Nature of injury and body parts injured by civilians in interactions with law enforcement, Illinois 2016-2023
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| 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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| Nature of Injury | |||||
| Any Traumatic Brain Injury | 159 (11.7%) | 95 (10.0%) | 469 (13.8%) | 24 (10.7%) | 747 (12.6%) |
| Fracture | 120 (8.8%) | 106 (11.1%) | 390 (11.5%) | 30 (13.4%) | 646 (10.9%) |
| Dislocation | 13 (1.0%) | 12 (1.3%) | 48 (1.4%) | 3 (1.3%) | 76 (1.3%) |
| Internal | 41 (3.0%) | 31 (3.3%) | 92 (2.7%) | 6 (2.7%) | 170 (2.9%) |
| Open Wound | 233 (17.1%) | 139 (14.6%) | 733 (21.6%) | 47 (21.0%) | 1152 (19.4%) |
| Amputation | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.0%) |
| Burns | 3 (0.2%) | 2 (0.2%) | 5 (0.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 10 (0.2%) |
| Blood vessels | 3 (0.2%) | 1 (0.1%) | 5 (0.1%) | 1 (0.4%) | 10 (0.2%) |
| Crush | 2 (0.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (0.1%) |
| Superficial Injury or Contusion | 631 (46.4%) | 451 (47.3%) | 1521 (44.7%) | 102 (45.5%) | 2705 (45.6%) |
| Sprain or Strain | 138 (10.1%) | 134 (14.1%) | 443 (13.0%) | 34 (15.2%) | 749 (12.6%) |
| Foreign Body | 3 (0.2%) | 1 (0.1%) | 7 (0.2%) | 2 (0.9%) | 13 (0.2%) |
| Other Effects of External Causes | 88 (6.5%) | 33 (3.5%) | 263 (7.7%) | 11 (4.9%) | 395 (6.7%) |
| Poisoning | 11 (0.8%) | 3 (0.3%) | 33 (1.0%) | 1 (0.4%) | 48 (0.8%) |
| Other Toxic Effects | 10 (0.7%) | 5 (0.5%) | 42 (1.2%) | 3 (1.3%) | 60 (1.0%) |
| Body Part | |||||
| Head / Face | 262 (19.3%) | 220 (23.1%) | 817 (24.0%) | 54 (24.1%) | 1353 (22.8%) |
| Spinal Cord | 2 (0.1%) | 5 (0.5%) | 2 (0.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 9 (0.2%) |
| Vertebrae | 12 (0.9%) | 16 (1.7%) | 31 (0.9%) | 4 (1.8%) | 63 (1.1%) |
| Thorax | 143 (10.5%) | 133 (14.0%) | 416 (12.2%) | 37 (16.5%) | 729 (12.3%) |
| Abdomen | 45 (3.3%) | 12 (1.3%) | 88 (2.6%) | 7 (3.1%) | 152 (2.6%) |
| Pelvis and Lower Back | 28 (2.1%) | 13 (1.4%) | 56 (1.6%) | 1 (0.4%) | 98 (1.7%) |
| Other Trunk | 4 (0.3%) | 4 (0.4%) | 5 (0.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 13 (0.2%) |
| Upper Extremity | 473 (34.8%) | 341 (35.8%) | 1170 (34.4%) | 80 (35.7%) | 2064 (34.8%) |
| Hip | 13 (1.0%) | 10 (1.0%) | 35 (1.0%) | 2 (0.9%) | 60 (1.0%) |
| Other Lower Extremity | 194 (14.3%) | 144 (15.1%) | 537 (15.8%) | 37 (16.5%) | 912 (15.4%) |
| Multiple Body Regions | 2 (0.1%) | 1 (0.1%) | 21 (0.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 24 (0.4%) |
| Systemic | 119 (8.8%) | 54 (5.7%) | 357 (10.5%) | 16 (7.1%) | 546 (9.2%) |
| Unspecified | 33 (2.4%) | 34 (3.6%) | 118 (3.5%) | 5 (2.2%) | 190 (3.2%) |