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Data Brief: Intimate Partner Problem- Related Suicide and Homicide in Illinois 2021 and 2022

Data Brief: Intimate Partner Problem- Related Suicide and Homicide in Illinois 2021 and 2022

This data provides an overview of findings on 614 decedents linked to 584 incidents of Intimate Partner Problem-related violent deaths (IPP) that occurred in Illinois between 2021 and 2022. IPP violence is a major public health issue that can lead to ongoing mental and physical health problems, financial problems, and other serious outcomes, including death.

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Fact Sheet: Analysis of Suicide Deaths in Rural Counties, 2022

This data provides an overview of suicide deaths in Illinois rural counties. The majority, 81.6% (288) were males. The largest age group was those 65 and older, followed by 25-34 and 35-44. Non-Hispanic White accounted for 96.2% (333) of these deaths. Firearms were the most common weapon type, used in 51.8% of deaths. High school graduates represent the largest educational group.
 
Fact sheet: Analysis of Suicide Deaths in Rural Counties, 2022
Fact sheet: Analysis of Homicide Deaths in Rural Counties, 2022

Fact Sheet: Analysis of Homicide Deaths in Rural Counties, 2022

This data provides an overview of homicide death in Illinois rural counties. Nearly three quarters 74.1% (40) of victims were males. Nearly a third, 29.6% (16) were between 25 and 34 years of age. Non-Hispanic White individuals make up 55.1% (27) of the victims, while Non-Hispanic Black victims account for 42.9% (21) . Firearms are the most common weapon type, used in 63% (34) of these deaths. Laborers represent the largest occupation group 27.8% (15). 
 

Analysis of Older Adult Suicide Deaths in Illinois, 2020-2021

During 2020 and 2021, the Illinois Violent Death Reporting System (IVDRS) recorded a total of 509 suicide deaths among residents aged 65 and older (238 in 2020 and 271 in 2021). These suicides made up 18.9% of all suicide deaths in Illinois during 2020-2021.
 
 
Analysis of Older Adult Suicide Deaths in Illinois, 2020-2021
Fact Sheet: Child and Young Adult Suicide: Focus Incidents with an Intimate Partner Problem

Fact Sheet: Child and Young Adult Suicide: Focus Incidents with an Intimate Partner Problem

From 2015 to 2021, IVDRS recorded 1,171 youth suicide deaths among individuals aged 10 to 24 years old. Of these deaths, 18.1% (n=212) were associated with an intimate partner problem that contributed to the suicide.

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Data Brief: Analysis of Homicide-Suicide Incidents in Illinois, 2015-2020

From 2015-2020 there have been 96 homicide-suicide incidents recorded from the Illinois Violent Death Reporting System, resulting in 116 homicide victims and 96 suicide victims/suspects. A homicide-suicide incident is defined by one or more homicides followed by suicide of the homicide suspect within 24 hours of the homicide.

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Data Brief: Analysis of Homicide-Suicide Incidents in Illinois, 2015-2020
Fact Sheet: Illinois Veteran Suicide Deaths

Fact Sheet: Illinois Veteran Suicide Deaths

In a 2021 data analysis by Illinois Violent Death Reporting System is reporting 172 veteran suicide deaths. Thirty-five of those deaths reported a mental health problem and 50 reported a physical health problem. Other mental health circumstances that was reported were depressed mood (26), mental health treatment (14) and suicide thought history (24). The most impacted were non-Hispanic White males over the of age of 65-years-old.

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Data Brief: Illinois Homicide Deaths, 2020 Data

In 2020, Illinois had 1,353 homicides: a 27.6% increase from 2019. The Illinois Violent Death Reporting System (IVDRS) collected data on a total of 1,265 homicide deaths from 55 participating counties representing 93.4% of all homicide deaths in Illinois.

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Data Brief: Illinois Homicide Deaths, 2020 Data

IVDRS Publications & Resources

Data Briefs & Fact Sheets

Data Brief: Interpersonal Violence-related Suicides and Homicides in Chicago, IL 2015-2019

Fact Sheet: Illinois Veteran Suicide Deaths, 2018

Data Brief: Alcohol Use by Suicide Victims in Illinois 2015-2018

Data Brief: The Intersection of Homicide and Poverty: Variation at the County Level

Fact Sheet: There were 78 unexplained deaths in babies less than 6 months of age in Cook County in 2017 and 2018

Data Brief: Young Black Women at Higher Risk of Homicide, 2016 and 2017

Data Brief: Women and Suicide in Illinois, 2016 and 2017

Fact Sheet: 2016-2017 Violent Deaths Among Women in Illinois

Data Brief: Adolescent Firearm Homicide in Chicago 2013–2017: Young Black Males at High Risk

Data Brief: Elder Suicides 2015

Data Brief: Infant Deaths in Cook County 2015 and 2016

Data Brief: Suicide Rate Rises Among Illinois Youth Ages 10 to 17

Data Brief: Homicides in Chicago Community Areas 2007-2015: Concentrated Risk and Stable Rates

Data Brief: The Role of Alcohol in Homicide: 2015

Data Brief: Intimate Partner Homicides in Illinois: 2005 through 2010

Data Brief: Suicides in Chicago Decline from 2005 to 2015.

Data Brief: Homicides in Chicago: 2005, 2010 and 2015.

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Safe States Alliance Report: NVDRS Stories from the Frontlines

Data Brief: The Illinois Violent Death Reporting System, July 2015.

Data Brief: Circumstances Surrounding Suicide by Age Group, Illinois Violent Death reporting system. Sept 2014.

Data Brief: Alcohol in Victims of Homicide, Illinois Violent Death Reporting System. June 2014.

Community Health Needs Assessment 2013, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Dec 2013.

Data Brief: Examining Suicides in Illinois, 2005-2008, Illinois Violent Death Reporting System. Dec 2011.

Data Brief: Homicides of School-Aged Children and Adolescents, Illinois Violent Death Reporting System. May 2011.

Report: Gun Violence among School-Age Youth in Chicago, The University of Chicago Crime Lab. Acknowledgement. Mar 2009.

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2019 County Reports

IVDRS Materials

Research Publications

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The Perfect Gun Policy Study in a Not So Perfect Storm.
Post LA, Mason M
Am J Public Health. 2022 Dec; 112(12): 1707-1709.
https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.307120
PMID: 36302217
 
Association between youth homicides and state spending: a Chicago cross-sectional case study.
Mason M, McLone S, Monuteaux MC, Sheehan K, Lee LK, Fleegler EW
BMJ Open. 2022 Jan; 12(1): e052933-.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052933
PMID: 35074815
 
Modifiable sleep-related risk factors in infant deaths in Cook County, Illinois.
Briker A, McLone S, Mason M, Matoba N, Sheehan K
Inj Epidemiol. 2019; 6(Suppl 1): 24-.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-019-0203-1
PMID: 31333990 ISSN: 2197-1714
 
Educational Attainment of Male Homicide Victims Aged 18 to 24 Years in Chicago: 2006 to 2015.
Hazekamp C, McLone S, Yousuf S, Mason M, Sheehan K
J Interpers Violence. 2018 Oct; 886260518807216-.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260518807216
PMID: 30354844
 
Cross sectional analysis of Chicago vs suburban Cook County suicide deaths among 10-24-year-olds in the Illinois violent death reporting system.
Quimby EG, McLone SG, Mason M, Sheehan K
Inj Epidemiol. 2018 Apr; 5(Suppl 1): 20-.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-018-0142-2
PMID: 29637420 ISSN: 2197-1714
 
Child deaths of undetermined intent: An analysis of circumstances using Illinois Violent Death Reporting System data.
Wu H-W, McLone SG, Mason M, Sheehan K
J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2017 Nov; 83(5S Suppl 2): S222-S226.
https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000001600
PMID: 28557844
 
Factors associated with intimate partner homicide in Illinois, 2005-2010: Findings from the Illinois Violent Death Reporting System.
Yousuf S, McLone S, Mason M, Snow L, Gall C, Sheehan K
J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2017 Nov; 83(5S Suppl 2): S217-S221.
https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000001578
PMID: 28538637
 
Rates of firearm homicide by Chicago region, age, sex, and race/ethnicity, 2005-2010.
Walker GN, McLone S, Mason M, Sheehan K
J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2016 Oct; 81(4 Suppl 1): S48-S53.
https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000001176
PMID: 27488485
 
Model communities: a vital strategy to implementing policy and environmental change for active living and addressing health equity in Suburban Cook County, Illinois.
Barnett GLM, Dombrowski RD, Welter CR, Mason M, Geraci MV, Gilmet KA, Fagen MC, Kapadia DA
Am J Health Promot. 2014 Jan; 28(3 Suppl): S122-S124.
https://doi.org/10.4278/ajhp.28.3s.S122
PMID: 24380458
 
Reliability and validity of the injury prevention project home safety survey.
Mason M, Christoffel KK, Sinacore J
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007 Aug; 161(8): 759-765.
https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.161.8.759
PMID: 17679657 ISSN: 1072-4710
 
 

Prevention Resources

UrgentRelatedPreventable.org.

This website explains how exposure to certain events and conditions in childhood have lasting effects on health, well-being, and prosper far into adulthood. The website also highlights the connection of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) with high rates of overdose and suicide. The website includes a collective messaging framework, talking points generator, infographics, presentations, and one-pagers.

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