Sepsis-related Mortality Among Adults Aged 65 and Over: United States, 2019

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• Personal Author:
  Kramarow, Ellen A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  Data from the National Vital Statistics System ; • Sepsis-related death rates for adults aged 65 and over varied from 2000 through 2019 but generally declined over this period. ; • Among adults aged 65 and over, sepsis-related death rates in 2019 increased with age; rates were about five times higher among adults aged 85 and over (750.0 per 100,000) compared with adults aged 65-74 (150.7). ; • In 2019, sepsis-related death rates for adults aged 65 and over were highest among non-Hispanic black adults (377.4 per 100,000) compared with non-Hispanic white (275.7), non-Hispanic Asian (180.0), and Hispanic (246.4) adults. ; • Among adults aged 65 and over, sepsis-related death rates in 2019 were higher in rural areas compared with urban areas. ; Suggested citation: Kramarow EA. Sepsis-related mortality among adults aged 65 and over: United States, 2019. NCHS Data Brief, no 422. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2021. ; CS327365
• Subjects:
  • Sepsis
  • Mortality
  • Aged
• Source:
  National Vital Statistics System
• Series:
  NCHS Data Briefs
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Topic:
  Health Statistics
• Pages in Document:
  8 pdf pages
• Issue:
  422
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/110542/cdc_110542_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 513.64 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
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