Causes and Outcomes of Legal Intervention Injuries in Illinois
Excluding Chicago and Cook County
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 | Illinois outside Chicago and Cook County Outpatient | Share of outpatients | Illinois outside Chicago and Cook County Inpatient | Share of inpatients | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total injuries, 2010-15 | 8,384 | 3,998 | 171 | |||
| Cause of injury | Firearms | 247 | 66 | 1.7% | 41 | 24.0% |
| Explosives | 2 | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Gas | 71 | 41 | 1.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Blunt objects (batons, flashlights) | 234 | 91 | 2.3% | 3 | 1.8% | |
| Piercing instrument | 198 | 86 | 2.2% | 2 | 1.2% | |
| Blows or manhandling | 6,531 | 3,245 | 81.2% | 84 | 49.1% | |
| Unspecified means | 897 | 420 | 10.5% | 20 | 11.7% | |
| Late effects | 224 | 57 | 1.4% | 22 | 12.9% | |
| Clinical outcomes | Treated in a level I or II facility | 3,834 | 2,326 | 58.2% | 115 | 67.3% |
| Mean length of hospitalization (days) | 5.8 | |||||
| Penetrating injuries | 561 | 236 | 5.9% | 46 | 26.9% | |
| Required surgical intervention | 222 | 28 | 0.7% | 56 | 32.7% | |
| Required mechanical ventilation | 36 | 1 | 0.0% | 22 | 12.9% | |
| Discharged to court/law enforcement | 1,038 | 563 | 14.1% | 30 | 17.5% | |
| Died | 15 | 4 | 0.1% | 5 | 2.9% |