Disability Data for Iowa from the 2009 American Community Survey
Number of people aged 5+ with disabilities and disability rate, by health coverage status in Iowa, 2009
| |
Total population |
Any disability |
Daily activity limitation |
Self-care limitation |
| |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
| |
2,810,000 |
379,000 |
13.5% |
153,000 |
5.4% |
81,000 |
2.9% |
| Private Insurance |
2,191,000 |
229,000 |
10.5% |
85,000 |
3.9% |
46,000 |
2.1% |
| Medicare |
498,000 |
210,000 |
42.2% |
107,000 |
21.6% |
61,000 |
12.3% |
| Medicaid |
362,000 |
131,000 |
36.2% |
69,000 |
19.1% |
37,000 |
10.1% |
| Medicare and Medicaid |
106,000 |
69,000 |
64.6% |
44,000 |
41.6% |
27,000 |
25.0% |
| Other government program |
117,000 |
37,000 |
31.7% |
12,000 |
10.5% |
6,000 |
5.3% |
| Uninsured |
257,000 |
24,000 |
9.2% |
5,000 |
1.8% |
2,000 |
0.7% |
Health coverage status of people with disabilities in Iowa, 2009
| |
Any disability |
Daily activity limitation |
Self-care limitation |
No disability |
| Number of people |
379,000 |
153,000 |
81,000 |
2,431,000 |
| Coverage type |
| Private Insurance |
60.5% |
55.5% |
56.9% |
80.7% |
| Medicare |
55.4% |
70.4% |
75.9% |
11.9% |
| Medicaid |
34.5% |
45.2% |
45.5% |
9.5% |
| Other government program |
9.8% |
8.1% |
7.7% |
3.3% |
| Uninsured |
6.2% |
3.0% |
2.1% |
9.6% |
Health coverage status of people with daily activity limitations in Iowa, 2009
The above bar chart shows that 70.4% of people with daily activity limitations are covered by Medicare, 45.2% are covered by Medicaid, 8.1% are covered by another government program, 55.5% have private insurance, and 3.0% are uninsured.
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