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Table 3 Mean age and mortality in different subgroups of patients with sepsis

From: Epidemiology of sepsis in Norway in 1999

Group

n

Mean age (years)

Mean length of stay (days)

Mortality (n [%])

All

6665

57.9

14.9

897 (13.5%)

Primary sepsis

3517

57.9

10.4

508 (14.4%)

Secondary sepsis

3148

56.9

20.3

389 (12.4%)

Sepsis without organ failure

4544

57.1

14.3

323 (7.1%)

Severe sepsis

2121

57.9

16.1

574 (27%)

Septic shock

1562

54.2

14.3

457 (29.3%)