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Disability Data for New Jersey from the 2009 American Community Survey



Number of people aged 5+ with disabilities and disability rate, by health coverage status in New Jersey, 2009
  Total population Any disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation
  Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
  8,156,000 920,000 11.3% 440,000 5.4% 228,000 2.8%
 Private Insurance 5,957,000 496,000 8.3% 209,000 3.5% 105,000 1.8%
 Medicare 1,284,000 513,000 39.9% 295,000 23.0% 156,000 12.2%
 Medicaid 936,000 292,000 31.2% 176,000 18.8% 101,000 10.8%
 Medicare and Medicaid 260,000 164,000 63.1% 112,000 43.3% 68,000 26.0%
 Other government program 177,000 46,000 26.1% 19,000 10.9% 10,000 5.5%
 Uninsured 1,081,000 69,000 6.4% 23,000 2.1% 9,000 0.9%
Health coverage status of people with disabilities in New Jersey, 2009
  Any disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation No disability
Number of people 920,000 440,000 228,000 7,235,000
Coverage type
Private Insurance 53.9% 47.6% 46.3% 75.5%
Medicare 55.7% 67.1% 68.8% 10.7%
Medicaid 31.7% 39.9% 44.2% 8.9%
Other government program 5.0% 4.4% 4.3% 1.8%
Uninsured 7.5% 5.3% 4.1% 14.0%

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

The above bar chart shows that 67.1% of people with daily activity limitations are covered by Medicare, 39.9% are covered by Medicaid, 4.4% are covered by another government program, 47.6% have private insurance, and 5.3% are uninsured.

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