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Compared to Distribution

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Compared to Target

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Compared to a Single Value

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Trend

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Compared to Prior Value

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green chart bars Significantly better than the overall value

red chart bars Significantly worse than the overall value

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Age-Adjusted Death Rate due to Septicemia

County: Arlington
Measurement Period: 2016-2020
This indicators shows the age-adjusted death rate per 100,000 population due to septicemia. Septicemia includes streptococcal septicemia and other septicemia.

Why is this important?

Sepsis is the body's reaction to infection. It occurs when an infection that a person already has in his or her body causes an extreme response by the body that triggers a chain reaction which can lead to tissue damage, organ failure, and death. The signs and symptoms include high heart rate, fever, shivering, extreme paint, sweaty skin, disorientation, and shortness of breath. Anyone can get an infection and any infection can lead to sepsis, but adults 65 years of age and older, people with weakened immune systems, people with chronic medical conditions such as diabetes, lung disease, and kidney disease, and children younger than one are at highest risk.
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9.6
deaths/ 100,000 population
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Measurement period: 2016-2020
Maintained by: Conduent Healthy Communities Institute
Last update: April 2022
Filter(s) for this location: State: Virginia

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Filed under: Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Health / Mortality Data, Health Outcomes