Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of Medicaid members ages 18–64 years with intellectual and developmental disabilities at beginning and end of study period— eight US states, 2010–2016.
| 2010 | 2016 | |||
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| (N = 53,751) | (N = 88,112)a | |||
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 23,780 | 44.24% | 35,836 | 40.67% |
| Male | 29,971 | 55.76% | 52,276 | 59.33% |
| Age (years) | ||||
| 18–29 | 31,272 | 58.18% | 53,065 | 60.22% |
| 30–39 | 10,029 | 18.66% | 17,286 | 19.62% |
| 40–49 | 6609 | 12.29% | 8137 | 9.23% |
| 50–64 | 5841 | 10.87% | 9624 | 10.92% |
| Race | ||||
| White | 29,347 | 54.58% | 46,308 | 52.54% |
| Black | 12,368 | 23.00% | 19,728 | 22.38% |
| Other | 8495 | 15.80% | 14,021 | 15.91% |
| Unknownb | 3558 | 6.62% | 8080 | 9.17% |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Hispanic | 6852 | 12.75% | 10,258 | 11.64% |
| Non-Hispanic | 37,609 | 69.97% | 64,770 | 73.51% |
| Unknownb | 9290 | 17.28% | 13,084 | 14.85% |
a
Enrollment increases from 2010 to 2016 reflect the addition of one state in 2013, as well as increases within each state.
b
Some states did not have race and/or ethnicity data recorded.