Numbers

23’700’000’000
US$ costs of sepsis in US hospitals in 2013 (+16.7% from 2011), the most expensive disease in US hospitals. For comparison: acute myocardial infarction costs were "only" US$ 12.1bn

19’000’000
Cases of severe sepsis per year world-wide (estimated lower limit)

6’000’000
Cases of neonatal and infant sepsis

200’000
Deaths per year in the US caused by severe sepsis, a number exceeding the death toll of lung cancer, the most common cancer worldwide

5’000
Deaths per year in Switzerland, which is twice the number of deaths due to breast and prostate cancer

0
Number of currently approved sepsis-specific drugs