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Objective: to define the profile of hospital morbidity and mortality by sepsis in the Unified Health System(SUS). Method: documentary research with a quantitative approach, based on data of the Department ofComputer of the Unified Health System / Brazil. The cases of sepsis, 2005 to 2009, in the Northeast, wereassociated with population estimates from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) todetermine incidence rates, mortality and lethality. The data analysis was by quantitative approach and placedon a table and figures according to the age and the annual impairment. Results: occurred 55,759 cases ofsepsis in the Northeast, 20,334 of whom died. The incidence per 100,000 inhabitants was 21.32 cases, whilethe mortality rate was 7.78 deaths. Conclusion: assistance to combat sepsis in the region has not beeneffective, since high mortality rates observed in most age groups associated with high rates of incidence andmortality.
