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Disability Data for Texas from the 2009 American Community Survey



Number of people aged 5+ with disabilities and disability rate, by health coverage status in Texas, 2009
  Total population Any disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation
  Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
  22,717,000 2,952,000 13.0% 1,236,000 5.4% 685,000 3.0%
 Private Insurance 13,023,000 1,227,000 9.4% 440,000 3.4% 240,000 1.8%
 Medicare 2,886,000 1,386,000 48.0% 752,000 26.1% 434,000 15.0%
 Medicaid 3,024,000 926,000 30.6% 522,000 17.3% 305,000 10.1%
 Medicare and Medicaid 674,000 466,000 69.2% 312,000 46.3% 197,000 29.2%
 Other government program 1,143,000 301,000 26.3% 116,000 10.1% 65,000 5.7%
 Uninsured 5,724,000 477,000 8.3% 127,000 2.2% 60,000 1.0%
Health coverage status of people with disabilities in Texas, 2009
  Any disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation No disability
Number of people 2,952,000 1,236,000 685,000 19,765,000
Coverage type
Private Insurance 41.6% 35.6% 35.1% 59.7%
Medicare 46.9% 60.9% 63.3% 7.6%
Medicaid 31.4% 42.2% 44.5% 10.6%
Other government program 10.2% 9.4% 9.5% 4.3%
Uninsured 16.2% 10.2% 8.8% 26.5%

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

The above bar chart shows that 60.9% of people with daily activity limitations are covered by Medicare, 42.2% are covered by Medicaid, 9.4% are covered by another government program, 35.6% have private insurance, and 10.2% are uninsured.

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