Report Date: May 19 2020

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY CASES1 DEATHS
Chicago 37,974 1,742
Illinois (IDPH link) 98,030 4,379
U.S. (CDC link) 1,504,830 90,340
World (WHO link) 4,735,622 316,289
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 1,742 100% 4.6% 64.4
Age
0-17 1 0.1% 0.1% 0.2
18-29 11 0.6% 0.2% 2.0
30-39 39 2.2% 0.6% 8.5
40-49 91 5.2% 1.3% 27.0
50-59 189 10.8% 2.8% 60.4
60-69 364 20.9% 7.5% 138.4
70+ 1,047 60.2% 21.6% 444.9
Gender 
Female 691 39.7% 3.7% 49.9
Male 1,051 60.3% 5.7% 79.6
Under investigation 0 0% 0% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 480 27.9% 3.7% 61.8
Black, non-Latinx 803 46.7% 8.8% 102.4
White, non-Latinx 331 19.3% 7.4% 36.8
Asian, non-Latinx 85 4.9% 10.3% 47.3
Other, non-Latinx 20 1.2% 1.4% 16.7
Under investigation 23 1.3% 0.3% -
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 37,974 100% 1,403.3
Age
0-17 1,356 3.6% 247.0
18-29 6,421 16.9% 1,161.3
30-39 6,713 17.7% 1,471.1
40-49 7,027 18.5% 2,088.5
50-59 6,743 17.8% 2,154.6
60-69 4,840 12.7% 1,840.4
70+ 4,849 12.8% 2,060.0
Under investigation 25 0.1% -
Gender 
Female 18,480 48.7% 1,333.2
Male 18,583 48.9% 1,407.9
Under investigation 911 2.4% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 12,970 44.9% 1,670.0
Black, non-Latinx 9,151 31.7% 1,166.8
White, non-Latinx 4,478 15.5% 497.6
Asian, non-Latinx 829 2.9% 461.0
Other, non-Latinx 1,429 5.0% 1,196.1
Under investigation 9,117 24.0% -
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 1,694 -
   Underlying chronic conditions3 1,561 92.1%
   No underlying chronic conditions 133 7.9%
   Under investigation 48 -
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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