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Sepsis is a life-threatening emergency that happens when a body's response to an infection damages vital organs and, often, causes death. It is one of the most expensive conditions treated in hospitals in the United States.

This visualization presents data from the ´Ç²Ô—

• Morbidity and in-hospital mortality related to sepsis
• Statewide variation in hospital encounters involving sepsis
• Outcomes of Sepsis Hospitalizations, by Patient Characteristics

Morbidity and In-Hospital Mortality Related to Sepsis

This data visualization presents 2016 to 2022 data ´Ç²Ô—

• Inpatient stays and emergency department utilization for sepsis
• Inpatient days for sepsis
• Hospital costs for sepsis
• Hospital readmissions for sepsis
• Post-acute care transitions after a sepsis hospitalization

State Variation in Hospital Encounters Involving Sepsis

The percentage of inpatient stays related to sepsis, the percentage of aggregate hospital cost attributable to sepsis stays, and the rate of in-hospital mortality among sepsis hospitalizations vary by State.

The data visualization provides state-specific estimates of hospitalizations related to sepsis and outcomes of hospitalizations for sepsis including:

• Population rate of inpatient stays related to sepsis
• Percentage of inpatient stays related to sepsis by specific populations
• Percentage of aggregate hospital costs attributable to sepsis among stays for adults
• Rate of in-hospital mortality due to sepsis for adult patients

Outcomes of Sepsis Hospitalizations, by Patient Characteristics

Differences in the outcomes of sepsis hospitalizations exist across subpopulations of sepsis patients.

This data visualization presents outcomes of sepsis hospitalizations in 2022 including

• Average length of stay
• Average total hospital cost
• In-hospital mortality

Outcomes are presented by patient characteristics for

• All sepsis hospitalizations
• Maternal sepsis hospitalizations
• Pediatric sepsis hospitalizations
• Neonatal sepsis hospitalizations

More Information on Sepsis and Methodology of the Visualization

More information on hospital care related to sepsis based on data from AHRQ's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) and methodology for the estimates presented in this visualization is available from:

• Report to Congress: An Assessment of Sepsis in the United States and its Burden on Hospital Care
• Statistical Brief #306: (PDF, 1.1 MB); (PDF, 811 KB); (PDF, 1.4 MB)
• Statistical Brief #308: (PDF, 1.2 MB); (PDF, 840 KB); (PDF, 733 KB)
• Statistical Brief #309: (PDF, 876 KB); (PDF, 848 KB); (PDF, 556 KB)
• Statistical Brief #310: (PDF, 1.8 MB); (PDF, 867 KB); (PDF, 302 KB); (PDF, 1.7 MB); (PDF, 222 KB)