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Disability Data for Iowa from the 2009 American Community Survey



Number of people aged 5+ with disabilities and disability rate, by health coverage status in Iowa, 2009
  Total population Any disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation
  Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
  2,810,000 379,000 13.5% 153,000 5.4% 81,000 2.9%
 Private Insurance 2,191,000 229,000 10.5% 85,000 3.9% 46,000 2.1%
 Medicare 498,000 210,000 42.2% 107,000 21.6% 61,000 12.3%
 Medicaid 362,000 131,000 36.2% 69,000 19.1% 37,000 10.1%
 Medicare and Medicaid 106,000 69,000 64.6% 44,000 41.6% 27,000 25.0%
 Other government program 117,000 37,000 31.7% 12,000 10.5% 6,000 5.3%
 Uninsured 257,000 24,000 9.2% 5,000 1.8% 2,000 0.7%
Health coverage status of people with disabilities in Iowa, 2009
  Any disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation No disability
Number of people 379,000 153,000 81,000 2,431,000
Coverage type
Private Insurance 60.5% 55.5% 56.9% 80.7%
Medicare 55.4% 70.4% 75.9% 11.9%
Medicaid 34.5% 45.2% 45.5% 9.5%
Other government program 9.8% 8.1% 7.7% 3.3%
Uninsured 6.2% 3.0% 2.1% 9.6%

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

The above bar chart shows that 70.4% of people with daily activity limitations are covered by Medicare, 45.2% are covered by Medicaid, 8.1% are covered by another government program, 55.5% have private insurance, and 3.0% are uninsured.

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