CHICAGO – A recent analysis of gun violence in Chicago has revealed a disturbing trend: the likelihood of surviving a shooting has decreased over the past 13 years.
According to the study, a person shot in Chicago today is more likely to die from their injuries than in 2010, a trend especially apparent in the city’s Black and Brown communities on the South and West Sides.
The report, published by The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom focused on gun violence, draws on data from the City of Chicago Violence Reduction Dashboard and studies by the University of Chicago Crime Lab. In 2010, out of every 100 people shot in the city, 13 died. By 2023, that number had risen to 19 out of 100, signaling that shootings have become more deadly, even as the total number of shootings has occasionally declined.
The analysis points to several factors behind the increase.
“Some of the reasons that we …