SepticemiaDeath
sepsis, septic shock, septicaemia
SepticemiaDeath.Trend
Deaths due to Septicemia
Deaths with septicemia as the underlying cause of death.
ICD-10 codes: A40-A41
Number of deaths due to septicemia
Total number of persons in the population
Septicemia refers to the presence of a pathogen in the blood, whereas sepsis is the condition that is caused by the pathogen. In the context of mortality, if the cause of death is septicemia, sepsis is implied.
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Septicemia is an infection that happens when bacteria or other germs enter the bloodstream and spread throughout the body. That can trigger sepsis, which is the body's reaction to the infection. Septicemia was the ninth leading cause of death among New Jersey residents and fifteenth in the U.S. in 2020.
In New Jersey, about 2,000 deaths each year are due to septicemia. In the total population and among each racial/ethnic group, males have higher death rates than females. The age-adjusted death rate due to septicemia is significantly higher among Blacks in New Jersey than among other racial/ethnic groups. County rates per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) range from a low of 9 in Hunterdon to a high of 23 in Essex.
The New Jersey age-adjusted death rate due to septicemia is 1.8 times that of the nation as a whole. New Jersey had the second highest age-adjusted septicemia death rate in the US in 2020 [https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/septicemia_mortality/septicemia.htm ^1^]
In 2017, New Jersey became the third state to mandate sepsis protocols in its hospitals. [https://nj.gov/health/legal/documents/adoption/8_43G-14.9%20Sepsis%20Protocols.pdf ^2^] Under state law, New Jersey hospitals are required to submit uniform data to the New Jersey Department of Health on health care facility-associated infections. The Department reviews and analyzes these data and reports the results in New Jersey's annual [http://www.nj.gov/health/healthcarequality/health-care-professionals/submit-reporting/hais/index.shtml hospital performance report]. (Note that not all cases of septicemia are acquired in a healthcare setting.)
1. Septicemia Mortality by State [https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/septicemia_mortality/septicemia.htm]
2. Infection Control: Sepsis Protocols [https://nj.gov/health/legal/documents/adoption/8_43G-14.9%20Sepsis%20Protocols.pdf]
NJDOH Health Care Quality Assessment: [http://www.nj.gov/health/healthcarequality/]
CDC Sepsis Info: [https://www.cdc.gov/sepsis/index.html]
Medline Plus: [https://medlineplus.gov/sepsis.html]
Inpatient Care for Septicemia or Sepsis, NCHS Data Brief, No. 62, June 2011: [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db62.pdf]
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7/12/12 included reference to IJHG article supplied by MayJen Apiado
Updated title per Noreen D'Angelo's request 6/10/15
Added r/e view for community snapshot 8/19/16
5/11/21 removed sepsis from the title since those who requested it are no longer at DOH
4/29/22 removed IJHG reference since it no longer appears to be true: (New Jersey is the northernmost state in a contiguous cluster of states with high sepsis mortality in the Southeastern and mid-Atlantic U.S.[https://ij-healthgeographics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1476-072X-9-9 ^2^] A 2013 county-level study found clusters throughout the Midwest, mid-Atlantic, and the South.[https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-releases/2013/may/new-penn-medicine-research-ide ^3^]
[2] Wang HE, Devereaux RS, Yealy DM, Safford MM, and Howard G: National variation in United States sepsis mortality: a descriptive study. International Journal of Health Geographics 2010, 9:9. [http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/9/1/9/]
[3] New Penn Medicine Research Identifies Infection and Sepsis-Related Mortality Hotspots Across the U.S. News release 5/15/13. [http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/2013/05/hotspots])
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SepticemiaDeath.Trend
Age-Adjusted Death Rate due to Septicemia
by Year, New Jersey and the United States,
2000-2020
Deaths per 100,000 Population
SepticemiaDeath.RaceEth
Age-Adjusted Death Rate due to Septicemia
by Race/Ethnicity, New Jersey,
2020
Deaths per 100,000 Population
SepticemiaDeath.RESex
Age-Adjusted Death Rate due to Septicemia
by Race/Ethnicity and Sex, New Jersey,
2020
Deaths per 100,000 Population
SepticemiaDeath.County
Age-Adjusted Death Rate due to Septicemia
by County, New Jersey,
2018-2020
Deaths per 100,000 Standardized Population