Population Description by Physical Disability Type
| Congenital Disabilities | Acquired Disabilities | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spina Bifida | Cerebral Palsy | Multiple Sclerosis | Spinal Cord Injury | Paraplegia | Quadriplegia | Hemiplegia | Total | P Value | |
| No. | 11,339 | 19,319 | 85,925 | 46,340 | 16,253 | 7,862 | 130,096 | 317,134 | |
| Age, y, mean (SD) | 44.4 (16.5) | 48.0 (18.8) | 51.5 (14.4) | 62.1 (18.8) | 64.4 (15.7) | 65.8 (16.4) | 69.0 (14.1) | 60.8 (17.7) | |
| Age group, y, No. (%) | <.001 | ||||||||
| 18-65 | 9,851 (86.9) | 15,314 (79.3) | 70,831 (82.4) | 22,976 (49.6) | 7,624 (46.9) | 3,308 (42.1) | 42,990 (33.0) | 172,927 (54.5) | |
| >65 | 1,488 (13.1) | 4,005 (20.7) | 15,094 (17.6) | 23,364 (50.4) | 8,629 (53.1) | 4,554 (57.9) | 87,106 (67.0) | 144,240 (45.5) | |
| Sex, No. (%) | <.001 | ||||||||
| Female | 7,664 (67.6) | 9,481 (49.1) | 63,753 (74.2) | 25,063 (54.1) | 7,244(44.6) | 3,902 (49.6) | 69,059 (53.1) | 186,166(58.7) | |
| Male | 3,675 (32.4) | 9,838 (50.9) | 22,172 (25.8) | 21,277 (45.9) | 9,009 (55.4) | 3,960 (50.4) | 61,037 (46.9) | 130,968 (41.3) | |
| Race, No. (%) | <.001 | ||||||||
| Asian | 238 (2.4) | 408 (2.4) | 1,259 (1.7) | 1,166 (2.9) | 367 (2.6) | 184 (2.7) | 3,627 (3.2) | 7,250 (2.6) | |
| Black | 1,120 (11.3) | 2,090 (12.4) | 7,546 (10.1) | 4,115 (10.2) | 2,046 (14.5) | 1,072 (15.8) | 17,657 (15.7) | 35,654 (13.0) | |
| Hispanic | 989 (10.0) | 1,526 (9.1) | 5,354 (7.6) | 3,672 (9.1) | 1,604 (11.4) | 928 (13.6) | 11,573 (10.3) | 25,646 (9.3) | |
| White | 7,536 (76.3) | 12,764 (76.0) | 60,030 (80.6) | 31,302 (77.8) | 10,109 (71.6) | 4,622 (67.9) | 79,781 (70.8) | 206,144 (75.0) | |
| Insurance, No. (%) | <.001 | ||||||||
| Medicare Advantage | 2,777 (24.5) | 9,431 (48.8) | 28,135 (32.7) | 25,249 (54.5) | 11,096 (68.3) | 5,098 (64.8) | 93,883 (72.2) | 175,669 (55.4) | |
| Commercial | 8,562 (75.5) | 9,888 (51.2) | 57,790 (67.3) | 21,091 (45.5) | 5,157 (31.7) | 2,764 (35.2) | 36,213 (27.8) | 141,465 (44.6) | |