Report Date: May 16 2020

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY CASES1 DEATHS
Chicago 36,109 1,627
Illinois (IDPH link) 92,457 4,129
U.S. (CDC link) 1,435,098 87,315
World (WHO link) 4,434,653 302,169
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 1,627 100% 4.5% 60.1
Age
0-17 1 0.1% 0.1% 0.2
18-29 12 0.7% 0.2% 2.2
30-39 34 2.1% 0.5% 7.5
40-49 88 5.4% 1.3% 26.2
50-59 181 11.2% 2.8% 57.8
60-69 334 20.5% 7.2% 127.0
70+ 977 7 60.0% 20.9% 415.2
Gender 
Female 657 40.4% 3.8% 47.4
Male 969 59.5% 5.5% 73.4
Under investigation 1 0.1% 0.1% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 437 27.2% 3.6% 56.3
Black, non-Latinx 769 47.8% 8.8% 98.1
White, non-Latinx 308 19.1% 7.2% 34.2
Asian, non-Latinx 79 4.9% 9.9% 43.9
Other, non-Latinx 16 1.0% 1.2% 13.4
Under investigation 18 1.1% 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 36,109 100% 1,334.4
Age
0-17 1,238 3.4% 225.5
18-29 6,017 16.7% 1,088.2
30-39 6,341 17.6% 1,389.6
40-49 6,707 18.6% 1,993.4
50-59 6,473 17.9% 2,068.3
60-69 4,634 12.8% 1,762.0
70+ 4,673 12.9% 1,985.8
Under investigation 26 0.1% -
Gender 
Female 17,519 48.5% 1,263.9
Male 17,686 49.0% 1,340.0
Under investigation 904 2.5% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 12,000 44.1% 1,545.1
Black, non-Latinx 8,786 32.3% 1,120.3
White, non-Latinx 4,303 15.8% 478.1
Asian, non-Latinx 796 2.8% 442.6
Other, non-Latinx 1,355 5.0% 1,134.2
Under investigation 8,869 24.6% -
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 1,580 -
   Underlying chronic conditions3 1,458 92.3%
   No underlying chronic conditions 122 7.7%
   Under investigation 47 -
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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