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Sepsis-associated mortality, by type of cause of death, age-standardized rates

deaths per 100,000 people 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total, underlying and contributing causes of deathTotal, underlying and contributing causes of death Contributing cause of deathContributing cause of death Underlying cause of deathUnderlying cause of death
Source(s):
Vital Statistics – Death Database (3233).

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Sepsis-associated mortality, by type of cause of death, age-standardized rates, deaths per 100,000 people
  Total, underlying and contributing causes of death Contributing cause of death Underlying cause of death
2000 17.8 14.0 3.8
2001 18.5 14.8 3.7
2002 18.9 14.9 4.0
2003 20.2 16.0 4.2
2004 20.9 16.7 4.1
2005 22.2 17.9 4.2
2006 26.4 22.1 4.4
2007 27.8 23.2 4.6
2008 27.7 22.9 4.8
2009 27.5 22.7 4.8
2010 27.2 22.5 4.7
2011 27.2 22.2 4.9
Source(s):
Vital Statistics – Death Database (3233).
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