Sepsis can affect anyone, but some people are more at risk than others: The very young and very oldPeople with diabetesPeople with weak immune systems (due to chemotherapy or drugs like prednisone)People who have had an organ transplantPeople with long term medical conditions like liver, heart and kidney diseasePeople who are pregnant or who have just given birth In New Zealand, sepsis (and the infections that lead to sepsis) are more common amongst Māori and Pacific people than non-Maori, non-Pacific people.