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Disability Data for Louisiana from the 2009 American Community Survey: Age and Gender



Number of people ages 5+ with disabilities and disability rate, by age and gender in Louisiana, 2009
  Total population Any disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation
  Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
  4,175,000 667,000 16.0% 287,000 6.9% 157,000 3.8%
 Age
 5-17 806,000 54,000 6.7% 9,000 1.1% 7,000 0.8%
 18-64 2,816,000 361,000 12.8% 139,000 4.9% 64,000 2.3%
18-44  1,668,000 136,000 8.2% 50,000 3.0% 20,000 1.2%
45-64  1,149,000 225,000 19.6% 88,000 7.7% 44,000 3.8%
 65 +  553,000 252,000 45.5% 139,000 25.1% 86,000 15.6%
65-79 404,000 150,000 37.0% 68,000 16.7% 39,000 9.7%
80 + 149,000 102,000 68.4% 72,000 47.9% 47,000 31.7%
 Gender
 Male 2,025,000 308,000 15.2% 112,000 5.5% 62,000 3.0%
5-17 414,000 34,000 8.3% 6,000 1.4% 4,000 1.0%
18-64 1,379,000 173,000 12.6% 61,000 4.4% 28,000 2.0%
65 + 232,000 100,000 43.2% 45,000 19.4% 30,000 12.9%
 Female 2,151,000 359,000 16.7% 175,000 8.1% 96,000 4.5%
5-17 392,000 20,000 5.0% 3,000 0.9% 2,000 0.6%
18-64 1,437,000 187,000 13.0% 78,000 5.4% 37,000 2.6%
65 + 322,000 152,000 47.1% 94,000 29.2% 57,000 17.6%

Age distribution of people with daily activity limitations in Louisiana, 2009

The above pie chart shows that 3.1% of people with daily activity limitations in Louisiana are in the age group 5-17, 17.6% are in the age group 18-44, 30.8% are in the age group 45-64, 23.6% are in the age group 65-79 and 25.0% are 80 and above.

Age distribution of people with disabilities in Louisiana, 2009
Any disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation No disability
 Number of people 667,000 287,000 157,000 3,509,000
 Age
  5-17 8.1% 3.1% 4.2% 21.4%
  18-44 20.4% 17.6% 12.9% 43.7%
  45-64 33.7% 30.8% 28.1% 26.3%
  65-79 22.4% 23.6% 24.8% 7.3%
  80+ 15.3% 25.0% 30.0% 1.3%

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Age and Gender Data for Louisiana from the 2008 American Community Survey

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