Disability Data for New York from the 2009 American Community Survey
Number of people aged 5+ with disabilities and disability rate, by health coverage status in New York, 2009
| |
Total population |
Any disability |
Daily activity limitation |
Self-care limitation |
| |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
| |
18,324,000 |
2,281,000 |
12.4% |
1,053,000 |
5.7% |
555,000 |
3.0% |
| Private Insurance |
12,341,000 |
1,076,000 |
8.7% |
424,000 |
3.4% |
216,000 |
1.8% |
| Medicare |
2,934,000 |
1,221,000 |
41.6% |
683,000 |
23.3% |
382,000 |
13.0% |
| Medicaid |
3,464,000 |
950,000 |
27.4% |
529,000 |
15.3% |
303,000 |
8.7% |
| Medicare and Medicaid |
738,000 |
471,000 |
63.8% |
314,000 |
42.5% |
200,000 |
27.1% |
| Other government program |
449,000 |
129,000 |
28.7% |
47,000 |
10.6% |
24,000 |
5.4% |
| Uninsured |
2,231,000 |
139,000 |
6.2% |
43,000 |
1.9% |
16,000 |
0.7% |
Health coverage status of people with disabilities in New York, 2009
| |
Any disability |
Daily activity limitation |
Self-care limitation |
No disability |
| Number of people |
2,281,000 |
1,053,000 |
555,000 |
16,044,000 |
| Coverage type |
| Private Insurance |
47.2% |
40.2% |
39.0% |
70.2% |
| Medicare |
53.5% |
64.9% |
68.9% |
10.7% |
| Medicaid |
41.7% |
50.3% |
54.6% |
15.7% |
| Other government program |
5.6% |
4.5% |
4.4% |
2.0% |
| Uninsured |
6.1% |
4.1% |
2.9% |
13.0% |
Health coverage status of people with daily activity limitations in New York, 2009
The above bar chart shows that 64.9% of people with daily activity limitations are covered by Medicare, 50.3% are covered by Medicaid, 4.5% are covered by another government program, 40.2% have private insurance, and 4.1% are uninsured.
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