Table 1

Characteristics of patients with sepsis, France 2015–2019

Characteristicsn (%)
Years
2015
(n=222 232)
2016
(n=236 314)
2017
(n=245 780)
2018
(n=258 608)
2019
(n=261 499)
Gender
 Male128 090 (57.6)135 613 (57.4)141 113 (57.4)148 650 (57.5)150 507 (57.6)
 Female94 142 (42.4)100 701 (42.6)104 667 (42.6)109 958 (42.5)110 992 (42.4)
Age
 <112 193 (5.5)11 321 (4.8)11 193 (4.6)11 052 (4.3)10 547 (4.0)
 1–154137 (1.9)4588 (1.9)4287 (1.7)4681 (1.8)4786 (1.8)
 16–306492 (2.9)7050 (3.0)7023 (2.9)7441 (2.9)7252 (2.8)
 31–4511 993 (5.4)12 599 (5.3)12 691 (5.2)13 370 (5.2)13 078 (5.0)
 46–5518 601 (8.4)19 046 (8.1)19 595 (8.0)20 392 (7.9)20 299 (7.8)
 56–6536 585 (16.5)38 174 (16.2)38 539 (15.7)40 736 (15.8)40 349 (15.4)
 66–7545 078 (20.3)50 052 (21.2)54 125 (22.0)58 989 (22.8)61 672 (23.6)
 76–8554 256 (24.4)56 725 (24.0)58 052 (23.6)59 528 (23.0)59 679 (22.8)
 >8532 897 (14.8)36 759 (15.640 275 (16.4)42 419 (16.4)43 837 (16.8)
Charlson index,24 median (IQR)2 (0–3)2 (0–3)2 (0–3)2 (0–3)2 (0–3)
 082 175 (37.0)87 080 (36.8)89 599 (36.5)94 792 (36.7)95 465 (36.5)
 1–276 140 (34.3)81 113 (34.3)84 603 (34.4)89 191 (34.5)90 600 (34.6)
 3–431 656 (14.2)33 947 (14.4)35 485 (14.4)36 824 (14.2)37 358 (14.3)
 >532 261 (14.5)34 174 (14.5)36 093 (14.7)37 801 (14.6)38 076 (14.6)
Comorbidities
 Cancer51 042 (23.0)54 810 (23.2)56 581 (23.0)59 648 (23.1)60 064 (23.0)
 Congestive heart failure46 324 (20.8)49 394 (20.9)51 912 (21.1)54 511 (21.1)54 553 (20.9)
 Renal disease27 960 (12.6)30 091 (12.7)32 119 (13.1)33 252 (12.9)34 554 (13.2)
 Chronic pulmonary disease24 941 (11.2)26 110 (11.1)27 097 (11.0)28 513 (11.0)29 249 (11.2)
 Metastatic carcinoma20 619 (9.3)22 408 (9.5)23 516 (9.6)24 915 (9.6)25 331 (9.7)
 Diabetes with chronic complications13 104 (5.9)13 690 (5.8)14 212 (5.8)14 558 (5.6)14 598 (5.6)
 Paraplegia or hemiplegia11 535 (5.2)12 463 (5.3)13 238 (5.4)14 416 (5.6)14 496 (5.5)
 Dementia12 265 (5.5)13 035 (5.5)13 825 (5.6)14 247 (5.5)14 123 (5.4)
 Mild liver disease11 560 (5.2)12 002 (5.1)12 837 (5.2)13 134 (5.1)13 440 (5.1)
 Moderate or severe liver disease5844 (2.6)5922 (2.5)6266 (2.6)6318 (2.4)6335 (2.4)
 Rheumatological disease2691 (1.2)2807 (1.2)2866 (1.2)3071 (1.2)3128 (1.2)
 AIDS1044 (0.5)1016 (0.4)1104 (0.5)1020 (0.4)1006 (0.4)