Report Date: April 16 2020

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY CASES (1) DEATHS
Chicago 10,721 420
Illinois (IDPH link) 25,733 1,072
U.S. (CDC link) 632,548 27,012
World (WHO link) 1,995,983 131,037
(1) Does not include persons with pending COVID-19 tests or persons with COVID-19 related illness who have not been tested.

COVID-19 Death Characteristics for Chicago residents

CHARACTERISTIC  DEATHS % TOTAL DEATHS % DEATHS WITHIN GROUP RATE PER 100,000 POPULATION
Chicago 420 100% 3.9% 15.5
Age
0-17 1 0.2% 0.6% 0.2
18-29 2 0.5% 0.1% 0.4
30-39 8 1.9% 0.4% 1.8
40-49 31 7.4% 1.6% 9.2
50-59 54 12.9% 2.6% 17.3
60-69 78 18.6% 5.1% 29.7
70+ 246 58.5% 14.8% 104.5
Gender 
Female 167 39.8% 3.2% 12.0
Male 252 60.0% 4.7% 19.1
Under investigation 1 0.2% 0.5% -
Race-ethnicity
Latinx 60 14.3% 3.5% 7.7
Black, non-Latinx 253 60.2% 6.9% 32.3
White, non-Latinx 70 16.7% 4.4% 7.8
Asian, non-Latinx 15 3.6% 5.2% 8.3
Other, non-Latinx 7 1.7% 1.6% 5.9
Under investigation 15 3.5% 0.5% -

COVID-19 Case Characteristics for Chicago residents

CHARACTERISTIC  NUMBER % TOTAL CASES (1) RATE PER 100,000
Chicago 10,721  100% 396.2
Age
0-17 169 1.6% 30.8
18-29 1,460 13.6% 264.0
30-39 1,838 17.1% 402.8
40-49 1,941 18.1% 576.9
50-59 2,114 19.7% 675.5
60-69 1,530 14.3% 581.8
70+ 1,662 15.5% 706.3
Under investigation 7 0.1% -
Gender 
Female 5,204 48.5% 375.4
Male 5,332 49.7% 404.0
Under investigation 18 1.8% -
Race-ethnicity (2)
Latinx 1,704 22.2% 219.4
Black, non-Latinx 3,661 47.7% 466.8
White, non-Latinx 1,594 20.8% 177.1
Asian, non-Latinx 289 3.8% 160.7
Other, non-Latinx 427 5.5% 357.4
Under investigation 3,046 (28.4%) -
(2) Race-ethnicity percentage is calculated among those with known race-ethnicity as reported by the medical provider.

Underlying Chronic Conditions among Chicago residents who died from COVID-19

CHARACTERISTIC NUMBER % OF KNOWN
Known medical history 397 -
   Underlying chronic conditions (3) 363 91.4%
   No underlying chronic conditions 34 8.6%
   Under investigation 23 -
(3) Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.
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Data Source: Providers reporting to CDPH through the Illinois' National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (I-NEDSS)
Data Source: Providers reporting to CDPH through the Illinois' National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (I-NEDSS)

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