Disability Data for US from the 2009 American Community Survey



Number of people aged 5+ with disabilities and disability rate, by health coverage status in US, 2009
  Total population Any disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation
  Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
  285,834,000 38,487,000 13.5% 16,565,000 5.8% 8,689,000 3.0%
 Private Insurance 188,711,000 18,411,000 9.8% 6,927,000 3.7% 3,530,000 1.9%
 Medicare 45,055,000 19,941,000 44.3% 10,640,000 23.6% 5,842,000 13.0%
 Medicaid 42,013,000 12,921,000 30.8% 7,109,000 16.9% 3,992,000 9.5%
 Medicare and Medicaid 9,842,000 6,467,000 65.7% 4,230,000 43.0% 2,571,000 26.1%
 Other government program 14,522,000 3,721,000 25.6% 1,368,000 9.4% 721,000 5.0%
 Uninsured 45,244,000 3,927,000 8.7% 1,087,000 2.4% 462,000 1.0%
Health coverage status of people with disabilities in US, 2009
  Any disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation No disability
Number of people 38,487,000 16,565,000 8,689,000 247,347,000
Coverage type
Private Insurance 47.8% 41.8% 40.6% 68.9%
Medicare 51.8% 64.2% 67.2% 10.2%
Medicaid 33.6% 42.9% 45.9% 11.8%
Other government program 9.7% 8.3% 8.3% 4.4%
Uninsured 10.2% 6.6% 5.3% 16.7%

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

The above bar chart shows that 64.2% of people with daily activity limitations are covered by Medicare, 42.9% are covered by Medicaid, 8.3% are covered by another government program, 41.8% have private insurance, and 6.6% are uninsured.

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