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Disability Data for New Mexico from the 2009 American Community Survey



Number of people aged 5+ with disabilities and disability rate, by health coverage status in New Mexico, 2009
  Total population Any disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation
  Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
  1,859,000 283,000 15.2% 116,000 6.3% 56,000 3.0%
 Private Insurance 1,004,000 116,000 11.5% 40,000 4.0% 20,000 2.0%
 Medicare 306,000 146,000 47.7% 71,000 23.1% 37,000 12.0%
 Medicaid 361,000 98,000 27.2% 52,000 14.3% 28,000 7.7%
 Medicare and Medicaid 67,000 47,000 69.0% 28,000 41.4% 16,000 23.2%
 Other government program 248,000 49,000 19.6% 20,000 8.0% 9,000 3.7%
 Uninsured 340,000 30,000 8.8% 10,000 2.8% 2,000 0.6%
Health coverage status of people with disabilities in New Mexico, 2009
  Any disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation No disability
Number of people 283,000 116,000 56,000 1,575,000
Coverage type
Private Insurance 40.9% 34.7% 35.8% 56.4%
Medicare 51.6% 60.6% 65.6% 10.2%
Medicaid 34.7% 44.3% 49.6% 16.7%
Other government program 17.2% 17.1% 16.6% 12.6%
Uninsured 10.6% 8.2% 3.7% 19.7%

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

The above bar chart shows that 60.6% of people with daily activity limitations are covered by Medicare, 44.3% are covered by Medicaid, 17.1% are covered by another government program, 34.7% have private insurance, and 8.2% are uninsured.

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