Report Date: April 27 2020

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY CASES (1) DEATHS
Chicago 18,679 773
Illinois (IDPH link) 45,883 1,983
U.S. (CDC link) 957,875 53,922
World (WHO link) 2,858,635 196,295
(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 773 100% 4.1% 28.6
Age
0-17 0 0% 0% 0
18-29 6 0.8% 0.2% 1.1
30-39 18 2.3% 0.6% 3.9
40-49 53 6.9% 1.6% 15.8
50-59 95 12.3% 2.7% 30.4
60-69 143 18.5% 5.5% 54.4
70+ 458 59.2% 16.2% 194.6
Gender 
Female 288 37.3% 3.2% 20.8
Male 485 62.7% 5.2% 36.7
Under investigation - - - -
Race-ethnicity
Latinx 157 20.9% 3.9% 20.2
Black, non-Latinx 418 55.7% 7.5% 53.3
White, non-Latinx 129 17.2% 4.9% 14.3
Asian, non-Latinx 39 5.2% 7.9% 21.7
Other, non-Latinx 7 0.9% 1.0% 5.9
Under investigation 23 3.0% 0.4% -
(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 18,679 100% 690.3
Age
0-17 361 1.9% 65.8
18-29 2,764 14.8% 499.9
30-39 3,195 17.1% 700.2
40-49 3,362 18.0% 999.2
50-59 3,557 19.0% 1,136.5
60-69 2,596 13.9% 987.1
70+ 2,833 15.2% 1,203.9
Under investigation 11 0.1% -
Gender 
Female 9,014 48.3% 650.3
Male 9,250 49.5% 700.8
Under investigation 415 2.2% -
Race-ethnicity (2)
Latinx 4,028 29.9% 518.6
Black, non-Latinx 5,606 41.6% 714.8
White, non-Latinx 2,618 19.5% 290.9
Asian, non-Latinx 492 3.7% 273.6
Other, non-Latinx 717 5.3% 600.2
Under investigation 5,218 27.9% -
(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 737 -
   Underlying chronic conditions (3) 681 92.4%
   No underlying chronic conditions 56 7.6%
   Under investigation 36 -
(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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