.9 (49.3 - 52.6)

South Dakota

2,682

699,723

63.9

51.8 (49.6 - 54.0)

Montana

2,982

854,145

58.2

53.3 (51.3 - 55.3)

New Mexico

5,138

1,682,975

50.9

53.9 (52.5 - 55.3)

Iowa

11,605

2,738,125

70.6

55.7 (54.6 - 56.8)

Maine

4,653

1,232,075

62.9

55.9 (54.2 - 57.6)

California

94,587

31,544,211

50.0

55.9 (55.6 - 56.2)

Florida

64,486

15,830,981

67.9

56.5 (56.0 - 57.0)

Utah

5,075

2,000,507

42.3

56.7 (55.4 - 58.1)

Michigan

31,031

9,211,209

56.1

56.7 (56.1 - 57.3)

Colorado

11,276

4,115,392

45.7

56.8 (55.9 - 57.7)

Kansas

9,514

2,486,519

63.8

56.8 (55.6 - 58.0)

Hawaii

4,216

1,153,656

60.9

57.8 (56.0 - 59.6)

Wyoming

1,507

464,375

54.1

57.8 (55.0 - 60.7)

Rhode Island

4,199

1,001,684

69.9

59.7 (57.8 - 61.7)

Arizona

17,673

4,944,262

59.6

59.9 (59.0 - 60.8)

Ohio

41,051

10,560,870

64.8

61.7 (61.1 - 62.3)

Indiana

21,115

5,658,032

62.2

62.2 (61.4 - 63.0)

West Virginia

7,611

1,731,920

73.2

64.8 (63.3 - 66.4)

Texas

65,887

19,423,021

56.5

67.4 (66.9 - 67.9)

Missouri

23,510

5,256,289

74.5

69.1 (68.2 - 70.0)

Pennsylvania

58,013

11,622,733

83.2

69.3 (68.7 - 69.9)

Oklahoma

14,064

3,214,010

72.9

69.9 (68.7 - 71.1)

Illinois

48,771

11,518,522

70.6

71.0 (70.4 - 71.6)

Connecticut

15,634

3,210,413

81.2

71.3 (70.1 - 72.5)

Massachusetts

29,186

6,021,153

80.8

73.1 (72.2 - 74.0)

New York

81,756

17,824,477

76.4

73.9 (73.4 - 74.4)

Nevada

7,413

1,985,276

62.2

74.1 (72.6 - 75.7)

Kentucky

16,517

3,812,718

72.2

74.4 (73.3 - 75.5)

South Carolina

16,070

3,805,040

70.4

74.4 (73.3 - 75.5)

Virginia

27,345

6,779,988

67.2

75.8 (75.0 - 76.6)

North Carolina

33,061

7,708,376

71.5

76.3 (75.5 - 77.1)

Alabama

19,304

4,154,300

77.4

76.6 (75.5 - 77.7)

Arkansas

12,676

2,506,037

84.3

77.4 (76.0 - 78.8)

Delaware

3,445

749,403

76.6

77.6 (75.0 - 80.2)

Tennessee

24,539

5,391,291

75.9

78.3 (77.3 - 79.3)

New Jersey

39,688

7,930,108

83.4

79.4 (78.6 - 80.2)

Mississippi

12,820

2,603,847

82.1

83.7 (82.3 - 85.1)

Louisiana

19,143

4,076,687

78.3

83.7 (82.6 - 84.9)

Georgia

32,420

7,800,211

69.3

85.0 (84.2 - 85.8)

Maryland

24,753

5,011,312

82.3

88.6 (87.5 - 89.7)

District of Columbia

3,896

557,759

116.4

122.7 (119.0 - 126.5)

TOTAL

1,041,404

265,173,485

65.5

65.9 (65.8 - 66.0) †

  1. Includes deaths due to an infection, age ≥ 15 years. Listed in order of ascending age-adjusted sepsis-attributed mortality. *Unreliable estimate due to limited African American population. †Among state-level estimates, minimum 41.0 per 100,000, maximum 122.7 per 100,000, median 61.7 per 100,000 (interquartile range 53.9-74.4 per 100,000).