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Chicago Tribune - November 7, 2006
10: Percentage of hospitals that have a pediatric-care unit.
47: Average number of minutes a patient waits to see a doctor in the emergency room.
17: Percentage of children and adolescents (ages 2-19) who are overweight.
66: Percentage of adults who are overweight or obese.
24.1: Percentage of Hispanic children without health insurance.
7.2: Percentage of Caucasian children without health insurance.
20,019: Number of reported cases of gonorrhea in Illinois in 2005.
9,889: Number of reported cases of gonorrhea in Chicago in 2005.
1,321: Number of reported cases of AIDS in Illinois in 2005.
200,000: Number of people hospitalized by flu complications.
36,000: Number of people who die of flu each year.
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Sources: Illinois Department of Public Health, National Center for Health Statistics; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Research by Megan Lee.
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