Causes and Outcomes of Legal Intervention Injuries in Cook County
Excluding Chicago
Key data notes
- Because of the national change in coding from ICD-9 to ICD-10 in the fourth quarter of 2015, the final quarter of 2015 is excluded from this analysis.
- The total number of injuries in the "Causes of injury" section exceeds 8,384 because some patients may have more than one cause of injury listed.
- Late effects refers to the onset of medical conditions after the acute phase of an earlier, causal condition has run its course.
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| Total in Illinois | Cook County Outpatient | Share of outpatients | Cook County Inpatient | Share of inpatients | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total injuries, 2010-15 | 8,384 | 1,393 | 56 | |||
| Cause of injury | Firearms | 247 | 29 | 2.1% | 10 | 17.9% |
| Explosives | 2 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Gas | 71 | 9 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Blunt objects (batons, flashlights) | 234 | 54 | 3.9% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Piercing instrument | 198 | 28 | 2.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Blows or manhandling | 6,531 | 1,090 | 78.2% | 22 | 39.3% | |
| Unspecified means | 897 | 155 | 11.1% | 6 | 10.7% | |
| Late effects | 224 | 33 | 2.4% | 18 | 32.1% | |
| Clinical outcomes | Treated in a level I or II facility | 3,834 | 591 | 42.4% | 56 | 100.0% |
| Mean length of hospitalization (days) | 6.1 | |||||
| Penetrating injuries | 561 | 65 | 4.7% | 10 | 17.9% | |
| Required surgical intervention | 222 | 8 | 0.6% | 16 | 28.6% | |
| Required mechanical ventilation | 36 | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 3.6% | |
| Discharged to court/law enforcement | 1,038 | 189 | 13.6% | 4 | 7.1% | |
| Died | 15 | 4 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% |