The Illinois Department of Public Health's 2025 Illinois Homelessness Mortality and Morbidity Report highlights that people experiencing homelessness have an average life expectancy of 55.5 years, while those with stable housing live, on average, to 74.2 years.

Latest Morbidity/Mortality Report shows persons experiencing homelessness have much higher rates of hospitalizations and premature death.

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The report, created in partnership with IDPH, the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health, and the Office to Prevent and End Homelessness, also offered several recommendations to help improve the health and well-being of people without stable housing.

“One of the key pillars of Illinois’ state plan to end homelessness is to close the mortality gap for people experiencing homelessness,” Illinois’ Chief Homelessness Officer Christine Haley said in a statement. “This report provides the data we need to make smart decisions about where and how to invest in housing and health care that will have the biggest positive impact on the lives of our unhoused neighbors.” [Health News Illinois] 

For more details and view the report>

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