Homicide data characteristics: Chicago, ages 15–24 years
Year of death | Number | Annual rate per 100 000 persons | All youth homicides (%) 2009–2018 |
2009 | 212 | 51.6 | 9.3 |
2010 | 176 | 43.3 | 7.7 |
2011 | 208 | 51.5 | 9.2 |
2012 | 235 | 58.6 | 10.3 |
2013 | 188 | 47.3 | 8.3 |
2014 | 208 | 52.9 | 9.2 |
2015 | 224 | 58.0 | 9.9 |
2016 | 344 | 90.2 | 15.1 |
2017 | 284 | 75.9 | 12.5 |
2018 | 192 | 51.3 | 8.5 |
Total | 2271 | 100 |
Month of death | Number | All youth homicides (%) 2009–2018 | |
January | 159 | 7.0 | |
February | 125 | 5.5 | |
March | 154 | 6.8 | |
April | 177 | 7.8 | |
May | 198 | 8.7 | |
June | 239 | 10.5 | |
July | 251 | 11.1 | |
August | 230 | 10.1 | |
September | 211 | 9.3 | |
October | 195 | 8.6 | |
November | 177 | 7.8 | |
December | 155 | 6.8 | |
Decedent sex do we need column headings for sex, age, race/ethnicity - number, rate per 100,000 persons aged 15 to 24? | |||
Male | 2110 | 108.5 | 92.9 |
Female | 161 | 8.1 | 7.1 |
Decedent age (years) | |||
15 | 91 | 4.0 | |
16 | 164 | 7.2 | |
17 | 203 | 8.9 | |
18 | 227 | 10.0 | |
19 | 268 | 11.8 | |
20 | 253 | 11.1 | |
21 | 279 | 12.3 | |
22 | 267 | 11.8% | |
23 | 293 | 12.9 | |
24 | 226 | 10.0 | |
Decedent race/ethnicity | |||
Non-Hispanic black | 1796 | 130.5 | 79.1 |
Hispanic | 425 | 32.7 | 18.7 |
Non-Hispanic white | 41 | 4.18 | 1.8 |
Other | 9 | – | 0.4 |
Weapon type | |||
Firearm | 2155 | 94.9 | |
Other weapon | 116 | 5.1 |