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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