Data on injuries caused by legal intervention in Chicago and Illinois
2016-2023
Table 1: Demographics of Outpatient and Inpatient Cases of Patients Treated for Injuries Caused by Legal Intervention, 2016-2023. Chicago, Suburban Cook County (not including Chicago) and the Remainder of the State of Illinois Heading link
| CHICAGO ONLY (N=1360) | SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY W/O CHICAGO (N=953) | REST OF ILLINOIS (N=3399) | NOT ILLINOIS RESIDENT (N=224) | TOTAL (N=5936) |
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| Race / Ethnicity | |||||
| Black or African American | 959 (70.5%) | 486 (51.0%) | 1115 (32.8%) | 95 (42.4%) | 2655 (44.7%) |
| White Non-Hispanic | 105 (7.7%) | 214 (22.5%) | 1880 (55.3%) | 94 (42.0%) | 2293 (38.6%) |
| Hispanic/Latino | 154 (11.3%) | 182 (19.1%) | 213 (6.3%) | 15 (6.7%) | 564 (9.5%) |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 (0.1%) | 1 (0.1%) | 4 (0.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 6 (0.1%) |
| Asian | 1 (0.1%) | 7 (0.7%) | 12 (0.4%) | 2 (0.9%) | 22 (0.4%) |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.1%) | 5 (0.1%) | 2 (0.9%) | 8 (0.1%) |
| Other Race | 134 (9.9%) | 54 (5.7%) | 112 (3.3%) | 13 (5.8%) | 313 (5.3%) |
| Multiracial | 1 (0.1%) | 4 (0.4%) | 24 (0.7%) | 2 (0.9%) | 31 (0.5%) |
| Unspecified | 5 (0.4%) | 4 (0.4%) | 34 (1.0%) | 1 (0.4%) | 44 (0.7%) |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 1154 (84.9%) | 804 (84.4%) | 2780 (81.8%) | 189 (84.4%) | 4927 (83.0%) |
| Female | 206 (15.1%) | 149 (15.6%) | 619 (18.2%) | 35 (15.6%) | 1009 (17.0%) |
| Pregnant | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.0%) |
| Age | |||||
| 0 to 4 years | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.0%) |
| 5 to 9 years | 1 (0.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (0.0%) |
| 10 to 14 years | 13 (1.0%) | 9 (0.9%) | 43 (1.3%) | 3 (1.3%) | 68 (1.1%) |
| 15 to 19 years | 133 (9.8%) | 112 (11.8%) | 317 (9.3%) | 12 (5.4%) | 574 (9.7%) |
| 20 to 24 years | 256 (18.8%) | 134 (14.1%) | 403 (11.9%) | 31 (13.8%) | 824 (13.9%) |
| 25 to 34 years | 477 (35.1%) | 336 (35.3%) | 1162 (34.2%) | 88 (39.3%) | 2063 (34.8%) |
| 35 to 44 years | 268 (19.7%) | 194 (20.4%) | 793 (23.3%) | 48 (21.4%) | 1303 (22.0%) |
| 45 to 54 years | 127 (9.3%) | 102 (10.7%) | 443 (13.0%) | 27 (12.1%) | 699 (11.8%) |
| 55 to 64 years | 62 (4.6%) | 49 (5.1%) | 187 (5.5%) | 11 (4.9%) | 309 (5.2%) |
| 65 to 74 years | 18 (1.3%) | 14 (1.5%) | 43 (1.3%) | 2 (0.9%) | 77 (1.3%) |
| 75 years and above | 5 (0.4%) | 3 (0.3%) | 6 (0.2%) | 2 (0.9%) | 16 (0.3%) |
| Mean Age (sd) | 32.4 (sd=12.6) | 33.0 (sd=12.5) | 34.1 (sd=12.2) | 34.6 (sd=13.9) | 33.6 (sd=12.4) |
| Homeless | 20 (1.5%) | 13 (1.4%) | 32 (0.9%) | 5 (2.2%) | 70 (1.2%) |
| Injured in Derelict/Abandoned Housing | 66 (4.9%) | 21 (2.2%) | 107 (3.1%) | 14 (6.3%) | 208 (3.5%) |
| Payer type | |||||
| Self-pay/Self-administered | 332 (24.4%) | 215 (22.6%) | 627 (18.4%) | 106 (47.3%) | 1280 (21.6%) |
| Charity | 32 (2.4%) | 22 (2.3%) | 17 (0.5%) | 8 (3.6%) | 79 (1.3%) |
| Medicaid | 707 (52.0%) | 486 (51.0%) | 1899 (55.9%) | 63 (28.1%) | 3155 (53.2%) |
| Medicare | 48 (3.5%) | 51 (5.4%) | 252 (7.4%) | 6 (2.7%) | 357 (6.0%) |
| Private Insurance | 203 (14.9%) | 156 (16.4%) | 476 (14.0%) | 32 (14.3%) | 867 (14.6%) |
| Workers' Compensation | 21 (1.5%) | 8 (0.8%) | 24 (0.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 53 (0.9%) |
| ChampUS or ChampVA | 1 (0.1%) | 2 (0.2%) | 10 (0.3%) | 3 (1.3%) | 16 (0.3%) |
| Other | 16 (1.2%) | 13 (1.4%) | 94 (2.8%) | 6 (2.7%) | 129 (2.2%) |
| Year | |||||
| 2016 | 176 (12.9%) | 144 (15.1%) | 364 (10.7%) | 18 (8.0%) | 702 (11.8%) |
| 2017 | 207 (15.2%) | 139 (14.6%) | 376 (11.1%) | 27 (12.1%) | 749 (12.6%) |
| 2018 | 192 (14.1%) | 171 (17.9%) | 463 (13.6%) | 43 (19.2%) | 869 (14.6%) |
| 2019 | 205 (15.1%) | 134 (14.1%) | 505 (14.9%) | 36 (16.1%) | 880 (14.8%) |
| 2020 | 185 (13.6%) | 95 (10.0%) | 409 (12.0%) | 31 (13.8%) | 720 (12.1%) |
| 2021 | 133 (9.8%) | 70 (7.3%) | 381 (11.2%) | 18 (8.0%) | 602 (10.1%) |
| 2022 | 114 (8.4%) | 96 (10.1%) | 422 (12.4%) | 23 (10.3%) | 655 (11.0%) |
| 2023 | 148 (10.9%) | 104 (10.9%) | 479 (14.1%) | 28 (12.5%) | 759 (12.8%) |