Report Date: May 26 2020

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY CASES1 DEATHS
Chicago 43,333 1,981
Illinois (IDPH link) 113,195 4,923
U.S. (CDC link) 1,662,414 98,261
World (WHO link) 5,404,512 343,514
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 1,981 100% 4.6% 73.2
Age
0-17 1 0.1% 0.1% 0.2
18-29 14 0.7% 0.2% 2.5
30-39 48 2.4% 0.6% 10.5
40-49 103 5.2% 1.3% 30.6
50-59 219 11.0% 2.9% 68.7
60-69 419 21.2% 7.7% 157.0
70+ 1,177 59.4% 22.1% 495.1
Gender 
Female 784 39.6% 3.7% 56.6
Male 1,197 60.4% 5.7% 90.7
Under investigation 0 0% 0% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 579 29.5% 3.9% 74.5
Black, non-Latinx 878 44.8% 8.8% 112.0
White, non-Latinx 385 19.6% 7.8% 42.8
Asian, non-Latinx 100 5.1% 10.6% 55.6
Other, non-Latinx 20 1.0% 1.3% 16.7
Under investigation 19 1.0% 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 43,333 100% 1,601.4
Age
0-17 1,719 4.0% 313.1
18-29 7,619 17.5% 1,377.9
30-39 7,708 17.8% 1,689.2
40-49 7,954 18.4% 2,364.0
50-59 7,586 17.5% 2,423.9
60-69 5,389 12.5% 2,052.5
70+ 5,322 12.2% 2,261.6
Under investigation 27 0.1% -
Gender 
Female 21,250 49.0% 1,533.1
Male 21,126 48.8% 1,600.6
Under investigation 957 2.2% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 15,033 46.3% 1,935.6
Black, non-Latinx 9,997 30.8% 1,274.7
White, non-Latinx 4,919 15.2% 546.6
Asian, non-Latinx 944 2.9% 524.9
Other, non-Latinx 1,574 4.8% 1,317.5
Under investigation 10,866 25.1% -
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 1,932 -
   Underlying chronic conditions3 1,778 92.0%
   No underlying chronic conditions 154 8.0%
   Under investigation 49 -
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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