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Disability Data for Colorado from the 2009 American Community Survey



Number of people aged 5+ with disabilities and disability rate, by health coverage status in Colorado, 2009
  Total population Any disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation
  Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
  4,661,000 499,000 10.7% 191,000 4.1% 97,000 2.1%
 Private Insurance 3,194,000 259,000 8.1% 82,000 2.6% 39,000 1.2%
 Medicare 594,000 239,000 40.3% 119,000 20.1% 65,000 10.9%
 Medicaid 496,000 139,000 28.0% 73,000 14.7% 42,000 8.5%
 Medicare and Medicaid 110,000 73,000 66.3% 44,000 40.3% 28,000 25.2%
 Other government program 289,000 58,000 20.2% 19,000 6.6% 9,000 3.2%
 Uninsured 756,000 58,000 7.7% 16,000 2.1% 6,000 0.8%
Health coverage status of people with disabilities in Colorado, 2009
  Any disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation No disability
Number of people 499,000 191,000 97,000 4,163,000
Coverage type
Private Insurance 51.9% 42.9% 40.2% 70.5%
Medicare 48.0% 62.4% 66.8% 8.5%
Medicaid 27.9% 38.1% 43.6% 8.6%
Other government program 11.7% 10.0% 9.7% 5.5%
Uninsured 11.6% 8.5% 6.4% 16.8%

Health coverage status of people with daily activity limitations in Colorado, 2009

The above bar chart shows that 62.4% of people with daily activity limitations are covered by Medicare, 38.1% are covered by Medicaid, 10.0% are covered by another government program, 42.9% have private insurance, and 8.5% are uninsured.

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