Disability Data for Georgia from the 2009 American Community Survey
Number of people aged 5+ with disabilities and disability rate, by health coverage status in Georgia, 2009
| |
Total population |
Any disability |
Daily activity limitation |
Self-care limitation |
| |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
| |
9,085,000 |
1,158,000 |
12.8% |
484,000 |
5.3% |
246,000 |
2.7% |
| Private Insurance |
5,631,000 |
503,000 |
8.9% |
186,000 |
3.3% |
92,000 |
1.6% |
| Medicare |
1,203,000 |
554,000 |
46.0% |
297,000 |
24.7% |
158,000 |
13.1% |
| Medicaid |
1,178,000 |
364,000 |
30.9% |
195,000 |
16.5% |
107,000 |
9.0% |
| Medicare and Medicaid |
278,000 |
187,000 |
67.2% |
119,000 |
42.7% |
66,000 |
23.8% |
| Other government program |
533,000 |
113,000 |
21.2% |
41,000 |
7.6% |
20,000 |
3.7% |
| Uninsured |
1,856,000 |
162,000 |
8.8% |
46,000 |
2.5% |
18,000 |
1.0% |
Health coverage status of people with disabilities in Georgia, 2009
| |
Any disability |
Daily activity limitation |
Self-care limitation |
No disability |
| Number of people |
1,158,000 |
484,000 |
246,000 |
7,926,000 |
| Coverage type |
| Private Insurance |
43.4% |
38.3% |
37.4% |
64.7% |
| Medicare |
47.8% |
61.4% |
64.2% |
8.2% |
| Medicaid |
31.4% |
40.2% |
43.3% |
10.3% |
| Other government program |
9.8% |
8.4% |
8.1% |
5.3% |
| Uninsured |
14.0% |
9.5% |
7.3% |
21.4% |
Health coverage status of people with daily activity limitations in Georgia, 2009
The above bar chart shows that 61.4% of people with daily activity limitations are covered by Medicare, 40.2% are covered by Medicaid, 8.4% are covered by another government program, 38.3% have private insurance, and 9.5% are uninsured.
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