Public Health Reports, Data, and Publications

  • Resources for Epidemiologists: CDPH Life Expectancy Toolkit: CDPH epidemiologists have developed a suite of SAS programs, templates, and documentation to help other state and local health departments monitor the life expectancy of the populations they serve. This toolkit will allow other jurisdictions to replicate CDPH's analysis of the life expectancy gap, identify changes in the leading causes of death in their local areas, and use the results for public health planning. This toolkit was first shared at the IDPH Preparedness Summit in Normal, IL on May 7, 2025. Download the Toolkit: CDPH Life Expectancy Toolkit (ZIP)
  • Air Pollution in Chicago: Status and Opportunities: On April 2, 2025 CDPH went before the Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy to discuss air pollution and mitigation efforts in Chicago: Presentation
  • Public Health Vending Machines: CDPH operates 5 Public Health Vending Machines in Chicago, to extend harm reduction and overdose prevention supplies to people in Chicago at no cost: Public Health Vending Machine Pilot Program Brief, April 2025
  • Chicago Air Sensor Network Presentation, March 2025 Updates: Presentation
  • Chicago Department of Public Health 2024 Data Report: CDPH 2024 Data Report - English
  • The Healthy Chicago 2025 Strategic Plan is comprised of seven individual actions plans designed to address key drivers of the city’s growing racial life expectancy gap. Learn More | Read the Report: English | Spanish
chicago star

Chicago Department of Public Health 2024 Data Report

chicago star
  • COVID-19 Impacts on Life Expectancy in Chicago, 2019-2020
    On April 25, 2022, the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) released data to describe how the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the health and wellbeing of Chicagoans.
  • 2022 HIV + Syphilis Data Brief
    In honor of World AIDS Day, the Syndemic Infectious Disease Bureau is releasing the 2022 HIV + STI Data Brief. This report provides a brief overview of data surrounding the current state of HIV and Syphilis infections in Chicago.
  • CDPH Data Brief: COVID-19 in Pregnancy
    CDPH shares this brief with clinical and community partners serving pregnant people and infants to improve understanding of the local experience of COVID-19 in pregnancy and inform interventions to improve pregnancy-related outcomes and disparities.
  • HEIAP Systems Change Collaborative Report
    This report, developed with cross-sector experts including people with lived expertise, documents recommendations to improve the health of Chicagoans experiencing homelessness and gives updates on the City and partners' implementation of recommendations.
  • Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention & Data Report
    Chicago has made great progress in reducing childhood lead poisoning. This report presents recent data related to blood lead testing and the prevalence of elevated blood lead levels in children. CDPH uses this data to understand how well our strategies to eliminate childhood lead poisoning are working and to guide our future actions.
  • Healthy Chicago Equity Zones (HCEZ) 1-pager
    Healthy Chicago Equity Zones (HCEZ) are hyper-local partnerships established to achieve the Healthy Chicago 2025 goal: closing the racial life expectancy gap in our city.
  • The Relation of Neighborhood Racial and Income Polarity to Preterm Birth Rates in Chicago
    Aaron J. Weiss, Margarita Reina, Nana Matoba, Nik Prachand, James W. Collins Jr.