Disability Data for Colorado from the 2009 American Community Survey
Number of people aged 5+ with disabilities and disability rate, by health coverage status in Colorado, 2009
| |
Total population |
Any disability |
Daily activity limitation |
Self-care limitation |
| |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
| |
4,661,000 |
499,000 |
10.7% |
191,000 |
4.1% |
97,000 |
2.1% |
| Private Insurance |
3,194,000 |
259,000 |
8.1% |
82,000 |
2.6% |
39,000 |
1.2% |
| Medicare |
594,000 |
239,000 |
40.3% |
119,000 |
20.1% |
65,000 |
10.9% |
| Medicaid |
496,000 |
139,000 |
28.0% |
73,000 |
14.7% |
42,000 |
8.5% |
| Medicare and Medicaid |
110,000 |
73,000 |
66.3% |
44,000 |
40.3% |
28,000 |
25.2% |
| Other government program |
289,000 |
58,000 |
20.2% |
19,000 |
6.6% |
9,000 |
3.2% |
| Uninsured |
756,000 |
58,000 |
7.7% |
16,000 |
2.1% |
6,000 |
0.8% |
Health coverage status of people with disabilities in Colorado, 2009
| |
Any disability |
Daily activity limitation |
Self-care limitation |
No disability |
| Number of people |
499,000 |
191,000 |
97,000 |
4,163,000 |
| Coverage type |
| Private Insurance |
51.9% |
42.9% |
40.2% |
70.5% |
| Medicare |
48.0% |
62.4% |
66.8% |
8.5% |
| Medicaid |
27.9% |
38.1% |
43.6% |
8.6% |
| Other government program |
11.7% |
10.0% |
9.7% |
5.5% |
| Uninsured |
11.6% |
8.5% |
6.4% |
16.8% |
Health coverage status of people with daily activity limitations in Colorado, 2009
The above bar chart shows that 62.4% of people with daily activity limitations are covered by Medicare, 38.1% are covered by Medicaid, 10.0% are covered by another government program, 42.9% have private insurance, and 8.5% are uninsured.
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