Report Date: April 24 2020

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY CASES (1) DEATHS
Chicago 16,200 697
Illinois (IDPH link) 39,658 1,795
U.S. (CDC link) 865,585 48,816
World (WHO link) 2,631,839 182,100
(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 697 100% 4.3% 25.8
 
0-17 0 0% 0% 0
18-29 4 0.6% 0.2% 0.7
30-39 15 2.2% 0.5% 3.3
40-49 46 6.6% 1.6% 13.7
50-59 86 12.3% 2.8% 27.5
60-69 127 18.2% 5.6% 48.3
70+ 419 60.1% 17.4% 178.1
Gender 
Female 264 37.9% 3.4% 19.0
Male 433 62.1% 5.3% 30.8
Under investigation       -
Race-ethnicity
Latinx 132 19.5% 3.9% 17.0
Black, non-Latinx 376 55.6% 7.4% 47.9
White, non-Latinx 123 18.2% 5.3% 13.7
Asian, non-Latinx 37 5.2% 84.% 20.6
Other, non-Latinx 8 1.2% 1.3% 6.7
Under investigation 21 3.0% 0.5% -
(2) Race-ethnicity percentage is calculated among those with known race-ethnicity as reported by the medical provider.

COVID-19 Case Characteristics for Chicago residents

CHARACTERISTIC  NUMBER % TOTAL CASES (1) RATE PER 100,000
Chicago 16,200 100% 598.7
 
0-17 283 1.7% 51.5
18-29 2,375 14.7% 429.5
30-39 2,797 17.2% 611.8
40-49 2,952 18.2% 877.4
50-59 3,112 19.2% 994.4
60-69 2,262 14.0% 860.1
70+ 2,412 14.9% 1,025.0
Under investigation 7 0.1% -
Gender 
Female 7,803 48.2% 562.9
Male 8,101 50.0% 613.8
Under investigation 296 1.8% -
Race-ethnicity (2)
Latinx 3,373 28.5% 434.3
Black, non-Latinx 5,112 43.1% 651.8
White, non-Latinx 2,309 19.5% 256.6
Asian, non-Latinx 439 3.7% 244.1
Other, non-Latinx 619 5.2% 518.1
Under investigation 4,348 26.8% -
(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 664 -
   Underlying chronic conditions (3) 607 91.4%
   No underlying chronic conditions 57 8.6%
   Under investigation 33 -
(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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