Disability Data for New Jersey from the 2009 American Community Survey
Number of people aged 5+ with disabilities and disability rate, by health coverage status in New Jersey, 2009
| |
Total population |
Any disability |
Daily activity limitation |
Self-care limitation |
| |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
| |
8,156,000 |
920,000 |
11.3% |
440,000 |
5.4% |
228,000 |
2.8% |
| Private Insurance |
5,957,000 |
496,000 |
8.3% |
209,000 |
3.5% |
105,000 |
1.8% |
| Medicare |
1,284,000 |
513,000 |
39.9% |
295,000 |
23.0% |
156,000 |
12.2% |
| Medicaid |
936,000 |
292,000 |
31.2% |
176,000 |
18.8% |
101,000 |
10.8% |
| Medicare and Medicaid |
260,000 |
164,000 |
63.1% |
112,000 |
43.3% |
68,000 |
26.0% |
| Other government program |
177,000 |
46,000 |
26.1% |
19,000 |
10.9% |
10,000 |
5.5% |
| Uninsured |
1,081,000 |
69,000 |
6.4% |
23,000 |
2.1% |
9,000 |
0.9% |
Health coverage status of people with disabilities in New Jersey, 2009
| |
Any disability |
Daily activity limitation |
Self-care limitation |
No disability |
| Number of people |
920,000 |
440,000 |
228,000 |
7,235,000 |
| Coverage type |
| Private Insurance |
53.9% |
47.6% |
46.3% |
75.5% |
| Medicare |
55.7% |
67.1% |
68.8% |
10.7% |
| Medicaid |
31.7% |
39.9% |
44.2% |
8.9% |
| Other government program |
5.0% |
4.4% |
4.3% |
1.8% |
| Uninsured |
7.5% |
5.3% |
4.1% |
14.0% |
Health coverage status of people with daily activity limitations in New Jersey, 2009
The above bar chart shows that 67.1% of people with daily activity limitations are covered by Medicare, 39.9% are covered by Medicaid, 4.4% are covered by another government program, 47.6% have private insurance, and 5.3% are uninsured.
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