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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