Report Date: May 18 2020

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY CASES1 DEATHS
Chicago 37,381 1,705
Illinois (IDPH link) 96,485 4,234
U.S. (CDC link) 1,480,349 89,407
World (WHO link) 4,628,903 312,009
1Does 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 1,705 100% 4.6% 63.0
Age
0-17 1 0.1% 0.1% 0.2
18-29 12 0.7% 0.2% 2.2
30-39 36 2.1% 0.5% 7.9
40-49 90 5.3% 1.3% 26.7
50-59 188 11.0% 2.8% 60.1
60-69 352 20.6% 7.4% 133.8
70+ 1,026 60.2% 21.4% 436.0
Gender 
Female 678 39.8% 3.7% 48.9
Male 1,023 60.0% 5.6% 77.5
Under investigation 4 0.2% 0.4% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 462 27.5% 3.7% 59.5
Black, non-Latinx 791 47.0% 8.8% 100.9
White, non-Latinx 326 19.4% 7.4% 36.2
Asian, non-Latinx 83 4.9% 10.2% 46.2
Other, non-Latinx 20 1.2% 1.4% 16.7
Under investigation 23 1.3% 0.2% -
2Race-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 37,381 100% 1,381.4
Age
0-17 1,319 3.5% 240.3
18-29 6,291 16.8% 1,137.7
30-39 6,620 17.7% 1,450.7
40-49 6,929 18.5% 2,059.4
50-59 6,647 17.8% 2,123.9
60-69 4,766 12.7% 1,812.2
70+ 4,784 12.9% 2,033.0
Under investigation 25 0.1% -
Gender 
Female 18,196 48.7% 1,312.7
Male 18,278 48.9% 1,384.8
Under investigation 907 2.4% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 12,566 44.6% 1,618.0
Black, non-Latinx 8,973 31.9% 1,144.1
White, non-Latinx 4,411 15.7% 490.1
Asian, non-Latinx 813 2.9% 452.1
Other, non-Latinx 1,401 4.9% 1,172.7
Under investigation 9,217 24.7% -
2Race-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 1,659 -
   Underlying chronic conditions3 1,532 92.3%
   No underlying chronic conditions 127 7.7%
   Under investigation 46 -
3Cases 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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