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<p>The Department and NHS England do not centrally hold information on hospital acquired sepsis, although incidents of this may be held by local providers. The Office for National Statistics publishes the number of death registrations where sepsis is mentioned anywhere on the death certificate, in England and Wales. The following table shows the number of deaths registered where sepsis was mentioned anywhere on the death certificate in England and Wales, in each of the last ten years until 2022:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Deaths</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>22,967</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>22,826</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>24,784</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>24,973</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>23,709</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>23,185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>21,458</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>19,324</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>21,947</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>25,542</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures for 2023 have not yet been published.</p> |