The CCP antibody test helps to diagnose RA and can be useful in identifying people with a more rapidly erosive form of the disease. RA is a chronic, systemic autoimmune disease that causes inflammation, pain, stiffness, and destructive changes in the hands, feet, and other joints throughout the body.
As you can see from the map above, most of the Illinois population is based in the North East of the state. Chicago, home to 2,695,598 people, remains the largest city in Illinois. It dwarfs the state's other cities â the next largest is Aurora, with 197,899 people.
Answer by Mahmoud Shahin. Confidence votes 15. Chicago Population The exact Chicago City population, per census April 1st 2000, was 2,896,016. In 2000, in the larger Chicago Metropolitan Area, i.e. the city plus its suburbs, there was a total of 9,157,450 residents. A 2007 estimate puts the city's population at 2,859,700. 3.0 million in the city itself and 9.5 million in the Chicagoland area, i.e. Chicago and it's suburbs. The next Chicago census is scheduled for 2010. 1  For more information see Related Links below.