The sepsis mortality reports contain a breakdown of the raw data, compared to the statewide aggregate. The report also includes a further breakdown of the mortality data by race, ethnicity, gender, age and payer type. The reports contain trending charts which show variations in sepsis mortality rates over time.

In addition to the mortality reports, hospital members may also download comparative mortality reports, comparing their quarterly rate with other NJ hospitals.

All reports include cases for patients 18 years and older. The data used to calculate these reports is from the New Jersey Discharge Data Collection System, which is populated from each hospital’s own administrative discharge coding data.

Questions about the Severe Sepsis Reports can be directed to SEPSIS@njha.com.