Table 1 Demographic characteristics of patients with sepsis from 1979 to 2003.
From: The effect of diabetes mellitus on organ dysfunction with sepsis: an epidemiological study
| Â | Patients with diabetes | Patients with no diabetes |
|---|---|---|
Number of patients (n) | 2,070,459 | 10,430,000 |
Age (mean, years) | 68 | 59 |
Race | Â | Â |
   Caucasian | 64% | 67% |
   Black | 17% | 14% |
   Other | 5% | 4% |
   Unknown | 14% | 15% |
Gender | Â | Â |
   Male (%) | 43% | 49% |
   Female (%) | 57% | 51% |
Pathogens (%) | Â | Â |
   Gram negatives | 25% | 22% |
   Gram positives | 29% | 28% |
   Anaerobic | 1% | 1% |
   Fungal | 2.4% | 2.2% |
   Unknown | 43% | 49% |
Number of co-morbidities (mean) | 2.07 | 0.88 |
Number of dysfunctional organ systems (mean) | 0.36 | 0.41 |
Mean hospital length of stay (days) | 13 | 14 |
Case fatality (%) | 18.5% | 20.6% |