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



Number of people ages 5+ with disabilities and disability rate, by age and gender in Maine, 2009
  Total population Any disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation
  Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
  1,246,000 220,000 17.7% 83,000 6.6% 43,000 3.5%
 Age
 5-17 202,000 16,000 7.9% 3,000 1.7% 2,000 1.2%
 18-64 839,000 117,000 14.0% 39,000 4.7% 16,000 2.0%
18-44  441,000 45,000 10.2% 14,000 3.3% 5,000 1.1%
45-64  398,000 73,000 18.2% 25,000 6.2% 11,000 2.9%
 65 +  204,000 87,000 42.5% 40,000 19.7% 24,000 12.0%
65-79 144,000 48,000 33.2% 16,000 11.3% 10,000 7.0%
80 + 61,000 39,000 64.6% 24,000 39.6% 14,000 23.8%
 Gender
 Male 603,000 112,000 18.5% 33,000 5.5% 18,000 3.0%
5-17 101,000 11,000 10.4% 2,000 2.1% 1,000 1.2%
18-64 413,000 62,000 15.1% 18,000 4.3% 7,000 1.8%
65 + 88,000 39,000 43.9% 14,000 15.4% 9,000 10.5%
 Female 643,000 109,000 16.9% 50,000 7.7% 26,000 4.0%
5-17 101,000 5,000 5.3% 1,000 1.4% 1,000 1.2%
18-64 426,000 55,000 12.9% 21,000 5.0% 9,000 2.2%
65 + 116,000 48,000 41.5% 27,000 23.0% 15,000 13.1%

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

The above pie chart shows that 4.2% of people with daily activity limitations in Maine are in the age group 5-17, 17.4% are in the age group 18-44, 29.8% are in the age group 45-64, 19.7% are in the age group 65-79 and 28.9% are 80 and above.

Age distribution of people with disabilities in Maine, 2009
Any disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation No disability
 Number of people 220,000 83,000 43,000 1,026,000
 Age
  5-17 7.2% 4.2% 5.6% 18.1%
  18-44 20.3% 17.4% 11.5% 38.6%
  45-64 33.0% 29.8% 26.4% 31.8%
  65-79 21.7% 19.7% 23.3% 9.4%
  80+ 17.8% 28.9% 33.2% 2.1%

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

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