Table 2

 Distribution of patients and 30 day mortality in each risk class of predictive rules*

Risk groupsNumber of patients(N = 1016)30 day mortality(N = 87)
*All data are numbers (%) unless stated otherwise.
†p value (χ2 test for 30 day mortality).
PSI class
    I0 (0)0 (0)
    II242 (23.8)2 (0.8)
    III238 (23.4)12 (5)
    IV355 (34.9)33 (9.3)
    V181 (17.8)40 (22.1)
    p value†<0.001
CURB65
    0107 (10.5)1 (0.9)
    1333 (32.8)12 (3.6)
    2315 (31)23 (7.3)
    3189 (18.6)31 (16.4)
    464 (6.3)17 (26.6)
    58 (0.8)3 (37.5)
    p value†<0.001
CRB65
    0128 (12.6)3 (2.3)
    1489 (48.1)25 (5.1)
    2294 (28.9)33 (11.2)
    395 (9.4)22 (23.2)
    410 (1)4 (40)
    p value†<0.001