Table 4

30-day mortality by different severity classes of CURB-65 and pneumonia severity index (PSI) in three age groups of patients

PSI classificationClass I/IIClass IIIClass IV/V
Whole cohort0.4% (1/266)0.5% (1/194)12.5% (66/527)
Age 18–640.4% (1/223)2.2% (1/45)20.0% (16/80)
Age 65–840% (0/43)0% (0/113)11.0% (31/282)
Age ≥850% (0/36)11.5% (19/165)
CURB-65 category0–123–5
Whole cohort2.4% (12/493)7.8% (23/295)16.6% (33/199)
Age 18–642.5% (8/324)31.6% (6/19)80.0% (4/5)
Age 65–841.6% (2/127)4.8% (9/188)16.3% (20/123)
Age ≥854.8% (2/42)9.6% (8/88)23.1% (9/71)