Report Date: April 14 2020

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY CASES (1) DEATHS
Chicago 9,666 347
Illinois (IDPH link) 23,247 868
U.S. (CDC link) 579,005 22,252
World (WHO link) 1,848,439 117,217
(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 347 100% 3.6% 12.8
Age
0-17 1 0.3% 0.7% 0.2
18-29 2 0.6% 0.2% 0.4
30-39 7 2.0% 0.4% 1.5
40-49 27 7.8% 1.5% 8.0
50-59 45  13.0% 2.4% 14.4
60-69 65 18.7% 4.6% 24.7
70+ 200 57.6% 13.5% 85.0
Gender 
Female 144 41.5% 3.1% 10.4
Male 202 58.2% 4.2% 15.3
Under investigation 1 0.3% 0.6% -
Race-ethnicity
Latinx 45 13.0% 3.3% 5.8
Black, non-Latinx 222 64.0% 6.6% 28.3
White, non-Latinx 50 14.3% 3.5% 5.6
Asian, non-Latinx 12 3.5% 4.6% 6.7
Other, non-Latinx 6 1.7% 1.5% 5.0
Under investigation 12 3.5% 0.4% -

COVID-19 Case Characteristics for Chicago residents

CHARACTERISTIC  NUMBER % TOTAL CASES (1) RATE PER 100,000
Chicago 9,666  100% 357.2
Age
0-17 140 1.4% 25.5
18-29 1,314 13.6% 237.6
30-39 1,666 17.2% 365.1
40-49 1,761 18.3% 523.4
50-59 1,888 19.5% 603.3
60-69 1,410 14.6% 536.1
70+ 1,482 15.3% 629.8
Under investigation 5 0.1% -
Gender 
Female 4,688 48.5% 338.2
Male 4,802 49.7% 363.8
Under investigation 176 1.8% -
Race-ethnicity (2)
Latinx 1,383 20.2% 178.1
Black, non-Latinx 3,352 49.0% 427.4
White, non-Latinx 1,437 21.0% 159.7
Asian, non-Latinx 263 3.8% 146.2
Other, non-Latinx 410 6.0% 343.2
Under investigation 2,821 (29.2%) -
(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 323 -
   Underlying chronic conditions (3) 294 91.0%
   No underlying chronic conditions 29 9.0%
   Under investigation 24 -
(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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