This contains information about deaths that occurred in Cook County that were under the Medical Examiner’s jurisdiction. Not all deaths that occur in Cook County are reported to the Medical Examiner or fall under the jurisdiction of the Medical Examiner. The Medical Examiner’s Office determines cause and manner of death for those cases that fall under its jurisdiction. Cause of death describes the reason the person died. This dataset includes information from deaths starting in August 2014 to the present, with information updated daily.
This dataset has the following 28 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case Number | case_number | text | Case Number assigned by the Medical Examiner's office. | ME2018-02419 ME2018-01279 ME2018-00889 ME2018-00685 ME2018-02295 view top 100 |
| Date of Incident | date_of_incident | calendar_date | Date incident occurred | 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000 2018-08-26T03:57:00.000 2016-02-04T13:06:00.000 2015-09-09T17:07:00.000 2019-04-19T09:30:00.000 view top 100 |
| Date of Death | date_of_death | calendar_date | Date the deceased was pronounced dead | 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000 2018-08-26T04:09:00.000 2016-02-04T13:53:00.000 2019-04-19T10:45:00.000 2017-03-30T16:32:00.000 view top 100 |
| Age | age | number | Age of decedent | 58 59 56 57 55 view top 100 |
| Gender | gender | text | Gender of decedent | Male Female Unknown view top 100 |
| Race | race | text | Race of decedent | White Black Asian Other Unknown view top 100 |
| Latino | latino | checkbox | Whether the family of the decedent identified him/her as Latino | false true view top 100 |
| Manner of Death | manner_of_death | text | One of five categories: Homicide, Suicide, Natural, Accident, Undetermined | NATURAL ACCIDENT HOMICIDE SUICIDE UNDETERMINED view top 100 |
| Primary Cause | primary_cause | text | Primary reason the person died | ORGANIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS HYPERTENSIVE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE MULTIPLE INJURIES HYPERTENSIVE ARTERIOSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE view top 100 |
| Primary Cause Line B | primary_cause_line_b | text | Primary reason the person died | HYPERTENSIVE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE . HOUSE FIRE HYPERTENSIVE AND ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE FALL view top 100 |
| Primary Cause Line C | primary_cause_line_c | text | Primary reason the person died | . END STAGE RENAL DISEASE .. HEPATITIS C HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE view top 100 |
| Secondary Cause | secondary_cause | text | Secondary reason | DIABETES MELLITUS OBESITY HYPERTENSIVE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CHRONIC ETHANOLISM CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE view top 100 |
| Gun Related | gun_related | checkbox | Whether the death was caused by a gun | true view top 100 |
| Opioid Related | opioid_related | checkbox | Whether the death was caused by an opioid | true view top 100 |
| Incident Address | incident_address | text | Address where incident occurred | Unknown UNKNOWN 2224 S. SACRAMENTO (REAR COACH HOUSE) N/A UNK view top 100 |
| Incident City | incident_city | text | City where incident occurred | CHICAGO DES PLAINES OAK LAWN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS CICERO view top 100 |
| longitude | longitude | number | -87.6295231 -87.6682305 -87.6960024 -87.6529042 -87.7014455 view top 100 | |
| latitude | latitude | number | 41.8968402 41.8809726 41.8430125 41.9648217 41.8533173 view top 100 | |
| OBJECTID | objectid | number | 20468 55612 55614 55621 55626 view top 100 | |
| location | location | text | (41.8968402, -87.6295231) (41.8809726, -87.6682305) (41.8430125, -87.6960024) (41.9648217, -87.6529042) (41.8533173, -87.7014455) view top 100 | |
| Cold Related | cold_related | checkbox | whether the death was caused by cold weather | false true view top 100 |
| Heat Related | heat_related | checkbox | whether the death was caused by hot weather | false true view top 100 |
| Incident Zip Code | incident_zip_code | text | zip code where incident occured | 60628 60644 60624 60619 60617 view top 100 |
| Residence City | residence_city | text | Chicago Des Plaines Oak Lawn Cicero Arlington Heights view top 100 | |
| Residence_Zip | residence_zip | text | 60628 60619 60620 60644 60623 view top 100 | |
| Zip Codes | zip_codes | text | 21572 21861 22216 21546 21569 view top 100 | |
| Commissioner's Districts | commissioner_s_districts | text | 2 1 3 4 5 view top 100 | |
| Municipality | municipality | text | 788 363 496 657 742 view top 100 |