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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