Table 2

Crude mortality by calendar year (1997 to 2005) for patients admitted to ICU following presentation to the emergency department in Australia and New Zealand with sepsis or septic shock

Calendar year

Percent ICU mortality (n)^a

Percent hospital mortality (n)^b

1997

27.4 (96/351)

35.6 (124/348)

1998

29.1 (87/298)

37.7 (113/301)

1999

22.6 (60/266)

30.7 (80/261)

2000

27.8 (148/534)

35.2 (184/522)

2001

23.3 (196/840)

31.6 (256/809)

2002

21.7 (219/1,011)

28.1 (280/994)

2003

19.7 (241/1,223)

25.8 (311/1,209)

2004

18.5 (260/1,403)

24.9 (350/1,403)

2005

15.6 (207/1,324)

21.2 (281/1,325)

^aFor ICU mortality, total number of patients = 7,250 (data not available for 399 patients (5.2 percent)). ^bFor hospital mortality, total number of patients = 7,172 (data not available for 477 patients (6.2 percent). ICU, intensive care unit. (Reproduced with permission from [15].)

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