Sepsis

a global burden
~ 27 000 000

people per year develop sepsis

~ 19 000 000
people per
year survive

~ 6 000 000
neonates and
children under
five die of sepsis1
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Survivors
may face
lifelong
complications

Maternal Death
Sepsis is one of
the most
common causes

~ 8 000 000
people per
year die

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1_ Kissoon N, Carcillo JA, Espinosa V, et al.: World Federation of Pediatric Intensive Care and
Critical Care Societies: Global Sepsis Initiative. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 12:494-503, 2011.

Everybody
can develop
sepsis following
an infection