Data & Reports

For the Public

Making Health Care Safer

Basic information on sepsis: Making Health Care Safer: Think Sepsis. Time Matters

A CDC evaluation found 7 in 10 patients with sepsis had recently used healthcare services or had chronic diseases requiring frequent medical care.

In adults, these common infections can lead to sepsis.

Know the Numbers

Protect Your Patients from Sepsis Infographic [545 KB]

• Lung infection such as pneumonia (35%)
• Kidney or urinary tract infection (25%)
• Gut, stomach, or intestine infection (11%)
• Skin infection (11%)

Sepsis Statistics

• More than 1.5 million people get sepsis each year in the U.S
• About 250,000 Americans die from sepsis each year
• One in three patients who die in a hospital have sepsis

For Healthcare Professionals & Researchers

Opportunities for Prevention

Knowledge of patient demographics, risk factors, and infections leading to sepsis is needed to develop comprehensive infection prevention and sepsis early recognition and treatment strategies.

See: MMWR Report – Vital Signs: Epidemiology of Sepsis: Prevalence of Health Care Factors and Opportunities for Prevention

Other Sepsis Data Reports

See: MMWR Report – Varying Estimates of Sepsis Mortality Using Death Certificates and Administrative Codes — United States, 1999–2014