From: Differences in reported sepsis incidence according to study design: a literature review
CDC, 1990 [57] | Angus, 2001 [14] | Martin, 2003 [63] | Flaatten, 2004 [21] | Dombrovskiy, 2005 [60] | Esper, 2006 [61] | Dombrovskiy, 2007 [59] | Shen, 2010 [56] | Wilhelms, 2010 [22] | Kumar, 2011 [62] | Lagu, 2012 [16] | Chen, 2013 [58] | |
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Country/Region | USA | USA (7 states) | USA | Norway | New Jersey, USA | USA | USA | Taiwan | Sweden | USA | USA | Taiwan |
Coding system | ICD-9 | ICD-9 | ICD-9 | ICD-10 | ICD-9 | ICD-9 | ICD-9 | ICD-9 | ICD-9/10vi | ICD-9 | ICD9 | ICD9 |
Data source | NHDS | Constructed database | NHDS | NPR | New Jersey SID | NHDS | NIS | NHIRD | SHDR | NIS | NIS | NHIRD |
Study population | NA | 6,621,559 | NA | 700,107 | 7,364,550 | NA | NA | 201,657iv 200,000v | 2,024,793 | NA | NA | NA |
Number of cases (sepsis/severe sepsis) | NA | NA/192,980 | NA | 6665/NA | 24,765 - 30,081/8096 - 13,453 | NA | NA | NA/7531iv NA/5258v | NA/37,990vii NA/27,655vii NA/12,512vii | NA | NA | NA/40,856 - 116,749 |
Exclusion criteria | <1 year | Neonate sepsis | <18 years | Previous episode of severe sepsis | Neonate sepsis, previous episode of severe sepsis | <18 years | <18 years | |||||
Internal validation | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | (Yes)ii | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Calendar year | 1979; 1987 | 1995 | 1979; 2000 | 1999 | 1995–2002 | 1979; 2003 | 1993–2003 | 1997; 2006 | 1987; 2005 | 2000; 2007 | 2007 | 1997-2008 |
Sepsis incidence 100.000 person yrs−1 | 74; 176 | – | 83; 240i | 149 | – | 83; 275i | – | – | – | – | – | - |
Severe sepsis incidence 100.000 person yrs−1 | – | 300 | – | – | 135–208 | – | 65–135 | 153; 359iii,iv 135; 217iii,v | 10; 35vii 25; 43vii 3; 13vii | 143; 343 | 1074viii 303viii | 188 - 507 |