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Table 1 Mean (standard error) for the annual rates of hospitalization with septicemia per 10,000 individuals in different age groups between 2011 and 2012 for the 42 states reporting the corresponding data (Methods), and the correlations (with 95% CIs; boldface indicates statistical significance) between the state-specific septicemia hospitalization rates in different age groups between 2011 and 12 and the state-specific rates of prescribing of all oral antibiotics between 2011 and 2012

From: Levels of outpatient prescribing for four major antibiotic classes and rates of septicemia hospitalization in adults in different US states - a statistical analysis

Age

Average annual rates of septicemia hospitalization per 10,000 (standard error)

Correlation between septicemia hospitalization rates and rates of overall outpatient oral antibiotic prescribing (95% CI)

18-49y

16.3 (4.3)

0.44 (0.15,0.65)

50-64y

54.5 (12)

0.51 (0.24,0.70)

65-74y

118.0 (24)

0.49 (0.21,0.69)

75-84y

214.4 (46.9)

0.41 (0.12,0.63)

85 + y

339.7 (96.4)

0.30 (−0.01,0.55)