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Disability Data for Tennessee from the 2009 American Community Survey



Number of people aged 5+ with disabilities and disability rate, by health coverage status in Tennessee, 2009
  Total population Any disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation
  Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
  5,874,000 970,000 16.5% 425,000 7.2% 222,000 3.8%
 Private Insurance 3,757,000 416,000 11.1% 165,000 4.4% 84,000 2.2%
 Medicare 1,031,000 499,000 48.4% 270,000 26.2% 151,000 14.6%
 Medicaid 981,000 348,000 35.5% 184,000 18.7% 95,000 9.7%
 Medicare and Medicaid 250,000 173,000 69.2% 108,000 43.4% 62,000 24.7%
 Other government program 319,000 96,000 30.0% 35,000 10.9% 19,000 5.9%
 Uninsured 894,000 110,000 12.3% 34,000 3.8% 15,000 1.7%
Health coverage status of people with disabilities in Tennessee, 2009
  Any disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation No disability
Number of people 970,000 425,000 222,000 4,904,000
Coverage type
Private Insurance 42.9% 38.8% 37.8% 68.1%
Medicare 51.5% 63.6% 67.9% 10.8%
Medicaid 35.9% 43.2% 43.0% 12.9%
Other government program 9.9% 8.2% 8.5% 4.6%
Uninsured 11.4% 7.9% 6.9% 16.0%

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

The above bar chart shows that 63.6% of people with daily activity limitations are covered by Medicare, 43.2% are covered by Medicaid, 8.2% are covered by another government program, 38.8% have private insurance, and 7.9% are uninsured.

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