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Table 2 Annual burden per 100,000 population of five types of healthcare-associated infections from the Australian PPS, and the ECDC PPS Sample

From: Burden of five healthcare associated infections in Australia

 

Sample

SSI

UTI

CDI

HAP

BSI

All

HAIs

Australia

179.8

(126.7–259.3)

172.4

(102.4–279.4)

20.8

(9.6–43.7)

209.3

(127.4–336.9)

97.5

(63.7–147.3)

693.4

(551.9–869.5)

ECDC

19.9

(17.7–22.2)

128.7

(122.4–135.1)

155.9

(148.6–163.5)

99.4

(94.3–104.6)

14.4

(12.7–16.4)

418.4

(407.3–430)

German

162.8

(137.6–191)

146

(127.1–167.8)

52.6

(41.9–65.8)

228.8

(199.7–262.6)

44.6 (35.6–55.3)

636.3

(589–686.7)

Deaths

Australia

3.6

(2.5–5.1)

3

(1.1–7.2)

1.1

(0.1–3.4)

7.7

(1.9–18)

14.3

(7.6–24.7)

30.8

(20.1–45.3)

ECDC

3

(1.9–4.1)

4.8

(1.2–9.2)

2.7

(1.1–5.4)

2.3

(2.2–2.4)

0.8

(0–1.6)

13.8

(9.3–19.1)

German

6.1

(1.6–12)

3.7

(3.2–4.2)

7.8

(4.8–11.6)

4

(1.6–8)

2.4

(0.1–5.1)

24.5

(16.9–32.7)

DALYs

Australia

53.6

(37.8–77.2)

65.4

(24.1–151.3)

11.2

(1–35.2)

159.7

(71.6–316.7)

190.1

(106.5–321.6)

497.5

(346.1–702.4)

ECDC

43.1

(29.1–58.1)

84.4

(43.7–131.1)

48.4

(20.6–88.2)

30.3

(28.8–31.9)

8.3

(0.7–16.2)

216.5

(158.8–280.9)

German

98.6

(51–159.3)

44.6

(38.8–51.3)

102.2

(66.2–148.2)

70.3

(30.1–130.8)

23.8

(2.1–49)

344.7

(256–442.2)

  1. SSI surgical site infections, UTI urinary tract infections, CDI Clostridioides difficile infection, HAP healthcare acquired pneumonia, BSI bloodstream infection, DALYs disability adjusted life years, YLL years of life lost, YLD years lived with disability