Memorial Day to Labor Day Statistics

Here are some statistics about the summer:

The final number of deceased from Memorial Day to Labor Day is 167. This is one less than last year during the same time period. These homicides add up to 4,515 years of life that were prematurely lost with the victim's average age being 27-years-old.

The youngest victim was 1-year-old and the oldest was 71-years-old.
Here is a breakdown of victims by age:

0-10: 7
11-20: 39
21-30: 76
31-40: 22
41-50: 11
51-60: 3
61+: 4

At the beginning of this project, the number of homicides in Chicago for 2010 was about equal to the number of casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan combined. Here are the current statistics:

16 – the number of casualties in Iraq during this time period
279 – the number of casualties in Afghanistan during this time period
295 – the number of casualties both Iraq and Afghanistan during this time period

Here are the death counts for different areas of Chicago that were effected:

Austin – 9
Ashburn – 2
Auburn Gresham – 8
Avalon Park – 3
Avondale – 1
Belmont Cragin – 1
Brighton Park – 2
Calumet Heights – 1
Chatham – 1
Chicago Lawn – 2
East Garfield Park – 5
Edgewater – 1
Englewood – 8
Gage Park – 5
Grand Boulevard – 4
Greater Grand Crossing – 6
Hermosa – 2
Humbolt Park – 10
Irving Park – 2
Logan Square – 1
Lower West Side – 2
McKinley Park – 1
Montclare – 1
Morgan Park – 4
Near West Side – 4
Near South Side – 1
New City – 6
North Lawndale – 7
Oakland – 1
Portage Park – 1
Rogers Park – 1
Roseland – 10
South Chicago – 7
South Lawndale – 4
South Shore – 7
Uptown – 2
Washington Heights – 1
Washington Park – 1
West Englewood – 12
West Garfield Park – 9
West Lawn – 5
West Pullman – 4
Woodlawn – 4

Here is a breakdown of the causes of death:

gunshot: 144
stabbing: 5
auto crash: 2
assault: 2
strangling: 4
trauma: 6
arson: 1
neglect: 2

Of the 167 homicides only 23 were not gun related.