Report Date: October 13, 2020

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY CASES1 DEATHS
Chicago 85,602 2,995
Suburban Cook County (IDPH) 71,086 2,320
Illinois (IDPH) 324,743 9,026
U.S. (CDC) 7,787,548 214,446
World (WHO) 37,704,153 1,079,029
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 2,995 100% 3.5% 110.7
Age
0-17 2 0.1% 0.0% 0.4
18-29 23 0.8% 0.1% 4.2
30-39 76 2.5% 0.5% 16.7
40-49 168 5.6% 1.2% 49.9
50-59 337 11.3% 2.6% 107.7
60-69 654 21.8% 7.5% 248.7
70+ 1,735 57.9% 21.9% 737.3
Gender 
Female 1,239 41.4% 2.9% 89.4
Male 1,756 58.6% 4.2% 133.0
Under investigation 0 0.0% 0.0% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 992 33.2% 3.0% 127.7
Black, non-Latinx 1,269 42.5% 6.9% 161.8
White, non-Latinx 576 19.3% 4.5% 64.0
Asian, non-Latinx 127 4.2% 7.1% 70.6
Other, non-Latinx 22 0.7% 0.6% 18.4
Under investigation 9 0.3% 0.1% -
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 CASES1 RATE PER 100,000
Chicago 85,602 100% 3,163.4
Age
0-17 6,348 7.4% 1,156.3
18-29 19,378 22.6% 3,504.6
30-39 16,003 18.7% 3,507.0
40-49 14,344 16.8% 4,263.2
50-59 12,835 15.0% 4,101.1
60-69 8,752 10.2% 3,327.9
70+ 7,939 9.3% 3,373.7
Under investigation 3 0.0% -
Gender 
Female 43,160 50.4% 3,113.7
Male 41,348 48.3% 3,132.7
Under investigation 1,094 1.3% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 33,337 47.8% 4,292.3
Black, non-Latinx 18,345 26.3% 2,339.1
White, non-Latinx 12,890 18.5% 1,432.3
Asian, non-Latinx 1,787 2.6% 993.7
Other, non-Latinx 3,388 4.8% 2,835.9
Under investigation 15,855 18.5% -
2Race-ethnicity percentage is calculated among those with known race-ethnicity as reported by the medical provider.
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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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