Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance ...

Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insur ance Progr am, 2011

Social Security Administration Office of Retirement and Disability Policy Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics 500 E Street, SW, 8th Floor Washington, DC 20254

SSA Publication No. 13-11826 Released: July 2012

Highlights: 2011 Size and Scope of the Social Security Disability Program •

Disability benefits were paid to just over 9.8 million people.

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Awards to disabled workers (998,980) accounted for over 89 percent of awards to all disabled beneficiaries (1,114,060).

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In December, payments to disabled beneficiaries totaled about $10.4 billion.

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Benefits were terminated for 653,877 disabled workers.

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Supplemental Security Income payments were another source of income for about 1 out of 6 disabled beneficiaries.

Profile of Disabled-Worker Beneficiaries •

Workers accounted for the largest share of disabled beneficiaries (87.5 percent).

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Average age was 53.

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Men represented under 53 percent.

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Mental disorders was the diagnosis for about a third.

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Average monthly benefit received was $1,110.50.

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Supplemental Security Income payments were another source of income for about 1 out of 8.

Errata Policy If there are any additions or corrections to the data published herein, they will be posted as errata on the web at http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs /statcomps/di_asr/2011/index.html.

Preface Since 1956, the Social Security program has provided cash benefits to people with disabilities. This annual report provides program and demographic information about the people who receive those benefits. The basic topics covered are • beneficiaries in current-payment status; • workers’ compensation and public disability benefits; • benefits awarded, withheld, and terminated; • disabled workers who have returned to work; • outcomes of applications for disability benefits; and • disabled beneficiaries receiving Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, or both. Kia Masseaux managed the preparation of the data in this report. Art Kahn, Kia Masseaux, Clark Pickett, and Boris Shargorodsky wrote the programs to process the data and produce the statistical tables. Kevin Kulzer wrote the data specifications. Kevin Kulzer, Hazel Jenkins, and Kia Masseaux validated the data. Staff of the Division of Information Resources edited the report and prepared the print and Web versions for publication. Your suggestions and comments on this report are welcome and should be directed to Kia Masseaux at 410-965-0090 or [email protected]. Contact information is also provided on each table. For additional copies of this report, please e-mail op.publications@ ssa.gov. This and other reports on the Social Security and Supplemental Security Income programs are available on our website at http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy.

Manuel de la Puente Associate Commissioner for Research, Evaluation, and Statistics July 2012

Notes The Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) program provides benefits to retired workers and their dependent family members and to survivors of deceased workers. The Disability Insurance (DI) program provides benefits to disabled workers, their spouses, and children (whether or not disabled). Benefits are paid from the OASI and DI Trust Funds. However, not all disabled beneficiaries are paid from the DI Trust Fund. All disabled widow(er)s’ and most disabled adult children’s benefits are paid from the OASI Trust Fund. Persons receiving disability benefits from either trust fund are referred to in this report as Social Security beneficiaries. Data for 2001 and subsequent years presented in these tables may differ slightly from other published statistics for two reasons. First, all data for those years are based on 100 percent data files. Second, beginning in 2001, the definition of an award was changed to include secondary benefit awards, subsequent periods of disability, and conversions from one class of child’s benefit to another and to exclude reinstated benefits. Those changes resulted in a slight increase in the award counts. In accordance with Public Law 111-256 (enacted October 2010), the terms “retardation” and “mental retardation” have been replaced by “intellectual disability.” This change in terminology does not affect the data presented, which are directly comparable with the data published in previous editions under the old terminology. Beginning with the 2010 edition, tables and charts showing data by diagnostic group provide detail for mental disorders in these categories: autistic disorders, developmental disorders, childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified, intellectual disability, mood disorders, organic mental disorders, schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders, and all other mental disorders. In a few instances, a table showing data by diagnostic group has been split into two companion tables to accommodate the additional detail. The tables on noninstitutionalized beneficiaries based on the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) have been removed from the Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program. Because of increased attrition of survey participants over time and increasingly low match rates to administrative data, attempts were made to improve the reliability of estimates based on the SIPP. The Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics (ORES) contracted with the Census Bureau to conduct a special SIPP-based interview of Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries. Estimates based on the additional data were not available when this report was published. However, ORES anticipates publishing these estimates in another publication as well as highlighting the changes in the data and the reliability of the estimates. This decision reinforces the inherent differences between the survey data used to produce the estimates of noninstitutionalized beneficiaries and the administrative data used in this publication. All years are calendar years unless otherwise specified.

Contents Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

History of the Social Security Disability Insurance Program . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Definition of Disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Types of Benefits Available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Initial Disability Decision-making Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Appeals Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Benefit Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Benefits Offset and Withheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Work Incentives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Benefit Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Beneficiaries in Current-Payment Status Charts 1.

All Social Security disabled beneficiaries in current-payment status, December 2011 �� 11

2.

All Social Security disabled beneficiaries in current-payment status, December 1970–2011 �� 12

3.

Disabled beneficiaries aged 18–64 in current-payment status as a percentage of state population aged 18–64, December 2011 �� 13

4.

Age of disabled-worker beneficiaries in current-payment status, by sex, December 2011 �� 14

5.

Average monthly benefit of disabled beneficiaries in currentpayment status, by sex, December 2011 �� 15

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Disabled beneficiaries in current-payment status, by diagnostic group, December 2011 �� 16

Tables Disabled Beneficiaries and Nondisabled Dependents 1.

Number, December 1960–2011, selected years �� 17

2.

Number and average monthly benefit, by basis of entitlement, age, and sex, December 2011 �� 18

All Disabled Beneficiaries 3.

Number, average, and total monthly benefits, December 1960–2011 �� 20

4.

Number and average monthly benefit, by sex and age, December 2011 �� 22

5.

Distribution, by sex and monthly benefit, December 2011 �� 23

6.

Distribution, by sex and diagnostic group, December 2011 �� 25

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Average monthly benefit, by sex and diagnostic group, December 2011 �� 27

8.

Number aged 18–64 as a percentage of the resident population aged 18–64, by state, December 2011 �� 29

9.

Distribution, by state or other area, December 2011 �� 31

10.

Number, by state or other area and diagnostic group, December 2011 �� 33

10.A. Number, by state or other area and mental disorders diagnostic group, December 2011 �� 37 11.

Number and percentage distribution, by state or other area and diagnostic group, December 2011 �� 39

11.A. Percentage distribution, by state or other area and mental disorders diagnostic group, December 2011 �� 43 12.

Number receiving Social Security disability benefits because of blindness or deafness, by state or other area, December 2011 �� 45

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Total monthly benefits, by state or other area, December 2011 �� 47

14.

Number, by type of representative payee, December 2011 �� 49

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Representative payment, by sex and diagnostic group, December 2011 �� 50

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Number and percentage distribution of disabled workers, by state or other area and monthly benefit, December 2011 �� 52

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Number and percentage distribution of disabled widow(er)s, by state or other area and monthly benefit, December 2011 �� 54

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Number and percentage distribution of disabled adult children, by state or other area and monthly benefit, December 2011 �� 56

Disabled Workers 19.

Number and percentage distribution, by sex and age, December 1960–2011, selected years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

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Number, average primary insurance amount, and average monthly benefit, by age and sex, December 2011 �� 60

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Distribution, by diagnostic group, December 1996–2011 �� 61

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Distribution of workers under age 50, by diagnostic group, December 1996–2011 �� 63

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Distribution of workers aged 50 or older, by diagnostic group, December 1996–2011 �� 65

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Distribution, by diagnostic group and age, December 2011 �� 67

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Distribution of workers with a secondary benefit (dual entitlement), by worker’s smaller primary insurance amount and sex, December 2011 �� 69

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Distribution of workers with a secondary benefit (dual entitlement), by type of secondary benefit and sex, December 2011 �� 70

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Number, by sex, state or other area, and age, December 2011 �� 71

Disabled-Worker Families 28.

Number and average monthly family benefit, by selected family composition, December 1960–2011, selected years �� 75

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Number, average primary insurance amount, and average monthly family benefit, by family composition, December 2011 �� 77

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Distribution, by family composition and age of worker, December 2011 �� 78

Beneficiaries Who Have Filed for Workers’ Compensation or Public Disability Benefits

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80

Chart 7.

Distribution of workers, by diagnostic group and sex, December 2011 �� 81

Tables 31.

Distribution of workers and dependents who have filed, by reason for having or not having an offset, December 2011 �� 82

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Distribution of workers and dependents who have filed, by state or other area of residence, December 2011 �� 83

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Distribution of workers who have filed, by diagnostic group and age, December 2011 �� 85

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Distribution of workers who have filed, by diagnostic group and sex, December 2011 �� 87

Benefits Awarded, Withheld, and Terminated Charts 8.

Social Security disability awards, 1980–2011 �� 91

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Average monthly benefit awards, by sex, 2011 �� 92

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Disabled-worker awards, by selected diagnostic group, 2011 �� 93

Tables Awards to Disabled Beneficiaries and Nondisabled Dependents 35.

Number, selected years 1960–2011 �� 94

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Number and average monthly benefit, by basis of entitlement, age, and sex, 2011 �� 95

Awards to All Disabled Beneficiaries 37.

Distribution, by sex and diagnostic group, 2011 �� 97

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Distribution and average monthly benefit, by state or other area, 2011 �� 99

Awards to Disabled Workers 39.

Number and percentage distribution, by sex and age, selected years 1960–2011 1�� 101

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Distribution, by diagnostic group, selected years 1960–20113�� 103

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Distribution of workers under age 50, by diagnostic group, selected years 1975–2011 9�� 109

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Distribution of workers aged 50 or older, by diagnostic group, selected years 1975–2011 3�� 113 Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2011 ♦ vii

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Average primary insurance amount and average monthly benefit, by sex, selected years 1960–2011 7�� 117

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Distribution, by diagnostic group, sex, and age, 20118�� 118

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Distribution, by monthly benefit and sex, 20110�� 120

Awards to Disabled-Worker Families 46.

Number, average primary insurance amount, and average monthly family benefit, by family composition, 2011 1�� 121

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Distribution, by family composition and age of worker, 20112�� 122

Benefits Withheld from All Disabled Beneficiaries 48.

Number, by reason for withholding benefit, December 20113�� 123

Benefits Terminated for All Disabled Beneficiaries 49.

Number and rate, 1960–20114�� 124

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Number, by reason for termination, 2011 6�� 126

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Number and rate, by state or other area, 2011 7�� 127

Disabled Workers Who Work 52.

Distribution of workers with benefits withheld because of substantial work, by diagnostic group and age, December 20119�� 129

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Distribution or workers with benefits terminated because of successful return to work, by diagnostic group and age, 2011 1�� 131

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Average monthly benefit for workers with benefits withheld, by diagnostic group and age, December 20113�� 133

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Average monthly benefit for workers with benefits terminated, by diagnostic group and age, 2011 4�� 134

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Distribution, by state or other area, 2011 5�� 135

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Distribution, by sex and age, 2011 7�� 137

Reinstatement Status for Disabled Workers 58.

Number, by expedited reinstatement status, sex, and age, 20118�� 138

Outcomes of Applications for Disability Benefits

Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Chart 11.

Final outcome of disabled-worker applications, 1999–20101�� 141

Tables 59.

Outcomes at all adjudicative levels, by year of application, 1992–20102�� 142

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Medical decisions at the initial adjudicative level, by year of application and program, 1992–2010 4�� 144

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Medical decisions at the reconsideration level, by year of application and program, 1992–2010 6�� 146

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Medical decisions at the hearing level or above, by year of application and program, 1992–2010 8�� 148

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Number and percentage distribution of final medical allowances, by year of application and reason for allowance, 1992–2010 0�� 150

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Number and percentage distribution of final medical denials, by year of application and reason for denial, 1992–2010 2�� 152

Disabled Beneficiaries Receiving Social Security, SSI, or Both Chart 12.

Social Security and SSI beneficiaries aged 18–64 receiving benefits on the basis of disability, December 20117�� 157

Tables 65.

Number aged 18–64, by program, December 1996–20118�� 158

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Number aged 18–64 receiving Social Security benefits, and the number also receiving SSI and their average SSI benefit, by state or other area, December 20110�� 160

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Number aged 18–64 as a percentage of the resident population aged 18–64, by state, December 2011 2�� 162

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Distribution of beneficiaries aged 18–64, by diagnostic group, December 20114�� 164

Appendix and Glossary Appendix: Sampling Variability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

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Background History of the Social Security Disability Insurance Program When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law on August 14, 1935, the original program was designed to pay benefits only to retired workers aged 65 and older. The amendments of 1939 added two new categories of benefits: payments to the spouse and minor children of a retired worker (known as dependents benefits) and survivors benefits paid to the family of a deceased worker. That change transformed Social Security from a retirement program for individuals into a family based economic security program. The Social Security Amendments of 1954 initiated the Disability Insurance (DI) program that provided the public with additional coverage against economic insecurity. Effective as of 1955, there was a disability “freeze” of workers’ Social Security records during years when they were unable to work. Although that measure offered no cash benefits, it did prevent such periods of disability from reducing or wiping out retirement and survivors benefits. This legislation outlined the work requirements, the definition of disability, the nature of the disability determinations, and the emphasis on rehabilitation, which are still fundamental to the disability program. On August 1, 1956, as he signed new disability legislation, President Eisenhower said, “We will . . . endeavor to administer the disability [program] efficiently and effectively, [and] . . . to help rehabilitate the disabled so that they may return to useful employment . . . . I am hopeful that the new law . . . will advance the economic security of the American people.” These amendments provided cash benefits to disabled workers aged 50–64 (after a 6-month waiting period) and to adult children of retired, disabled, or deceased workers, if the children had been disabled before the age of 18. Over the next 4 years, Congress broadened the scope of the program, providing benefits to disabled workers’ dependents in 1958 and permitting disabled workers under the age of 50 to qualify for benefits in 1960. In 1967, the act was further amended to provide benefits for disabled widows and widowers aged 50–64 at a reduced rate. The Social Security Amendments of 1972 further enhanced the disability program by: • reducing the waiting period from 6 months to 5;

• increasing from 18 to 22 the age before which a “childhood disability” must have begun; • extending Medicare coverage to persons who had been receiving disability benefits for 24 consecutive months; and • establishing the needs-based Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program to replace the Old-Age Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Aid to Permanently and Totally Disabled programs. The SSI program, unlike the Social Security disability program, provided benefits to disabled children under the age of 18. Throughout the 1970s, growth in the disability rolls was higher than expected as a result of increased applications. In addition, relatively few beneficiaries were being rehabilitated and returning to work. As a result, Congress enacted legislation in 1980 that: • limited disability benefit levels, • tightened administration of the Social Security and SSI disability programs by instituting a review of initial disability decisions and by establishing a periodic review of continuing disability requirements, • enhanced rehabilitation and work incentive provisions, and • withheld payment of benefits to incarcerated felons. In response to concerns arising from the implementation of the 1980 provision regarding the continuing disability review process, Congress passed legislation in 1982 that ensured persons, appealing decisions on the cessation of their disability claim could: • elect to have benefits and Medicare coverage continued pending review by an administrative law judge, and • have an opportunity for a face-to-face evidentiary hearing at the reconsideration level of appeal. Two provisions of the Social Security Amendments of 1983 affected the disability program: • The age at which full retirement benefits are payable was gradually increased from 65 to 67 to restore financial soundness to the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) programs. The increase in full retirement age, which began in 2000, means that disabled workers and widow(er)s may remain on the DI rolls for an additional 2 years before “converting” to agebased benefits. It is also likely that more of these

older workers will apply for and become entitled to disability-based benefits because of this change. • Benefits to disabled widow(er)s were improved by decreasing the benefit reduction for beneficiaries under the age of 60 and by continuing payments to certain disabled widow(er)s who remarried. In 1984, Congress enacted a number of changes affecting the interpretation of disability, such as instituting a “medical improvement standard” in the continuing disability review process, revising the mental impairment listings, and considering the combined effect of all impairments when determining eligibility for benefits. From 1984 through 1998, many relatively minor legislative changes were made in the Social Security disability program. Those changes provided additional Medicare protection for the disabled, made the definition of disability for disabled widow(er)s the same as that for disabled workers, prohibited eligibility for individuals whose drug addiction or alcoholism was a contributing factor to their impairment, and modified the provisions for a trial work period. On December 17, 1999, President Clinton signed into law the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The purpose of that legislation is to improve the disability program’s work incentives by giving beneficiaries greater choice in seeking rehabilitation and employment services. The provisions of the act: • create a Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency program that provides disabled beneficiaries with a voucher they may use to obtain vocational rehabilitation services, employment services, and other support services from an employment network of their choice; • prohibit the Social Security Administration from initiating continuing disability reviews while the beneficiary is using a ticket; • provide for expedited reinstatement of benefits for individuals whose prior entitlement to disability and health care benefits had been terminated as a result of earnings from work (those former beneficiaries may request reinstatement of benefits without filing a new application); • establish a community-based work incentives planning and assistance program for the purpose of providing accurate information about work incentives to disabled beneficiaries; • expand health care services by allowing the states to offer Medicaid buy-in for workers with disabilities even though they may no longer be eligible for

disability benefits under Social Security or SSI because their medical condition has improved; and • allow people with disabilities who return to work to continue their premium-free Medicare Part A coverage for an additional 4½ years beyond the 4 years previously provided. (Medicare Part B can also continue if premiums are paid.)

Definition of Disability The definition of disability under Social Security is different from that used by other disability programs. Social Security pays benefits only for total disability; it does not pay benefits for partial disability or for shortterm disability. To be eligible for benefits a person must: • be insured for benefits, • be younger than full retirement age, • have filed an application for benefits, and • have a Social Security–defined disability. Meeting the insured requirement means that a person must have worked long enough—and recently enough—under Social Security. The number of work credits (quarters of coverage) a person needs to qualify for benefits depends on the individual’s age when he or she becomes disabled. Section 223(d)(1) of the Social Security Act defines disability as an— (A) inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, or (B) in the case of an individual who has attained the age of 55 and is blind (within the meaning of blindness as defined in section 216(i)(1)), inability by reason of such blindness to engage in substantial gainful activity requiring skills or abilities comparable to those of any gainful activity in which the individual has previously engaged with some regularity and over a substantial period of time. In most cases, a dollar amount is used to indicate whether a person is engaging in substantial gainful activity (SGA). For 2011, the SGA amount was $1,000 per month for a nonblind individual and $1,640 per month for a blind person. Effective January 2001, the SGA level is adjusted annually on the basis of the national average wage index.

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A medically determinable physical or mental impairment is an impairment that results from anatomical, physiological, or psychological abnormalities that can be shown by medically acceptable clinical and laboratory diagnostic techniques. An impairment must be established by medical evidence consisting of signs, symptoms, and laboratory findings.

Types of Benefits Available The Social Security program pays benefits to disabled individuals and to certain dependents. Those benefits include the following: 1. Monthly cash benefits, after a 5-month waiting period, for a disabled worker and family. The worker and eligible family members continue to receive benefits, as long as the worker remains disabled, until the worker reaches full retirement age (at which time, the disabled-worker benefit converts to retired-worker benefits) or dies. (Eligible family members would become eligible for retirement- or survivor-based benefits.) The spouse of a disabled worker is eligible for benefits if he or she is aged 62 or older or has in his or her care a child under the age of 16 or a disabled adult child who is entitled to benefits on the worker’s earnings record. Unmarried children are entitled to benefits until they reach age 18, or until age 19 if they are a full-time elementary or secondary school student. 2. Monthly cash benefits, after a 5-month waiting period, for a disabled widow(er) or a disabled surviving divorced spouse who is aged 50 to full retirement age, referred to in this publication as disabled widow(er)s. 3. Monthly cash benefits payable to disabled adult children of disabled, retired, or deceased workers. Those children must be aged 18 or older and must have become disabled before the age of 22. The 5-month waiting period does not apply to disabled adult children. 4. Medicare benefits, which are available 2 years after the disabled worker, disabled widow(er), or disabled adult child becomes eligible for benefits. 5. Vocational rehabilitation services, which are available for disabled beneficiaries who could return to work if they were provided with some assistance.

Initial Disability Decision-Making Process The disability decision-making process begins when an individual files an application for benefits at a

Social Security office. An employee in the office determines if the applicant meets the nonmedical requirements for benefits such as age, work credits, performance of SGA, and relationship to the insured worker. If those requirements are met, the application is sent to the Disability Determination Services (DDS) office in the state where the applicant resides. The DDS then decides whether an individual is disabled under Social Security law. Disability examiners and medical staff in the DDS office use medical evidence from the applicant’s doctors, hospitals, clinics, or institutions where the individual received treatment. Those medical sources are also asked for information about a person’s ability to do work-related activities, such as walking, sitting, lifting, carrying, and remembering instructions. The DDS may need more medical information before they can decide a person’s case. If it is not available from the individual’s current medical sources, they may ask the applicant to go to a special examination, called a consultative examination, that is paid for by the Social Security Administration (SSA). A five-step sequential evaluation process is used to decide if a person is disabled. Those steps are as follows: 1. Is the individual working? If the person is working and earning more than the SGA amount, the person generally cannot be considered disabled. This decision is made by a Social Security employee. If the person is not working at the SGA level, the file goes to the DDS. 2. Is the condition “severe”? A condition must interfere with basic work-related activities for a claim to be considered. If it does not, the person is not found disabled. If it does, the DDS will go to the next step. 3. Does the individual have an impairment that meets or equals one that is described in SSA’s Listing of Impairments? SSA maintains a list of impairments for 14 major body systems: musculoskeletal, special senses and speech, respiratory, cardiovascular, digestive, genitourinary, hemic and lymphatic, skin and subcutaneous tissue, endocrine, multiple body, neurological, mental, neoplastic, and immunologic. Those impairments are so severe that they automatically mean that a person is disabled. If the condition is not on the list, the DDS will have to decide if it is of equal severity to a listed impairment. If it is, the person is found disabled. If not, the DDS goes to the next step.

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4. Can the individual do the work he or she previously did? If the person’s condition is severe but not at the same or equal severity as an impairment on the list, then the DDS must determine whether it interferes with a person’s ability to do his or her past work. If it does not, the claim will be denied. If it does, the DDS goes to the next step. 5. Can the individual do any other type of work? To determine an individual’s ability to do other work, the DDS considers the person’s medical conditions, age, education, work experience, and any transferable skills. If the DDS decides the person cannot do other work, the claim will be approved. If the DDS decides that the person can do other work, the claim will be denied. A person is considered blind if his or her vision cannot be corrected to better than 20/200 in the better eye or if his or her visual field is 20 degrees or less, even with a corrective lens. A number of special rules apply to persons who are blind. Those rules recognize the impact of blindness on a person’s ability to work. For example, the dollar amount used to determine whether a blind individual is engaging in SGA is higher than the limit for a sighted person.

Appeals Process If an applicant’s claim for disability benefits is denied, he or she has the right to appeal that decision. There are four levels of appeals: (1) reconsideration by the state DDS, (2) hearing by an administrative law judge (ALJ), (3) review by the Appeals Council, and (4) federal court review. At each level of appeal, claimants or their representative must file the request for appeal in writing within 60 days from the date of the notice of denial. Generally, the reconsideration is the first step in the appeals process. The reconsideration is a case review and is similar to the initial determination except that the case is assigned to a different disability examiner and medical team at the DDS. Claimants are given the opportunity to present additional evidence, which is considered along with the evidence that was submitted during the initial determination. If the claim is again denied, the individual may request a hearing before an ALJ. Usually the ALJ will hold a hearing, although the claimant may ask that his or her case be decided on the basis of the written record without a hearing. At the hearing, the claimant and witnesses testify under oath or affirmation, and the testimony is recorded verbatim. The ALJ, who is responsible for looking into all the issues, receives

documentary evidence as well as the testimony of witnesses. The ALJ will allow the claimant, the claimant’s representative, or both to present arguments and examine witnesses. The final step in the administrative appeals process is at the Appeals Council. If the claimant is dissatisfied with the hearing decision, he or she may request that the Appeals Council review the case. The council, made up of administrative appeals judges, may also, on its own motion, review a decision within 60 days of the ALJ’s decision. The Appeals Council considers the evidence of record, any additional evidence submitted by the claimant, and the ALJ’s findings and conclusions. The council may grant, deny, or dismiss a request for review. If it agrees to review the case, the council may uphold, modify, or reverse the ALJ’s action, or it may remand it to the ALJ so that he or she may hold another hearing and issue a new decision. Claimants may file an action in a federal district court within 60 days after the date they receive notice of the Appeals Council’s action. If the U.S. District Court reviews the case record and does not find in favor of the claimant, the claimant can continue with the appellate process to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Benefit Calculations In addition to meeting the strict medical definition of disability, an individual must also meet an insuredstatus requirement. To be eligible for disabled-worker benefits, a person must have worked long enough and recently enough under Social Security. A person can earn up to four work credits per year. The amount of earnings required for a credit increases each year as general wage levels rise. The number of work credits a person needs for disability benefits depends on the individual’s age when he or she becomes disabled. To be fully insured, the maximum number of credits a person needs is 40. To be currently insured, a person generally needs 20 credits earned in the last 10 years ending with the year he or she becomes disabled. However, younger workers may qualify with fewer credits. Dependents of a disabled worker are eligible for benefits if the worker meets both the medical and insured-status requirements. Disabled widow(er)s and disabled adult children do not need to meet a work requirement themselves, but the worker on whose record they are filing must be insured.


To determine the amount of a person’s monthly cash benefit, SSA uses the following four-step process: 1. Calculate each worker’s average indexed monthly earnings (AIME). First, the worker’s annual covered earnings after 1950 are indexed to reflect the general earnings level in the indexing year—the second calendar year before the year of eligibility (that is, the year a worker becomes disabled). Earnings in years after the indexing year are not indexed but instead are counted at their actual value. The period used to calculate the AIME equals the number of full calendar years elapsing between age 21 and the year of first eligibility. The actual years used in the computation are the years of highest earnings minus dropout years equal to one-fifth of the number of elapsed years rounded to the next lower integer (to a maximum of 5 dropout years). However, the number of years of earnings used is at least 2. Effective for initial entitlement after June 1980. Disabled workers who receive fewer than 3 dropout years under the one-fifth rule may be credited with additional dropout years based on child care, up to a total of 3 dropout years. (To receive this credit, a worker must have had no earnings in that year and must have been living with a child under age 3.) However, the number of years of earnings used is at least 2. Effective for July 1981. The AIME is calculated as the sum of the highest year’s earnings, divided by the number of months in the computation period. 2. Compute the primary insurance amount (PIA). The formula used to compute the PIA from the AIME is weighted to provide a higher PIA-to-AIME ratio for workers with low earnings. For workers who become disabled in 2011, the PIA is equal to the sum of: 90 percent of the first $749 of AIME, plus 32 percent of the next $3,768 of AIME, plus 15 percent of AIME over $4,517. When subsequent retirement benefits are computed at conversion to retired-worker benefits at the full retirement age (FRA), or at retirement for a worker who earlier recovered from a disability, the years of disability are disregarded from the PIA calculation. That preserves insured status and benefit level.

Alternative methods of computing the PIA apply to workers who have low earnings but a steady work history over most of their adult years and to workers who also receive a pension based on their own noncovered work. 3. Compute the family maximum (FMAX). Monthly benefits payable to the worker and family members or to the worker’s survivors are limited to a maximum family benefit amount. The family maximum level for retired-worker families or survivors usually ranges from 150 percent to 188 percent of the worker’s PIA. The maximum benefit for disabled-worker families ranges from the smaller of 85 percent of AIME (or 100 percent of the PIA, if larger) to about 150 percent of the PIA. Beginning with the first year of eligibility, the PIA and FMAX are increased by cost-of-living adjustments. 4. Compute the person’s monthly benefit amount (MBA). Disabled workers and persons retiring at the FRA are paid 100 percent of the PIA. The PIA is reduced for workers who retire between the age of 62 and the FRA. If a disabled worker receives reduced retirement benefits before disability entitlement, the disability benefit is reduced by the number of months for which he or she received reduced retirement benefits. Dependents of retired or disabled workers may receive up to 50 percent of the PIA. Disabled adult children of deceased workers may receive up to 75 percent of the PIA. Disabled widow(er)s aged 50–60 may receive up to 71.5 percent of the PIA. Disabled widow(er)s aged 60 to the FRA may receive up to 100 percent of the PIA, but benefits are reduced for age, with a maximum reduction of 28.5 percent. All monthly benefits are limited by the family maximum, so dependents may not receive their full MBA.

Benefits Offset and Withheld Disabled-worker and dependents’ benefits may be offset if the disabled worker receives workers’ compensation (WC) or other public disability benefits (PDB). The Social Security Amendments of 1965 require that benefits be reduced when the worker is also eligible for periodic or lump-sum WC/PDB payments, so that the combined amounts of the disabled worker’s and family’s Social Security benefits plus the WC/PDB payment do not exceed 80 percent of the worker’s average current earnings. The combined


payments after reduction are never less than what the total Social Security benefits were before reduction. The reduction continues until the month the worker reaches age 65 or the month the WC/PDB payment stops, whichever comes first. If a spouse or disabled widow(er) worked for a federal, state, or local government to which he or she did not pay Social Security taxes, the pension he or she receives from that agency may reduce his or her Social Security benefits. That provision is known as the government pension offset. The offset will reduce the amount of the Social Security benefit by two-thirds of the amount of the government pension. The annual earnings test applies to nondisabled beneficiaries under the FRA. Benefits for those beneficiaries are withheld $1 for every $2 they earn above the annual earnings limit. In the calendar year a beneficiary attains the FRA, for months before the FRA, $1 is withheld for every $3 earned over the annual earnings limit for that age group. A retired worker’s earnings will also affect his or her dependents’ benefits, including those of disabled adult children. In addition, a spouse’s earnings may affect benefits for his or her children. (How a disabled beneficiary’s work affects his or her benefit is discussed in the next section.) Other reasons for withholding benefits include spouses who no longer have an entitled child in their care, beneficiaries who are incarcerated, or beneficiaries whose whereabouts are unknown.

Work Incentives Special rules make it possible for disabled beneficiaries to work and still receive monthly benefits and Medicare or Medicaid. Those rules are known as work incentives. Disabled beneficiaries are encouraged to return to work by providing a trial work period (TWP) and an extended period of eligibility (EPE). During the TWP, earnings are allowed to exceed the SGA dollar amount for 9 months. During the 3-year EPE that follows the TWP, benefits are withheld only for those months in which earnings exceed the SGA amount. After the end of the EPE, monthly benefits are terminated when earnings exceed the SGA amount. Certain impairment-related expenses that a person needs to make in order to work may be deducted when counting earnings to determine whether the work is substantial. Even if cash benefits are withheld, Medicare and Medicaid coverage can continue. The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act has further improved work incentives. That

law substantially expands work opportunities for people with disabilities. The provisions of the law become effective at different times in different parts of the country. The provisions below apply to Social Security and SSI. 1. Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program. Starting in 2002, some Social Security and SSI disability beneficiaries received a “ticket” that they may use to obtain vocational rehabilitation and other employment-support services from an approved provider of their choice. The program is voluntary and will be phased in nationally over a 3-year period. 2. Expanded Availability of Health Care Services. As of October 1, 2000, the law expands Medicaid and Medicare coverage to more people with disabilities who work. It extends Medicare Part A premium-free coverage for 93 months after the trial work period for most disabled beneficiaries who work. In addition, states now have the option to expand Medicaid coverage to workers with disabilities using income and resource limits set by the states. 3. Expedited Benefits. Effective January 1, 2001, if a person’s Social Security or SSI disability benefits have ended because of earnings from work and if he or she becomes unable to work again within 60 months because of his or her medical condition, the person would be able to request reinstatement of benefits, including Medicare and Medicaid, without filing a new application. 4. Disability Reviews Postponed. Effective January 1, 2001, an individual using a “ticket” does not need to undergo the regularly scheduled disability reviews. Effective January 1, 2002, people who have been receiving Social Security disability benefits for at least 24 months will not be asked to go through a disability review because of the work they are doing. However, regularly scheduled medical reviews could still be performed and benefits could be terminated if earnings were above the limits. 5. Work Incentives Outreach Program. The law directs the Social Security Administration to establish a community-based work incentives planning and assistance program to disseminate accurate information about work incentives and to give beneficiaries more choice. SSA has established a program of cooperative agreements and contracts to provide benefits planning and assistance to all disabled beneficiaries, including information about the availability of protection and advocacy services.


6. Protection and Advocacy. The law authorizes SSA to make payments to protection and advocacy systems established in each state to provide information, advice, and legal services to disability beneficiaries. More information about work incentives is available at http://www.socialsecurity.gov/work.

Benefit Termination In general, benefits continue as long as a person remains disabled. However, under Social Security law, all disability cases must be reviewed from time to time to make sure that people receiving benefits continue to meet the disability requirements. Benefits continue unless there is strong proof that a person’s impairment has medically improved and that he or she is able to return to work. How often a case is reviewed depends on the severity of the impairment and the likelihood of improvement. The frequency can range from 6 months to 7 years. Here are general guidelines for reviews. • Improvement expected—If medical improvement can be predicted when benefits start, the first review will be 6 to 18 months later.

her file. If the team decides a person is still disabled, benefits will continue. If they decide that the person is no longer disabled, the individual can file an appeal if he or she disagrees with the determination. Otherwise, benefits stop 3 months after the beneficiary is notified that his or her disability ended. Benefits for dependents continue as long as the disabled worker continues to be entitled to benefits. However, a person’s benefits may be terminated for other reasons. The most common reasons to terminate benefits are the following: • The beneficiary dies. If the deceased was the worker, eligible dependents may become entitled to survivors’ benefits. • The disabled worker or disabled widow(er) attains the FRA, and their benefit is automatically converted to retired-worker benefits or aged widow(er) benefits, respectively. • The disabled beneficiary is no longer disabled because of medical recovery or successful reentry to the workforce. •

A spouse and worker divorce (with some exceptions).

• Certain divorced spouses remarry.

• Improvement possible—If medical improvement is possible but cannot be predicted, the case will be reviewed about every 3 years.

• A spouse no longer has a child under the age of 16 or a disabled child in his or her care.

• Improvement not expected—If medical improvement is not likely, the case will be reviewed about once every 5 to 7 years.

• A student reaches age 19 or is no longer attending elementary or secondary school full time.

• A child reaches age 18.

• Dependent children marry. During a review, the disabled beneficiary is asked to provide information about any medical treatment he or she has received and any work he or she might have done. An evaluation team, which includes a disability examiner and a doctor, then requests the individual’s medical records and carefully reviews his or

• Dependents become entitled to another equal or larger benefit. Benefits usually stop effective with the month the terminating event occurred.


Beneficiaries in CurrentPayment Status

Beneficiaries in Current-Payment Status Chart 1. All Social Security disabled beneficiaries in current-payment status, December 2011 In December 2011, just over 9.8 million people received Social Security disability benefits as disabled workers, disabled widow(er)s, or disabled adult children. The majority (87.5 percent) were disabled workers, 10 percent were disabled adult children, and 2.6 percent were disabled widow(er)s.

Disabled widow(er)s 2.6% Disabled adult children 10% Disabled workers 87.5%

SOURCE: Table 3.


Beneficiaries in Current-Payment Status Chart 2. All Social Security disabled beneficiaries in current-payment status, December 1970–2011 The number of disabled workers grew steadily until 1978, declined slightly until 1983, started to increase again in 1984, and began to increase more rapidly beginning in 1990. The growth in the 1980s and 1990s was the result of demographic changes, a recession, and legislative changes. The number of disabled adult children has grown slightly, and the number of disabled widow(er)s has remained fairly level. In December 2011, over 8.5 million disabled workers, over 977,000 disabled adult children, and just over 251,000 disabled widow(er)s received disability benefits.

Millions 10 Total Disabled workers 8

Disabled widow(er)s Disabled adult children

6

4

2

0 1970

1974

1978

1982

1986

1990

1994

1998

2002

SOURCE: Table 3.


2006

2011

Beneficiaries in Current-Payment Status Chart 3. Disabled beneficiaries aged 18–64 in current-payment status as a percentage of state population aged 18–64, December 2011 Disabled beneficiaries aged 18–64 in current-payment status accounted for over 4.6 percent of the population aged 18–64 in the United States. In three states, they represented less than 3 percent of the state population. The states with the highest rates of disabled beneficiaries—7 percent or more—were Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, and West Virginia.

Less than 3%

3–3.9%

4–4.9%

5–5.9%

6–6.9%

7% or more

SOURCE: Table 8. NOTE: The percentages for Nebraska, Massachusetts, Delaware, and Michigan are 3.98, 4.97, 4.98, and 5.96 respectively. In Table 8, those percentages have been rounded up.


Beneficiaries in Current-Payment Status Chart 4. Age of disabled-worker beneficiaries in current-payment status, by sex, December 2011 The percentage of disabled-worker beneficiaries increases with age for both men and women. In December 2011, the largest percentage of disabled-worker beneficiaries was aged 60–64. Disability benefits convert to retirement benefits when the worker reaches full retirement age, 65–67, depending on the year of birth. Percent 30 Men 25 Women

20

15

10

5

0 Under 25

25−29

30−34

35−39

40−44

45−49

50−54

Age SOURCE: Table 4. NOTE: FRA = full retirement age.


55−59

60−64

65−FRA

Beneficiaries in Current-Payment Status Chart 5. Average monthly benefit of disabled beneficiaries in current-payment status, by sex, December 2011 The average monthly benefit for disabled-worker beneficiaries is higher than that paid to disabled widow(er)s or disabled adult children. The reason for the difference is that disabled workers receive 100 percent of the primary insurance amount (PIA), compared with 71.5 percent for disabled widow(er)s and 50 percent for disabled adult children (if the worker is disabled or retired) or 75 percent (if the worker is deceased). Because men have traditionally had higher earnings than women, their monthly benefit is higher. This is most obvious in the disabled-worker group. Benefits for disabled widow(er)s and disabled adult children are dependents’ benefits, so their monthly benefit is a function of the worker’s earnings. Therefore, a disabled widow’s average benefit tends to be higher than that of a disabled widower because a male worker’s earnings are higher than a female worker’s. Benefit amounts are about the same for men and women in the disabled adult children group. Dollars 1,400 Men 1,200 Women 1,000

800

600

400

200

0 Disabled workers

Disabled widow(er)s

Disabled adult children

SOURCE: Table 4.


Beneficiaries in Current-Payment Status Chart 6. Disabled beneficiaries in current-payment status, by diagnostic group, December 2011 The impairment on which disability is based varies with the type of beneficiary. In December 2011, diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue were the primary reason disabled workers and disabled widow(er)s received benefits; intellectual disability was the predominant reason for disability among disabled adult children.

Percent 50 45

Disabled workers

40

Disabled widow(er)s

35


30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Intellectual disability

Other mental disorders

Nervous system and sense organs

Musculo− skeletal system and connective tissue

Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases

SOURCE: Table 6.


Circulatory system

All other impairments

Disabled Beneficiaries and Nondisabled Dependents Table 1. Number, December 1960–2011, selected years Workers and nondisabled dependents Children Spouses under age 18

Adult children of—

Students aged 18–19

Widow(er)s

Retired workers

Deceased workers

Disabled workers

Year

Total

Workers

1960 1965 1970 1975

788,543 1,928,460 2,970,538 4,799,853

455,371 988,074 1,492,948 2,488,774

76,599 193,362 283,447 452,922

152,519 532,197 799,111 1,239,058

... 16,437 75,194 147,253

... ... 49,281 109,511

53,825 87,122 101,341 118,802

47,267 102,287 154,921 219,340

2,962 8,981 14,295 24,193

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

5,223,311 5,008,221 4,532,014 4,382,745 4,406,140

2,858,680 2,776,519 2,603,599 2,569,029 2,596,516

461,878 428,212 365,862 308,059 303,982

1,184,846 1,070,000 894,440 855,560 858,243

140,157 148,879 79,333 50,134 31,875

127,580 121,590 116,372 111,591 109,151

140,548 143,633 144,464 148,464 152,667

276,739 286,724 297,917 309,699 322,541

32,883 32,664 30,027 30,209 31,165

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

4,507,083 4,613,249 4,676,852 4,709,360 4,774,160

2,656,638 2,728,463 2,785,859 2,821,070 2,886,590

305,532 300,826 290,888 280,780 269,830

889,730 911,698 912,367 898,980 901,400

22,336 20,245 20,183 24,370 23,330

107,005 106,974 106,282 105,810 102,650

157,011 161,755 165,675 170,940 172,650

335,753 348,647 360,220 371,890 381,760

33,078 34,641 35,378 35,520 35,950

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

4,934,370 5,209,600 5,633,130 6,026,460 6,381,470

3,011,130 3,198,610 3,473,330 3,729,330 3,966,590

264,230 263,780 271,510 272,190 270,220

929,720 986,710 1,090,920 1,188,330 1,276,740

23,960 26,380 25,930 29,660 29,910

101,780 115,010 131,620 148,070 161,650

174,560 177,740 181,860 185,270 187,630

392,000 402,920 416,240 428,690 440,080

36,990 38,450 41,720 44,920 48,650

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

6,674,450 6,906,420 6,998,210 7,192,370 7,391,920

4,186,720 4,386,040 4,505,760 4,697,010 4,873,560

263,130 223,300 207,290 190,120 176,370

1,331,110 1,381,200 1,357,340 1,363,910 1,381,200

29,550 32,820 31,440 30,780 37,020

173,240 182,020 187,220 192,400 197,520

188,940 190,050 190,410 189,930 189,820

449,970 457,520 464,990 472,530 479,070

51,790 53,470 53,760 55,690 57,360

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

7,550,930 7,790,038 8,109,332 8,490,007 8,854,343

5,035,840 5,268,039 5,539,597 5,868,541 6,197,385

164,850 156,978 151,626 150,889 152,995

1,381,500 1,385,374 1,422,296 1,461,635 1,486,422

35,000 38,839 43,916 46,769 47,551

200,130 204,255 207,365 209,360 210,736

191,950 191,817 192,087 191,704 191,274

483,570 486,816 492,985 498,659 503,241

58,090 57,920 59,460 62,450 64,739

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

9,224,458 9,536,997 9,858,520 10,289,474 10,760,672

6,519,001 6,806,918 7,098,723 7,426,691 7,788,013

156,552 153,456 152,796 154,225 157,584

1,516,519 1,530,254 1,535,009 1,552,104 1,598,189

47,982 49,595 52,333 54,981 59,523

215,866 220,178 224,982 230,007 236,480

191,872 192,122 196,038 221,946 241,043

507,961 512,596 521,293 564,735 589,575

68,705 71,878 77,346 84,785 90,265

2010 2011

11,280,792 11,736,104

8,203,951 8,575,544

160,300 164,030

1,660,196 1,706,029

62,192 62,464

244,953 251,011

250,262 259,073

601,420 612,686

97,518 105,267

SOURCES: Social Security Administration. For years before 2001, Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin, based on the Master Beneficiary Record, various sampling rates; beginning with 2001, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. NOTE: . . . = not applicable. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Disabled Beneficiaries and Nondisabled Dependents Table 2. Number and average monthly benefit, by basis of entitlement, age, and sex, December 2011 Male

Total Basis of entitlement and age

Number

Average monthly benefit (dollars)

Number

Female


Number


Workers Total Under 25 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–64 65–FRA

8,575,544

1,110.50

4,493,811

1,236.72

4,081,733

971.54

53,397 179,112 297,385 397,251 626,835 981,827 1,492,249 1,940,647 2,202,075 404,766

573.52 714.67 816.97 892.41 956.07 1,011.81 1,088.67 1,175.96 1,250.92 1,267.57

31,621 101,835 156,392 199,196 317,767 502,455 771,376 1,011,826 1,182,862 218,481

587.50 733.59 838.12 928.26 1,009.96 1,086.41 1,197.21 1,323.02 1,434.40 1,476.92

21,776 77,277 140,993 198,055 309,068 479,372 720,873 928,821 1,019,213 186,285

553.23 689.74 793.50 856.35 900.67 933.63 972.52 1,015.76 1,037.98 1,022.04

Spouses of disabled workers Total

164,030

298.54

7,306

257.27

156,724

300.46

Entitlement based on care of children Under 30 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–FRA

73,497 5,372 9,695 13,385 15,444 13,753 9,120 6,728

231.53 159.85 165.59 188.39 224.79 261.51 291.05 343.05

1,994 74 189 285 418 433 322 273

184.49 111.95 152.10 152.96 175.08 189.24 206.39 240.56

71,503 5,298 9,506 13,100 15,026 13,320 8,798 6,455

232.84 160.52 165.86 189.16 226.18 263.86 294.15 347.39

Entitlement based on age 62–64 65 or older

90,533 49,220 41,313

352.95 338.70 369.92

5,312 1,481 3,831

284.59 225.29 307.51

85,221 47,739 37,482

357.21 342.22 376.30

Children of disabled workers Total Under age 18 Under 5 5–9 10–14 15–17 Students aged 18–19 Disabled aged 18 or older

1,873,760

330.18

966,138

331.52

907,622

328.76

1,706,029 151,378 369,824 645,927 538,900

317.89 251.21 267.19 308.78 382.33

870,504 77,161 188,723 329,232 275,388

317.64 250.88 266.30 308.64 382.27

835,525 74,217 181,101 316,695 263,512

318.15 251.54 268.12 308.92 382.39

62,464

448.32

35,140

452.37

27,324

443.11

105,267

459.34

60,494

461.11

44,773

456.94

Widow(er)s Total 50–54 55–59 60–64 65–FRA

251,011

703.54

13,562

515.31

237,449

714.29

34,776 86,617 109,888 19,730

685.31 698.47 711.22 715.17

2,294 5,476 5,226 566

495.13 513.24 526.02 518.35

32,482 81,141 104,662 19,164

698.74 710.97 720.47 720.98 (Continued)


Disabled Beneficiaries and Nondisabled Dependents Table 2. Number and average monthly benefit, by basis of entitlement, age, and sex, December 2011—Continued Total

Male

Number


Number

977,026

705.84

543,399

Children of— Retired workers Deceased workers Disabled workers

259,073 612,686 105,267

614.41 786.85 459.34

Under 25 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–64 65 or older

114,254 97,711 92,560 95,739 113,433 124,923 114,809 85,322 58,174 80,101

602.18 651.81 677.32 701.41 716.41 735.38 748.69 760.88 763.68 734.73

Basis of entitlement and age

Female


Number


699.59

433,627

713.67

146,041 336,864 60,494

608.22 782.02 461.11

113,032 275,822 44,773

622.41 792.75 456.94

67,500 55,766 52,313 53,647 63,844 71,346 64,799 46,885 30,466 36,833

605.20 653.65 677.58 696.81 707.88 726.20 738.56 751.78 754.31 731.22

46,754 41,945 40,247 42,092 49,589 53,577 50,010 38,437 27,708 43,268

597.82 649.38 676.99 707.27 727.40 747.60 761.81 771.98 773.98 737.72

Adult children Total

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. NOTE: FRA = full retirement age. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 3. Number, average, and total monthly benefits, December 1960–2011 Average monthly benefit (dollars)

Number

Total monthly benefits (thousands of dollars)

Workers Widow(er)s

Adult children

559,425 742,296 888,131 993,656 1,077,695

455,371 618,075 740,867 827,014 894,173

... ... ... ... ...

104,054 124,221 147,264 166,642 183,522

89.31 89.59 89.99 90.59 91.12

... ... ... ... ...

44.15 45.28 45.67 46.45 47.35

40,669 55,373 66,671 74,919 81,477

... ... ... ... ...

4,594 5,625 6,726 7,741 8,690

1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1,186,464 1,310,911 1,422,778 1,560,517 1,690,982

988,074 1,097,190 1,193,120 1,295,300 1,394,291

... ... ... 21,563 39,469

198,390 213,721 229,658 243,654 257,222

97.76 98.09 98.43 111.86 112.74

... ... ... 72.25 71.02

51.77 52.42 53.41 61.83 62.79

96,594 107,623 117,439 144,892 157,192

... ... ... 1,558 2,803

10,271 11,203 12,266 15,065 16,151

1970 1971 1972 1973 1974

1,812,786 1,990,098 2,202,090 2,415,383 2,670,092

1,492,948 1,647,684 1,832,916 2,016,626 2,236,882

49,281 56,743 64,167 78,769 92,128

270,557 285,671 305,007 319,988 341,082

131.26 146.52 179.32 183.00 205.70

82.00 90.11 109.54 111.14 125.87

73.21 81.37 98.81 100.14 112.45

195,964 241,419 328,678 369,043 460,127

4,041 5,113 7,029 8,754 11,596

19,807 23,245 30,138 32,044 38,355

1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

2,960,620 3,171,198 3,368,954 3,429,421 3,435,761

2,488,774 2,670,208 2,837,432 2,879,774 2,870,590

109,511 119,427 127,276 129,751 129,833

362,335 381,563 404,246 419,896 435,338

225.90 245.17 265.30 288.30 322.00

137.70 147.01 156.11 165.46 180.52

122.80 132.32 142.12 153.66 171.55

562,214 654,655 752,771 830,239 924,330

15,080 17,557 19,869 21,469 23,437

44,495 50,488 57,451 64,521 74,682

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

3,436,429 3,361,130 3,192,379 3,168,992 3,212,040

2,858,680 2,776,519 2,603,599 2,569,029 2,596,516

127,580 121,590 116,372 111,591 109,151

450,169 463,021 472,408 488,372 506,373

370.70 413.20 440.60 456.20 470.70

205.02 226.58 242.11 250.33 306.24

198.95 224.51 245.07 257.78 270.28

1,059,713 1,147,258 1,147,146 1,171,991 1,222,180

26,156 27,550 28,175 27,935 33,426

89,561 103,953 115,773 125,893 136,862

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

3,289,485 3,380,480 3,453,414 3,507,707 3,583,451

2,656,638 2,728,463 2,785,859 2,830,284 2,895,364

107,005 106,974 106,282 103,123 101,630

525,842 545,043 561,273 574,300 586,457

483.80 487.90 508.20 529.50 556.00

315.26 319.74 333.89 348.05 366.72

281.92 288.79 304.32 320.21 339.47

1,285,281 1,331,217 1,415,774 1,498,635 1,609,822

33,734 34,204 35,486 35,892 37,270

148,245 157,403 170,807 183,897 199,085

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

3,712,763 3,925,472 4,236,080 4,529,466 4,796,313

3,011,294 3,194,938 3,467,783 3,725,966 3,962,954

100,989 114,489 131,324 147,015 160,676

600,480 616,045 636,973 656,485 672,683

587.20 609.40 626.10 641.70 661.40

388.93 406.96 422.65 434.20 446.30

361.71 378.86 393.61 407.20 422.40

1,768,232 1,946,995 2,171,179 2,390,952 2,621,098

39,278 46,592 55,504 63,834 71,710

217,200 233,395 250,719 267,321 284,141

Year

Total

1960 1961 1962 1963 1964

Workers Widow(er)s

Adult children

Workers Widow(er)s

Adult children

(Continued)


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 3. Number, average, and total monthly benefits, December 1960–2011—Continued Average monthly benefit (dollars)

Number Adult children

Adult children

Total monthly benefits (thousands of dollars) Adult children

Year

Total

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

5,044,388 5,264,321 5,400,781 5,605,272 5,798,776

4,185,263 4,385,623 4,508,134 4,698,319 4,879,455

173,024 181,911 187,938 194,181 198,795

686,101 696,787 704,709 712,772 720,526

681.60 703.90 721.60 733.10 754.10

458.30 471.00 480.40 487.30 499.90

437.30 454.30 468.60 479.40 495.60

2,853,512 3,087,040 3,253,069 3,444,338 3,679,597

79,297 85,680 90,285 94,624 99,378

300,032 316,550 330,227 341,703 357,093

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

5,972,468 6,208,847 6,491,494 6,830,714 7,167,375

5,042,333 5,268,039 5,539,597 5,868,541 6,197,385

201,446 204,255 207,365 209,360 210,736

728,689 736,553 744,532 752,813 759,254

786.40 814.40 834.30 861.60 894.10

519.70 536.70 548.10 563.80 582.70

518.30 537.60 550.40 567.00 587.60

3,965,291 4,290,449 4,621,852 5,054,332 5,540,703

104,681 109,622 113,653 118,010 122,795

377,650 395,956 409,813 426,780 446,096

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

7,503,405 7,803,692 8,118,382 8,528,164 8,945,376

6,519,001 6,806,918 7,098,723 7,426,691 7,788,013

215,866 220,178 224,982 230,007 236,480

768,538 776,596 794,677 871,466 920,883

938.00 977.70 1,004.00 1,063.10 1,064.30

609.30 630.70 645.50 683.60 682.70

616.30 642.40 660.30 681.70 676.30

6,113,106 6,655,048 7,127,082 7,895,536 8,288,762

131,508 138,859 145,233 157,243 161,437

473,545 498,891 524,763 594,115 622,827

2010 2011

9,398,104 8,203,951 9,803,581 8,575,544

244,953 251,011

949,200 977,026

1,067.80 1,110.50

681.30 703.54

678.80 8,759,959 705.84 9,523,184

166,888 176,596

644,297 689,622

Workers Widow(er)s

Workers Widow(er)s

Workers Widow(er)s

SOURCES: Social Security Administration. For years before 2000, Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin , based on the Master Beneficiary Record, various sampling rates; for 2000, Social Security Disability Insurance Beneficiaries, 100 percent data; beginning with 2001, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. NOTE: . . . = not applicable. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 4. Number and average monthly benefit, by sex and age, December 2011 Workers

Total

Age

Widow(er)s Average monthly benefit (dollars)

Number

Number

9,803,581

1,059.76

8,575,544

1,110.50

251,011

703.54

977,026

705.84

167,651 276,823 389,945 492,990 740,268 1,106,750 1,641,834 2,112,586 2,370,137 504,597

593.05 692.48 783.82 855.31 919.35 980.61 1,056.35 1,139.62 1,213.94 1,161.39

53,397 179,112 297,385 397,251 626,835 981,827 1,492,249 1,940,647 2,202,075 404,766

573.52 714.67 816.97 892.41 956.07 1,011.81 1,088.67 1,175.96 1,250.92 1,267.57

... ... ... ... ... ... 34,776 86,617 109,888 19,730

... ... ... ... ... ... 685.31 698.47 711.22 715.17

114,254 97,711 92,560 95,739 113,433 124,923 114,809 85,322 58,174 80,101

602.18 651.81 677.32 701.41 716.41 735.38 748.69 760.88 763.68 734.73

Number


Adult children Average monthly benefit Number (dollars)


All disabled beneficiaries Total Under 25 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–64 65–FRA a

Men Subtotal Under 25 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–64 65–FRA a

5,050,772

1,177.00

4,493,811

1,236.72

13,562

515.31

543,399

699.59

99,121 157,601 208,705 252,843 381,611 573,801 838,469 1,064,187 1,218,554 255,880

599.55 705.30 797.88 879.15 959.42 1,041.62 1,159.84 1,293.68 1,413.50 1,367.46

31,621 101,835 156,392 199,196 317,767 502,455 771,376 1,011,826 1,182,862 218,481

587.50 733.59 838.12 928.26 1,009.96 1,086.41 1,197.21 1,323.02 1,434.40 1,476.92

... ... ... ... ... ... 2,294 5,476 5,226 566

... ... ... ... ... ... 495.13 513.24 526.02 518.35

67,500 55,766 52,313 53,647 63,844 71,346 64,799 46,885 30,466 36,833

605.20 653.65 677.58 696.81 707.88 726.20 738.56 751.78 754.31 731.22

Women Subtotal Under 25 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–64 65–FRA a

4,752,809

935.16

4,081,733

971.54

237,449

714.29

433,627

713.67

68,530 119,222 181,240 240,147 358,657 532,949 803,365 1,048,399 1,151,583 248,717

583.65 675.54 767.63 830.22 876.71 914.92 948.34 983.23 1,002.77 949.38

21,776 77,277 140,993 198,055 309,068 479,372 720,873 928,821 1,019,213 186,285

553.23 689.74 793.50 856.35 900.67 933.63 972.52 1,015.76 1,037.98 1,022.04

... ... ... ... ... ... 32,482 81,141 104,662 19,164

... ... ... ... ... ... 698.74 710.97 720.47 720.98

46,754 41,945 40,247 42,092 49,589 53,577 50,010 38,437 27,708 43,268

597.82 649.38 676.99 707.27 727.40 747.60 761.81 771.98 773.98 737.72

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. NOTE: . . . = not applicable; FRA = full retirement age. a. FRA applies only to workers and widow(er)s. There is no age limit for adult children. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 5. Distribution, by sex and monthly benefit, December 2011 Total Monthly benefit (dollars)

Number

Workers Percent

Number

Widow(er)s Percent

Number

Adult children

Percent

Number

Percent

All disabled beneficiaries Total

9,803,581

100.0

8,575,544

100.0

251,011

100.0

977,026

100.0

318,913 297,593 407,483

3.3 3.0 4.2

160,889 215,982 275,672

1.9 2.5 3.2

39,416 20,437 23,095

15.7 8.1 9.2

118,608 61,174 108,716

12.1 6.3 11.1

469,560 696,094 1,034,374 991,145 884,786

4.8 7.1 10.6 10.1 9.0

339,456 568,421 909,296 869,808 786,526

4.0 6.6 10.6 10.1 9.2

26,928 25,151 22,991 20,385 17,002

10.7 10.0 9.2 8.1 6.8

103,176 102,522 102,087 100,952 81,258

10.6 10.5 10.4 10.3 8.3

1,000.00–1,099.90 1,100.00–1,199.90 1,200.00–1,299.90 1,300.00–1,399.90 1,400.00–1,499.90

780,624 674,761 570,734 470,983 393,667

8.0 6.9 5.8 4.8 4.0

698,797 608,498 524,002 446,424 377,570

8.1 7.1 6.1 5.2 4.4

13,772 11,314 8,694 7,510 6,898

5.5 4.5 3.5 3.0 2.7

68,055 54,949 38,038 17,049 9,199

7.0 5.6 3.9 1.7 0.9

1,500.00–1,599.90 1,600.00–1,699.90 1,700.00–1,799.90 1,800.00–1,899.90 1,900.00–1,999.90 2,000.00 or more

330,307 295,108 245,174 205,865 241,037 495,373

3.4 3.0 2.5 2.1 2.5 5.1

320,636 290,051 242,700 205,125 240,831 494,860

3.7 3.4 2.8 2.4 2.8 5.8

4,282 2,248 788 55 10 35

1.7 0.9 0.3 (L) (L) (L)

5,389 2,809 1,686 685 196 478

0.6 0.3 0.2 0.1 (L) (L)

Less than 300.00 300.00–399.90 400.00–499.90 500.00–599.90 600.00–699.90 700.00–799.90 800.00–899.90 900.00–999.90

Men Subtotal

5,050,772

100.0

4,493,811

100.0

13,562

100.0

543,399

100.0

Less than 300.00 300.00–399.90 400.00–499.90

128,896 111,319 158,588

2.6 2.2 3.1

54,962 74,580 97,375

1.2 1.7 2.2

4,350 1,385 1,274

32.1 10.2 9.4

69,584 35,354 59,939

12.8 6.5 11.0

500.00–599.90 600.00–699.90 700.00–799.90 800.00–899.90 900.00–999.90

183,777 276,894 414,330 429,323 412,180

3.6 5.5 8.2 8.5 8.2

124,386 218,875 357,721 373,389 367,291

2.8 4.9 8.0 8.3 8.2

1,663 1,331 972 749 545

12.3 9.8 7.2 5.5 4.0

57,728 56,688 55,637 55,185 44,344

10.6 10.4 10.2 10.2 8.2

1,000.00–1,099.90 1,100.00–1,199.90 1,200.00–1,299.90 1,300.00–1,399.90 1,400.00–1,499.90

389,545 357,481 321,758 282,410 248,379

7.7 7.1 6.4 5.6 4.9

351,767 327,220 300,796 272,840 243,120

7.8 7.3 6.7 6.1 5.4

382 280 195 162 150

2.8 2.1 1.4 1.2 1.1

37,396 29,981 20,767 9,408 5,109

6.9 5.5 3.8 1.7 0.9

1,500.00–1,599.90 1,600.00–1,699.90 1,700.00–1,799.90 1,800.00–1,899.90 1,900.00–1,999.90 2,000.00 or more

218,531 203,604 175,635 151,241 181,694 405,187

4.3 4.0 3.5 3.0 3.6 8.0

215,439 201,999 174,666 150,858 181,593 404,934

4.8 4.5 3.9 3.4 4.0 9.0

76 36 10 1 0 1

0.6 0.3 0.1 (L) 0.0 (L)

3,016 1,569 959 382 101 252

0.6 0.3 0.2 0.1 (L) (L) (Continued)


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 5. Distribution, by sex and monthly benefit, December 2011—Continued Total Monthly benefit (dollars)

Workers

Widow(er)s

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

4,752,809

100.0

4,081,733

Less than 300.00 300.00–399.90 400.00–499.90

190,017 186,274 248,895

4.0 3.9 5.2

500.00–599.90 600.00–699.90 700.00–799.90 800.00–899.90 900.00–999.90

285,783 419,200 620,044 561,822 472,606

1,000.00–1,099.90 1,100.00–1,199.90 1,200.00–1,299.90 1,300.00–1,399.90 1,400.00–1,499.90 1,500.00–1,599.90 1,600.00–1,699.90 1,700.00–1,799.90 1,800.00–1,899.90 1,900.00–1,999.90 2,000.00 or more

Adult children

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

100.0

237,449

100.0

433,627

100.0

105,927 141,402 178,297

2.6 3.5 4.4

35,066 19,052 21,821

14.8 8.0 9.2

49,024 25,820 48,777

11.3 6.0 11.2

6.0 8.8 13.0 11.8 9.9

215,070 349,546 551,575 496,419 419,235

5.3 8.6 13.5 12.2 10.3

25,265 23,820 22,019 19,636 16,457

10.6 10.0 9.3 8.3 6.9

45,448 45,834 46,450 45,767 36,914

10.5 10.6 10.7 10.6 8.5

391,079 317,280 248,976 188,573 145,288

8.2 6.7 5.2 4.0 3.1

347,030 281,278 223,206 173,584 134,450

8.5 6.9 5.5 4.3 3.3

13,390 11,034 8,499 7,348 6,748

5.6 4.6 3.6 3.1 2.8

30,659 24,968 17,271 7,641 4,090

7.1 5.8 4.0 1.8 0.9

111,776 91,504 69,539 54,624 59,343 90,186

2.4 1.9 1.5 1.1 1.2 1.9

105,197 88,052 68,034 54,267 59,238 89,926

2.6 2.2 1.7 1.3 1.5 2.2

4,206 2,212 778 54 10 34

1.8 0.9 0.3 (L) (L) (L)

2,373 1,240 727 303 95 226

0.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 (L) 0.1

Women Subtotal

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 6. Distribution, by sex and diagnostic group, December 2011 Total Diagnostic group

Workers

Widow(er)s

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

9,803,581

100.0

8,575,544

100.0

30,965

0.3

15,199

316,114 131,722 378,709

3.2 1.3 3.9

31,602 11,125

Number

Adult children

Percent

Number

Percent

251,011

100.0

977,026

100.0

0.2

294

0.1

15,472

1.6

296,207 125,622 356,200

3.5 1.5 4.2

15,938 2,205 6,715

6.3 0.9 2.7

3,969 3,895 15,794

0.4 0.4 1.6

0.3 0.1

11,269 6,750

0.1 0.1

31 90

(L) (L)

20,302 4,285

2.1 0.4

10,540 833,252 1,394,571 338,166

0.1 8.5 14.2 3.4

5,937 369,093 1,304,851 302,036

0.1 4.3 15.2 3.5

48 9,845 42,084 6,194

(L) 3.9 16.8 2.5

4,555 454,314 47,636 29,936

0.5 46.5 4.9 3.1

518,277 373,509 272,553

5.3 3.8 2.8

435,929 333,063 264,475

5.1 3.9 3.1

7,229 8,339 5,318

2.9 3.3 2.1

75,119 32,107 2,760

7.7 3.3 0.3

25,857 758,194 146,869 150,883

0.3 7.7 1.5 1.5

22,556 732,521 142,189 145,963

0.3 8.5 1.7 1.7

458 20,553 3,497 2,181

0.2 8.2 1.4 0.9

2,843 5,120 1,183 2,739

0.3 0.5 0.1 0.3

2,579,740 923,372 261,631 22,033 23,025 270,872

26.3 9.4 2.7 0.2 0.2 2.8

2,488,374 802,935 248,795 20,985 20,396 124,199

29.0 9.4 2.9 0.2 0.2 1.4

82,264 18,487 11,369 578 416 6,878

32.8 7.4 4.5 0.2 0.2 2.7

9,102 101,950 1,467 470 2,213 139,795

0.9 10.4 0.2 (L) 0.2 14.3

All disabled beneficiaries Total Congenital anomalies Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases Infectious and parasitic diseases Injuries Mental disorders Autistic disorders Developmental disorders Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified Intellectual disability Mood disorders Organic mental disorders Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders Other Neoplasms Diseases of the— Blood and blood-forming organs Circulatory system Digestive system Genitourinary system Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue Nervous system and sense organs Respiratory system Skin and subcutaneous tissue Other Unknown

Men Subtotal Congenital anomalies Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases Infectious and parasitic diseases Injuries Mental disorders Autistic disorders Developmental disorders Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified Intellectual disability Mood disorders Organic mental disorders Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders Other Neoplasms

5,050,772

100.0

4,493,811

100.0

13,562

100.0

543,399

100.0

15,938

0.3

7,913

0.2

20

0.1

8,005

1.5

141,028 92,161 252,530

2.8 1.8 5.0

138,559 89,847 240,833

3.1 2.0 5.4

567 204 659

4.2 1.5 4.9

1,902 2,110 11,038

0.4 0.4 2.0

25,665 6,904

0.5 0.1

9,285 4,267

0.2 0.1

3 6

(L) (L)

16,377 2,631

3.0 0.5

7,456 476,083 526,301 209,978

0.1 9.4 10.4 4.2

4,085 230,827 501,749 189,725

0.1 5.1 11.2 4.2

2 549 1,396 493

(L) 4.0 10.3 3.6

3,369 244,707 23,156 19,760

0.6 45.0 4.3 3.6

347,312 192,771 127,149

6.9 3.8 2.5

293,291 174,602 125,365

6.5 3.9 2.8

491 416 242

3.6 3.1 1.8

53,530 17,753 1,542

9.9 3.3 0.3 (Continued)


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 6. Distribution, by sex and diagnostic group, December 2011—Continued Total Diagnostic group

Number

Workers Percent

Number

Widow(er)s

Percent

Number

Adult children

Percent

Number

Percent

Men (cont.) Diseases of the— Blood and blood-forming organs Circulatory system Digestive system Genitourinary system Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue Nervous system and sense organs Respiratory system Skin and subcutaneous tissue Other Unknown

11,086 487,552 76,286 88,592

0.2 9.7 1.5 1.8

9,656 482,941 75,406 86,950

0.2 10.7 1.7 1.9

27 1,846 281 166

0.2 13.6 2.1 1.2

1,403 2,765 599 1,476

0.3 0.5 0.1 0.3

1,248,302 446,059 120,578 9,309 10,241 131,491

24.7 8.8 2.4 0.2 0.2 2.6

1,240,064 390,902 119,440 9,079 9,004 60,021

27.6 8.7 2.7 0.2 0.2 1.3

4,327 944 509 29 16 369

31.9 7.0 3.8 0.2 0.1 2.7

3,911 54,213 629 201 1,221 71,101

0.7 10.0 0.1 (L) 0.2 13.1

Women Subtotal Congenital anomalies Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases Infectious and parasitic diseases Injuries Mental disorders Autistic disorders Developmental disorders Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified Intellectual disability Mood disorders Organic mental disorders Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders Other Neoplasms Diseases of the— Blood and blood-forming organs Circulatory system Digestive system Genitourinary system Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue Nervous system and sense organs Respiratory system Skin and subcutaneous tissue Other Unknown

4,752,809

100.0

4,081,733

100.0

237,449

100.0

433,627

100.0

15,027

0.3

7,286

0.2

274

0.1

7,467

1.7

175,086 39,561 126,179

3.7 0.8 2.7

157,648 35,775 115,367

3.9 0.9 2.8

15,371 2,001 6,056

6.5 0.8 2.6

2,067 1,785 4,756

0.5 0.4 1.1

5,937 4,221

0.1 0.1

1,984 2,483

(L) 0.1

28 84

(L) (L)

3,925 1,654

0.9 0.4

3,084 357,169 868,270 128,188

0.1 7.5 18.3 2.7

1,852 138,266 803,102 112,311

(L) 3.4 19.7 2.8

46 9,296 40,688 5,701

(L) 3.9 17.1 2.4

1,186 209,607 24,480 10,176

0.3 48.3 5.6 2.3

170,965 180,738 145,404

3.6 3.8 3.1

142,638 158,461 139,110

3.5 3.9 3.4

6,738 7,923 5,076

2.8 3.3 2.1

21,589 14,354 1,218

5.0 3.3 0.3

14,771 270,642 70,583 62,291

0.3 5.7 1.5 1.3

12,900 249,580 66,783 59,013

0.3 6.1 1.6 1.4

431 18,707 3,216 2,015

0.2 7.9 1.4 0.8

1,440 2,355 584 1,263

0.3 0.5 0.1 0.3

1,331,438 477,313 141,053 12,724 12,784 139,381

28.0 10.0 3.0 0.3 0.3 2.9

1,248,310 412,033 129,355 11,906 11,392 64,178

30.6 10.1 3.2 0.3 0.3 1.6

77,937 17,543 10,860 549 400 6,509

32.8 7.4 4.6 0.2 0.2 2.7

5,191 47,737 838 269 992 68,694

1.2 11.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 15.8

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. NOTES: The diagnosis for disabled adult children typically was not recorded on the Master Beneficiary Record until 1984. Many beneficiaries entitled before that date are still on the rolls today. (L) = less than 0.05 percent. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 7. Average monthly benefit, by sex and diagnostic group, December 2011 (in dollars) Diagnostic group

Total

Workers

Widow(er)s

Adult children


1,059.76

1,110.50

703.54

705.84

819.87

907.15

725.84

735.92

1,058.88 1,072.93 1,126.93

1,084.45 1,092.85 1,154.49

678.38 668.44 682.26

678.76 659.42 694.27

716.03 708.69

671.30 759.98

821.11 719.28

740.70 627.68

692.09 694.84 1,007.59 1,066.87

771.10 690.92 1,029.46 1,112.20

804.11 637.57 719.07 702.29

587.93 699.25 663.66 685.03

847.06 981.30 1,263.53

875.30 1,018.61 1,280.33

712.10 734.15 716.70

696.17 658.43 707.76

980.63 1,232.14 1,162.38 1,157.61

1,028.93 1,250.75 1,177.38 1,173.91

715.29 697.57 716.53 687.55

640.18 715.72 677.95 663.27

1,169.82 1,101.19 1,126.92 1,063.48 1,143.21 902.20

1,186.96 1,157.48 1,147.76 1,083.34 1,201.03 1,085.27

705.39 700.36 728.61 681.80 736.60 695.94

681.08 730.58 679.35 646.31 686.75 749.71


1,177.00

1,236.72

515.31

699.59

852.15

974.60

488.69

732.02

1,261.31 1,133.32 1,209.11

1,272.37 1,146.19 1,235.11

519.78 521.73 516.02

676.75 644.70 683.35

715.40 726.27

671.80 792.75

445.33 679.32

740.17 618.56

683.56 712.31 1,132.54 1,125.56

767.07 733.86 1,155.92 1,173.87

294.50 415.64 524.16 502.09

582.54 692.65 662.50 677.20

862.75 1,090.03 1,454.10

895.07 1,135.85 1,465.03

496.04 505.13 557.50

689.04 653.08 705.88 (Continued)


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 7. Average monthly benefit, by sex and diagnostic group, December 2011 (in dollars)—Continued Diagnostic group

Total

Workers

Widow(er)s

Adult children


1,074.56 1,376.58 1,314.28 1,270.89

1,138.50 1,383.63 1,322.16 1,282.72

444.89 539.46 552.45 569.62

646.62 704.21 678.78 652.77

1,361.75 1,213.10 1,349.18 1,204.57 1,225.19 954.38

1,366.89 1,282.98 1,356.08 1,219.03 1,300.77 1,200.73

514.16 493.60 547.52 557.47 563.29 497.01

671.40 721.78 686.51 644.88 676.51 748.80


935.16

971.54

714.29

713.67

785.64

833.90

743.15

740.11

895.82 932.25 962.45

919.28 958.92 986.22

684.23 683.40 700.35

680.60 676.83 719.60

718.75 679.94

668.95 703.66

861.38 722.13

742.90 642.18

712.71 671.54 931.86 970.75

780.00 619.25 950.44 1,008.01

826.26 650.68 725.76 719.61

603.23 706.97 664.77 700.24

815.18 865.32 1,096.89

834.63 889.42 1,113.87

727.84 746.17 724.29

713.87 665.04 710.13

910.14 971.95 998.22 996.49

946.92 993.64 1,013.90 1,013.57

732.23 713.17 730.86 697.27

633.91 729.24 677.10 675.55

989.86 996.61 936.92 960.26 1,077.54 852.98

1,008.21 1,038.41 955.40 979.87 1,122.20 977.29

716.01 711.49 737.10 688.36 743.53 707.22

688.37 740.58 673.97 647.37 699.35 750.65

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. NOTE: The diagnosis for disabled adult children typically was not recorded on the Master Beneficiary Record until 1984. Many beneficiaries entitled before that date are still on the rolls today. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 8. Number aged 18–64 as a percentage of the resident population aged 18–64, by state, December 2011 Beneficiaries Resident population a

Number

Percentage of resident population

196,263,504

9,082,367

4.6

Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California

3,003,011 476,064 3,935,556 1,798,406 24,021,369

243,067 13,784 159,017 147,429 748,043

8.1 2.9 4.0 8.2 3.1

Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida

3,310,888 2,261,936 569,003 442,483 11,702,916

105,344 87,976 28,344 14,657 546,398

3.2 3.9 5.0 3.3 4.7

Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana

6,247,840 867,662 954,436 8,130,367 4,061,232

284,077 25,266 43,442 315,212 215,084

4.5 2.9 4.6 3.9 5.3

Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine

1,880,201 1,764,655 2,756,550 2,884,200 842,752

82,903 78,855 222,937 169,226 61,966

4.4 4.5 8.1 5.9 7.4

Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi

3,752,166 4,260,632 6,191,220 3,365,567 1,840,202

131,952 211,624 369,200 131,782 142,321

3.5 5.0 6.0 3.9 7.7

Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire

3,743,915 624,393 1,132,194 1,720,069 853,834

228,698 29,245 45,033 60,807 48,055

6.1 4.7 4.0 3.5 5.6

New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota

5,569,985 1,280,430 12,514,495 6,090,022 434,181

211,385 64,498 557,438 342,538 15,653

3.8 5.0 4.5 5.6 3.6

Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island

7,203,415 2,337,695 2,455,031 8,000,162 677,623

367,189 133,291 109,727 426,753 38,698

5.1 5.7 4.5 5.3 5.7

State United States

(Continued)


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 8. Number aged 18–64 as a percentage of the resident population aged 18–64, by state, December 2011—Continued Beneficiaries State

Resident population a

Number


2,940,114 502,273 4,031,566 16,007,914 1,677,692

184,881 20,227 260,176 595,925 48,777

6.3 4.0 6.5 3.7 2.9

406,291 5,231,995 4,383,408 1,169,600 3,592,939 360,954

23,624 223,012 179,595 105,243 168,717 13,276

5.8 4.3 4.1 9.0 4.7 3.7

South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; Census Bureau, 2011 resident population. NOTE: Data exclude U.S. territories and other areas. a. Population estimates for the United States as of July 1, 2011, as reported by the Census Bureau. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 9. Distribution, by state or other area, December 2011 Total State or area

Workers

Widow(er)s

Adult children

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

9,803,581

100.0

8,575,544

100.0

251,011

100.0

977,026

100.0


255,518 14,381 167,433 155,189 789,472

2.6 0.1 1.7 1.6 8.1

225,847 12,825 150,778 138,156 690,007

2.6 0.1 1.8 1.6 8.0

8,545 291 3,664 4,839 16,624

3.4 0.1 1.5 1.9 6.6

21,126 1,265 12,991 12,194 82,841

2.2 0.1 1.3 1.2 8.5


110,661 93,197 29,841 15,251 577,255

1.1 1.0 0.3 0.2 5.9

100,000 79,684 26,647 13,456 517,600

1.2 0.9 0.3 0.2 6.0

2,074 1,646 654 235 13,838

0.8 0.7 0.3 0.1 5.5

8,587 11,867 2,540 1,560 45,817

0.9 1.2 0.3 0.2 4.7


299,429 26,733 45,693 332,261 226,045

3.1 0.3 0.5 3.4 2.3

264,416 23,221 40,570 283,252 196,965

3.1 0.3 0.5 3.3 2.3

8,937 573 997 8,153 6,091

3.6 0.2 0.4 3.2 2.4

26,076 2,939 4,126 40,856 22,989

2.7 0.3 0.4 4.2 2.4


87,457 82,815 234,469 177,847 65,122

0.9 0.8 2.4 1.8 0.7

74,258 72,365 206,189 149,911 57,511

0.9 0.8 2.4 1.7 0.7

1,819 1,973 8,364 6,697 1,421

0.7 0.8 3.3 2.7 0.6

11,380 8,477 19,916 21,239 6,190

1.2 0.9 2.0 2.2 0.6


138,470 222,358 387,508 138,573 149,894

1.4 2.3 4.0 1.4 1.5

122,028 194,434 334,677 120,648 129,781

1.4 2.3 3.9 1.4 1.5

2,741 3,887 9,658 1,983 5,425

1.1 1.5 3.8 0.8 2.2

13,701 24,037 43,173 15,942 14,688

1.4 2.5 4.4 1.6 1.5


240,215 30,878 47,585 64,317 50,266

2.5 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.5

211,253 27,277 41,215 58,995 45,218

2.5 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.5

6,728 683 979 1,507 886

2.7 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.4

22,234 2,918 5,391 3,815 4,162

2.3 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.4


223,987 67,851 589,893 362,494 16,629

2.3 0.7 6.0 3.7 0.2

194,312 60,803 506,939 321,185 13,989

2.3 0.7 5.9 3.7 0.2

4,504 1,465 12,685 10,297 278

1.8 0.6 5.1 4.1 0.1

25,171 5,583 70,269 31,012 2,362

2.6 0.6 7.2 3.2 0.2


386,246 140,533 116,037 450,062 40,771

3.9 1.4 1.2 4.6 0.4

332,135 124,067 102,606 390,415 35,905

3.9 1.4 1.2 4.6 0.4

10,772 4,507 2,652 11,158 783

4.3 1.8 1.1 4.4 0.3

43,339 11,959 10,779 48,489 4,083

4.4 1.2 1.1 5.0 0.4

All areas

(Continued)


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 9. Distribution, by state or other area, December 2011—Continued Total

Workers

Widow(er)s

Adult children

State or area

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah

195,538 21,458 274,287 626,954 51,006

2.0 0.2 2.8 6.4 0.5

172,568 18,415 241,802 552,723 44,698

2.0 0.2 2.8 6.4 0.5

6,288 402 9,184 18,407 993

2.5 0.2 3.7 7.3 0.4

16,682 2,641 23,301 55,824 5,315

1.7 0.3 2.4 5.7 0.5

Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

24,794 235,370 189,110 111,622 177,574 13,949

0.3 2.4 1.9 1.1 1.8 0.1

21,661 206,849 168,044 96,330 152,850 12,442

0.3 2.4 2.0 1.1 1.8 0.1

470 6,345 3,995 4,223 3,220 306

0.2 2.5 1.6 1.7 1.3 0.1

2,663 22,176 17,071 11,069 21,504 1,201

0.3 2.3 1.7 1.1 2.2 0.1

Outlying areas American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands

1,508 1,792 285 205,969 2,137

(L) (L) (L) 2.1 (L)

1,326 1,547 232 177,166 1,744

(L) (L) (L) 2.1 (L)

59 55 8 5,299 56

(L) (L) (L) 2.1 (L)

123 190 45 23,504 337

(L) (L) (L) 2.4 (L)

19,592

0.2

13,607

0.2

688

0.3

5,297

0.5

Foreign countries



All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 10. Number, by state or other area and diagnostic group, December 2011

State or area All areas

Total

Endocrine, nutritional, Infectious and parasitic Congenital and metabolic diseases diseases anomalies

Mental Injuries

disorders a

Neoplasms

9,803,581

30,965

316,114

131,722

378,709

3,511,042

272,553


255,518 14,381 167,433 155,189 789,472

605 74 509 419 2,826

10,009 413 5,104 6,515 21,620

2,494 121 2,101 1,395 15,416

11,097 636 7,015 6,647 32,178

75,492 5,322 64,358 46,320 301,809

5,778 470 4,388 4,009 22,970


110,661 93,197 29,841 15,251 577,255

499 283 104 18 1,948

3,190 2,464 909 469 19,436

1,467 1,256 481 767 13,550

4,911 2,718 1,074 443 25,499

37,160 41,199 9,570 6,670 180,345

3,069 2,751 889 369 19,429


299,429 26,733 45,693 332,261 226,045

829 77 164 1,136 655

11,254 507 1,355 11,515 9,535

6,320 382 293 4,188 1,972

12,264 1,024 1,918 11,216 7,715

90,010 12,765 17,270 129,599 79,916

9,272 864 1,200 10,079 6,247


87,457 82,815 234,469 177,847 65,122

374 279 543 456 197

3,353 2,611 7,039 6,230 1,659

581 668 1,596 2,615 381

3,220 3,237 8,508 7,537 2,186

34,747 30,986 80,585 53,992 28,229

2,565 2,283 5,138 4,720 1,457


138,470 222,358 387,508 138,573 149,894

550 768 1,113 505 340

4,349 4,590 12,785 3,040 6,721

3,061 2,952 3,076 1,078 1,727

5,349 6,679 13,175 5,229 6,625

48,808 112,560 143,020 65,502 48,724

4,388 5,779 10,451 4,063 4,048


240,215 30,878 47,585 64,317 50,266

863 96 190 250 162

8,863 772 1,628 1,967 997

2,457 191 382 911 254

10,227 1,455 1,978 2,878 1,587

79,088 10,715 17,139 20,117 24,822

6,261 884 1,387 1,738 1,277


223,987 67,851 589,893 362,494 16,629

705 242 1,727 1,084 67

5,618 2,315 13,649 14,214 446

3,475 730 11,747 5,135 84

8,632 3,097 20,801 13,590 731

79,071 24,879 195,502 115,455 6,547

7,371 1,529 17,382 10,890 483


386,246 140,533 116,037 450,062 40,771

1,439 357 367 1,621 100

12,982 5,370 3,429 14,664 946

3,296 1,190 1,317 4,804 363

12,696 5,283 4,915 18,660 1,162

156,730 47,789 41,321 157,201 19,374

10,432 3,422 3,284 12,596 1,084 (Continued)


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 10. Number, by state or other area and diagnostic group, December 2011—Continued

State or area

Total

Endocrine, nutritional, Infectious and parasitic Congenital and metabolic diseases diseases anomalies

Mental Injuries

disorders a

Neoplasms


195,538 21,458 274,287 626,954 51,006

450 106 692 1,669 296

6,492 612 9,540 26,476 1,492

2,585 130 2,509 10,548 348

7,859 824 9,311 26,978 1,831

60,148 8,176 89,706 206,671 20,549

5,276 555 7,224 17,486 1,219


24,794 235,370 189,110 111,622 177,574 13,949

115 692 634 290 918 62

616 7,817 5,354 4,697 5,048 313

184 2,957 2,109 700 1,288 90

905 8,505 6,728 5,498 6,390 761

11,298 80,886 76,764 33,934 70,177 4,942

616 7,307 5,405 2,558 4,773 358


1,508 1,792 285 205,969 2,137

(X) 7 (X) 343 3

123 37 10 2,639 30

14 16 3 1,653 30

60 81 14 6,240 94

242 504 85 97,981 662

32 59 7 2,465 57

19,592

143

286

284

838

7,609

Foreign countries

460 (Continued)




Blood and bloodforming organs

Circulatory Digestive system system

25,857 758,194

Diseases of the— Musculoskeletal Genito- system and urinary connective system tissue

146,869 150,883

2,579,740


Respiratory system

923,372 261,631

Skin and subcutaneous tissue

Other Unknown

22,033 23,025

270,872


955 27 372 418 1,718

23,979 797 10,724 14,185 49,140

3,357 246 2,849 2,348 12,675

3,678 171 2,749 1,665 16,084

81,313 3,985 42,161 48,969 204,939

21,740 1,504 16,993 13,733 76,975

7,283 279 3,973 4,778 11,742

685 42 327 549 1,484

655 52 599 273 2,039

6,398 242 3,211 2,966 15,857


185 218 100 63 2,029

5,705 5,717 2,341 1,231 51,496

2,075 1,400 461 154 11,033

1,578 1,241 555 471 9,555

29,746 19,361 8,944 2,459 153,718

14,361 8,927 2,805 1,336 52,216

3,391 1,961 830 286 16,712

262 195 55 52 1,939

378 197 66 32 1,309

2,684 3,309 657 431 17,041


1,279 39 56 1,017 545

30,940 2,003 2,515 27,693 19,267

4,642 267 824 4,426 3,627

6,589 764 502 5,692 3,030

79,226 4,626 12,361 72,227 54,200

27,104 2,214 4,982 34,774 23,157

9,671 421 1,204 9,229 8,573

706 62 94 643 463

638 78 96 823 520

8,685 640 859 8,004 6,623


177 198 368 670 81

5,500 5,860 19,171 19,046 3,705

1,186 1,373 3,164 2,299 922

958 1,075 2,228 3,009 453

19,942 20,708 72,149 50,528 16,922

9,097 8,567 18,033 14,783 5,652

2,690 2,728 8,360 4,247 1,609

157 175 484 451 198

172 200 512 390 146

2,738 1,867 6,591 6,874 1,325


577 386 986 241 587

11,985 10,804 30,145 7,856 16,899

2,167 3,018 5,422 1,820 1,770

3,234 1,886 5,373 1,533 2,728

30,210 43,995 102,105 27,143 36,677

14,258 18,841 36,553 14,453 12,725

3,732 4,161 11,151 2,544 4,061

352 352 906 240 362

372 461 807 285 350

5,078 5,126 10,440 3,041 5,550


588 46 90 165 63

18,702 1,721 3,490 5,020 2,646

3,942 482 721 1,250 687

3,030 323 722 1,177 339

69,081 8,669 11,708 18,341 10,571

22,765 3,595 5,275 6,472 4,551

8,214 1,009 1,439 2,026 1,221

569 78 77 211 71

502 78 104 165 92

5,063 764 1,255 1,629 926


782 107 1,709 1,172 12

17,900 3,363 40,699 33,543 1,097

3,658 1,173 7,417 5,618 238

4,131 1,046 8,151 6,505 225

56,615 19,373 184,916 99,662 3,856

23,278 6,547 52,436 31,671 1,858

5,385 1,578 13,686 11,881 464

522 166 1,033 917 40

687 254 1,031 883 35

6,157 1,452 18,007 10,274 446


888 265 219 1,083 87

30,179 11,995 6,732 34,687 2,305

4,918 2,127 2,262 7,449 552

5,322 1,801 1,393 5,879 355

84,964 40,958 32,026 121,050 8,703

34,335 12,320 13,442 42,548 3,403

13,267 4,680 2,724 12,498 949

865 349 278 867 98

675 268 278 1,455 124

13,258 2,359 2,050 13,000 1,166 (Continued)



Circulatory Digestive system system

Diseases of the— Musculoskeletal Genito- system and urinary connective system tissue

869 31 607 1,710 74

19,619 1,334 24,123 53,492 2,438

2,796 277 3,979 10,241 847

3,578 251 4,087 13,147 663

56,863 5,129 75,976 162,220 11,759

16,846 2,829 22,387 64,463 6,210

6,425 633 9,449 13,593 1,280

500 49 601 1,186 96

461 45 625 1,403 160

4,771 477 13,471 15,671 1,744


39 781 365 194 381 19

1,090 20,216 10,248 9,466 11,132 820

332 3,486 3,536 1,531 2,394 198

190 4,304 2,308 898 2,200 161

5,661 62,271 47,531 32,930 42,980 3,643

2,255 21,180 18,740 8,270 19,841 1,692

644 6,879 4,183 4,313 3,813 580

54 541 481 269 332 28

89 592 425 273 398 61

706 6,956 4,299 5,801 5,509 221


0 3 0 178 11

142 262 47 9,295 193

(X) 17 (X) 1,035 17

35 77 18 1,544 57

649 422 40 57,986 618

118 221 42 15,470 274

32 35 3 2,918 23

24 7 8 437 10

(X) 20 (X) 325 6

19 24 5 5,460 52

27

1,494

159

165

3,955

2,255

191

34

49

1,643

State or area South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah

Foreign countries



Respiratory system


Other Unknown

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. NOTES: The diagnosis for disabled adult children typically was not recorded on the Master Beneficiary Record until 1984. Many beneficiaries entitled before that date are still on the rolls today. (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals. a. Data for individual mental disorder diagnostic groups are shown separately in Table 10.A. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 10.A. Number, by state or other area and mental disorders diagnostic group, December 2011 Childhood and adolescent disorders not Developmental elsewhere Intellectual disorders classified disability

Mood disorders

Organic mental disorders

Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders

833,252 1,394,571

338,166

518,277

373,509

Total

Autistic disorders

3,511,042

31,602

11,125

10,540


75,492 5,322 64,358 46,320 301,809

438 98 418 286 2,974

97 16 138 126 1,045

204 20 166 136 627

20,096 1,115 10,392 13,772 54,705

29,195 1,481 29,031 17,431 126,689

7,471 674 8,867 3,699 29,927

10,127 1,097 8,475 5,627 59,581

7,864 821 6,871 5,243 26,261


37,160 41,199 9,570 6,670 180,345

296 583 125 27 1,271

124 97 33 63 407

86 55 26 23 392

8,062 9,760 2,566 1,682 35,911

13,395 15,880 3,565 2,021 75,059

4,649 3,819 950 907 21,333

5,754 7,415 1,409 1,710 30,901

4,794 3,590 896 237 15,071


90,010 12,765 17,270 129,599 79,916

538 87 228 1,162 678

139 12 64 615 143

198 24 124 278 187

25,021 2,084 3,659 34,875 22,962

31,262 4,436 6,503 51,336 27,755

10,797 1,729 1,732 10,597 8,442

14,276 2,616 2,081 20,308 10,700

7,779 1,777 2,879 10,428 9,049

34,747 30,986 80,585 53,992 28,229

347 377 371 365 342

105 41 168 190 91

291 137 198 122 101

11,945 8,752 18,962 19,887 5,318

9,661 10,388 34,840 17,198 11,026

3,753 3,134 9,068 3,999 2,302

4,739 4,289 6,589 7,874 2,734

3,906 3,868 10,389 4,357 6,315


48,808 112,560 143,020 65,502 48,724

506 1,362 1,316 976 195

220 714 498 98 128

166 536 458 184 102

12,534 16,762 32,919 15,599 13,142

17,392 50,714 57,594 25,349 19,522

6,908 9,122 15,530 7,277 4,236

7,816 14,711 22,131 8,714 7,130

3,266 18,639 12,574 7,305 4,269


79,088 10,715 17,139 20,117 24,822

683 94 155 141 338

170 41 36 79 161

242 41 74 60 183

21,848 2,655 4,994 3,111 3,223

29,391 3,026 5,438 8,383 11,156

6,902 1,451 1,710 2,283 1,970

11,115 1,435 2,788 3,404 2,388

8,737 1,972 1,944 2,656 5,403


79,071 24,879 195,502 115,455 6,547

1,101 174 2,211 979 80

375 136 1,526 310 12

233 80 601 254 16

18,194 4,705 50,822 34,266 2,271

29,904 9,150 70,275 38,895 1,527

6,916 3,145 12,161 13,303 864

15,394 3,182 36,665 16,013 1,016

6,954 4,307 21,241 11,435 761


156,730 47,789 41,321 157,201 19,374

1,245 240 763 1,488 189

227 107 92 577 66

386 91 225 831 105

40,771 13,200 8,910 43,034 3,878

63,796 17,519 13,397 63,468 8,441

12,340 5,121 4,591 10,692 1,546

21,478 6,201 6,133 22,212 2,217

16,487 5,310 7,210 14,899 2,932



Other

(Continued)


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 10.A. Number, by state or other area and mental disorders diagnostic group, December 2011—Continued Childhood and adolescent disorders not Developmental elsewhere Intellectual disorders classified disability

Mood disorders



Total

Autistic disorders

60,148 8,176 89,706 206,671 20,549

322 54 300 1,767 341

108 55 102 689 77

90 36 145 802 77

16,059 2,560 21,897 43,360 5,154

22,132 2,176 38,927 92,516 6,384

6,988 1,140 9,089 20,229 2,698

8,094 1,144 10,140 26,316 3,229

6,355 1,011 9,106 20,992 2,589


11,298 80,886 76,764 33,934 70,177 4,942

188 748 941 189 1,173 52

49 193 233 58 152 11

107 264 302 87 290 21

2,032 22,840 13,765 11,345 18,618 1,301

4,301 29,934 27,447 12,280 23,519 1,475

1,170 8,058 10,010 2,863 6,342 773

1,292 11,142 10,983 2,498 9,768 621

2,159 7,707 13,083 4,614 10,315 688


242 504 85 97,981 662

0 4 (X) 166 (X)

0 3 0 100 (X)

0 (X) 0 47 0

72 167 31 13,216 206

46 (X) (X) 68,582 150

29 47 13 1,987 70

29 120 17 10,524 207

66 98 14 3,359 24

7,609

105

(X)

(X)

2,265

2,140

743

1,708

633


Foreign countries

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. NOTE: (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about certain individuals. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Other

All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 11. Number and percentage distribution, by state or other area and diagnostic group, December 2011

Number

Percent

Congenital anomalies


9,803,581

100.0

0.3

3.2

1.3

3.9

35.8

2.8


255,518 14,381 167,433 155,189 789,472

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.2 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.4

3.9 2.9 3.0 4.2 2.7

1.0 0.8 1.3 0.9 2.0

4.3 4.4 4.2 4.3 4.1

29.5 37.0 38.4 29.8 38.2

2.3 3.3 2.6 2.6 2.9


110,661 93,197 29,841 15,251 577,255

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.5 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.3

2.9 2.6 3.0 3.1 3.4

1.3 1.3 1.6 5.0 2.3

4.4 2.9 3.6 2.9 4.4

33.6 44.2 32.1 43.7 31.2

2.8 3.0 3.0 2.4 3.4


299,429 26,733 45,693 332,261 226,045

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3

3.8 1.9 3.0 3.5 4.2

2.1 1.4 0.6 1.3 0.9

4.1 3.8 4.2 3.4 3.4

30.1 47.7 37.8 39.0 35.4

3.1 3.2 2.6 3.0 2.8


87,457 82,815 234,469 177,847 65,122

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3

3.8 3.2 3.0 3.5 2.5

0.7 0.8 0.7 1.5 0.6

3.7 3.9 3.6 4.2 3.4

39.7 37.4 34.4 30.4 43.3

2.9 2.8 2.2 2.7 2.2


138,470 222,358 387,508 138,573 149,894

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2

3.1 2.1 3.3 2.2 4.5

2.2 1.3 0.8 0.8 1.2

3.9 3.0 3.4 3.8 4.4

35.2 50.6 36.9 47.3 32.5

3.2 2.6 2.7 2.9 2.7


240,215 30,878 47,585 64,317 50,266

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3

3.7 2.5 3.4 3.1 2.0

1.0 0.6 0.8 1.4 0.5

4.3 4.7 4.2 4.5 3.2

32.9 34.7 36.0 31.3 49.4

2.6 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.5


223,987 67,851 589,893 362,494 16,629

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4

2.5 3.4 2.3 3.9 2.7

1.6 1.1 2.0 1.4 0.5

3.9 4.6 3.5 3.7 4.4

35.3 36.7 33.1 31.9 39.4

3.3 2.3 2.9 3.0 2.9


386,246 140,533 116,037 450,062 40,771

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2

3.4 3.8 3.0 3.3 2.3

0.9 0.8 1.1 1.1 0.9

3.3 3.8 4.2 4.1 2.9

40.6 34.0 35.6 34.9 47.5

2.7 2.4 2.8 2.8 2.7

Total State or area All areas

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Injuries

Mental disorders a Neoplasms

(Continued)


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 11. Number and percentage distribution, by state or other area and diagnostic group, December 2011—Continued

State or area

Number

Percent

Congenital anomalies



195,538 21,458 274,287 626,954 51,006

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.2 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.6

3.3 2.9 3.5 4.2 2.9

1.3 0.6 0.9 1.7 0.7

4.0 3.8 3.4 4.3 3.6

30.8 38.1 32.7 33.0 40.3

2.7 2.6 2.6 2.8 2.4


24,794 235,370 189,110 111,622 177,574 13,949

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4

2.5 3.3 2.8 4.2 2.8 2.2

0.7 1.3 1.1 0.6 0.7 0.6

3.7 3.6 3.6 4.9 3.6 5.5

45.6 34.4 40.6 30.4 39.5 35.4

2.5 3.1 2.9 2.3 2.7 2.6


1,508 1,792 285 205,969 2,137

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

(X) 0.4 (X) 0.2 0.1

8.2 2.1 3.5 1.3 1.4

0.9 0.9 1.1 0.8 1.4

4.0 4.5 4.9 3.0 4.4

16.0 28.1 29.8 47.6 31.0

2.1 3.3 2.5 1.2 2.7

19,592

100.0

0.7

1.5

1.4

4.3

38.8

2.3

Total

Foreign countries

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Injuries

Mental disorders a Neoplasms

(Continued)





Disesases of the— Musculoskeletal CircuGenito- system and latory Digestive urinary connective system system tissue system


Respiratory system


Other Unknown

0.3

7.7

1.5

1.5

26.3

9.4

2.7

0.2

0.2

2.8


0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2

9.4 5.5 6.4 9.1 6.2

1.3 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.6

1.4 1.2 1.6 1.1 2.0

31.8 27.7 25.2 31.6 26.0

8.5 10.5 10.1 8.8 9.8

2.9 1.9 2.4 3.1 1.5

0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.2

0.3 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.3

2.5 1.7 1.9 1.9 2.0


0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4

5.2 6.1 7.8 8.1 8.9

1.9 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.9

1.4 1.3 1.9 3.1 1.7

26.9 20.8 30.0 16.1 26.6

13.0 9.6 9.4 8.8 9.0

3.1 2.1 2.8 1.9 2.9

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3

0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

2.4 3.6 2.2 2.8 3.0


0.4 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2

10.3 7.5 5.5 8.3 8.5

1.6 1.0 1.8 1.3 1.6

2.2 2.9 1.1 1.7 1.3

26.5 17.3 27.1 21.7 24.0

9.1 8.3 10.9 10.5 10.2

3.2 1.6 2.6 2.8 3.8

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2

2.9 2.4 1.9 2.4 2.9


0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.1

6.3 7.1 8.2 10.7 5.7

1.4 1.7 1.3 1.3 1.4

1.1 1.3 1.0 1.7 0.7

22.8 25.0 30.8 28.4 26.0

10.4 10.3 7.7 8.3 8.7

3.1 3.3 3.6 2.4 2.5

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

3.1 2.3 2.8 3.9 2.0


0.4 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4

8.7 4.9 7.8 5.7 11.3

1.6 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2

2.3 0.8 1.4 1.1 1.8

21.8 19.8 26.3 19.6 24.5

10.3 8.5 9.4 10.4 8.5

2.7 1.9 2.9 1.8 2.7

0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

3.7 2.3 2.7 2.2 3.7


0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1

7.8 5.6 7.3 7.8 5.3

1.6 1.6 1.5 1.9 1.4

1.3 1.0 1.5 1.8 0.7

28.8 28.1 24.6 28.5 21.0

9.5 11.6 11.1 10.1 9.1

3.4 3.3 3.0 3.2 2.4

0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1

0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2

2.1 2.5 2.6 2.5 1.8


0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.1

8.0 5.0 6.9 9.3 6.6

1.6 1.7 1.3 1.5 1.4

1.8 1.5 1.4 1.8 1.4

25.3 28.6 31.3 27.5 23.2

10.4 9.6 8.9 8.7 11.2

2.4 2.3 2.3 3.3 2.8

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2

0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2

2.7 2.1 3.1 2.8 2.7


0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

7.8 8.5 5.8 7.7 5.7

1.3 1.5 1.9 1.7 1.4

1.4 1.3 1.2 1.3 0.9

22.0 29.1 27.6 26.9 21.3

8.9 8.8 11.6 9.5 8.3

3.4 3.3 2.3 2.8 2.3

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3

3.4 1.7 1.8 2.9 2.9 (Continued)



State or area


Disesases of the— Musculoskeletal CircuGenito- system and latory Digestive urinary connective system system tissue system


Respiratory system


Other Unknown


0.4 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1

10.0 6.2 8.8 8.5 4.8

1.4 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.7

1.8 1.2 1.5 2.1 1.3

29.1 23.9 27.7 25.9 23.1

8.6 13.2 8.2 10.3 12.2

3.3 2.9 3.4 2.2 2.5

0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

2.4 2.2 4.9 2.5 3.4


0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1

4.4 8.6 5.4 8.5 6.3 5.9

1.3 1.5 1.9 1.4 1.3 1.4

0.8 1.8 1.2 0.8 1.2 1.2

22.8 26.5 25.1 29.5 24.2 26.1

9.1 9.0 9.9 7.4 11.2 12.1

2.6 2.9 2.2 3.9 2.1 4.2

0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2

0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4

2.8 3.0 2.3 5.2 3.1 1.6


0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.5

9.4 14.6 16.5 4.5 9.0

(X) 0.9 (X) 0.5 0.8

2.3 4.3 6.3 0.7 2.7

43.0 23.5 14.0 28.2 28.9

7.8 12.3 14.7 7.5 12.8

2.1 2.0 1.1 1.4 1.1

1.6 0.4 2.8 0.2 0.5

(X) 1.1 (X) 0.2 0.3

1.3 1.3 1.8 2.7 2.4

Foreign countries

0.1

7.6

0.8

0.8

20.2

11.5

1.0

0.2

0.3

8.4

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. NOTES: The diagnosis for disabled adult children typically was not recorded on the Master Beneficiary Record until 1984. Many beneficiaries entitled before that date are still on the rolls today. (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals. a. Data for individual mental disorder diagnostic groups are shown separately in Table 11.A. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 11.A. Percentage distribution, by state or other area and mental disorders diagnostic group, December 2011 Childhood and adolescent disorders not Developmental elsewhere Intellectual disability disorders classified

Mood disorders



Total

Autistic disorders

35.8

0.3

0.1

0.1

8.5

14.2

3.4

5.3

3.8


29.5 37.0 38.4 29.8 38.2

0.2 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.4

(L) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

7.9 7.8 6.2 8.9 6.9

11.4 10.3 17.3 11.2 16.0

2.9 4.7 5.3 2.4 3.8

4.0 7.6 5.1 3.6 7.5

3.1 5.7 4.1 3.4 3.3


33.6 44.2 32.1 43.7 31.2

0.3 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.2

0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.1

0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1

7.3 10.5 8.6 11.0 6.2

12.1 17.0 11.9 13.3 13.0

4.2 4.1 3.2 5.9 3.7

5.2 8.0 4.7 11.2 5.4

4.3 3.9 3.0 1.6 2.6


30.1 47.7 37.8 39.0 35.4

0.2 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3

(L) (L) 0.1 0.2 0.1

0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1

8.4 7.8 8.0 10.5 10.2

10.4 16.6 14.2 15.5 12.3

3.6 6.5 3.8 3.2 3.7

4.8 9.8 4.6 6.1 4.7

2.6 6.6 6.3 3.1 4.0


39.7 37.4 34.4 30.4 43.3

0.4 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.5

0.1 (L) 0.1 0.1 0.1

0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2

13.7 10.6 8.1 11.2 8.2

11.0 12.5 14.9 9.7 16.9

4.3 3.8 3.9 2.2 3.5

5.4 5.2 2.8 4.4 4.2

4.5 4.7 4.4 2.4 9.7


35.2 50.6 36.9 47.3 32.5

0.4 0.6 0.3 0.7 0.1

0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1

0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1

9.1 7.5 8.5 11.3 8.8

12.6 22.8 14.9 18.3 13.0

5.0 4.1 4.0 5.3 2.8

5.6 6.6 5.7 6.3 4.8

2.4 8.4 3.2 5.3 2.8


32.9 34.7 36.0 31.3 49.4

0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.7

0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3

0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.4

9.1 8.6 10.5 4.8 6.4

12.2 9.8 11.4 13.0 22.2

2.9 4.7 3.6 3.5 3.9

4.6 4.6 5.9 5.3 4.8

3.6 6.4 4.1 4.1 10.7


35.3 36.7 33.1 31.9 39.4

0.5 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.5

0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1

0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

8.1 6.9 8.6 9.5 13.7

13.4 13.5 11.9 10.7 9.2

3.1 4.6 2.1 3.7 5.2

6.9 4.7 6.2 4.4 6.1

3.1 6.3 3.6 3.2 4.6


40.6 34.0 35.6 34.9 47.5

0.3 0.2 0.7 0.3 0.5

0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2

0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3

10.6 9.4 7.7 9.6 9.5

16.5 12.5 11.5 14.1 20.7

3.2 3.6 4.0 2.4 3.8

5.6 4.4 5.3 4.9 5.4

4.3 3.8 6.2 3.3 7.2


Other

(Continued)


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 11.A. Percentage distribution, by state or other area and mental disorders diagnostic group, December 2011—Continued Childhood and adolescent disorders not Developmental elsewhere Intellectual disorders classified disability

Mood disorders



State or area

Total

Autistic disorders


30.8 38.1 32.7 33.0 40.3

0.2 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.7

0.1 0.3 (L) 0.1 0.2

(L) 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2

8.2 11.9 8.0 6.9 10.1

11.3 10.1 14.2 14.8 12.5

3.6 5.3 3.3 3.2 5.3

4.1 5.3 3.7 4.2 6.3

3.3 4.7 3.3 3.3 5.1


45.6 34.4 40.6 30.4 39.5 35.4

0.8 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.7 0.4

0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

0.4 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2

8.2 9.7 7.3 10.2 10.5 9.3

17.3 12.7 14.5 11.0 13.2 10.6

4.7 3.4 5.3 2.6 3.6 5.5

5.2 4.7 5.8 2.2 5.5 4.5

8.7 3.3 6.9 4.1 5.8 4.9


16.0 28.1 29.8 47.6 31.0

0.0 0.2 (X) 0.1 (X)

0.0 0.2 0.0 (L) (X)

0.0 (X) 0.0 (L) 0.0

4.8 9.3 10.9 6.4 9.6

3.1 (X) (X) 33.3 7.0

1.9 2.6 4.6 1.0 3.3

1.9 6.7 6.0 5.1 9.7

4.4 5.5 4.9 1.6 1.1

Foreign countries

38.8

0.5

(X)

(X)

11.6

10.9

3.8

8.7

3.2

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. NOTES: (L) = less than 0.05 percent; (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information of certain individuals. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Other

All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 12. Number receiving Social Security disability benefits because of blindness or deafness, by state or other area, December 2011 Blind

Deaf

Total

Workers

Widow(er)s

Adult children

128,933

110,399

2,553

15,981

77,126

63,626

1,154

12,346

3,072 189 2,066 1,876 12,235

2,698 164 1,789 1,610 10,427

72 4 31 45 215

302 21 246 221 1,593

1,774 136 1,597 971 6,731

1,454 119 1,367 815 5,377

39 0 14 21 93

281 17 216 135 1,261


1,307 1,274 396 222 6,770

1,126 1,024 342 203 5,941

19 23 10 3 140

162 227 44 16 689

1,080 786 226 296 5,401

945 662 190 223 4,561

12 4 0 (X) 59

123 120 36 (X) 781


4,702 422 611 5,041 3,441

4,133 365 522 4,336 3,015

110 5 11 103 62

459 52 78 602 364

2,259 231 288 2,742 1,988

1,820 190 257 2,274 1,672

46 (X) 0 31 30

393 (X) 31 437 286


1,074 1,172 2,785 2,493 650

878 1,006 2,348 2,108 538

12 23 86 80 12

184 143 351 305 100

721 751 1,586 1,395 393

614 657 1,298 1,042 346

10 3 44 32 3

97 91 244 321 44


1,764 3,055 3,912 1,880 2,425

1,561 2,340 3,202 1,567 2,130

25 43 75 19 58

178 672 635 294 237

1,528 1,395 2,698 1,336 1,094

1,282 1,162 2,233 1,201 853

7 12 51 12 16

239 221 414 123 225


3,121 373 646 968 464

2,686 327 548 857 389

67 5 4 15 8

368 41 94 96 67

1,632 238 392 505 266

1,365 204 352 439 225

28 (X) 7 9 5

239 (X) 33 57 36


3,035 954 6,708 4,412 200

2,606 827 5,608 3,837 169

48 22 105 94 (X)

381 105 995 481 (X)

1,754 535 4,371 2,591 106

1,464 456 3,548 2,203 89

24 12 49 38 (X)

266 67 774 350 (X)


4,935 2,028 1,629 5,323 444

4,248 1,752 1,371 4,537 372

105 49 17 85 5

582 227 241 701 67

3,185 998 1,095 3,020 250

2,634 834 898 2,463 214

52 26 19 49 (X)

499 138 178 508 (X)

State or area All areas Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California

Total

Workers

Widow(er)s

Adult children

(Continued)


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 12. Number receiving Social Security disability benefits because of blindness or deafness, by state or other area, December 2011—Continued Blind

Deaf

Total

Workers

Widow(er)s

Adult children

3,066 273 3,822 10,528 778

2,665 240 3,319 9,246 660

95 4 92 222 16

306 29 411 1,060 102

1,298 208 1,907 5,799 583

1,038 178 1,582 4,859 532

28 (X) 38 74 10

232 (X) 287 866 41


237 2,587 2,068 1,106 1,890 167

201 2,205 1,754 926 1,590 149

5 56 26 30 23 (X)

31 326 288 150 277 (X)

158 1,635 1,579 675 1,391 95

136 1,353 1,307 540 1,180 85

0 31 26 25 19 0

22 251 246 110 192 10

Outlying areas Puerto Rico Other a

1,874 110

1,575 98

50 3

249 9

1,220 59

691 43

26 (X)

503 (X)

353

264

13

76

178

100

9

69


Foreign countries

Total

Workers

Widow(er)s

Adult children

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. NOTES: The diagnosis for disabled adult children typically was not recorded on the Master Beneficiary Record until 1984. Many beneficiaries entitled before that date are still on the rolls today. (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals. a. Includes American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and U.S. Virgin Islands. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 13. Total monthly benefits, by state or other area, December 2011 (in thousands of dollars) State or area

Total

Workers

Widow(er)s

Adult children

10,389,401

9,523,184

176,596

689,622


266,031 15,114 185,998 157,015 857,582

246,344 14,013 173,967 146,184 784,608

5,747 224 2,675 3,094 12,617

13,940 877 9,356 7,736 60,358


119,404 101,964 33,638 14,355 620,733

111,825 91,756 31,280 13,217 579,177

1,479 1,146 459 156 9,376

6,100 9,062 1,899 983 32,180


317,529 29,098 47,466 358,335 241,527

294,088 26,507 43,896 321,608 220,049

5,798 431 731 5,952 4,408

17,643 2,161 2,840 30,775 17,069


87,848 85,589 242,414 181,673 64,174

78,626 78,269 223,446 162,558 59,237

1,244 1,349 6,048 5,089 933

7,978 5,971 12,919 14,026 4,005


151,695 233,346 431,475 145,461 149,868

139,448 213,651 390,284 132,823 137,338

2,025 2,732 7,626 1,361 3,510

10,223 16,963 33,565 11,278 9,021


248,298 31,392 47,724 73,262 54,718

228,599 28,894 43,338 69,259 51,183

4,459 491 627 1,124 588

15,239 2,007 3,759 2,879 2,947


259,850 69,265 645,131 381,693 16,213

236,939 64,619 582,992 354,886 14,471

3,289 1,041 9,151 6,140 166

19,621 3,606 52,987 20,667 1,576


397,336 144,566 123,886 478,657 41,936

357,566 133,261 114,064 434,942 38,610

7,960 3,096 2,006 8,137 521

31,811 8,209 7,816 35,579 2,805

All areas

(Continued)


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 13. Total monthly benefits, by state or other area, December 2011 (in thousands of dollars)—Continued State or area

Total

Workers

Widow(er)s

Adult children


209,306 20,988 283,223 655,516 53,795

194,095 19,061 261,517 604,152 49,184

3,862 251 5,946 13,281 758

11,350 1,676 15,760 38,083 3,854


24,591 251,059 204,550 120,763 186,440 14,773

22,505 231,403 188,687 109,855 168,678 13,694

303 4,364 3,108 3,364 2,233 228

1,784 15,292 12,755 7,545 15,529 850


1,239 1,632 190 188,611 2,174

1,138 1,487 168 173,849 1,919

34 37 4 3,282 45

68 107 18 11,480 210

17,291

13,970

491

2,830

Foreign countries

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. NOTES: Unnegotiated checks not deducted. Data exclude lump-sum death payments. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 14. Number, by type of representative payee, December 2011 Type of payee All disabled beneficiaries Without payee With payee Parent (natural, adoptive, or stepparent) Spouse Child (natural, adoptive, or stepchild) Other relative Nonmental institution Mental institution Social agency Public official Financial organization Other

Total

Workers

Widow(er)s

Adult children

9,803,581

8,575,544

251,011

977,026

8,106,760

7,624,996

235,702

246,062

600,336 162,800 62,489 332,733 163,723 104,500 115,664 12,469 7,632 134,475

282,916 161,861 54,514 179,477 76,086 31,526 56,744 7,593 4,921 94,910

745 86 5,799 3,834 1,847 353 810 129 53 1,653

316,675 853 2,176 149,422 85,790 72,621 58,110 4,747 2,658 37,912

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 15. Representative payment, by sex and diagnostic group, December 2011

Diagnostic group

Workers Number Percentwith age with Total payee payee

Widow(er)s Number Percentwith age with Total payee payee

Adult children Number Percentwith age with Total payee payee


8,575,544

950,548

11.1

251,011

15,309

6.1

977,026

730,964

74.8

15,199

2,963

19.5

294

5

1.7

15,472

11,358

73.4

296,207 125,622 356,200

6,732 4,194 29,131

2.3 3.3 8.2

15,938 2,205 6,715

363 75 234

2.3 3.4 3.5

3,969 3,895 15,794

1,003 2,231 6,369

25.3 57.3 40.3

11,269 6,750

7,148 2,655

63.4 39.3

31 90

9 19

29.0 21.1

20,302 4,285

17,608 2,883

86.7 67.3

5,937 369,093 1,304,851 302,036

2,203 209,877 206,755 117,094

37.1 56.9 15.8 38.8

48 9,845 42,084 6,194

7 2,333 4,199 1,839

14.6 23.7 10.0 29.7

4,555 454,314 47,636 29,936

3,122 394,357 22,884 21,051

68.5 86.8 48.0 70.3

435,929 333,063 264,475

174,877 45,686 4,100

40.1 13.7 1.6

7,229 8,339 5,318

2,050 639 90

28.4 7.7 1.7

75,119 32,107 2,760

51,403 16,544 1,321

68.4 51.5 47.9

22,556 732,521 142,189 145,963

619 39,705 4,382 2,010

2.7 5.4 3.1 1.4

458 20,553 3,497 2,181

10 959 102 54

2.2 4.7 2.9 2.5

2,843 5,120 1,183 2,739

552 2,379 195 519

19.4 46.5 16.5 18.9

2,488,374

33,428

1.3

82,264

992

1.2

9,102

1,725

19.0

802,935 248,795 20,985 20,396 124,199

39,794 3,846 334 963 12,052

5.0 1.5 1.6 4.7 9.7

18,487 11,369 578 416 6,878

696 186 8 15 425

3.8 1.6 1.4 3.6 6.2

101,950 1,467 470 2,213 139,795

53,714 433 82 1,450 117,781

52.7 29.5 17.4 65.5 84.3


4,493,811

604,605

13.5

13,562

1,002

7.4

543,399

417,812

76.9

7,913

1,722

21.8

20

0

0.0

8,005

6,078

75.9

138,559 89,847 240,833

3,779 3,226 21,922

2.7 3.6 9.1

567 204 659

19 8 21

3.4 3.9 3.2

1,902 2,110 11,038

577 1,268 4,385

30.3 60.1 39.7

9,285 4,267

6,043 1,852

65.1 43.4

3 6

0 0

0.0 0.0

16,377 2,631

14,162 1,858

86.5 70.6

4,085 230,827 501,749 189,725

1,723 136,143 102,814 79,526

42.2 59.0 20.5 41.9

2 549 1,396 493

1 154 173 160

50.0 28.1 12.4 32.5

3,369 244,707 23,156 19,760

2,359 217,143 12,813 14,238

70.0 88.7 55.3 72.1

293,291 174,602 125,365

129,014 28,263 2,365

44.0 16.2 1.9

491 416 242

123 33 6

25.1 7.9 2.5

53,530 17,753 1,542

37,486 10,062 747

70.0 56.7 48.4 (Continued)


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 15. Representative payment, by sex and diagnostic group, December 2011—Continued

Diagnostic group

Workers Number Percentwith age with Total payee payee

Widow(er)s Number Percentwith age with Total payee payee

Adult children Number Percentwith age with Total payee payee


9,656 482,941 75,406 86,950

366 25,431 3,032 1,323

3.8 5.3 4.0 1.5

27 1,846 281 166

1 82 17 7

3.7 4.4 6.0 4.2

1,403 2,765 599 1,476

329 1,358 122 322

23.4 49.1 20.4 21.8

1,240,064

20,460

1.6

4,327

94

2.2

3,911

955

24.4

390,902 119,440 9,079 9,004 60,021

24,220 2,287 210 647 8,237

6.2 1.9 2.3 7.2 13.7

944 509 29 16 369

51 20 1 3 28

5.4 3.9 3.4 18.8 7.6

54,213 629 201 1,221 71,101

29,567 243 43 856 60,841

54.5 38.6 21.4 70.1 85.6

4,081,733

345,943

8.5

237,449

14,307

6.0

433,627

313,152

72.2

7,286

1,241

17.0

274

5

1.8

7,467

5,280

70.7

157,648 35,775 115,367

2,953 968 7,209

1.9 2.7 6.2

15,371 2,001 6,056

344 67 213

2.2 3.3 3.5

2,067 1,785 4,756

426 963 1,984

20.6 53.9 41.7

1,984 2,483

1,105 803

55.7 32.3

28 84

9 19

32.1 22.6

3,925 1,654

3,446 1,025

87.8 62.0

1,852 138,266 803,102 112,311

480 73,734 103,941 37,568

25.9 53.3 12.9 33.4

46 9,296 40,688 5,701

6 2,179 4,026 1,679

13.0 23.4 9.9 29.5

1,186 209,607 24,480 10,176

763 177,214 10,071 6,813

64.3 84.5 41.1 67.0

142,638 158,461 139,110

45,863 17,423 1,735

32.2 11.0 1.2

6,738 7,923 5,076

1,927 606 84

28.6 7.6 1.7

21,589 14,354 1,218

13,917 6,482 574

64.5 45.2 47.1

12,900 249,580 66,783 59,013

253 14,274 1,350 687

2.0 5.7 2.0 1.2

431 18,707 3,216 2,015

9 877 85 47

2.1 4.7 2.6 2.3

1,440 2,355 584 1,263

223 1,021 73 197

15.5 43.4 12.5 15.6

1,248,310

12,968

1.0

77,937

898

1.2

5,191

770

14.8

412,033 129,355 11,906 11,392 64,178

15,574 1,559 124 316 3,815

3.8 1.2 1.0 2.8 5.9

17,543 10,860 549 400 6,509

645 166 7 12 397

3.7 1.5 1.3 3.0 6.1

47,737 838 269 992 68,694

24,147 190 39 594 56,940

50.6 22.7 14.5 59.9 82.9


SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. NOTE: The diagnosis for disabled adult children typically was not recorded on the Master Beneficiary Record until 1984. Many beneficiaries entitled before that date are still on the rolls today. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 16. Number and percentage distribution of disabled workers, by state or other area and monthly benefit, December 2011 Percentage distribution by dollar amount of monthly benefit


Less than 400.00– 600.00– 800.00– 1,000.00– 1,200.00– 1,400.00– Number Total 400.00 599.90 799.90 999.90 1,199.90 1,399.90 1,599.90 8,575,544 100.0

1,600.00 or more

Monthly benefit (dollars) Average

Median

4.4

7.2

17.2

19.3

15.2

11.3

8.1

17.2 1,110.50 1,021.90


225,847 12,825 150,778 138,156 690,007

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

3.7 4.8 3.4 3.8 5.1

6.8 8.2 6.0 7.1 7.6

17.8 18.8 15.6 18.3 16.7

21.1 19.1 19.0 21.6 17.4

16.2 14.5 15.6 17.5 13.8

11.6 10.2 12.2 12.1 10.7

7.8 7.2 9.0 7.9 8.2

14.9 17.1 19.3 11.7 20.4


100,000 100.0 79,684 100.0 26,647 100.0

4.1 4.2 3.4

6.8 6.7 6.0

17.1 16.3 15.0

19.2 17.9 18.4

15.5 14.7 15.3

11.5 11.5 12.1

8.5 8.6 9.1

17.2 1,118.25 1,033.00 20.3 1,151.50 1,064.90 20.8 1,173.88 1,088.90

13,456 100.0 517,600 100.0

6.2 3.6

9.6 6.6

21.1 17.0

22.1 19.8

15.9 15.9

9.9 11.8

5.7 8.4

9.5 982.22 905.95 16.8 1,118.97 1,033.90


264,416 23,221 40,570 283,252 196,965

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

3.4 3.9 4.8 4.7 4.1

6.3 6.3 7.6 7.3 7.1

16.5 16.0 18.4 16.7 16.9

20.1 18.2 19.5 18.2 19.1

16.9 15.5 14.9 14.2 15.6

12.6 12.5 11.5 10.9 11.6

8.8 9.0 8.0 8.3 8.4

15.4 18.6 15.4 19.8 17.3

1,112.22 1,141.52 1,081.97 1,135.41 1,117.20


74,258 72,365 206,189 149,911 57,511

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

5.3 4.5 4.8 5.5 4.7

8.1 7.3 7.9 8.2 8.0

18.7 18.1 18.3 18.4 19.5

19.5 19.9 19.4 19.3 22.3

15.0 15.7 15.0 14.1 16.2

11.1 11.6 10.8 10.0 10.9

8.2 8.2 7.7 7.5 6.9

14.0 14.7 16.1 16.9 11.5

1,058.82 981.00 1,081.58 1,002.00 1,083.70 995.00 1,084.36 982.90 1,030.01 954.00


122,028 194,434 334,677 120,648 129,781

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

4.2 4.2 4.7 4.7 3.9

6.7 7.2 7.3 7.4 6.9

15.9 18.0 16.2 17.6 18.6

18.3 19.8 17.3 19.2 22.2

15.0 15.5 13.3 15.1 16.9

11.9 11.1 10.3 11.1 11.7

8.8 7.8 8.2 8.0 7.7

19.1 16.3 22.8 16.9 12.2

1,142.75 1,098.84 1,166.15 1,100.91 1,058.23


211,253 27,277 41,215 58,995 45,218

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

4.4 5.1 4.6 3.0 3.1

7.5 8.1 7.8 5.3 5.7

18.2 18.7 18.9 14.7 15.9

20.2 20.4 20.7 19.0 20.4

15.7 15.0 15.6 16.3 16.8

11.1 10.6 11.9 12.6 12.7

7.9 7.7 7.9 9.3 8.8

15.0 14.2 12.5 19.8 16.7

1,082.11 997.00 1,059.30 975.90 1,051.51 977.00 1,173.99 1,092.90 1,131.91 1,052.95


194,312 60,803 506,939 321,185 13,989

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

3.7 5.1 5.1 3.3 5.3

6.1 7.9 7.8 5.9 8.7

14.5 18.6 16.7 16.1 19.9

16.7 19.9 17.3 20.5 20.6

13.9 15.6 13.4 18.1 14.7

11.1 11.2 10.4 13.4 10.7

8.7 7.6 7.7 8.7 7.7

25.3 14.1 21.6 14.0 12.4

1,219.37 1,123.90 1,062.75 981.90 1,150.02 1,041.90 1,104.93 1,042.00 1,034.48 951.90


332,135 124,067 102,606 390,415 35,905

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

5.6 4.7 4.2 4.7 4.4

8.6 7.9 7.3 7.4 7.5

18.6 18.1 17.4 16.8 18.5

18.7 19.6 19.1 18.8 20.4

14.0 15.2 14.9 14.8 15.5

10.3 11.5 11.1 11.3 11.0

7.6 8.3 8.5 8.5 7.9

16.5 14.7 17.5 17.8 14.8

1,076.57 980.90 1,074.11 995.90 1,111.67 1,024.90 1,114.05 1,028.00 1,075.35 989.90

1,090.76 1,006.00 1,092.63 988.00 1,153.79 1,072.90 1,058.11 992.00 1,137.10 1,041.90

1,039.90 1,067.00 996.00 1,040.90 1,033.00

1,059.00 1,008.00 1,062.00 1,012.90 984.00

(Continued)


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 16. Number and percentage distribution of disabled workers, by state or other area and monthly benefit, December 2011—Continued Percentage distribution by dollar amount of monthly benefit

State or area

Less than 400.00– 600.00– 800.00– 1,000.00– 1,200.00– 1,400.00– Number Total 400.00 599.90 799.90 999.90 1,199.90 1,399.90 1,599.90


172,568 18,415 241,802 552,723 44,698

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

3.2 5.4 3.7 4.7 4.7

5.6 8.5 6.7 7.4 7.9

15.5 19.1 17.8 17.4 17.9

20.1 20.4 21.2 19.6 19.0

17.7 16.0 16.8 15.5 14.5

13.4 11.3 12.1 11.5 10.8


21,661 206,849 168,044 96,330 152,850 12,442

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

4.8 3.9 4.3 5.1 4.8 4.8

7.9 6.5 7.2 7.4 7.5 8.1

19.2 16.3 17.3 16.7 17.3 18.3

21.0 19.5 19.0 17.6 18.8 19.3

17.0 16.2 14.7 13.6 14.9 13.8

1,326 100.0 1,547 100.0

8.4 9.0

12.8 9.4

28.4 20.7

20.2 20.1

232 100.0 177,166 100.0

14.2 3.6

19.8 7.0

28.4 23.1

1,744 100.0

3.4

7.2

13,607 100.0

10.6

8.4

Outlying areas American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands Foreign countries

Monthly benefit (dollars)

1,600.00 or more

Average

Median

9.2 7.2 8.0 8.1 7.7

15.3 12.1 13.7 15.7 17.4

1,124.74 1,035.06 1,081.53 1,093.05 1,100.36

1,059.90 961.90 1,005.90 1,009.90 1,004.90

11.1 12.3 10.8 10.6 11.2 10.2

7.2 8.5 8.1 8.1 8.4 7.7

11.8 16.7 18.6 20.9 17.2 17.7

1,038.95 1,118.70 1,122.84 1,140.40 1,103.55 1,100.66

970.90 1,042.90 1,026.00 1,044.00 1,018.90 993.45

14.7 15.1

8.1 10.3

4.2 6.2

3.1 9.1

858.13 961.09

805.40 906.00

25.0 27.5

5.6 16.7

3.0 9.0

1.7 5.4

2.2 7.7

724.28 981.28

717.45 910.90

16.6

19.7

17.4

11.8

8.4

15.5 1,100.09 1,028.45

16.0

17.5

14.1

11.0

7.9

14.5 1,026.66

968.00



All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 17. Number and percentage distribution of disabled widow(er)s, by state or other area and monthly benefit, December 2011 Percentage distribution by dollar amount of monthly benefit

State or area All areas Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida

Monthly benefit Less (dollars) than 200.00– 400.00– 500.00– 600.00– 700.00– 800.00– 1,000.00– 1,200.00 Number Total 200.00 399.90 499.90 599.90 699.90 799.90 999.90 1,199.90 or more Average Median 251,011 100.0

8.6

15.3

9.2

10.7

10.0

9.2

14.9

10.0

12.2

703.54 661.00

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

9.1 4.5 7.0 11.3 6.3

16.1 9.6 14.0 17.8 13.4

9.7 7.6 10.0 9.4 8.5

10.9 11.3 10.1 10.7 10.9

10.8 11.3 10.6 10.6 9.8

9.4 10.7 9.4 9.0 8.9

14.9 19.6 14.9 14.4 15.4

9.6 14.8 9.6 8.3 11.2

9.4 10.7 14.5 8.4 15.7

672.56 768.51 730.00 639.42 758.96

2,074 100.0 1,646 100.0 654 100.0

8.8 7.0 9.6

14.9 17.3 13.8

8.1 9.2 11.2

10.3 12.2 9.9

10.6 8.5 7.6

9.0 10.6 9.2

14.8 14.3 15.1

10.5 10.0 11.3

13.0 10.8 12.2

713.30 674.00 696.21 646.00 702.08 673.00

235 100.0 13,838 100.0

6.8 9.0

16.2 16.7

10.2 9.8

14.5 11.0

8.5 10.0

12.8 9.1

14.9 14.3

8.1 9.2

8.1 10.8

662.99 621.00 677.54 632.00

8,545 291 3,664 4,839 16,624

639.00 739.00 682.50 606.00 712.00


8,937 573 997 8,153 6,091

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

10.7 6.6 7.2 7.8 8.8

17.4 12.4 12.0 14.5 14.9

10.0 9.9 10.0 8.6 8.6

11.1 8.7 10.2 10.1 10.3

9.6 8.7 10.0 9.6 8.8

8.8 11.5 11.4 9.1 9.2

14.8 15.7 15.8 15.6 14.7

8.9 12.7 10.2 11.2 11.0

8.7 13.6 12.9 13.5 13.6

648.79 751.31 733.17 730.01 723.73

607.00 722.00 707.00 692.00 685.00


1,819 1,973 8,364 6,697 1,421

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

8.6 9.6 7.7 6.6 8.3

15.0 16.1 14.8 12.5 17.5

10.6 9.1 9.0 7.6 10.3

9.8 10.4 10.6 10.8 13.0

10.6 10.6 10.0 10.4 10.5

10.0 9.1 8.9 9.8 8.1

16.3 14.3 15.1 15.5 14.6

9.0 9.8 10.4 11.8 9.5

10.1 10.8 13.5 15.1 8.2

684.05 683.67 723.12 759.94 656.42

653.00 641.00 679.00 722.90 606.00


2,741 3,887 9,658 1,983 5,425

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

6.6 7.6 6.8 8.6 10.1

13.8 14.8 12.6 16.6 17.8

8.8 9.7 7.9 10.1 10.1

11.3 11.5 9.5 11.1 10.9

10.2 11.1 9.1 9.6 10.7

8.9 9.8 8.7 8.5 9.6

15.6 14.8 14.5 15.4 13.9

11.3 9.0 11.8 8.5 8.5

13.5 11.7 19.1 11.5 8.6

738.81 702.87 789.59 686.10 646.94

694.00 656.00 745.00 635.00 612.90


6,728 683 979 1,507 886

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

10.4 7.0 11.2 7.5 10.3

17.1 14.5 17.1 14.9 16.8

9.0 10.4 10.6 8.0 11.1

11.6 11.6 10.9 10.2 9.5

9.8 9.5 10.7 9.8 9.4

8.9 8.9 8.9 7.8 8.8

14.7 14.8 12.9 15.1 16.0

8.9 10.2 9.5 11.1 8.7

9.6 13.0 8.2 15.6 9.5

662.82 719.28 640.85 745.88 663.58

615.00 667.90 600.00 694.00 628.00


4,504 1,465 12,685 10,297 278

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

8.6 7.2 7.5 13.6 9.7

14.0 13.4 14.6 20.6 22.7

8.6 8.6 9.3 9.8 10.8

11.0 12.1 11.0 10.4 11.2

9.9 11.4 10.0 10.2 12.6

8.8 9.5 9.3 8.7 8.6

14.6 17.3 15.3 12.6 12.6

9.3 9.8 9.9 7.1 5.0

15.1 10.7 13.2 6.9 6.8

730.27 710.40 721.44 596.28 597.13

677.00 680.00 674.00 557.00 555.50


10,772 4,507 2,652 11,158 783

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

8.1 9.3 6.6 7.7 8.8

13.4 15.3 13.9 14.1 17.6

8.9 9.1 8.5 8.6 11.0

10.2 11.0 8.7 10.2 10.6

9.2 10.5 9.4 10.0 11.5

8.5 9.4 10.0 9.2 8.7

15.9 14.7 15.5 15.9 12.3

10.9 10.1 12.7 11.3 9.7

14.8 10.7 14.8 13.1 9.8

738.93 686.88 756.26 729.21 665.88

700.00 649.00 730.00 694.00 622.00

(Continued)


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 17. Number and percentage distribution of disabled widow(er)s, by state or other area and monthly benefit, December 2011—Continued Percentage distribution by dollar amount of monthly benefit

State or area South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Outlying areas American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands Foreign countries

Monthly benefit Less (dollars) than 200.00– 400.00– 500.00– 600.00– 700.00– 800.00– 1,000.00– 1,200.00 Number Total 200.00 399.90 499.90 599.90 699.90 799.90 999.90 1,199.90 or more Average Median 6,288 402 9,184 18,407 993

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

12.4 9.2 11.0 7.9 6.5

18.6 16.4 17.1 14.0 13.3

10.9 13.2 10.3 9.0 9.1

10.6 11.9 10.4 10.8 9.8

10.3 12.4 10.3 10.2 9.0

9.1 7.2 9.2 9.7 9.3

12.7 14.9 14.3 15.0 15.8

8.2 8.5 8.6 10.6 10.8

7.2 6.2 8.8 12.9 16.5

614.14 625.39 647.38 721.50 763.27

576.50 594.00 610.00 682.90 730.00

470 6,345 3,995 4,223 3,220 306

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

13.6 9.8 5.7 4.9 9.0 5.2

14.7 16.6 13.0 11.6 15.8 12.4

8.1 8.9 9.0 7.7 9.1 11.8

10.2 10.0 9.9 10.3 10.8 12.1

13.2 9.2 8.7 9.3 9.0 8.5

9.1 8.7 9.3 8.6 10.1 6.2

13.2 15.6 15.5 17.5 14.7 18.0

10.9 9.8 11.3 12.4 10.2 13.4

7.0 11.4 17.6 17.6 11.3 12.4

644.37 687.78 777.97 796.55 693.55 745.85

628.50 652.00 738.00 773.90 659.50 701.00

59 100.0 55 100.0

6.8 7.3

27.1 16.4

11.9 16.4

15.3 (X)

8.5 (X)

6.8 9.1

11.9 10.9

6.8 9.1

5.1 (X)

575.89 530.00 680.11 624.90

8 100.0 5,299 100.0

0.0 8.0

50.0 17.8

0.0 10.3

(X) 14.6

(X) 13.7

0.0 10.1

0.0 13.8

0.0 6.6

(X) 5.1

535.08 450.95 619.32 595.00

56 100.0

3.6

10.7

5.4

7.1

12.5

10.7

21.4

16.1

12.5

796.98 790.00

688 100.0

6.5

12.2

8.7

13.2

11.2

9.9

17.0

11.8

9.4

713.82 680.50

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. NOTE: (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 18. Number and percentage distribution of disabled adult children, by state or other area and monthly benefit, December 2011 Percentage distribution by dollar amount of monthly benefit


Monthly benefit Less (dollars) than 200.00– 400.00– 500.00– 600.00– 700.00– 800.00– 1,000.00– 1,200.00 Number Total 200.00 399.90 499.90 599.90 699.90 799.90 999.90 1,199.90 or more Average Median 977,026 100.0

6.9

11.5

11.1

10.6

10.5

10.4

18.6

12.6

7.7

705.84 694.00 659.84 693.47 720.19 634.44 728.60


21,126 1,265 12,991 12,194 82,841

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

7.2 8.5 6.9 8.5 6.6

12.2 13.0 11.3 12.4 11.3

14.2 11.1 9.7 13.6 10.1

12.3 11.8 10.5 13.5 10.0

11.5 9.0 9.8 12.3 10.2

10.6 8.3 10.5 11.2 9.8

16.7 17.2 19.4 16.1 19.2

9.8 12.3 13.6 8.1 13.6

5.5 8.7 8.3 4.3 9.3


8,587 100.0 11,867 100.0 2,540 100.0

7.7 6.4 5.9

11.7 10.4 9.6

10.1 8.6 9.6

10.0 8.3 9.8

9.9 8.5 9.6

10.5 10.1 10.6

18.5 20.9 19.9

13.3 15.8 15.2

8.2 11.0 9.7

710.35 704.00 763.62 781.00 747.49 754.50

1,560 100.0 45,817 100.0

7.5 6.7

12.5 11.5

17.2 10.6

14.1 10.9

11.7 11.1

10.6 11.2

14.7 18.7

7.2 11.9

4.6 7.2

629.98 591.95 702.36 690.00


26,076 2,939 4,126 40,856 22,989

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

6.1 5.8 8.0 6.1 6.1

11.3 10.2 12.3 10.3 10.4

13.6 9.9 10.0 9.1 8.9

12.6 9.0 11.0 9.0 9.1

12.5 11.1 10.8 9.6 10.0

10.8 11.3 10.9 10.3 11.4

17.3 21.2 18.1 20.3 20.6

10.0 13.9 12.1 15.3 14.7

5.9 7.6 6.8 10.1 8.8

676.58 735.12 688.25 753.25 742.50

651.00 733.90 682.00 759.00 750.00


11,380 8,477 19,916 21,239 6,190

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

8.1 7.6 7.9 7.9 9.9

11.6 11.8 13.9 13.2 13.1

9.1 9.7 13.6 13.5 11.0

10.0 10.6 12.2 12.0 12.1

10.4 10.4 10.8 11.1 11.1

11.2 10.3 10.4 10.1 10.6

19.7 19.4 16.4 15.8 17.5

12.9 12.7 9.4 9.9 9.6

7.0 7.7 5.4 6.5 5.1

701.06 704.38 648.67 660.38 646.96

706.00 699.00 620.90 629.00 635.00


13,701 24,037 43,173 15,942 14,688

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

5.5 8.3 6.0 8.2 7.9

9.4 11.7 9.2 11.5 14.2

10.4 10.3 7.9 10.1 17.0

9.8 10.1 8.2 10.0 13.5

10.7 10.0 8.9 9.7 12.0

10.6 9.8 10.0 10.2 9.9

20.2 18.5 21.7 19.3 13.9

13.6 12.7 17.1 13.4 7.3

9.7 8.6 11.0 7.7 4.2

746.12 705.71 777.46 707.42 614.14

741.00 696.00 798.00 705.00 578.00


22,234 2,918 5,391 3,815 4,162

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

7.7 8.1 7.3 5.9 7.9

12.3 11.1 10.7 9.9 11.9

10.9 11.1 10.4 9.3 9.3

11.0 10.8 11.0 9.6 9.9

11.3 11.2 11.3 10.0 10.4

10.7 10.9 11.6 10.4 10.2

17.9 18.7 19.2 20.0 20.1

11.5 11.3 12.3 14.4 12.8

6.8 6.8 6.2 10.5 7.5

685.41 687.68 697.22 754.55 708.10

672.00 680.45 694.00 750.00 707.95


25,171 5,583 70,269 31,012 2,362

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

5.5 8.0 5.7 6.7 8.2

9.1 14.5 9.7 11.4 11.8

8.5 13.0 9.3 13.5 11.1

8.6 12.5 9.5 12.6 12.5

9.2 10.9 9.6 12.3 12.0

10.5 10.3 10.5 11.2 11.6

20.8 16.4 20.9 17.6 16.8

16.4 9.1 15.2 9.4 10.2

11.4 5.4 9.5 5.3 5.8

779.53 645.80 754.06 666.42 667.24

790.00 619.00 760.00 646.00 655.00


43,339 11,959 10,779 48,489 4,083

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

6.7 6.6 7.2 6.6 7.9

10.6 12.1 10.9 10.0 13.2

9.5 11.7 9.1 9.3 10.3

9.5 11.3 9.4 9.5 10.1

9.6 11.3 10.0 10.0 9.8

10.6 11.1 10.9 11.1 10.9

20.0 18.6 20.0 20.6 18.6

15.0 11.0 14.3 14.8 12.7

8.6 6.3 8.2 8.1 6.4

734.00 686.41 725.14 733.74 686.88

741.00 671.00 730.00 742.00 684.00

635.00 667.00 717.00 614.00 717.90

(Continued)


All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 18. Number and percentage distribution of disabled adult children, by state or other area and monthly benefit, December 2011—Continued Percentage distribution by dollar amount of monthly benefit

State or area

Monthly benefit Less (dollars) than 200.00– 400.00– 500.00– 600.00– 700.00– 800.00– 1,000.00– 1,200.00 Number Total 200.00 399.90 499.90 599.90 699.90 799.90 999.90 1,199.90 or more Average Median


16,682 2,641 23,301 55,824 5,315

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

5.8 9.7 6.2 7.4 7.6

10.6 13.9 11.5 12.5 11.6

13.4 12.1 13.4 12.1 8.7

12.4 11.2 12.3 11.4 9.4

12.7 11.9 12.3 11.1 9.6

11.4 10.9 10.9 10.3 11.1

18.0 17.0 17.4 17.1 19.8

10.1 8.9 10.2 11.0 13.0

5.6 4.3 5.9 7.1 9.2

680.37 634.47 676.39 682.20 725.02

658.00 623.00 654.90 657.00 728.00


2,663 22,176 17,071 11,069 21,504 1,201

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

9.0 6.6 6.3 6.8 7.3 7.2

11.9 11.4 10.7 11.4 11.4 12.8

10.2 12.2 8.8 12.4 9.0 8.5

11.4 11.5 9.0 11.3 9.0 11.0

12.9 11.6 9.8 11.4 10.1 11.5

10.4 11.2 10.5 11.5 10.3 9.1

17.5 18.1 20.2 18.6 20.4 18.5

10.7 11.1 15.2 10.8 14.5 14.3

6.1 6.5 9.5 5.9 7.8 7.2

669.86 689.58 747.16 681.62 722.12 708.07

661.90 672.00 755.00 671.00 732.00 692.00

123 100.0 190 100.0

9.8 11.1

16.3 21.1

19.5 12.1

(X) 15.3

(X) 10.0

11.4 8.4

(X) 11.6

(X) 6.8

2.4 3.7

549.32 540.90 565.43 541.45

45 100.0 23,504 100.0

24.4 9.9

31.1 22.5

20.0 27.1

(X) 14.7

(X) 9.4

6.7 6.1

(X) 6.5

(X) 2.7

0.0 1.0

395.24 328.00 488.44 445.90

337 100.0

3.6

11.9

17.2

15.4

16.3

12.2

17.8

3.9

1.8

624.55 613.90

5,297 100.0

14.9

18.0

17.2

12.2

10.5

8.2

11.4

4.6

2.9

534.35 499.00


SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. NOTE: (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Disabled Workers Table 19. Number and percentage distribution, by sex and age, December 1960–2011, selected years Percentage distribution Year

Number (thousands)

Total, all ages Under 30

30–34

35–39 a

40–44

All disabled workers

45–49

50–54

55–59

60–FRA

Average age

b

1996 1997 1998 1999

4,400 4,508 4,699 4,879

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

3.6 3.2 3.0 2.8

5.6 5.1 4.8 4.4

9.0 8.6 8.3 8.0

11.6 11.6 11.6 11.5

13.8 13.7 13.8 14.0

15.5 16.1 16.5 17.0

18.6 19.2 19.7 20.0

22.4 22.4 22.4 22.3

50.0 50.3 50.5 50.6

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

5,042 5,268 5,540 5,869 6,197

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

2.7 2.8 3.0 3.1 3.1

4.1 4.0 3.8 3.7 3.6

7.6 7.2 6.7 6.3 5.9

11.4 11.1 10.8 10.4 10.0

14.1 14.1 14.1 14.0 13.8

17.6 17.7 17.5 17.3 17.2

20.3 20.7 21.3 21.5 21.8

22.3 22.4 22.7 23.7 24.5

50.8 50.9 51.0 51.3 51.5

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

6,519 6,807 7,099 7,427 7,788

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

3.1 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9

3.4 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.4

5.7 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.0

9.5 9.0 8.5 8.0 7.7

13.6 13.3 13.0 12.6 12.4

17.2 17.3 17.3 17.3 17.5

22.3 22.3 21.9 21.7 21.9

25.2 26.4 28.0 29.1 29.3

51.8 52.1 52.4 52.6 52.7

2010 2011

8,204 8,576

100.0 100.0

2.9 2.7

3.4 3.5

4.8 4.6

7.5 7.3

12.0 11.4

17.5 17.4

22.2 22.6

29.6 30.4

52.8 53.0

Men 1960 1965 1970 1975

356 734 1,069 1,711

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.5 1.0 3.3 4.6

a a a a

3.3 7.5 6.8 7.5

3.0 7.6 6.9 6.2

4.9 10.4 10.9 9.7

16.6 15.4 15.2 15.8

26.7 24.7 23.2 23.2

44.9 33.3 33.7 33.0

57.3 54.4 53.9 53.5

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

1,928 -1,746 1,731 1,748

100.0 -100.0 100.0 100.0

4.1 -4.0 4.2 4.4

a -a a a

9.6 -9.7 10.4 11.3

6.0 -5.8 6.3 6.8

8.9 -7.8 8.0 8.3

14.3 -13.6 13.0 12.8

24.0 -23.6 23.1 22.2

33.1 -35.5 35.0 34.2

52.9 -53.2 52.9 52.5

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1,785 1,827 1,857 1,869 1,906

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

4.6 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.5

a a a a a

12.3 13.3 13.8 14.3 14.7

7.3 7.9 8.5 9.0 9.6

8.6 8.9 9.4 9.8 10.3

12.9 12.7 12.5 12.7 12.7

21.4 20.7 20.1 19.6 19.4

32.9 31.5 30.8 29.9 28.8

51.9 51.4 51.1 50.9 50.7

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

1,965 2,066 2,221 2,358 2,476

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.3

a a a a a

15.2 15.6 16.0 16.2 16.1

10.3 10.7 11.0 11.2 11.4

10.7 11.2 12.0 12.3 12.8

12.7 13.0 13.4 13.9 14.2

19.1 18.6 18.0 17.9 17.8

27.5 26.4 25.0 23.9 23.4

50.4 50.1 49.9 49.6 49.6

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2,573 2,653 2,667 2,737 2,801

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

4.0 3.7 3.3 3.1 2.8

a 5.7 5.2 4.8 4.5

15.5 9.2 8.7 8.4 8.1

11.5 11.6 11.6 11.6 11.6

13.4 13.7 13.6 13.7 13.8

14.5 15.0 15.6 16.1 16.7

18.0 18.3 18.9 19.3 19.7

23.2 22.9 23.0 23.0 22.9

49.7 50.0 50.3 50.5 50.7

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

2,856 2,948 3,067 3,221 3,373

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

2.8 2.9 3.1 3.2 3.2

4.2 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.4

7.6 7.2 6.7 6.3 5.8

11.4 11.2 10.8 10.4 10.0

13.9 14.0 14.0 13.9 13.7

17.3 17.5 17.3 17.1 17.0

20.0 20.5 21.1 21.4 21.9

22.8 23.0 23.2 24.1 25.0

50.8 51.0 51.1 51.3 51.6

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

3,517 3,643 3,774 3,925 4,100

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1

3.3 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.3

5.5 5.3 5.1 4.9 4.7

9.4 8.9 8.3 7.9 7.5

13.5 13.2 12.8 12.4 12.2

17.0 17.0 17.0 17.1 17.2

22.4 22.4 21.9 21.7 21.8

25.7 27.0 28.6 29.8 30.1

51.9 52.2 52.5 52.7 52.8

2010 2011

4,310 4,494

100.0 100.0

3.1 3.0

3.4 3.5

4.6 4.4

7.3 7.1

11.8 11.2

17.3 17.2

22.1 22.5

30.4 31.2

52.9 53.1 (Continued)


Disabled Workers Table 19. Number and percentage distribution, by sex and age, December 1960–2011, selected years—Continued Percentage distribution Year

Number (thousands)


30–34

35–39 a

40–44

45–49

50–54

55–59

60–FRA

Average age

Women 1960 1965 1970 1975

99 254 424 778

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.3 0.6 1.9 3.3

a a a a

3.2 5.4 5.1 6.1

3.2 6.3 5.6 5.3

5.3 9.8 10.1 9.0

19.4 16.2 15.9 16.3

31.4 27.3 26.0 25.5

37.2 34.3 35.3 34.5

56.7 55.2 55.0 54.4

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

931 -858 838 849

100.0 -100.0 100.0 100.0

3.4 -3.3 3.5 3.7

a -a a a

8.2 -8.5 9.3 10.2

5.3 -5.1 5.7 6.3

8.2 -7.2 7.5 7.8

14.4 -13.7 12.9 12.8

25.4 -25.2 24.3 23.2

35.0 -37.0 36.8 36.0

53.7 -53.9 53.6 53.2

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

872 902 929 952 989

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

3.8 4.1 4.2 4.0 4.0

a a a a a

11.2 12.1 12.7 13.1 13.5

6.9 7.6 8.2 8.7 9.2

8.3 8.8 9.4 9.9 10.6

12.9 12.9 12.9 13.2 13.4

22.3 21.6 20.9 20.6 20.1

34.6 32.9 31.7 30.5 29.2

52.6 52.0 51.7 51.4 51.1

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

1,046 1,133 1,252 1,371 1,491

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

3.9 4.0 4.3 4.3 4.1

a a a a a

14.0 14.3 14.6 14.9 14.8

9.8 10.3 10.7 11.0 11.2

11.1 11.6 12.2 12.6 13.1

13.4 13.8 14.3 14.8 15.3

19.9 19.4 18.8 18.9 18.7

27.9 26.5 25.0 23.5 22.8

50.8 50.5 50.1 49.9 49.9

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

1,614 1,747 1,842 1,961 2,078

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

3.8 3.5 3.1 2.9 2.7

a 5.4 5.0 4.7 4.3

14.5 8.7 8.4 8.2 7.9

11.5 11.6 11.6 11.5 11.5

13.6 13.9 13.9 14.0 14.2

15.7 16.2 16.7 17.0 17.5

18.8 19.1 19.6 20.1 20.5

22.2 21.7 21.5 21.5 21.4

49.9 50.1 50.3 50.5 50.6

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

2,186 2,320 2,472 2,647 2,824

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

2.7 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.0

4.1 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.7

7.5 7.1 6.8 6.4 6.0

11.3 11.1 10.8 10.5 10.2

14.3 14.3 14.3 14.2 14.0

17.9 18.0 17.7 17.6 17.5

20.7 21.1 21.5 21.6 21.8

21.6 21.7 22.1 23.0 23.8

50.8 50.9 51.0 51.2 51.4

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

3,002 3,164 3,325 3,502 3,688

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

2.9 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.6

3.5 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.4

5.8 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.2

9.7 9.2 8.7 8.2 7.9

13.7 13.5 13.2 12.9 12.7

17.6 17.6 17.6 17.6 17.7

22.2 22.2 21.8 21.7 22.0

24.5 25.7 27.2 28.3 28.4

51.7 52.0 52.3 52.5 52.6

2010 2011

3,894 4,082

100.0 100.0

2.6 2.4

3.5 3.5

5.0 4.9

7.7 7.6

12.3 11.7

17.8 17.7

22.3 22.8

28.7 29.5

52.7 52.9

SOURCES: Social Security Administration. From 1960 through 1995, Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin, Table 5.D4; data for 1988 and from 1990 through 1995 are based on a 10 percent sample file from the Master Beneficiary Record; from 1996 through 2000, Social Security Disability Insurance Beneficiaries, 100 percent data; beginning with 2001, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. NOTES: FRA = full retirement age; -- = not available. a. Ages 30–34 were grouped with ages 35–39 before 1996. b. Combined data for men and women are not available before 1996. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Disabled Workers Table 20. Number, average primary insurance amount, and average monthly benefit, by age and sex, December 2011 Men

Total

Age All disabled workers Under 25 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–64 65–FRA

Number

Average PIA (dollars)


8,575,544

1,115.00

53,397 179,112 297,385 397,251 626,835 981,827 1,492,249 1,940,647 2,202,075 404,766

Women

Number



Number



1,110.50

4,493,811

1,242.63

1,236.72

4,081,733

974.48

971.54

569.14 712.95 817.35 894.76 959.80

573.52 714.67 816.97 892.41 956.07

31,621 101,835 156,392 199,196 317,767

583.63 732.20 838.96 931.49 1,014.80

587.50 733.59 838.12 928.26 1,009.96

21,776 77,277 140,993 198,055 309,068

548.10 687.59 793.38 857.82 903.25

553.23 689.74 793.50 856.35 900.67

1,016.42 1,094.23 1,181.33 1,255.38 1,274.02

1,011.81 1,088.67 1,175.96 1,250.92 1,267.57

502,455 771,376 1,011,826 1,182,862 218,481

1,092.25 1,204.24 1,329.94 1,440.52 1,485.56

1,086.41 1,197.21 1,323.02 1,434.40 1,476.92

479,372 720,873 928,821 1,019,213 186,285

936.92 976.52 1,019.43 1,040.52 1,025.91

933.63 972.52 1,015.76 1,037.98 1,022.04

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. NOTES: The average monthly benefit includes secondary benefit amounts for some beneficiaries who are dually entitled. This results in the average monthly benefit being larger than the average PIA for some age groups. PIA = primary insurance amount; FRA = full retirement age. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Disabled Workers Table 21. Distribution, by diagnostic group, December 1996–2011

Year

Endocrine, nutritional, and Congenital metabolic Total anomalies diseases

Infectious and parasitic diseases a

Mental disorders Injuries

Total

Intellectual disability

Other Neoplasms

Number 1996 1997 1998 1999

4,399,932 4,508,406 4,698,560 4,879,454

9,023 8,813 8,719 8,546

197,272 215,186 233,724 251,998

87,066 90,175 93,776 96,132

213,772 217,882 224,388 228,800

1,356,310 1,381,178 1,459,118 1,532,155

228,131 235,130 243,745 249,871

1,128,179 1,146,048 1,215,373 1,282,284

124,018 122,775 127,174 131,492

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

5,042,333 5,268,039 5,539,597 5,868,541 6,197,385

8,540 8,752 9,226 9,750 10,392

244,456 239,614 237,020 242,517 247,559

97,919 100,442 102,589 106,767 110,178

231,066 240,948 248,544 260,572 271,626

1,618,758 1,731,886 1,845,138 1,961,090 2,075,867

257,601 273,849 286,210 298,500 310,240

1,361,157 1,458,037 1,558,928 1,662,590 1,765,627

136,404 142,795 150,138 160,986 172,844

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

6,519,001 6,806,918 7,098,723 7,426,691 7,788,013

11,001 11,544 12,148 12,801 13,614

252,933 258,310 263,724 270,794 278,565

111,927 113,410 115,305 118,282 119,753

281,828 292,161 303,537 315,365 330,708

2,183,182 2,276,814 2,368,684 2,469,423 2,579,127

320,564 329,540 338,072 346,967 358,737

1,862,618 1,947,274 2,030,612 2,122,456 2,220,390

185,049 196,075 208,540 220,871 237,589

2010 2011

8,203,951 8,575,544

14,431 15,199

288,146 296,207

122,411 125,622

345,309 356,200

2,691,639 2,768,928

365,957 369,093

2,325,682 2,399,835

253,850 264,475

Percent 1996 1997 1998 1999

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

4.5 4.8 5.0 5.2

2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0

4.9 4.8 4.8 4.7

30.8 30.6 31.1 31.4

5.2 5.2 5.2 5.1

25.6 25.4 25.9 26.3

2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

4.8 4.5 4.3 4.1 4.0

1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8

4.6 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.4

32.1 32.9 33.3 33.4 33.5

5.1 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.0

27.0 27.7 28.1 28.3 28.5

2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

3.9 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.6

1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5

4.3 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2

33.5 33.4 33.4 33.3 33.1

4.9 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.6

28.6 28.6 28.6 28.6 28.5

2.8 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.1

2010 2011

100.0 100.0

0.2 0.2

3.5 3.5

1.5 1.5

4.2 4.2

32.8 32.3

4.5 4.3

28.3 28.0

3.1 3.1 (Continued)


Disabled Workers Table 21. Distribution, by diagnostic group, December 1996–2011—Continued Diseases of the—

Year


Circulatory system

Digestive system

Musculoskeletal Nervous Genito- system and system urinary connective and sense tissue organs system

Respiratory system


Other Unknown b

Number 1996 1997 1998 1999

10,539 10,926 11,349 11,687

517,503 522,047 526,573 528,627

54,585 57,383 61,541 65,887

65,425 69,300 74,888 79,524

906,882 962,915 1,024,053 1,086,432

404,618 420,755 441,016 460,133

152,217 155,028 159,869 162,863

10,818 11,267 11,826 12,151

85,115 95,708 110,377 117,326

204,769 167,068 130,169 105,701

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

12,070 12,847 13,708 14,711 15,596

532,998 543,516 558,736 579,778 600,144

69,735 74,680 80,396 87,721 94,566

84,687 88,949 93,645 98,491 103,427

1,152,231 1,231,184 1,324,762 1,430,357 1,540,566

479,246 505,162 533,774 565,244 596,369

166,054 170,383 176,941 185,834 194,592

12,351 12,787 13,429 14,133 14,963

113,167 113,558 9,447 10,705 12,038

82,651 50,536 142,104 139,885 136,658

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

16,270 17,080 18,004 18,867 19,977

620,852 635,807 651,306 668,281 683,834

100,934 106,714 112,194 118,111 125,725

108,701 114,079 119,945 126,491 132,797

1,656,997 1,765,058 1,875,931 2,005,325 2,146,952

623,948 649,336 674,096 702,772 734,496

202,821 208,991 214,847 221,138 227,385

15,662 16,343 17,107 17,776 18,713

13,225 14,384 15,639 17,104 18,030

133,671 130,812 127,716 123,290 120,748

2010 2011

21,384 22,556

707,291 732,521

134,467 142,189

140,128 145,963

2,316,896 2,488,374

770,551 802,935

237,621 248,795

19,896 20,985

19,537 20,396

120,394 124,199

1996 1997 1998 1999

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

11.8 11.6 11.2 10.8

1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4

1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6

20.6 21.4 21.8 22.3

9.2 9.3 9.4 9.4

3.5 3.4 3.4 3.3

0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2

1.9 2.1 2.3 2.4

4.7 3.7 2.8 2.2

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3

10.6 10.3 10.1 9.9 9.7

1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5

1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7

22.9 23.4 23.9 24.4 24.9

9.5 9.6 9.6 9.6 9.6

3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

2.2 2.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

1.6 1.0 2.6 2.4 2.2

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

9.5 9.3 9.2 9.0 8.8

1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6

1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7

25.4 25.9 26.4 27.0 27.6

9.6 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.4

3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.9

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

2.1 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6

2010 2011

0.3 0.3

8.6 8.5

1.6 1.7

1.7 1.7

28.2 29.0

9.4 9.4

2.9 2.9

0.2 0.2

0.2 0.2

1.5 1.4

Percent

SOURCES: Social Security Administration. From 1996 through 2000, Social Security Disability Insurance Beneficiaries, 100 percent data; beginning with 2001, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. a. AIDS and HIV records are counted in "Infectious and parasitic diseases." Before 1990, they were included in "Other." b. Beginning with 2002 data, several ill-defined impairment codes were reclassified and added to "Unknown." CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Disabled Workers Table 22. Distribution of workers under age 50, by diagnostic group, December 1996–2011

Year

Endocrine, nutritional, and Congenital metabolic diseases Total anomalies



Total


Other Neoplasms

Number 1996 1997 1998 1999

1,917,424 1,908,103 1,949,052 1,986,422

4,782 4,570 4,503 4,494

76,546 80,950 85,500 89,365

63,819 65,212 66,208 66,245

110,910 110,461 111,266 111,502

865,928 852,279 874,231 891,469

164,041 167,052 170,694 172,232

701,887 685,227 703,537 719,237

41,232 39,783 40,638 41,799

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

2,012,615 2,066,094 2,132,996 2,204,785 2,259,463

4,619 4,883 5,290 5,696 6,157

80,869 74,292 69,229 68,422 66,669

65,695 65,047 64,075 64,376 63,593

110,125 112,969 113,785 115,634 116,155

912,048 961,757 1,005,189 1,043,928 1,077,329

174,759 183,934 190,646 196,420 201,594

737,289 777,823 814,543 847,508 875,735

42,656 44,537 45,994 48,126 49,957

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2,299,449 2,318,436 2,333,676 2,368,220 2,438,870

6,488 6,807 7,165 7,608 8,164

64,972 63,507 62,088 61,921 63,013

61,362 58,890 56,656 54,748 52,837

115,958 115,158 115,155 114,868 116,895

1,103,111 1,117,060 1,128,601 1,150,632 1,185,042

204,911 207,080 208,715 210,464 215,151

898,200 909,980 919,886 940,168 969,891

51,549 52,699 54,421 55,891 59,499

2010 2011

2,513,127 2,535,807

8,661 9,036

64,715 65,291

51,324 49,286

117,624 116,167

1,219,632 1,226,799

216,408 214,279

1,003,224 1,012,520

61,822 60,874

1996 1997 1998 1999

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

4.0 4.2 4.4 4.5

3.3 3.4 3.4 3.3

5.8 5.8 5.7 5.6

45.2 44.7 44.9 44.9

8.6 8.8 8.8 8.7

36.6 35.9 36.1 36.2

2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3

4.0 3.6 3.2 3.1 3.0

3.3 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.8

5.5 5.5 5.3 5.2 5.1

45.3 46.5 47.1 47.3 47.7

8.7 8.9 8.9 8.9 8.9

36.6 37.6 38.2 38.4 38.8

2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

2.8 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.6

2.7 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.2

5.0 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.8

48.0 48.1 48.4 48.6 48.6

8.9 8.9 8.9 8.9 8.8

39.1 39.2 39.4 39.7 39.8

2.2 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4

2010 2011

100.0 100.0

0.3 0.4

2.6 2.6

2.0 1.9

4.7 4.6

48.5 48.4

8.6 8.5

39.9 39.9

2.5 2.4

Percent

(Continued)


Disabled Workers Table 22. Distribution of workers under age 50, by diagnostic group, December 1996–2011—Continued Diseases of the—

Year


Circulatory system

Digestive system

MusculoNervous skeletal Genito- system and system urinary connective and sense tissue organs system

Respiratory system


Other Unknown b

Number 1996 1997 1998 1999

6,711 6,809 6,991 7,103

86,607 85,953 84,674 83,736

24,535 25,428 27,219 29,109

36,214 37,896 39,949 41,571

265,043 271,682 284,291 297,185

202,169 204,222 208,607 211,731

24,862 24,750 25,822 26,226

4,926 5,140 5,314 5,467

37,745 43,124 50,140 51,848

65,395 49,844 33,699 27,572

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

7,245 7,646 8,072 8,513 8,855

84,362 85,819 87,860 90,085 91,227

30,357 31,789 33,120 34,722 35,859

43,333 44,628 45,957 47,143 48,231

309,327 322,713 340,244 355,306 367,251

215,744 221,321 228,658 235,860 242,252

26,718 27,472 28,441 29,996 30,883

5,785 5,613 5,843 5,966 6,231

53,437 44,428 4,060 4,496 4,951

20,595 11,180 47,179 46,516 43,863

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

8,999 9,264 9,526 9,880 10,413

92,683 92,508 92,931 93,620 96,202

36,121 36,255 36,080 36,347 37,507

49,339 50,597 51,815 53,373 55,338

378,930 386,593 391,503 401,511 418,642

246,069 248,139 249,680 252,840 260,661

31,531 31,659 31,626 31,794 32,624

6,349 6,361 6,407 6,529 6,824

5,276 5,544 5,892 6,248 6,468

40,712 37,395 34,130 30,410 28,741

2010 2011

11,025 11,431

99,263 100,456

39,145 39,964

57,224 57,638

437,857 447,212

268,700 272,756

33,681 34,116

7,189 7,489

6,842 6,821

28,423 30,471

1996 1997 1998 1999

0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

4.5 4.5 4.3 4.2

1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5

1.9 2.0 2.0 2.1

13.8 14.2 14.6 15.0

10.5 10.7 10.7 10.7

1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3

0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

2.0 2.3 2.6 2.6

3.4 2.6 1.7 1.4

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.0

1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6

2.2 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1

15.4 15.6 16.0 16.1 16.3

10.7 10.7 10.7 10.7 10.7

1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4

0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

2.7 2.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

1.0 0.5 2.2 2.1 1.9

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.9

1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5

2.1 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3

16.5 16.7 16.8 17.0 17.2

10.7 10.7 10.7 10.7 10.7

1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3

0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3

1.8 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.2

2010 2011

0.4 0.5

3.9 4.0

1.6 1.6

2.3 2.3

17.4 17.6

10.7 10.8

1.3 1.3

0.3 0.3

0.3 0.3

1.1 1.2

Percent

SOURCES: Social Security Administration. From 1996 through 2000, Social Security Disability Insurance Beneficiaries, 100 percent data; beginning with 2001, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. a. AIDS and HIV records are counted in "Infectious and parasitic diseases." Before 1990, they were included in "Other." b. Beginning with 2002 data, several ill-defined impairment codes were reclassified and added to "Unknown." CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Disabled Workers Table 23. Distribution of workers aged 50 or older, by diagnostic group, December 1996–2011

Year




Total


Other Neoplasms

Number 1996 1997 1998 1999

2,482,508 2,600,303 2,749,508 2,893,032

4,241 4,243 4,216 4,052

120,726 134,236 148,224 162,633

23,247 24,963 27,568 29,887

102,862 107,421 113,122 117,298

490,382 528,899 584,887 640,686

64,090 68,078 73,051 77,639

426,292 460,821 511,836 563,047

82,786 82,992 86,536 89,693

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

3,029,718 3,201,945 3,406,601 3,663,756 3,937,922

3,921 3,869 3,936 4,054 4,235

163,587 165,322 167,791 174,095 180,890

32,224 35,395 38,514 42,391 46,585

120,941 127,979 134,759 144,938 155,471

697,278 770,129 839,949 917,162 998,538

82,842 89,915 95,564 102,080 108,646

614,436 680,214 744,385 815,082 889,892

93,748 98,258 104,144 112,860 122,887

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

4,219,552 4,488,482 4,765,047 5,058,471 5,349,143

4,513 4,737 4,983 5,193 5,450

187,961 194,803 201,636 208,873 215,552

50,565 54,520 58,649 63,534 66,916

165,870 177,003 188,382 200,497 213,813

1,080,071 1,159,754 1,240,083 1,318,791 1,394,085

115,653 122,460 129,357 136,503 143,586

964,418 1,037,294 1,110,726 1,182,288 1,250,499

133,500 143,376 154,119 164,980 178,090

2010 2011

5,690,824 6,039,737

5,770 6,163

223,431 230,916

71,087 76,336

227,685 240,033

1,472,007 1,542,129

149,549 154,814

1,322,458 1,387,315

192,028 203,601

1996 1997 1998 1999

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1

4.9 5.2 5.4 5.6

0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0

4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1

19.8 20.3 21.3 22.2

2.6 2.6 2.7 2.7

17.2 17.7 18.6 19.5

3.3 3.2 3.1 3.1

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

5.4 5.2 4.9 4.8 4.6

1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2

4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.9

23.0 24.0 24.7 25.0 25.4

2.7 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8

20.3 21.2 21.9 22.2 22.6

3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

4.5 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0

1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3

3.9 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.0

25.6 25.8 26.0 26.1 26.1

2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7

22.9 23.1 23.3 23.4 23.4

3.2 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.3

2010 2011

100.0 100.0

0.1 0.1

3.9 3.8

1.2 1.3

4.0 4.0

25.9 25.5

2.6 2.6

23.2 23.0

3.4 3.4

Percent

(Continued)


Disabled Workers Table 23. Distribution of workers aged 50 or older, by diagnostic group, December 1996–2011—Continued Diseases of the—

Year


Circulatory system

Digestive system

Musculoskeletal Nervous Genito- system and system urinary connective and sense tissue organs system

Respiratory system


Other Unknown b

Number 1996 1997 1998 1999

3,828 4,117 4,358 4,584

430,896 436,094 441,899 444,891

30,050 31,955 34,322 36,778

29,211 31,404 34,939 37,953

641,839 691,233 739,762 789,247

202,449 216,533 232,409 248,402

127,355 130,278 134,047 136,637

5,892 6,127 6,512 6,684

47,370 52,584 60,237 65,478

139,374 117,224 96,470 78,129

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

4,825 5,201 5,636 6,198 6,741

448,636 457,697 470,876 489,693 508,917

39,378 42,891 47,276 52,999 58,707

41,354 44,321 47,688 51,348 55,196

842,904 908,471 984,518 1,075,051 1,173,315

263,502 283,841 305,116 329,384 354,117

139,336 142,911 148,500 155,838 163,709

6,866 7,174 7,586 8,167 8,732

69,162 69,130 5,387 6,209 7,087

62,056 39,356 94,925 93,369 92,795

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

7,271 7,816 8,478 8,987 9,564

528,169 543,299 558,375 574,661 587,632

64,813 70,459 76,114 81,764 88,218

59,362 63,482 68,130 73,118 77,459

1,278,067 1,378,465 1,484,428 1,603,814 1,728,310

377,879 401,197 424,416 449,932 473,835

171,290 177,332 183,221 189,344 194,761

9,313 9,982 10,700 11,247 11,889

7,949 8,840 9,747 10,856 11,562

92,959 93,417 93,586 92,880 92,007

2010 2011

10,359 11,125

608,028 632,065

95,322 102,225

82,904 88,325

1,879,039 2,041,162

501,851 530,179

203,940 214,679

12,707 13,496

12,695 13,575

91,971 93,728

1996 1997 1998 1999

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

17.4 16.8 16.1 15.4

1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3

1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3

25.9 26.6 26.9 27.3

8.2 8.3 8.5 8.6

5.1 5.0 4.9 4.7

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

1.9 2.0 2.2 2.3

5.6 4.5 3.5 2.7

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

14.8 14.3 13.8 13.4 12.9

1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5

1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4

27.8 28.4 28.9 29.3 29.8

8.7 8.9 9.0 9.0 9.0

4.6 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.2

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

2.3 2.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

2.0 1.2 2.8 2.5 2.4

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

12.5 12.1 11.7 11.4 11.0

1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6

1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4

30.3 30.7 31.2 31.7 32.3

9.0 8.9 8.9 8.9 8.9

4.1 4.0 3.8 3.7 3.6

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

2.2 2.1 2.0 1.8 1.7

2010 2011

0.2 0.2

10.7 10.5

1.7 1.7

1.5 1.5

33.0 33.8

8.8 8.8

3.6 3.6

0.2 0.2

0.2 0.2

1.6 1.6

Percent

SOURCES: Social Security Administration. From 1996 through 2000, Social Security Disability Insurance Beneficiaries, 100 percent data; beginning with 2001, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. a. AIDS and HIV records are counted in "Infectious and parasitic diseases." Before 1990, they were included in "Other." b. Beginning with 2002, several ill-defined impairment codes were reclassified and added to "Unknown." CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Disabled Workers Table 24. Distribution, by diagnostic group and age, December 2011 Diagnostic group

Total

Under 30

30–39

40–49

50–59

60–FRA

Number Total Congenital anomalies Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases Infectious and parasitic diseases Injuries Mental disorders Autistic disorders Developmental disorders Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified Intellectual disability Mood disorders Organic mental disorders Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders Other Neoplasms Diseases of the— Blood and blood-forming organs Circulatory system Digestive system Genitourinary system Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue Nervous system and sense organs Respiratory system Skin and subcutaneous tissue Other Unknown

8,575,544

232,509

694,636

1,608,662

3,432,896

2,606,841

15,199

2,312

3,312

3,412

3,810

2,353

296,207 125,622 356,200

3,584 1,807 11,748

15,033 9,740 32,350

46,674 37,739 72,069

123,646 51,805 140,811

107,270 24,531 99,222

11,269 6,750

5,535 1,812

2,847 1,756

1,580 1,428

995 1,268

312 486

5,937 369,093 1,304,851 302,036

2,244 40,587 44,338 14,138

1,543 74,089 161,083 30,402

957 99,603 329,780 61,823

858 110,149 501,019 116,495

335 44,665 268,631 79,178

435,929 333,063 264,475

24,912 19,036 5,347

68,620 49,951 14,180

108,500 80,235 41,347

162,742 101,001 109,417

71,155 82,840 94,184

22,556 732,521 142,189 145,963

2,702 3,635 2,744 4,837

3,964 18,935 9,999 16,932

4,765 77,886 27,221 35,869

6,844 300,176 64,623 54,357

4,281 331,889 37,602 33,968

2,488,374 802,935 248,795 20,985 20,396 124,199

11,110 24,747 1,476 617 638 2,603

83,790 78,015 6,484 2,230 1,724 7,657

352,312 169,994 26,156 4,642 4,459 20,211

1,101,483 307,743 106,142 8,337 8,135 51,040

939,679 222,436 108,537 5,159 5,440 42,688 (Continued)


Disabled Workers Table 24. Distribution, by diagnostic group and age, December 2011—Continued Diagnostic group

Total

Under 30

30–39

40–49

50–59

60–FRA

Percent Total Congenital anomalies Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases Infectious and parasitic diseases Injuries Mental disorders Autistic disorders Developmental disorders Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified Intellectual disability Mood disorders Organic mental disorders Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders Other Neoplasms Diseases of the— Blood and blood-forming organs Circulatory system Digestive system Genitourinary system Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue Nervous system and sense organs Respiratory system Skin and subcutaneous tissue Other Unknown

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0.2

1.0

0.5

0.2

0.1

0.1

3.5 1.5 4.2

1.5 0.8 5.1

2.2 1.4 4.7

2.9 2.3 4.5

3.6 1.5 4.1

4.1 0.9 3.8

0.1 0.1

2.4 0.8

0.4 0.3

0.1 0.1

(L) (L)

(L) (L)

0.1 4.3 15.2 3.5

1.0 17.5 19.1 6.1

0.2 10.7 23.2 4.4

0.1 6.2 20.5 3.8

(L) 3.2 14.6 3.4

(L) 1.7 10.3 3.0

5.1 3.9 3.1

10.7 8.2 2.3

9.9 7.2 2.0

6.7 5.0 2.6

4.7 2.9 3.2

2.7 3.2 3.6

0.3 8.5 1.7 1.7

1.2 1.6 1.2 2.1

0.6 2.7 1.4 2.4

0.3 4.8 1.7 2.2

0.2 8.7 1.9 1.6

0.2 12.7 1.4 1.3

29.0 9.4 2.9 0.2 0.2 1.4

4.8 10.6 0.6 0.3 0.3 1.1

12.1 11.2 0.9 0.3 0.2 1.1

21.9 10.6 1.6 0.3 0.3 1.3

32.1 9.0 3.1 0.2 0.2 1.5

36.0 8.5 4.2 0.2 0.2 1.6

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. NOTES: FRA = full retirement age; (L) = less than 0.05 percent. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Disabled Workers Table 25. Distribution of workers with a secondary benefit (dual entitlement), by worker’s smaller primary insurance amount and sex, December 2011 Total Primary insurance amount (dollars)

Men

Women

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

316,746

100.0

76,180

100.0

240,566

100.0

Less than 300.00 300.00–399.90 400.00–499.90

29,257 30,141 33,614

9.2 9.5 10.6

11,315 10,875 11,907

14.9 14.3 15.6

17,942 19,266 21,707

7.5 8.0 9.0

500.00–599.90 600.00–699.90 700.00–799.90 800.00–899.90 900.00–999.90

32,691 44,603 45,590 32,696 22,986

10.3 14.1 14.4 10.3 7.3

10,400 12,454 8,424 4,177 2,245

13.7 16.3 11.1 5.5 2.9

22,291 32,149 37,166 28,519 20,741

9.3 13.4 15.4 11.9 8.6

1,000.00–1,099.90 1,100.00 or more

15,342 29,826

4.8 9.4

1,264 3,119

1.7 4.1

14,078 26,707

5.9 11.1


Average amount (dollars)

690.85

566.48

730.24



Disabled Workers Table 26. Distribution of workers with a secondary benefit (dual entitlement), by type of secondary benefit and sex, December 2011 Total

Men

Women

Type of secondary benefit

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent


316,746

100.0

76,180

100.0

240,566

100.0

38,933 42,598 120,966 2,441 111,806 2

12.3 13.4 38.2 0.8 35.3 (L)

570 1,908 5,972 127 67,603 0

0.7 2.5 7.8 0.2 88.7 0.0

38,363 40,690 114,994 2,314 44,203 2

15.9 16.9 47.8 1.0 18.4 (L)

Spouses Widow(er)s Disabled widow(er)s Surviving mothers and fathers Disabled adult children Parents



Disabled Workers Table 27. Number, by sex, state or other area, and age, December 2011 State or area

Total

Under 35

35–39

40–44

45–49

50–54

55–59

60–FRA

All disabled workers All areas

8,575,544

529,894

397,251

626,835

981,827

1,492,249

1,940,647

2,606,841


225,847 12,825 150,778 138,156 690,007

12,028 1,096 8,847 8,417 41,923

10,541 639 7,121 6,985 28,678

16,816 936 10,750 10,262 46,425

26,182 1,457 16,519 16,155 74,568

39,608 2,219 25,627 23,986 117,221

52,294 2,898 33,927 30,563 159,979

68,378 3,580 47,987 41,788 221,213


100,000 79,684 26,647 13,456 517,600

6,767 5,479 1,512 1,077 27,113

4,826 3,572 1,074 593 20,088

7,153 6,240 1,838 1,024 34,036

10,818 10,257 3,135 1,786 57,808

17,577 14,287 4,948 2,549 90,722

22,981 17,155 6,066 3,117 120,536

29,878 22,694 8,074 3,310 167,297


264,416 23,221 40,570 283,252 196,965

13,686 1,509 3,149 18,850 12,431

11,463 1,082 2,112 13,742 10,218

18,676 1,662 3,041 20,417 15,202

30,319 2,569 4,274 31,360 22,636

45,563 3,884 6,699 49,294 34,566

61,788 5,098 8,900 64,259 45,000

82,921 7,417 12,395 85,330 56,912


74,258 72,365 206,189 149,911 57,511

5,731 5,463 11,237 10,105 4,349

3,659 3,653 10,353 6,921 3,288

5,508 5,087 16,129 10,654 4,986

8,142 8,217 24,458 17,174 7,436

12,921 13,085 36,582 26,667 10,111

16,400 16,227 46,402 34,412 11,761

21,897 20,633 61,028 43,978 15,580


122,028 194,434 334,677 120,648 129,781

9,216 16,633 20,840 11,107 6,190

5,276 10,803 16,655 6,628 5,883

8,987 16,903 25,305 8,969 9,602

14,885 25,641 36,792 13,666 14,948

21,694 34,628 58,824 20,752 22,713

27,253 39,654 78,303 25,480 30,521

34,717 50,172 97,958 34,046 39,924


211,253 27,277 41,215 58,995 45,218

13,064 1,863 3,107 3,259 4,469

10,080 1,203 2,073 2,410 2,617

15,560 1,735 3,024 4,003 4,025

24,518 2,809 4,741 6,528 5,925

38,470 4,715 7,079 9,777 7,900

48,044 6,199 8,906 13,471 8,831

61,517 8,753 12,285 19,547 11,451


194,312 60,803 506,939 321,185 13,989

10,979 4,228 29,063 15,584 1,139

8,025 2,944 22,010 13,550 716

13,895 4,358 37,999 22,859 959

22,948 6,922 63,221 36,564 1,481

34,718 10,191 90,045 55,199 2,437

43,120 13,434 111,082 74,036 2,986

60,627 18,726 153,519 103,393 4,271


332,135 124,067 102,606 390,415 35,905

23,747 7,991 6,131 26,185 2,507

17,044 5,728 4,543 18,933 1,679

25,261 8,813 6,877 30,102 2,849

37,097 13,574 10,245 46,089 4,334

58,314 21,694 16,577 68,524 6,364

75,086 28,092 24,119 86,956 7,936

95,586 38,175 34,114 113,626 10,236


172,568 18,415 241,802 552,723 44,698

7,495 1,469 11,968 38,739 4,281

6,952 884 11,293 27,063 2,825

12,013 1,209 18,594 40,465 3,432

19,332 1,973 28,969 62,110 4,896

29,819 3,142 42,462 94,495 7,374

40,915 4,041 54,999 123,475 9,520

56,042 5,697 73,517 166,376 12,370 (Continued)


Disabled Workers Table 27. Number, by sex, state or other area, and age, December 2011—Continued State or area

Total

Under 35

35–39

40–44

45–49

50–54

55–59

60–FRA

All disabled workers (cont.) Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Outlying areas American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands Foreign countries

21,661 206,849 168,044 96,330 152,850 12,442

2,075 12,844 11,572 4,231 12,056 966

1,212 9,532 8,057 4,269 7,979 586

1,831 15,275 12,280 6,820 11,625 892

2,654 23,943 18,299 10,196 17,635 1,263

3,642 35,712 28,253 15,831 26,394 2,130

4,482 46,556 37,985 22,413 33,404 2,783

5,765 62,987 51,598 32,570 43,757 3,822

1,326 1,547

29 93

24 89

63 150

93 153

251 269

368 300

498 493

232 177,166 1,744

22 3,641 83

15 6,612 79

33 12,408 116

31 20,708 189

44 31,478 267

44 42,591 374

43 59,728 636

13,607

259

372

702

1,185

1,955

3,125

6,009

Men All areas

4,493,811

289,848

199,196

317,767

502,455

771,376

1,011,826

1,401,343


114,671 7,053 78,452 72,030 369,685

6,422 667 5,006 4,488 24,432

5,175 347 3,497 3,450 15,198

8,313 499 5,430 5,209 24,633

13,048 786 8,415 8,116 39,874

19,857 1,150 12,990 12,349 62,306

26,276 1,574 17,346 15,851 84,508

35,580 2,030 25,768 22,567 118,734


52,071 40,660 13,100 6,971 272,696

3,852 3,012 809 589 15,300

2,490 1,739 481 298 10,256

3,597 3,023 877 523 17,336

5,441 5,067 1,514 924 29,845

8,926 7,170 2,402 1,365 47,202

11,745 8,695 2,962 1,597 63,351

16,020 11,954 4,055 1,675 89,406


134,119 13,430 21,771 147,087 101,240

7,672 935 1,719 9,890 6,625

5,673 585 1,094 6,868 5,027

9,368 968 1,560 10,055 7,610

15,383 1,463 2,238 15,946 11,374

22,870 2,224 3,500 25,243 17,380

30,717 2,874 4,712 33,372 23,391

42,436 4,381 6,948 45,713 29,833


38,942 36,519 114,133 86,601 31,472

3,239 2,953 6,289 5,593 2,393

1,821 1,774 5,523 3,621 1,686

2,740 2,488 8,738 5,893 2,621

4,220 4,034 13,200 9,775 3,930

6,657 6,375 19,929 15,229 5,438

8,551 8,137 25,853 19,937 6,418

11,714 10,758 34,601 26,553 8,986


61,239 99,617 173,413 62,849 67,271

5,137 8,439 10,975 5,804 3,395

2,502 5,043 8,246 3,195 2,930

4,370 8,197 12,539 4,475 4,727

7,215 12,853 18,853 6,820 7,517

10,849 17,809 30,225 10,536 11,522

13,623 20,761 40,717 13,340 15,867

17,543 26,515 51,858 18,679 21,313


109,408 15,070 20,472 30,816 22,270

7,096 1,058 1,674 1,807 2,156

5,034 624 1,012 1,192 1,210

7,782 894 1,447 1,997 1,816

12,346 1,500 2,222 3,335 2,754

19,734 2,510 3,381 4,946 3,795

24,844 3,345 4,384 6,916 4,500

32,572 5,139 6,352 10,623 6,039 (Continued)



Total

Under 35

35–39

40–44

45–49

50–54

55–59

60–FRA

Men (cont.) New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota

98,386 33,658 264,517 160,328 7,652

5,881 2,460 15,227 8,719 671

3,789 1,527 10,909 6,819 384

6,651 2,363 19,220 11,253 484

11,183 3,714 32,318 18,079 743

17,508 5,573 47,136 27,091 1,280

21,763 7,230 57,760 36,273 1,611

31,611 10,791 81,947 52,094 2,479


176,799 64,477 55,419 203,634 18,278

12,968 4,470 3,682 13,698 1,299

8,716 2,874 2,376 9,094 808

13,154 4,504 3,669 14,951 1,385

19,211 6,928 5,403 23,199 2,164

30,742 11,029 8,480 35,342 3,229

39,898 14,295 12,737 45,861 4,010

52,110 20,377 19,072 61,489 5,383


86,678 9,812 123,136 291,364 23,037

4,126 840 6,441 21,187 2,357

3,458 438 5,598 13,465 1,427

5,937 580 9,210 20,416 1,695

9,550 1,019 14,266 31,871 2,399

14,770 1,603 21,223 48,987 3,760

20,060 2,129 27,786 64,487 4,878

28,777 3,203 38,612 90,951 6,521


11,410 105,725 88,670 58,578 78,621 6,752

1,110 6,881 6,496 2,405 6,252 568

600 4,501 4,149 2,408 3,716 310

911 7,472 6,404 3,994 5,555 472

1,352 11,796 9,428 5,860 8,655 665

1,900 18,061 14,679 9,305 13,372 1,119

2,392 23,763 19,805 13,782 17,362 1,489

3,145 33,251 27,709 20,824 23,709 2,129

789 996

24 57

18 61

51 104

62 100

153 182

198 183

283 309

154 99,238 873

18 2,382 55

10 3,884 43

24 7,085 57

22 11,524 99

29 17,416 146

25 23,416 178

26 33,531 295

9,702

148

223

441

837

1,392

2,291

4,370


Women All areas

4,081,733

240,046

198,055

309,068

479,372

720,873

928,821

1,205,498


111,176 5,772 72,326 66,126 320,322

5,606 429 3,841 3,929 17,491

5,366 292 3,624 3,535 13,480

8,503 437 5,320 5,053 21,792

13,134 671 8,104 8,039 34,694

19,751 1,069 12,637 11,637 54,915

26,018 1,324 16,581 14,712 75,471

32,798 1,550 22,219 19,221 102,479


47,929 39,024 13,547 6,485 244,904

2,915 2,467 703 488 11,813

2,336 1,833 593 295 9,832

3,556 3,217 961 501 16,700

5,377 5,190 1,621 862 27,963

8,651 7,117 2,546 1,184 43,520

11,236 8,460 3,104 1,520 57,185

13,858 10,740 4,019 1,635 77,891


130,297 9,791 18,799 136,165 95,725

6,014 574 1,430 8,960 5,806

5,790 497 1,018 6,874 5,191

9,308 694 1,481 10,362 7,592

14,936 1,106 2,036 15,414 11,262

22,693 1,660 3,199 24,051 17,186

31,071 2,224 4,188 30,887 21,609

40,485 3,036 5,447 39,617 27,079 (Continued)



Total

Under 35

35–39

40–44

45–49

50–54

55–59

60–FRA

Women (cont.) Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine

35,316 35,846 92,056 63,310 26,039

2,492 2,510 4,948 4,512 1,956

1,838 1,879 4,830 3,300 1,602

2,768 2,599 7,391 4,761 2,365

3,922 4,183 11,258 7,399 3,506

6,264 6,710 16,653 11,438 4,673

7,849 8,090 20,549 14,475 5,343

10,183 9,875 26,427 17,425 6,594


60,789 94,817 161,264 57,799 62,510

4,079 8,194 9,865 5,303 2,795

2,774 5,760 8,409 3,433 2,953

4,617 8,706 12,766 4,494 4,875

7,670 12,788 17,939 6,846 7,431

10,845 16,819 28,599 10,216 11,191

13,630 18,893 37,586 12,140 14,654

17,174 23,657 46,100 15,367 18,611


101,845 12,207 20,743 28,179 22,948

5,968 805 1,433 1,452 2,313

5,046 579 1,061 1,218 1,407

7,778 841 1,577 2,006 2,209

12,172 1,309 2,519 3,193 3,171

18,736 2,205 3,698 4,831 4,105

23,200 2,854 4,522 6,555 4,331

28,945 3,614 5,933 8,924 5,412


95,926 27,145 242,422 160,857 6,337

5,098 1,768 13,836 6,865 468

4,236 1,417 11,101 6,731 332

7,244 1,995 18,779 11,606 475

11,765 3,208 30,903 18,485 738

17,210 4,618 42,909 28,108 1,157

21,357 6,204 53,322 37,763 1,375

29,016 7,935 71,572 51,299 1,792


155,336 59,590 47,187 186,781 17,627

10,779 3,521 2,449 12,487 1,208

8,328 2,854 2,167 9,839 871

12,107 4,309 3,208 15,151 1,464

17,886 6,646 4,842 22,890 2,170

27,572 10,665 8,097 33,182 3,135

35,188 13,797 11,382 41,095 3,926

43,476 17,798 15,042 52,137 4,853


85,890 8,603 118,666 261,359 21,661

3,369 629 5,527 17,552 1,924

3,494 446 5,695 13,598 1,398

6,076 629 9,384 20,049 1,737

9,782 954 14,703 30,239 2,497

15,049 1,539 21,239 45,508 3,614

20,855 1,912 27,213 58,988 4,642

27,265 2,494 34,905 75,425 5,849


10,251 101,124 79,374 37,752 74,229 5,690

965 5,963 5,076 1,826 5,804 398

612 5,031 3,908 1,861 4,263 276

920 7,803 5,876 2,826 6,070 420

1,302 12,147 8,871 4,336 8,980 598

1,742 17,651 13,574 6,526 13,022 1,011

2,090 22,793 18,180 8,631 16,042 1,294

2,620 29,736 23,889 11,746 20,048 1,693

537 551

5 36

6 28

12 46

31 53

98 87

170 117

215 184

78 77,928 871

4 1,259 28

5 2,728 36

9 5,323 59

9 9,184 90

15 14,062 121

19 19,175 196

17 26,197 341

3,905

111

149

261

348

563

834

1,639




Disabled-Worker Families Table 28. Number and average monthly family benefit, by selected family composition, December 1960–2011, selected years Worker only Year

All

Men

Worker, spouse, and— Women

Worker and

1 child

2 or more children

aged spouse a

Number (thousands) 1960 1965 1970 1975

357 714 1,054 1,750

261 481 680 1,080

96 232 374 671

22 54 77 137

32 109 164 250

22 30 43 66

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

2,061 -1,969 1,961 1,993

1,257 -1,208 1,215 1,241

804 -760 746 752

154 -124 85 83

228 -163 143 140

80 -78 80 76

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

2,039 2,096 2,154 2,194 2,262

1,267 1,301 1,338 1,353 1,390

772 795 816 841 872

84 82 79 77 75

140 136 132 125 120

76 74 74 71 67

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

2,370 2,523 2,738 2,935 3,121

1,448 1,529 1,643 1,743 1,830

922 994 1,094 1,192 1,292

75 76 78 78 76

118 119 125 127 128

63 61 61 59 57

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

3,305 3,473 3,593 3,769 3,924

1,909 1,973 2,006 2,074 2,131

1,396 1,500 1,588 1,695 1,793

75 61 57 52 49

124 104 91 80 72

55 53 53 53 52

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

4,080 4,260 4,487 4,769 5,068

2,191 2,289 2,392 2,525 2,665

1,890 1,970 2,095 2,244 2,403

45 68 64 57 55

65 92 86 82 78

50 57 56 60 65

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

5,357 5,625 5,896 6,191 6,396

2,797 2,918 3,043 3,180 3,261

2,561 2,707 2,853 3,010 3,135

53 50 48 46 41

74 69 65 62 56

73 78 83 88 80

2010 2011

6,838 7,054

3,497 3,581

3,341 3,472

53 31

61 42

86 87 (Continued)


Disabled-Worker Families Table 28. Number and average monthly family benefit, by selected family composition, December 1960–2011, selected years—Continued Worker only Year

All

Worker, spouse, and—

Men

Women

1 child

Worker and

2 or more children

aged spouse a

Average monthly family benefit (dollars) 1960 1965 1970 1975

87.90 95.40 128.10 218.90

91.90 100.70 136.30 240.00

76.90 85.00 113.10 185.00

184.70 201.00 264.10 441.00

192.20 216.30 273.20 454.00

135.50 145.90 199.20 344.00

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

355.40 -424.40 439.40 454.00

396.20 -474.20 490.90 507.60

291.70 -344.70 355.40 365.70

727.00 -847.40 867.90 881.50

746.10 -858.20 881.80 885.50

573.00 -690.70 716.20 740.40

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

466.90 470.70 491.60 512.20 539.30

523.10 527.80 552.00 576.10 607.10

374.60 377.40 392.60 409.50 431.20

898.10 896.90 929.40 960.20 1,009.40

895.20 888.30 918.30 938.40 971.90

765.00 773.30 815.50 855.40 903.70

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

570.40 592.30 609.50 625.50 646.20

642.80 668.40 688.70 707.20 731.80

456.80 475.50 490.70 506.00 525.00

1,062.10 1,098.00 1,122.10 1,143.00 1,177.60

1,016.00 1,043.30 1,057.40 1,074.20 1,100.00

960.80 1,004.70 1,045.00 1,078.20 1,118.60

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

667.60 690.60 708.00 720.00 741.20

757.40 785.30 806.60 820.20 844.50

544.80 566.00 583.60 597.40 618.50

1,205.50 1,245.90 1,280.20 1,300.40 1,344.90

1,130.90 1,148.50 1,165.90 1,189.40 1,224.20

1,159.90 1,200.60 1,238.50 1,261.90 1,295.30

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

773.60 807.40 827.30 854.80 887.30

880.70 914.40 935.80 965.90 1,001.60

649.40 683.10 703.50 729.70 760.60

1,394.20 1,413.50 1,445.10 1,495.80 1,554.20

1,274.30 1,298.50 1,331.70 1,373.30 1,426.80

1,355.50 1,393.50 1,431.50 1,486.80 1,546.10

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

930.80 968.40 995.10 1,053.70 1,058.40

1,049.40 1,091.30 1,119.40 1,182.70 1,187.80

801.30 836.00 862.50 917.40 923.80

1,627.90 1,700.10 1,748.40 1,859.10 1,931.50

1,497.50 1,570.00 1,617.70 1,724.70 1,795.00

1,632.50 1,706.10 1,757.50 1,870.00 1,927.40

2010 2011

1,059.30 1,104.77

1,182.90 1,233.93

929.90 971.56

1,826.10 1,972.65

1,745.60 1,842.37

1,919.90 2,014.12

SOURCES: Social Security Administration. For years before 2001, Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin, based on the Master Beneficiary Record (from 1960 through 1984, various sampling rates; from 1985 through 2000, 10 percent sample); beginning with 2001, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. NOTES: A "family" means beneficiaries entitled on one worker's account. Data for 2001–2010 include beneficiaries whose benefits are being withheld. -- = not available. a. Spouse's entitlement based on age. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Disabled-Worker Families Table 29. Number, average primary insurance amount, and average monthly family benefit, by family composition, December 2011 Percentage of Average primary Average monthly families receiving family benefit maximum family Number of insurance amount beneficiaries (dollars) (dollars) benefit a

Family composition

Number of families

Worker only Men Women

3,581,478 3,472,474

3,581,478 3,472,474

1,239.62 974.56

1,233.93 971.56

10.7 21.6

623,259 433,896

1,584,542 1,092,649

1,260.60 1,073.72

1,843.54 1,521.70

95.0 97.1

660,046 277,682 119,427

1,320,092 833,046 524,053

1,195.43 1,180.37 1,128.33

1,719.93 1,717.35 1,650.81

96.0 95.3 96.9

87,072

174,264

1,669.30

2,014.12

5.3

2,556 29,225 23,792 17,681

8,197 87,482 94,947 97,951

1,504.52 1,323.34 1,281.07 1,229.98

2,401.46 1,940.66 1,868.90 1,794.99

53.7 95.7 96.7 97.1

Worker with children By sex of worker Men Women By number of children 1 child 2 children 3 or more children Worker with— Spouse aged 62 or older b Spouse aged 62 or older and 1 or more children Spouse and 1 child Spouse and 2 children Spouse and 3 or more children

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. NOTE: A "family" means beneficiaries entitled on one worker's account. a. Includes families and worker-only beneficiaries for whom the primary insurance amount is equal to the family maximum amount. b. If the spouse is also entitled to a retired-worker benefit, only the benefit amount received as a spouse is included. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Disabled-Worker Families Table 30. Distribution, by family composition and age of worker, December 2011 Family composition

Total, all ages

Under 30

30–34

35–39

7,053,952

180,434

176,618

203,649

363,789

86,837 70,046

1 1,999

0 4,939

7 8,211

50 11,944

273 12,873

1,501 12,269

7,383 9,650

77,622 8,161

660,046 277,682 119,427

16,332 9,501 4,880

34,059 29,783 20,412

59,741 51,742 30,878

109,141 65,057 27,679

141,294 55,260 17,647

137,958 36,484 9,855

95,242 18,858 5,077

66,279 10,997 2,999

2,273,579

141,340

162,541

216,913

304,862

364,413

378,113

329,943

320,885

40–44

45–49

50–54

55–59

60–FRA

Number Worker only Worker with— Spouse Aged 62 or older a Child in care Children 1 child 2 children 3 or more children Families receiving maximum benefit b

706,121 1,251,249 1,772,073 2,400,019

Percent Worker only Worker with— Spouse Aged 62 or older a Child in care Children 1 child 2 children 3 or more children Families receiving maximum benefit b

100.0

2.6

2.5

2.9

5.2

10.0

17.7

25.1

34.0

100.0 100.0

(L) 2.9

0.0 7.1

(L) 11.7

0.1 17.1

0.3 18.4

1.7 17.5

8.5 13.8

89.4 11.7

100.0 100.0 100.0

2.5 3.4 4.1

5.2 10.7 17.1

9.1 18.6 25.9

16.5 23.4 23.2

21.4 19.9 14.8

20.9 13.1 8.3

14.4 6.8 4.3

10.0 4.0 2.5

27.3

66.3

61.1

61.2

52.8

39.0

26.1

17.3

12.5

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. NOTES: A "family" means beneficiaries entitled on one worker's account. FRA = full retirement age; (L) = less than 0.05 percent. a. Includes spouses aged 62 or older with children. b. Includes families and worker-only beneficiaries for whom the primary insurance amount is equal to the family maximum amount. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Beneficiaries who Have Filed for Workers’ Compensation or Public Disability Benefits

Notes In December 2011, approximately 574,000 disabled workers on the Social Security Disability Insurance program had filed for workers’ compensation or public disability benefits. Disability payments from private sources, such as private pension or insurance benefits, do not affect Social Security disability benefits, but workers’ compensa-tion and other public disability benefits may reduce them. Workers’ compensation is paid to a worker because of a job-related injury or illness. It may be paid by federal or state workers’ compensation agencies or employers or by insurance companies on behalf of employers. Other public disability benefits that may affect Social Security disability benefits are those paid by a federal, state, or local government for disabling medical conditions that are not job related. Examples are civil service disability benefits, military disability benefits, state temporary disability benefits, and state or local government retirement benefits that are based on disability. Persons who receive Social Security disability benefits and one of the following types of public benefits will not have their Social Security disability benefit reduced: • Veterans Administration benefits; • State and local government benefits, if Social Security taxes were deducted from earnings; or • Supplemental Security Income. The total amount received from workers’ compensation or other public disability benefits and Social Security disability benefits cannot exceed 80 percent of the worker’s average current earnings before he or she became disabled. The monthly Social Security disability benefit includes benefits payable to family members. If the total amount of these benefits exceeds 80 percent of average current earnings, the excess amount is deducted from the Social Security benefit. The benefit will be reduced until the month the worker reaches age 65 or the month the other benefits stop, whichever comes first.

Example Before becoming disabled, the worker’s average current earnings were $4,000 a month. The disabled worker, his or her spouse, and their two children would be eligible to receive a total of $2,200 a month in Social Security disability benefits. However, the disabled worker also receives $2,000 a month from workers’ compensation. Because the total amount of benefits received ($4,200) is more than $3,200 (80 percent of average current earnings), the family’s Social Security disability benefits will be reduced by $1,000.

Beneficiaries Who Have Filed for Workers’ Compensation or Public Disability Benefits Chart 7. Distribution of workers, by diagnostic group and sex, December 2011 Among disabled workers who are also receiving workers’ compensation or public disability benefits, a disease of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue was the primary diagnosis in December 2011. Mental disorders were the second leading disabling condition. A disorder of the nervous system and sense organs was the third most common disability for women. Injuries were the third most common disability for men. All other impairments were fairly evenly split between men and women. 60

Percent

Men 50

Women

40

30

20

10

0


Injuries

Mental disorders

Circulatory system

Musculo− skeletal system and connective tissue


All other impairments

SOURCE: Table 34.


Beneficiaries Who Have Filed for Workers’ Compensation or Public Disability Benefits Table 31. Distribution of workers and dependents who have filed, by reason for having or not having an offset, December 2011 Total Reason All disabled beneficiaries and dependents

Workers

Spouses and children

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

727,045

100.0

573,681

100.0

153,364

100.0

With offset Receipt of— Workers' compensation only Black Lung Harbor Workers and Longshoremen Federal employees State Public disability only Federal State Local Workers' compensation and— Federal public disability State public disability Local public disability Social Security Disability Insurance (reverse offset)

399

0.1

285

(L)

114

0.1

589 2,963 108,763

0.1 0.4 15.0

441 2,320 77,126

0.1 0.4 13.4

148 643 31,637

0.1 0.4 20.6

1,476 9,696 519

0.2 1.3 0.1

1,254 8,051 385

0.2 1.4 0.1

222 1,645 134

0.1 1.1 0.1

14 569 5

(L) 0.1 (L)

13 448 5

(L) 0.1 (L)

1 121 0

(L) 0.1 0.0

56,909

7.8

45,069

7.9

11,840

7.7

Without offset High average current earnings Entitlement to workers' compensation or public disability benefits is pending

386,186

53.1

313,360

54.6

72,826

47.5

158,957

21.9

124,924

21.8

34,033

22.2

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Workers' Compensation and Public Disability Benefit file, 100 percent data. NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Beneficiaries Who Have Filed for Workers’ Compensation or Public Disability Benefits Table 32. Distribution of workers and dependents who have filed, by state or other area of residence, December 2011 Total State or area

Workers


Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

727,045

100.0

573,681

100.0

153,364

100.0

13,536 624 9,250 6,765 103,228

1.9 0.1 1.3 0.9 14.2

10,398 496 7,527 5,265 85,867

1.8 0.1 1.3 0.9 15.0

3,138 128 1,723 1,500 17,361

2.0 0.1 1.1 1.0 11.3


9,100 5,865 2,025 350 37,645

1.3 0.8 0.3 (L) 5.2

7,432 4,565 1,598 294 30,057

1.3 0.8 0.3 0.1 5.2

1,668 1,300 427 56 7,588

1.1 0.8 0.3 (L) 4.9


22,447 1,985 2,460 18,267 5,534

3.1 0.3 0.3 2.5 0.8

17,665 1,609 1,939 14,193 4,226

3.1 0.3 0.3 2.5 0.7

4,782 376 521 4,074 1,308

3.1 0.2 0.3 2.7 0.9


4,382 3,758 20,166 11,347 5,782

0.6 0.5 2.8 1.6 0.8

3,466 3,003 15,693 8,287 4,645

0.6 0.5 2.7 1.4 0.8

916 755 4,473 3,060 1,137

0.6 0.5 2.9 2.0 0.7


5,217 16,519 37,384 7,322 7,227

0.7 2.3 5.1 1.0 1.0

4,256 12,618 29,276 6,016 5,470

0.7 2.2 5.1 1.0 1.0

961 3,901 8,108 1,306 1,757

0.6 2.5 5.3 0.9 1.1


13,356 2,805 2,171 3,933 4,044

1.8 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.6

10,554 2,313 1,713 3,277 3,093

1.8 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.5

2,802 492 458 656 951

1.8 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6


18,580 3,798 85,849 22,608 926

2.6 0.5 11.8 3.1 0.1

14,125 3,082 65,732 17,929 735

2.5 0.5 11.5 3.1 0.1

4,455 716 20,117 4,679 191

2.9 0.5 13.1 3.1 0.1


17,879 8,246 6,375 38,459 3,136

2.5 1.1 0.9 5.3 0.4

14,663 6,579 5,260 29,696 2,561

2.6 1.1 0.9 5.2 0.4

3,216 1,667 1,115 8,763 575

2.1 1.1 0.7 5.7 0.4

All areas Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California

(Continued)


Beneficiaries Who Have Filed for Workers’ Compensation or Public Disability Benefits Table 32. Distribution of workers and dependents who have filed, by state or other area of residence, December 2011—Continued Total State or area

Workers


Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent


14,670 1,027 14,918 16,030 2,013

2.0 0.1 2.1 2.2 0.3

11,437 821 11,718 12,421 1,542

2.0 0.1 2.0 2.2 0.3

3,233 206 3,200 3,609 471

2.1 0.1 2.1 2.4 0.3


1,099 11,634 12,882 8,708 9,282 616

0.2 1.6 1.8 1.2 1.3 0.1

870 9,090 10,549 6,819 7,298 495

0.2 1.6 1.8 1.2 1.3 0.1

229 2,544 2,333 1,889 1,984 121

0.1 1.7 1.5 1.2 1.3 0.1


42,131 238

5.8 (L)

32,271 138

5.6 (L)

9,860 100

6.4 0.1

1,447

0.2

1,039

0.2

408

0.3

Foreign countries

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Workers' Compensation and Public Disability Benefit file, 100 percent data. NOTES: Distribution is by state or other area of residence, not by the state paying benefits. (L) = less than 0.05 percent. a. Includes American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and U.S. Virgin Islands. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Beneficiaries Who Have Filed for Workers’ Compensation or Public Disability Benefits Table 33. Distribution of workers who have filed, by diagnostic group and age, December 2011 Diagnostic group

Total, all ages

Under 35

35–39

40–44

45–49

50–54

55–59

60–64


573,681

8,134

14,463

33,692

67,539

120,114

160,245

169,494

308

10

11

30

46

65

74

72

11,169 4,156 38,835

86 47 1,128

161 76 1,403

462 276 2,806

1,084 661 4,895

2,127 967 7,923

3,320 1,129 10,022

3,929 1,000 10,658

54 97

14 6

4 8

6 12

3 24

14 14

7 23

6 10

74 5,615 65,872 13,299

8 159 1,270 356

4 153 2,223 539

7 504 4,897 1,016

9 932 9,508 1,826

17 1,350 14,371 2,890

22 1,324 17,265 3,393

7 1,193 16,338 3,279

7,607 13,464 6,069

324 378 166

348 528 147

706 1,095 320

1,211 1,935 665

1,802 2,795 1,245

1,789 3,051 1,691

1,427 3,682 1,835

407 19,336 3,501 2,979

24 125 52 124

18 220 72 126

32 613 158 265

63 1,372 385 444

89 3,139 722 608

93 5,807 1,080 730

88 8,060 1,032 682

330,526

3,017

7,064

17,492

36,668

69,833

95,660

100,792

33,009 8,152 700 622 7,830

673 42 19 13 93

1,028 124 25 17 164

2,202 292 52 42 407

4,191 613 81 68 855

6,859 1,473 153 141 1,517

8,688 2,463 178 180 2,256

9,368 3,145 192 161 2,538 (Continued)


Beneficiaries Who Have Filed for Workers’ Compensation or Public Disability Benefits Table 33. Distribution of workers who have filed, by diagnostic group and age, December 2011—Continued Diagnostic group

Total, all ages

Under 35

35–39

40–44

45–49

50–54

55–59

60–64


100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

(L)

(L)

1.9 0.7 6.8

1.1 0.6 13.9

1.1 0.5 9.7

1.4 0.8 8.3

1.6 1.0 7.2

1.8 0.8 6.6

2.1 0.7 6.3

2.3 0.6 6.3

(L) (L)

0.2 0.1

(L) 0.1

(L) (L)

(L) (L)

(L) (L)

(L) (L)

(L) (L)

(L) 1.0 11.5 2.3

0.1 2.0 15.6 4.4

(L) 1.1 15.4 3.7

(L) 1.5 14.5 3.0

(L) 1.4 14.1 2.7

(L) 1.1 12.0 2.4

(L) 0.8 10.8 2.1

(L) 0.7 9.6 1.9

1.3 2.3 1.1

4.0 4.6 2.0

2.4 3.7 1.0

2.1 3.3 0.9

1.8 2.9 1.0

1.5 2.3 1.0

1.1 1.9 1.1

0.8 2.2 1.1

0.1 3.4 0.6 0.5

0.3 1.5 0.6 1.5

0.1 1.5 0.5 0.9

0.1 1.8 0.5 0.8

0.1 2.0 0.6 0.7

0.1 2.6 0.6 0.5

0.1 3.6 0.7 0.5

0.1 4.8 0.6 0.4

57.6

37.1

48.8

51.9

54.3

58.1

59.7

59.5

5.8 1.4 0.1 0.1 1.4

8.3 0.5 0.2 0.2 1.1

7.1 0.9 0.2 0.1 1.1

6.5 0.9 0.2 0.1 1.2

6.2 0.9 0.1 0.1 1.3

5.7 1.2 0.1 0.1 1.3

5.4 1.5 0.1 0.1 1.4

5.5 1.9 0.1 0.1 1.5



Beneficiaries Who Have Filed for Workers’ Compensation or Public Disability Benefits Table 34. Distribution of workers who have filed, by diagnostic group and sex, December 2011 Total Diagnostic group All disabled workers Congenital anomalies Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases Infectious and parasitic diseases Injuries Mental disorders Autistic disorders Developmental disorders Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified Intellectual disability Mood disorders Organic mental disorders Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders Other Neoplasms Diseases of the— Blood and blood-forming organs Circulatory system Digestive system Genitourinary system Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue Nervous system and sense organs Respiratory system Skin and subcutaneous tissue Other Unknown

Men

Women

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

573,681

100.0

348,030

100.0

225,651

100.0

308

0.1

168

(L)

140

0.1

11,169 4,156 38,835

1.9 0.7 6.8

5,550 3,316 28,921

1.6 1.0 8.3

5,619 840 9,914

2.5 0.4 4.4

54 97

(L) (L)

35 62

(L) (L)

19 35

(L) (L)

74 5,615 65,872 13,299

(L) 1.0 11.5 2.3

47 4,277 30,462 9,921

(L) 1.2 8.8 2.9

27 1,338 35,410 3,378

(L) 0.6 15.7 1.5

7,607 13,464 6,069

1.3 2.3 1.1

4,997 7,457 3,206

1.4 2.1 0.9

2,610 6,007 2,863

1.2 2.7 1.3

407 19,336 3,501 2,979

0.1 3.4 0.6 0.5

191 14,269 2,226 1,998

0.1 4.1 0.6 0.6

216 5,067 1,275 981

0.1 2.2 0.6 0.4

330,526 33,009 8,152 700 622 7,830

57.6 5.8 1.4 0.1 0.1 1.4

205,112 16,282 4,645 371 287 4,230

58.9 4.7 1.3 0.1 0.1 1.2

125,414 16,727 3,507 329 335 3,600

55.6 7.4 1.6 0.1 0.1 1.6



Benefits Awarded, Withheld, and Terminated

Benefits Awarded, Withheld, and Terminated Chart 8. Social Security disability awards, 1980–2011 The total number of awards decreased from 1980 through 1982, started to rise in 1983, and began to increase more rapidly in 1990. Awards for disabled-worker benefits have been most pronounced and drive the overall pattern shown in the total line. They increased from a low of 297,131 in 1982 to 636,637 in 1992, were relatively flat from 1992 through 2000, and started to increase again in 2001. There were 998,980 worker awards in 2011. Other awards have risen at a much slower rate. Awards to disabled adult children have gradually increased from 33,470 in 1980 to 81,895 in 2011. Awards to disabled widow(er)s have risen from just over 16,000 in 1980 to 33,185 in 2011. Thousands 1,200 Total Disabled workers 1,000 Disabled widow(er)s Disabled adult children 800

600

400

200

0 1980

1986

1992

1998

2004

2011

SOURCE: Table 35.


Benefits Awarded, Withheld, and Terminated Chart 9. Average monthly benefit awards, by sex, 2011 The average monthly benefit awarded to disabled workers is higher than that awarded to disabled widow(er)s or disabled adult children. The reason for the difference is that disabled workers receive 100 percent of the primary insurance amount, compared with 71.5 percent for disabled widow(er)s and 50 percent for disabled adult children (if the worker is disabled or retired) or 75 percent (if the worker is deceased). Because men have traditionally had higher earnings than women, their monthly benefit is higher. This is most obvious in the disabled-worker group. Benefits for disabled widow(er)s and disabled adult children are dependents’ benefits, so their monthly benefit is a function of the worker’s earnings. Therefore, a disabled widow’s average benefit tends to be higher than that of a disabled widower because a male worker’s earnings are higher than a female worker’s. Benefit amounts are about the same for men and women in the disabled adult children group.

Dollars 1,400 Men 1,200

Women

1,000

800

600

400

200

0

Disabled workers

Disabled widow(er)s

SOURCE: Table 36.



Benefits Awarded, Withheld, and Terminated Chart 10. Disabled-worker awards, by selected diagnostic group, 2011 In 2011, 998,980 disabled workers were awarded benefits. Among those awardees, the most common impairment was diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (33.8 percent), followed by mental disorders (19.3 percent), circulatory problems (10.6 percent), neoplasms (9.2 percent), and diseases of the nervous system and sense organs (8.2 percent). The remaining 18.9 percent of awardees had other impairments. All other impairments 18.9%

Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 33.8%

Nervous system and sense organs 8.2%

Neoplasms 9.2%

Circulatory system 10.6%

Mental disorders 19.3%

Developmental disorders 0.1% Autistic disorders 0.2%

Other 2.8%

Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 0.1% Intellectual disability 1.4%

Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders 1.9% Organic mental disorders 2.6%

Mood disorders 10.2%

SOURCE: Table 37.


Awards to Disabled Beneficiaries and Nondisabled Dependents Table 35. Number, selected years 1960–2011 Workers and nondisabled dependents


Year

Total

Workers

Children Spouses under age 18


Widow(er)s

Retired workers

Deceased workers

Disabled workers

1960 1965 1970 1975

388,861 538,983 799,616 1,305,345

207,805 253,499 350,384 592,049

54,187 69,183 96,304 148,741

102,516 175,109 241,627 391,284

... 19,794 71,145 117,043

... ... 15,609 23,521

12,740 10,017 11,348 14,636

9,819 8,668 9,425 11,182

1,794 2,713 3,774 6,889

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

933,597 826,340 672,333 661,467 730,135

396,559 351,847 297,131 311,549 361,998

108,500 95,575 77,835 80,079 81,834

235,079 199,829 153,205 152,954 172,721

143,935 134,390 103,015 68,834 59,990

16,054 14,154 12,440 14,412 17,165

16,650 15,365 14,772 17,309 18,330

10,626 9,745 9,685 11,223 12,556

6,194 5,435 4,250 5,107 5,541

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

763,363 809,424 799,180 795,690 801,893

377,371 416,865 415,848 409,490 425,582

83,511 82,435 77,316 73,790 69,113

190,204 198,192 195,030 196,655 197,950

56,108 52,989 54,925 61,725 57,079

17,086 18,418 16,396 15,328 15,168

19,661 20,295 20,761 20,544 19,668

12,709 13,244 12,117 11,512 10,975

6,713 6,986 6,787 6,646 6,358

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

868,793 990,500 1,167,001 1,177,268 1,177,236

467,977 536,434 636,637 635,238 631,870

69,667 72,754 78,083 74,605 69,549

218,059 250,287 306,002 317,263 327,067

58,894 60,349 66,035 71,081 74,364

15,424 29,590 33,235 31,835 29,903

20,862 21,850 23,615 23,173 22,119

11,277 11,684 13,846 13,819 12,590

6,633 7,552 9,548 10,254 9,774

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

1,173,317 1,139,054 1,059,556 1,087,352 1,106,343

645,832 624,335 587,417 608,131 620,488

63,097 57,528 50,818 47,550 46,164

315,587 311,228 278,040 279,764 283,768

75,929 76,769 76,034 82,567 84,525

29,597 28,611 28,546 29,399 29,650

21,566 20,169 19,611 19,932 20,467

11,930 11,061 10,616 10,914 11,430

9,779 9,353 8,474 9,095 9,851

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

1,051,900 1,118,300 1,219,670 1,259,672 1,311,031

610,700 661,900 730,383 755,706 775,244

38,500 41,100 43,301 44,638 45,649

263,200 268,800 293,131 302,756 313,640

74,600 75,700 77,927 82,447 96,871

27,600 26,500 28,339 27,324 27,744

21,100 22,300 22,798 21,836 22,127

9,200 12,200 15,284 15,225 16,455

7,000 9,800 8,507 9,740 13,301

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

1,402,509 1,369,044 1,383,199 1,506,563 1,647,013

821,207 798,675 804,787 877,226 970,696

49,917 49,521 47,583 50,756 54,112

338,506 325,861 322,362 348,649 381,786

104,405 107,786 112,140 119,633 129,132

29,576 28,682 28,810 30,605 31,518

25,591 25,679 28,359 32,712 35,734

17,973 17,467 20,368 24,369 22,821

15,334 15,373 18,790 22,613 21,214

2010 2011

1,740,729 1,695,780

1,026,988 998,979

53,987 53,276

408,989 392,900

135,825 135,547

33,259 33,183

35,533 35,610

21,942 21,575

24,206 24,710

SOURCES: Social Security Administration. For years before 2000, Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin, based on the Master Beneficiary Record, various sampling rates; from 2000 through 2001, Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, 1 percent sample; data after 2001 are 100 percent data. NOTES: Data exclude closed period awards in 2002 and 2003 and expedited reinstatement cases since 2002. . . . = not applicable. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Awards to Disabled Beneficiaries and Nondisabled Dependents Table 36. Number and average monthly benefit, by basis of entitlement, age, and sex, 2011 Total Average monthly Basis of entitlement and age

Male Average monthly

Number

benefit a (dollars)

Number

998,979

1,188.80

540,107

30,317 35,232 43,209 58,973 83,976 122,637 202,767 249,525 165,716 6,627

610.64 853.44 958.67 1,024.38 1,077.58 1,137.85 1,204.82 1,304.27 1,379.59 1,323.44

17,567 18,677 21,692 29,308 42,724 62,697 106,883 139,373 97,119 4,067

benefit a (dollars)

Female Average monthly Number

benefit a (dollars)

1,325.26

458,872

1,028.17

622.22 880.94 1,001.02 1,099.49 1,178.48 1,260.14 1,352.97 1,464.22 1,549.44 1,461.45

12,750 16,555 21,517 29,665 41,252 59,940 95,884 110,152 68,597 2,560

594.68 822.42 915.97 950.18 973.07 1,009.93 1,039.67 1,101.89 1,139.12 1,104.20

Workers Total Under 25 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–64 65–FRA

Spouses of disabled workers Total

53,276

306.48

3,753

246.42

49,523

311.03

Entitlement based on care of children Under 30 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–FRA

16,745 2,671 2,760 3,257 3,133 2,548 1,469 907

223.16 152.44 170.43 203.65 235.35 278.64 302.50 335.56

991 105 119 190 209 175 115 78

167.19 110.95 132.53 148.04 160.89 192.60 214.89 232.00

15,754 2,566 2,641 3,067 2,924 2,373 1,354 829

226.69 154.14 172.14 207.10 240.67 284.98 309.94 345.30

Entitlement based on age 62–64 65 or older

36,531 31,111 5,420

344.67 332.07 417.00

2,762 1,604 1,158

274.85 225.22 343.59

33,769 29,507 4,262

350.38 337.87 436.94

Children of disabled workers Total

553,157

306.48

286,522

308.64

266,635

304.16

Under age 18 Under 5 5–9 10–14 15–17

392,900 96,519 96,804 129,523 70,054

268.70 207.74 236.20 290.26 357.72

199,973 49,395 49,318 65,832 35,428

269.14 208.76 236.29 290.65 359.09

192,927 47,124 47,486 63,691 34,626

268.24 206.67 236.11 289.86 356.33


135,547

409.37

72,039

411.83

63,508

406.57

24,710

342.79

14,510

340.62

10,200

345.88

Disabled aged 18 or older

Widow(er)s Total 50–54 55–59 60–FRA

33,183

681.54

2,878

514.39

30,305

697.41

15,914 17,045 224

671.42 690.15 744.93

1,315 1,546 17

495.96 526.72 817.30

14,599 15,499 207

687.23 706.45 738.98 (Continued)


Awards to Disabled Beneficiaries and Nondisabled Dependents Table 36. Number and average monthly benefit, by basis of entitlement, age, and sex, 2011—Continued Total Average monthly Basis of entitlement and age

Number

benefit a (dollars)

Male Average monthly Number

benefit a (dollars)

Female Average monthly Number

benefit a (dollars)

Adult children 81,895

505.71

47,378

502.50

34,517

510.12

Children of— Retired workers Deceased workers Disabled workers

Total

35,610 21,575 24,710

497.89 705.22 342.79

20,416 12,452 14,510

494.68 703.98 340.62

15,194 9,123 10,200

502.21 706.91 345.88

Under 25 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–64 65 or older

44,462 11,180 10,270 8,597 5,184 1,419 478 190 82 33

495.04 528.98 528.38 510.45 492.61 496.64 540.76 539.32 517.43 437.75

26,231 6,473 5,874 4,734 2,877 779 259 91 45 15

495.44 528.16 521.94 497.14 477.95 492.83 532.10 514.80 484.96 543.56

18,231 4,707 4,396 3,863 2,307 640 219 99 37 18

494.46 530.11 536.98 526.75 510.88 501.27 550.99 561.86 556.92 349.56

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, 100 percent data. NOTES: Data exclude expedited reinstatement cases. Starting with 2007, age is based on date of entitlement and not date of award. Entitlement can be retroactive and thus precede the date of award. FRA = full retirement age. a. Benefits awarded before the December cost-of-living increase are converted to the December rates before averages are computed. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Awards to All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 37. Distribution, by sex and diagnostic group, 2011 Total Diagnostic group

Number

Workers Percent

Number

Widow(er)s

Percent

Number

Adult children

Percent

Number

Percent


1,114,057

100.0

998,979

100.0

33,183

100.0

81,895

100.0

3,721

0.3

1,491

0.1

48

0.1

2,182

2.7

36,433 10,230 39,090

3.3 0.9 3.5

34,167 9,748 36,601

3.4 1.0 3.7

1,702 246 909

5.1 0.7 2.7

564 236 1,580

0.7 0.3 1.9

6,289 1,618

0.6 0.1

1,731 779

0.2 0.1

3 11

(L) (L)

4,555 828

5.6 1.0

1,913 47,644 114,621 30,713

0.2 4.3 10.3 2.8

813 14,145 101,554 25,756

0.1 1.4 10.2 2.6

4 995 4,985 793

(L) 3.0 15.0 2.4

1,096 32,504 8,082 4,164

1.3 39.7 9.9 5.1

25,351 33,734 93,371

2.3 3.0 8.4

18,872 28,248 91,510

1.9 2.8 9.2

749 1,045 1,359

2.3 3.1 4.1

5,730 4,441 502

7.0 5.4 0.6

3,452 108,946 24,286 21,881

0.3 9.8 2.2 2.0

2,999 105,728 23,424 21,089

0.3 10.6 2.3 2.1

73 2,660 625 365

0.2 8.0 1.9 1.1

380 558 237 427

0.5 0.7 0.3 0.5

351,018 94,162 43,112 2,516 2,366 17,590

31.5 8.5 3.9 0.2 0.2 1.6

337,946 81,698 41,160 2,380 2,017 15,123

33.8 8.2 4.1 0.2 0.2 1.5

11,757 2,266 1,754 76 59 699

35.4 6.8 5.3 0.2 0.2 2.1

1,315 10,198 198 60 290 1,768

1.6 12.5 0.2 0.1 0.4 2.2

590,363

100.0

540,107

100.0

2,878

100.0

47,378

100.0

1,994

0.3

834

0.2

5

0.2

1,155

2.4

18,998 6,662 25,262

3.2 1.1 4.3

18,606 6,480 24,052

3.4 1.2 4.5

112 39 130

3.9 1.4 4.5

280 143 1,080

0.6 0.3 2.3

5,137 1,028

0.9 0.2

1,441 493

0.3 0.1

1 2

(L) 0.1

3,695 533

7.8 1.1

1,377 26,679 45,984 18,273

0.2 4.5 7.8 3.1

554 8,787 41,743 15,396

0.1 1.6 7.7 2.9

0 98 259 77

0.0 3.4 9.0 2.7

823 17,794 3,982 2,800

1.7 37.6 8.4 5.9

16,678 17,425 47,365

2.8 3.0 8.0

12,342 14,944 46,971

2.3 2.8 8.7

77 66 106

2.7 2.3 3.7

4,259 2,415 288

9.0 5.1 0.6


(Continued)


Awards to All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 37. Distribution, by sex and diagnostic group, 2011—Continued Total Diagnostic group

Number

Workers Percent

Number

Widow(er)s

Percent

Number

Adult children

Percent

Number

Percent


1,585 72,900 13,988 13,189

0.3 12.3 2.4 2.2

1,389 72,240 13,787 12,923

0.3 13.4 2.6 2.4

6 354 84 50

0.2 12.3 2.9 1.7

190 306 117 216

0.4 0.6 0.2 0.5

175,313 47,952 21,414 1,174 1,220 8,766

29.7 8.1 3.6 0.2 0.2 1.5

173,728 42,264 21,209 1,149 1,063 7,712

32.2 7.8 3.9 0.2 0.2 1.4

1,004 204 132 5 0 67

34.9 7.1 4.6 0.2 0.0 2.3

581 5,484 73 20 157 987

1.2 11.6 0.2 (L) 0.3 2.1


523,694

100.0

458,872

100.0

30,305

100.0

34,517

100.0

1,727

0.3

657

0.1

43

0.1

1,027

3.0

17,435 3,568 13,828

3.3 0.7 2.6

15,561 3,268 12,549

3.4 0.7 2.7

1,590 207 779

5.2 0.7 2.6

284 93 500

0.8 0.3 1.4

1,152 590

0.2 0.1

290 286

0.1 0.1

2 9

(L) (L)

860 295

2.5 0.9

536 20,965 68,637 12,440

0.1 4.0 13.1 2.4

259 5,358 59,811 10,360

0.1 1.2 13.0 2.3

4 897 4,726 716

(L) 3.0 15.6 2.4

273 14,710 4,100 1,364

0.8 42.6 11.9 4.0

8,673 16,309 46,006

1.7 3.1 8.8

6,530 13,304 44,539

1.4 2.9 9.7

672 979 1,253

2.2 3.2 4.1

1,471 2,026 214

4.3 5.9 0.6

1,867 36,046 10,298 8,692

0.4 6.9 2.0 1.7

1,610 33,488 9,637 8,166

0.4 7.3 2.1 1.8

67 2,306 541 315

0.2 7.6 1.8 1.0

190 252 120 211

0.6 0.7 0.3 0.6

175,705 46,210 21,698 1,342 1,146 8,824

33.6 8.8 4.1 0.3 0.2 1.7

164,218 39,434 19,951 1,231 954 7,411

35.8 8.6 4.3 0.3 0.2 1.6

10,753 2,062 1,622 71 59 632

35.5 6.8 5.4 0.2 0.2 2.1

734 4,714 125 40 133 781

2.1 13.7 0.4 0.1 0.4 2.3

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, 100 percent data. NOTES: Data exclude expedited reinstatement cases. Effective 2001, the Social Security Administration initiated a special review of 130,000 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients who are potentially eligible for Social Security disability benefits because of earnings while receiving SSI. Many of these claims awarded since 2001 were for individuals under the age of 35 who were diagnosed with a mental disorder. (L) = less than 0.05 percent. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Awards to All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 38. Distribution and average monthly benefit, by state or other area, 2011 Workers

Widow(er)s

Adult children

Average monthly

Average monthly

Average monthly

Number

Percent

benefit a (dollars)

Number

Percent

benefit a (dollars)

Number

Percent

benefit a (dollars)

998,979

100.0

1,188.80

33,183

100.0

681.54

81,895

100.0

505.71


25,483 1,797 15,914 14,150 82,832

2.6 0.2 1.6 1.4 8.3

1,170.45 1,149.27 1,241.60 1,130.92 1,158.07

1,123 45 449 618 2,267

3.4 0.1 1.4 1.9 6.8

642.87 773.28 654.48 615.79 728.42

1,701 138 1,089 1,305 7,297

2.1 0.2 1.3 1.6 8.9

490.05 550.53 538.64 431.14 553.72


12,462 8,641 2,548 1,849 62,809

1.2 0.9 0.3 0.2 6.3

1,228.91 1,283.91 1,268.69 1,017.16 1,179.15

292 181 81 47 1,824

0.9 0.5 0.2 0.1 5.5

728.92 728.02 677.39 703.51 652.61

764 823 222 105 3,817

0.9 1.0 0.3 0.1 4.7

535.67 519.12 565.01 596.97 519.77


34,663 2,650 4,478 31,539 24,522

3.5 0.3 0.4 3.2 2.5

1,198.91 1,222.01 1,159.53 1,244.02 1,225.63

1,289 60 137 1,046 876

3.9 0.2 0.4 3.2 2.6

643.97 621.58 670.53 700.30 699.73

2,107 219 452 3,286 2,100

2.6 0.3 0.6 4.0 2.6

528.28 576.87 516.63 524.03 491.01


8,261 8,859 20,445 17,616 5,379

0.8 0.9 2.0 1.8 0.5

1,168.33 1,180.19 1,152.57 1,106.48 1,135.27

258 270 1,085 856 185

0.8 0.8 3.3 2.6 0.6

694.00 684.47 670.07 748.49 662.47

1,118 871 1,734 1,692 636

1.4 1.1 2.1 2.1 0.8

431.66 458.47 448.75 463.53 404.67


16,262 20,733 43,097 13,758 13,488

1.6 2.1 4.3 1.4 1.4

1,232.28 1,215.59 1,243.06 1,225.40 1,132.07

378 491 1,374 262 725

1.1 1.5 4.1 0.8 2.2

729.53 684.20 768.03 669.65 616.59

1,144 2,242 3,895 1,477 1,206

1.4 2.7 4.8 1.8 1.5

579.29 476.76 531.87 474.63 458.68


23,654 3,143 4,632 7,311 5,631

2.4 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.6

1,180.04 1,122.45 1,148.40 1,250.27 1,238.95

918 89 122 226 146

2.8 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.4

654.28 708.13 589.74 747.63 638.89

2,169 236 511 324 542

2.6 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.7

450.65 447.58 458.55 594.25 470.75


25,685 6,397 58,277 33,625 1,628

2.6 0.6 5.8 3.4 0.2

1,317.89 1,103.66 1,222.10 1,197.64 1,129.89

637 188 1,480 1,389 36

1.9 0.6 4.5 4.2 0.1

729.90 646.81 703.94 595.15 460.28

2,072 461 5,049 2,539 182

2.5 0.6 6.2 3.1 0.2

573.08 472.90 531.92 477.61 403.04


42,392 13,326 11,548 45,929 4,058

4.2 1.3 1.2 4.6 0.4

1,157.28 1,137.16 1,215.84 1,196.67 1,160.39

1,491 662 358 1,467 105

4.5 2.0 1.1 4.4 0.3

714.68 675.67 724.89 688.88 671.25

3,346 1,051 988 3,661 405

4.1 1.3 1.2 4.5 0.5

483.46 486.07 537.11 510.36 493.47


(Continued)


Awards to All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 38. Distribution and average monthly benefit, by state or other area, 2011—Continued Workers

Widow(er)s

Adult children

Average monthly

Average monthly

Average monthly

Number

Percent

benefit a (dollars)

Number

Percent

benefit a (dollars)

Number

Percent

benefit a (dollars)


19,855 1,997 28,763 65,952 6,035

2.0 0.2 2.9 6.6 0.6

1,192.97 1,114.47 1,160.25 1,157.12 1,193.24

860 43 1,242 2,432 142

2.6 0.1 3.7 7.3 0.4

600.42 513.71 612.87 706.60 747.70

1,273 192 1,994 4,849 595

1.6 0.2 2.4 5.9 0.7

515.90 386.99 490.21 519.95 504.18


2,342 22,131 21,118 9,444 17,190 1,648

0.2 2.2 2.1 0.9 1.7 0.2

1,134.82 1,206.10 1,221.63 1,188.91 1,232.87 1,166.66

49 737 528 513 409 44

0.1 2.2 1.6 1.5 1.2 0.1

574.94 640.77 782.60 758.55 667.47 814.69

274 1,834 1,699 853 1,814 117

0.3 2.2 2.1 1.0 2.2 0.1

425.34 507.29 555.03 498.62 464.29 540.47

Outlying areas Puerto Rico Other b

19,472 1,561

1.9 0.2

1,031.45 968.48

535 116

1.6 0.3

604.87 684.82

1,129 296

1.4 0.4

421.01 428.92

State or area

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, 100 percent data. NOTE: Data exclude expedited reinstatement cases. a. Benefits awarded before the December cost-of-living increase are converted to the December rates before averages are computed. b. Includes American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and foreign countries. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Awards to Disabled Workers Table 39. Number and percentage distribution, by sex and age, selected years 1960–2011 Percentage distribution Year

Number


30–34 35–39 a

40–44

45–49


50–54

55–59

60–61

62– FRA

Average age

b

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

610,700 661,900 730,383 755,706 775,244

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

6.4 7.8 7.6 6.9 6.7

4.9 5.3 5.0 5.0 4.9

8.4 8.0 7.5 7.2 6.9

11.5 10.8 10.8 10.6 10.4

13.1 12.9 13.3 13.4 13.4

18.1 18.0 18.0 18.1 18.1

21.3 21.6 22.1 22.5 22.7

8.7 8.5 8.6 9.0 8.9

7.8 7.1 7.1 7.3 8.1

48.9 48.6 48.7 49.0 49.3

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

821,207 798,675 804,787 877,226 970,696

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

6.4 6.2 7.9 8.1 8.2

4.6 4.3 4.6 4.5 4.5

6.6 6.4 6.9 6.7 6.6

10.2 9.8 10.3 9.9 9.5

13.4 13.6 13.5 13.4 13.3

18.4 18.9 18.8 19.2 19.7

23.1 23.4 22.9 22.6 22.8

8.4 8.3 8.2 8.7 8.6

8.9 9.1 6.9 6.9 6.8

49.5 49.8 48.8 48.8 48.8

2010 2011

1,026,988 998,979

100.0 100.0

7.6 6.6

4.5 4.3

6.4 5.9

9.1 8.4

13.1 12.3

20.0 20.3

23.3 25.0

8.6 9.1

7.3 8.2

49.2 49.9

1960 1965 1970 1975

168,466 186,808 258,072 408,531

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.8 1.8 6.7 7.7

a a a a

7.0 8.2 7.6 8.6

6.5 7.9 6.5 6.2

10.5 11.1 10.1 9.5

16.7 17.1 14.7 15.7

20.0 25.7 23.5 23.1

11.8 14.0 12.3 12.1

26.7 14.0 18.7 17.1

54.5 53.0 52.1 51.5

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

275,185 244,984 207,453 217,422 247,833

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

8.3 8.6 8.4 9.5 9.2

a a a a a

9.7 10.2 10.4 11.7 12.8

6.0 6.2 6.3 6.6 7.1

8.4 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.7

14.7 14.5 14.1 13.6 13.4

24.6 24.3 24.6 23.4 22.6

12.3 13.0 12.9 12.2 12.2

16.0 14.8 14.8 14.6 14.0

51.2 50.8 50.9 50.2 50.0

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

274,400 273,700 265,900 265,700 268,600

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

8.7 10.7 9.4 8.4 8.7

a a a a a

13.3 15.3 16.0 16.0 16.0

7.0 8.1 8.6 9.7 9.5

9.9 9.4 9.3 9.0 10.2

14.6 14.3 13.9 14.6 14.2

23.1 21.3 20.8 21.3 20.6

12.4 11.1 10.9 10.5 9.7

10.9 9.8 11.2 10.4 11.1

50.1 48.7 49.0 49.2 49.0

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

293,300 322,700 395,600 391,800 379,300

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

10.9 9.5 9.5 9.2 6.8

a a a a a

16.9 17.7 18.5 18.9 18.4

9.4 10.6 10.8 10.1 10.8

9.5 11.0 11.0 11.7 12.7

13.5 14.1 13.0 14.7 15.4

20.5 18.4 18.6 18.8 19.3

10.3 9.4 9.8 8.6 9.0

8.9 9.3 8.9 8.0 7.7

48.1 47.9 47.8 47.7 48.4

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

368,400 347,100 311,100 331,400 338,900

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

7.2 6.9 6.3 6.3 6.2

a 7.2 5.6 6.2 5.2

16.3 9.0 8.9 8.1 7.6

10.7 10.8 10.8 11.1 11.4

11.5 13.2 13.5 12.4 12.4

15.7 16.2 16.1 18.3 18.2

20.4 19.9 21.6 21.6 21.7

8.9 9.3 8.8 8.1 8.8

9.3 7.6 8.3 8.0 8.3

48.9 48.7 49.3 49.2 49.6

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

328,700 360,000 394,741 408,516 416,560

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

6.8 7.5 7.9 7.0 6.8

4.6 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.6

8.3 7.9 7.1 6.8 6.5

10.7 10.0 10.2 10.0 9.8

12.7 12.2 12.6 12.7 12.8

17.6 17.5 17.6 17.8 17.7

21.1 22.7 22.9 23.2 23.4

9.1 9.2 9.3 9.7 9.6

9.1 8.1 7.8 8.0 8.9

49.1 49.1 49.0 49.4 49.6

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

440,008 425,285 428,836 466,966 521,424

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

6.6 6.4 8.2 8.4 8.5

4.3 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.2

6.3 6.1 6.4 6.1 6.1

9.7 9.2 9.7 9.3 8.9

12.9 13.0 12.8 12.7 12.5

17.9 18.4 18.3 18.6 19.1

23.7 24.0 23.7 23.4 23.6

8.9 8.8 8.9 9.5 9.3

9.6 9.9 7.7 7.8 7.7

49.8 50.1 49.1 49.2 49.2

2010 2011

555,999 540,107

100.0 100.0

7.8 6.7

4.1 4.0

5.9 5.4

8.6 7.9

12.4 11.6

19.5 19.8

24.2 25.8

9.4 9.8

8.1 9.0

49.5 50.3

Men

(Continued)


Awards to Disabled Workers Table 39. Number and percentage distribution, by sex and age, selected years 1960–2011—Continued Percentage distribution Year

Number


30–34 35–39 a

40–44

45–49

50–54

55–59

60–61

62– FRA

Average age

Women 1960 1965 1970 1975

39,339 66,691 92,312 183,518

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.7 1.1 4.2 6.1

a a a a

8.1 6.5 6.3 7.3

8.0 7.4 6.1 6.1

13.3 11.7 11.0 10.1

21.9 19.3 17.5 17.7

24.6 28.3 27.2 25.5

12.4 14.1 13.0 12.2

10.9 11.5 14.6 15.0

52.5 53.2 52.8 52.1

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

121,374 106,863 89,678 94,127 114,165

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

7.4 7.8 8.0 9.0 8.3

a a a a a

9.7 10.2 10.9 12.2 13.2

6.4 6.5 6.8 7.4 7.9

9.3 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.7

16.3 16.4 15.6 14.8 14.9

25.5 25.1 24.9 23.5 22.8

11.7 12.0 11.7 10.9 10.9

13.7 12.5 12.5 12.7 12.9

51.1 50.8 50.5 49.8 49.7

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

134,500 135,700 143,700 147,000 146,900

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

8.6 9.0 7.5 8.5 7.8

a a a a a

12.9 15.5 15.2 14.0 14.8

8.0 10.4 8.1 8.8 10.4

10.6 10.5 11.2 10.9 11.9

15.8 14.8 15.8 16.1 13.8

23.3 21.3 23.4 23.5 21.2

10.1 9.6 9.6 10.5 10.8

10.6 8.8 9.1 7.7 9.2

49.7 48.8 49.5 49.3 49.1

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

168,500 190,400 241,300 237,900 234,000

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

8.5 8.5 8.6 7.5 7.4

a a a a a

16.3 16.8 17.7 17.5 16.9

9.8 10.1 12.0 11.2 11.1

13.1 12.2 12.4 13.1 12.9

14.2 16.2 15.6 16.5 17.0

22.3 19.5 17.6 19.7 20.8

8.9 8.9 8.4 6.8 7.3

6.9 7.8 7.7 7.6 6.6

48.4 48.4 47.7 48.1 48.2

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

263,200 256,900 250,200 271,900 266,900

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

6.4 5.3 6.2 5.4 5.7

a 6.2 6.0 5.9 5.9

16.7 8.9 10.3 9.0 8.7

11.4 11.3 12.2 12.2 12.5

13.8 14.0 14.1 14.5 15.4

17.2 19.0 19.0 19.1 18.1

20.5 21.2 19.0 20.4 20.6

7.6 8.3 6.8 7.6 6.6

6.4 5.9 6.4 5.9 6.5

48.5 49.1 48.4 48.9 48.7

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

282,000 301,900 335,642 347,190 358,684

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

5.8 8.0 7.3 6.8 6.6

5.2 5.9 5.3 5.4 5.3

8.6 8.2 8.0 7.7 7.3

12.3 11.8 11.4 11.3 11.0

13.5 13.8 14.2 14.2 14.0

18.7 18.5 18.5 18.5 18.6

21.6 20.2 21.2 21.7 21.9

8.1 7.7 7.7 8.1 8.2

6.3 6.0 6.3 6.5 7.2

48.7 48.0 48.3 48.6 48.9

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

381,199 373,390 375,951 410,260 449,272

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

6.2 5.9 7.5 7.6 7.8

5.0 4.7 5.0 4.9 4.9

7.0 6.8 7.4 7.3 7.1

10.7 10.4 11.1 10.7 10.3

14.0 14.2 14.4 14.2 14.3

19.0 19.4 19.4 19.9 20.4

22.3 22.8 22.0 21.7 21.8

7.7 7.7 7.4 7.8 7.7

8.0 8.2 5.9 5.9 5.8

49.2 49.5 48.4 48.4 48.4

2010 2011

470,989 458,872

100.0 100.0

7.3 6.4

4.9 4.7

7.0 6.5

9.8 9.0

13.9 13.1

20.6 20.9

22.2 24.0

7.8 8.2

6.4 7.3

48.8 49.5

SOURCES: Social Security Administration. For years before 2000, Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin, based on the Master Beneficiary Record, various sampling rates; from 2000 through 2001, Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, 1 percent sample; data after 2001 are 100 percent data. NOTES: Age in year of award from 1960 through 1984; age in month of award after 1984. Data exclude closed period awards in 2002 and 2003 and expedited reinstatement cases since 2002. Starting with 2007, age is based on date of entitlement and not date of award. Entitlement can be retroactive and thus precede the date of award. FRA = full retirement age. a. Ages 30–34 were grouped with ages 35–39 before 1996. b. Combined data for men and women are not available before 2000. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Awards to Disabled Workers Table 40. Distribution, by diagnostic group, selected years 1960–2011

Year



Mental disorders b Injuries

Total


Other Neoplasms

Number 1960 1961 1962 1963

207,805 279,758 286,434 224,229

865 1,637 2,026 1,646

5,406 7,070 9,383 7,563

10,903 15,153 15,271 10,859

---6,496

17,287 26,864 37,315 24,526

-----

-----

17,739 23,103 27,632 25,042

1967 1968 1969

310,947 330,783 344,741

-2,670 3,004

10,743 11,359 12,169

10,945 10,360 9,828

19,815 25,319 28,473

35,344 41,894 43,225

----

----

33,358 36,560 35,740

1970 1971 1972 1973

350,384 415,897 455,438 491,776

3,597 4,365 4,033 5,276

13,141 15,823 17,352 18,131

8,760 8,524 8,627 7,957

28,231 31,810 31,728 30,418

38,406 42,687 45,253 47,014

-----

-----

36,095 39,629 43,667 50,644

1975 1976 1977 1978

592,049 551,460 568,874 464,415

6,576 5,817 6,681 5,850

23,176 20,966 21,725 16,855

7,579 6,049 5,807 4,512

32,341 29,848 31,942 27,490

67,213 63,667 70,825 54,329

-----

-----

59,852 57,656 59,833 54,878

1981 1982 1983 1984

351,847 298,531 311,490 357,140

3,118 2,432 2,827 2,439

14,768 13,187 14,904 14,418

2,596 2,312 6,730 3,185

20,868 16,617 15,646 16,189

36,318 31,531 50,633 64,078

-----

-----

56,410 50,999 52,379 59,104

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

377,371 416,865 415,848 409,490 425,582

2,480 1,953 787 550 534

16,976 21,260 21,114 14,513 14,279

2,985 2,736 4,676 2,802 3,773

16,558 3,629 20,889 21,022 21,531

68,610 123,983 81,241 85,756 88,500

------

------

55,120 53,176 55,339 53,944 60,352

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

467,977 536,434 636,637 635,238 631,870

511 575 619 543 602

16,255 19,931 29,904 30,862 31,532

22,023 28,245 39,253 37,450 36,087

22,315 24,129 25,042 23,206 22,560

105,173 126,184 164,093 166,045 156,703

------

------

65,939 69,244 77,175 80,266 89,231

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

645,645 624,254 587,700 608,382 620,559

722 777 654 676 645

33,370 33,832 33,807 36,373 36,975

27,993 23,324 15,327 12,680 11,743

27,566 27,616 25,930 25,926 25,925

147,900 132,022 122,901 131,502 138,980

16,681 14,062 12,888 14,506 16,608

131,219 117,960 110,013 116,996 122,372

64,401 63,321 62,279 63,973 65,681

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

610,700 661,900 730,383 755,706 775,244

700 (X) 1,113 1,152 1,166

17,100 19,500 21,830 23,407 24,341

10,700 11,200 10,966 10,879 10,510

28,700 25,400 28,169 28,612 29,580

143,200 168,600 185,313 191,679 192,832

17,600 22,500 22,352 19,338 20,479

125,600 146,100 162,961 172,341 172,353

63,600 62,000 70,369 70,942 73,637

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

821,207 798,675 804,787 877,226 970,696

1,214 1,170 1,196 1,255 1,507

26,969 27,272 27,354 30,023 34,168

10,534 10,165 9,504 9,887 10,440

31,019 31,231 31,543 34,842 38,439

198,549 185,035 183,475 199,738 216,381

21,165 19,842 18,694 19,506 23,031

177,384 165,193 164,781 180,232 193,350

83,303 82,146 81,453 84,544 90,411

2010 2011

1,026,988 998,979

1,531 1,491

35,545 34,167

10,590 9,748

39,341 36,601

218,862 191,898

18,667 14,145

200,195 177,753

92,748 91,510 (Continued)


Awards to Disabled Workers Table 40. Distribution, by diagnostic group, selected years 1960–2011—Continued

Year




Total


Other Neoplasms

Percent 1960 1961 1962 1963

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.4 0.6 0.7 0.7

2.6 2.5 3.3 3.4

5.2 5.4 5.3 4.8

---2.9

8.3 9.6 13.0 10.9

-----

-----

8.5 8.3 9.6 11.2

1967 1968 1969

100.0 100.0 100.0

-0.8 0.9

3.5 3.4 3.5

3.5 3.1 2.9

6.4 7.7 8.3

11.4 12.7 12.5

----

----

10.7 11.1 10.4

1970 1971 1972 1973

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

1.0 1.0 0.9 1.1

3.8 3.8 3.8 3.7

2.5 2.0 1.9 1.6

8.1 7.6 7.0 6.2

11.0 10.3 9.9 9.6

-----

-----

10.3 9.5 9.6 10.3

1975 1976 1977 1978

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

1.1 1.1 1.2 1.3

3.9 3.8 3.8 3.6

1.3 1.1 1.0 1.0

5.5 5.4 5.6 5.9

11.4 11.5 12.5 11.7

-----

-----

10.1 10.5 10.5 11.8

1981 1982 1983 1984

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.9 0.8 0.9 0.7

4.2 4.4 4.8 4.0

0.7 0.8 2.2 0.9

5.9 5.6 5.0 4.5

10.3 10.6 16.3 17.9

-----

-----

16.0 17.1 16.8 16.5

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.7 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1

4.5 5.1 5.1 3.5 3.4

0.8 0.7 1.1 0.7 0.9

4.4 0.9 5.0 5.1 5.1

18.2 29.7 19.5 20.9 20.8

------

------

14.6 12.8 13.3 13.2 14.2

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

3.5 3.7 4.7 4.9 5.0

4.7 5.3 6.2 5.9 5.7

4.8 4.5 3.9 3.7 3.6

22.5 23.5 25.8 26.1 24.8

------

------

14.1 12.9 12.1 12.6 14.1 (Continued)


Awards to Disabled Workers Table 40. Distribution, by diagnostic group, selected years 1960–2011—Continued

Year




Total


Other Neoplasms

Percent (cont.) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

5.2 5.4 5.8 6.0 6.0

4.3 3.7 2.6 2.1 1.9

4.3 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.2

22.9 21.1 20.9 21.6 22.4

2.6 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.7

20.3 18.9 18.7 19.2 19.7

10.0 10.1 10.6 10.5 10.6

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.1 (X) 0.2 0.2 0.2

2.8 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.1

1.8 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.4

4.7 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.8

23.4 25.5 25.4 25.4 24.8

2.9 3.4 3.1 2.6 2.6

20.6 22.1 22.3 22.8 22.2

10.4 9.4 9.6 9.4 9.5

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2

3.3 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5

1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1

3.8 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.0

24.2 23.2 22.8 22.8 22.3

2.6 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.4

21.6 20.7 20.5 20.5 19.9

10.1 10.3 10.1 9.6 9.3

2010 2011

100.0 100.0

0.1 0.1

3.5 3.4

1.0 1.0

3.8 3.7

21.3 19.2

1.8 1.4

19.5 17.8

9.0 9.2 (Continued)


Awards to Disabled Workers Table 40. Distribution, by diagnostic group, selected years 1960–2011—Continued Diseases of the—

Year


Circulatory system

Digestive system

Musculoskeletal Genito- system and urinary connective system tissue


Respiratory system


Other Unknown c

Number 1960 1961 1962 1963

442 566 739 597

55,855 71,860 82,015 66,468

3,575 4,300 5,922 4,437

1,077 1,608 2,040 1,725

17,124 23,241 33,751 21,744

32,105 44,709 45,261 32,712

16,489 20,030 23,408 19,107

463 794 1,177 719

89 125 494 588

28,386 38,698 ---

1967 1968 1969

----

81,507 80,906 105,760

7,627 7,806 8,719

-2,926 2,717

41,090 43,677 47,357

38,278 41,758 21,967

24,646 22,635 23,265

----

7,594 2,913 2,517

----

1970 1971 1972 1973

-1,043 1,155 1,347

108,906 131,854 146,684 158,202

9,051 11,629 13,369 14,614

2,912 3,501 4,304 4,810

52,086 66,558 75,923 85,431

22,575 26,442 28,216 31,139

24,254 30,103 33,038 34,656

-1,667 1,756 1,854

2,370 262 293 283

--40 --

1975 1976 1977 1978

1,491 2,039 1,516 1,236

177,311 165,182 167,801 134,634

17,474 15,194 15,342 12,407

5,719 4,907 5,271 4,719

110,637 105,907 107,840 86,921

39,960 36,156 36,751 29,314

39,485 35,210 35,002 28,005

2,306 2,532 1,766 2,017

929 330 772 1,248

-----

1981 1982 1983 1984

942 808 958 904

85,994 74,242 68,352 70,891

7,363 6,067 5,272 5,895

6,230 3,165 6,489 3,441

58,639 48,985 41,782 45,826

28,516 26,886 26,203 28,201

21,520 19,766 17,978 18,891

1,345 998 848 983

616 536 (X) 776

6,604 -(X) 21,919

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

890 1,186 1,205 1,419 1,524

72,764 73,226 76,758 72,224 70,235

5,626 6,262 6,122 6,388 6,803

3,348 3,099 5,801 7,131 9,010

49,214 54,560 63,807 68,623 71,419

28,733 30,328 35,206 34,443 34,756

20,213 23,449 22,978 23,073 21,400

1,110 1,075 1,173 785 828

992 --16,817 20,638

31,752 16,943 18,752 ---

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

1,734 1,904 2,277 2,075 2,066

73,585 78,339 89,818 88,623 86,645

7,431 8,648 9,872 10,026 10,520

10,294 10,874 12,763 13,390 15,531

74,501 92,469 96,895 94,255 84,705

37,737 41,551 46,952 45,742 47,820

22,158 23,798 27,264 27,494 30,958

866 1,021 1,070 1,118 1,116

7,455 9,522 13,640 14,143 15,794

------

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2,006 1,836 1,815 1,801 1,911

83,065 81,209 76,531 76,698 74,755

11,167 11,530 11,310 12,413 13,389

11,956 12,206 12,151 13,118 13,842

141,306 142,776 135,430 141,847 146,754

46,477 45,960 45,496 47,517 49,869

28,831 27,983 26,483 27,148 26,981

1,643 1,588 1,473 1,466 1,416

14,746 18,274 14,436 13,744 10,252

2,496 2,590 1,677 1,500 1,441

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

1,500 2,200 2,491 2,408 2,479

75,400 82,500 85,252 85,896 85,449

12,700 15,600 15,976 17,084 18,045

14,900 16,300 16,412 16,968 16,869

153,600 162,100 186,923 199,014 210,315

50,100 54,600 62,519 64,369 64,566

26,200 28,300 30,591 32,007 32,562

1,700 (X) 1,609 1,622 1,709

9,300 10,000 1,866 1,871 1,909

1,300 1,800 8,984 7,796 9,275

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2,501 2,405 2,509 2,656 2,900

89,247 85,636 86,706 92,136 100,007

19,094 18,655 18,558 19,760 21,827

18,317 18,414 19,060 19,662 20,434

226,914 225,179 233,608 263,536 303,035

66,712 65,320 65,187 71,431 79,756

33,998 32,577 32,336 34,539 37,938

1,783 1,731 1,781 1,935 2,154

1,989 1,862 2,112 2,165 2,016

9,064 9,877 8,405 9,117 9,283

2010 2011

3,146 2,999

105,046 105,728

23,305 23,424

21,575 21,089

333,377 337,946

83,735 81,698

40,864 41,160

2,391 2,380

2,151 2,017

12,781 15,123 (Continued)



Year


Circulatory system

Digestive system



Respiratory system


Other Unknown c

Percent 1960 1961 1962 1963

0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3

26.9 25.7 28.6 29.6

1.7 1.5 2.1 2.0

0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8

8.2 8.3 11.8 9.7

15.4 16.0 15.8 14.6

7.9 7.2 8.2 8.5

0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3

(L) (L) 0.2 0.3

13.7 13.8 ---

1967 1968 1969

----

26.2 24.5 30.7

2.5 2.4 2.5

-0.9 0.8

13.2 13.2 13.7

12.3 12.6 6.4

7.9 6.8 6.7

----

2.4 0.9 0.7

----

1970 1971 1972 1973

-0.3 0.3 0.3

31.1 31.7 32.2 32.2

2.6 2.8 2.9 3.0

0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0

14.9 16.0 16.7 17.4

6.4 6.4 6.2 6.3

6.9 7.2 7.3 7.0

-0.4 0.4 0.4

0.7 0.1 0.1 0.1

--(L) --

1975 1976 1977 1978

0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3

29.9 30.0 29.5 29.0

3.0 2.8 2.7 2.7

1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0

18.7 19.2 19.0 18.7

6.7 6.6 6.5 6.3

6.7 6.4 6.2 6.0

0.4 0.5 0.3 0.4

0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3

-----

1981 1982 1983 1984

0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

24.4 24.9 21.9 19.8

2.1 2.0 1.7 1.7

1.8 1.1 2.1 1.0

16.7 16.4 13.4 12.8

8.1 9.0 8.4 7.9

6.1 6.6 5.8 5.3

0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3

0.2 0.2 (X) 0.2

1.9 -(X) 6.1

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4

19.3 17.6 18.5 17.6 16.5

1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6

0.9 0.7 1.4 1.7 2.1

13.0 13.1 15.3 16.8 16.8

7.6 7.3 8.5 8.4 8.2

5.4 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.0

0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2

0.3 --4.1 4.8

8.4 4.1 4.5 ---

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3

15.7 14.6 14.1 14.0 13.7

1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7

2.2 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.5

15.9 17.2 15.2 14.8 13.4

8.1 7.7 7.4 7.2 7.6

4.7 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.9

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

1.6 1.8 2.1 2.2 2.5

-----(Continued)



Year


Circulatory system

Digestive system



Respiratory system


Other Unknown c

Percent (cont.) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

12.9 13.0 13.0 12.6 12.0

1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.2

1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.2

21.9 22.9 23.0 23.3 23.6

7.2 7.4 7.7 7.8 8.0

4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.3

0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2

2.3 2.9 2.5 2.3 1.7

0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

12.3 12.5 11.7 11.4 11.0

2.1 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.3

2.4 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.2

25.2 24.5 25.6 26.3 27.1

8.2 8.2 8.6 8.5 8.3

4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.2

0.3 (X) 0.2 0.2 0.2

1.5 1.5 0.3 0.2 0.2

0.2 0.3 1.2 1.0 1.2

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

10.9 10.7 10.8 10.5 10.3

2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2

2.2 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.1

27.6 28.2 29.0 30.0 31.2

8.1 8.2 8.1 8.1 8.2

4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.9

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2

1.1 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0

2010 2011

0.3 0.3

10.2 10.6

2.3 2.3

2.1 2.1

32.5 33.8

8.2 8.2

4.0 4.1

0.2 0.2

0.2 0.2

1.2 1.5

SOURCES: Social Security Administration. For years before 2000, Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin, based on the Master Beneficiary Record, various sampling rates; from 2000 through 2001, Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, 1 percent sample; data after 2001 are 100 percent data. NOTES: Data exclude closed period awards in 2002 and 2003 and expedited reinstatement cases since 2002. Data from 1964 through 1966 are not available. Before 1995, diagnostic data for cases awarded at the appeals levels were estimated on the basis of the diagnosis of cases allowed at the initial disability determination level. Effective 2001, the Social Security Administration initiated a special review of 130,000 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients who are potentially eligible for Social Security disability benefits because of earnings while receiving SSI. Many of these claims awarded since 2001 were for individuals under the age of 35 who were diagnosed with a mental disorder. -- = not available; (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals; (L) = less than 0.05 percent. a. AIDS and HIV records are counted in "Infectious and parasitic diseases." Before 1990, they were included in "Other." b. Mental retardation (now referred to as intellectual disability) was not identified separately before 1995. c. Beginning with 2002, several ill-defined impairment codes were reclassified and added to "Unknown." CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Awards to Disabled Workers Table 41. Distribution of workers under age 50, by diagnostic group, selected years 1975–2011

Year




Total


Other Neoplasms

Number 1975 1981 1982 1983 1984

183,493 123,090 109,279 120,606 140,792

3,712 1,945 1,579 1,429 1,375

6,511 5,188 4,739 5,630 5,750

3,357 1,209 1,096 3,759 1,528

17,945 13,327 11,088 10,036 9,535

42,119 24,633 21,654 35,331 43,680

------

------

15,588 15,017 14,581 14,827 16,173

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

158,152 188,355 184,481 183,017 189,708

1,438 1,202 498 326 311

7,534 10,816 12,405 5,848 6,088

1,510 1,534 3,262 1,383 2,497

10,357 1,882 13,064 12,590 12,761

49,313 89,821 58,970 63,282 64,093

------

------

16,857 16,318 17,595 16,859 19,298

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

215,381 255,448 313,175 312,619 292,987

317 384 404 350 384

7,190 8,949 15,349 15,550 15,107

19,290 24,838 34,766 33,072 31,210

12,929 13,892 13,691 12,690 11,563

77,901 94,345 125,609 126,586 116,812

------

------

21,597 23,162 26,485 27,841 30,791

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

308,624 294,077 265,019 273,282 259,680

472 513 435 462 370

14,963 15,013 14,667 15,768 15,426

23,736 19,633 12,361 9,817 8,667

15,325 15,674 14,401 14,321 13,399

108,516 95,089 85,486 90,072 86,642

13,731 11,661 10,679 11,880 9,341

94,785 83,428 74,807 78,192 77,301

22,367 21,940 21,245 22,093 21,960

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

269,800 296,800 322,539 325,723 326,862

(X) (X) 796 857 851

6,000 7,300 7,875 7,944 8,288

6,900 8,900 7,677 7,559 6,991

16,200 12,900 13,952 13,716 14,146

98,300 118,700 128,791 130,964 129,592

14,400 20,200 19,544 16,605 17,699

83,900 98,500 109,247 114,359 111,893

21,100 20,600 23,725 23,381 23,577

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

338,815 321,632 347,570 373,551 409,425

877 816 878 905 1,093

8,909 8,995 10,257 11,292 12,569

6,892 6,524 6,311 6,300 6,513

14,806 14,501 15,616 16,640 17,601

132,116 120,914 126,825 138,260 150,113

18,193 17,071 17,008 17,692 20,774

113,923 103,843 109,817 120,568 129,339

26,130 25,146 25,383 25,515 27,086

2010 2011

417,890 374,344

1,053 975

12,841 11,722

6,298 5,545

17,298 15,643

149,847 125,448

16,764 12,385

133,083 113,063

26,801 25,036 (Continued)


Awards to Disabled Workers Table 41. Distribution of workers under age 50, by diagnostic group, selected years 1975–2011—Continued

Year




Total


Other Neoplasms

Percent 1975 1981 1982 1983 1984

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

2.0 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.0

3.5 4.2 4.3 4.7 4.1

1.8 1.0 1.0 3.1 1.1

9.8 10.8 10.1 8.3 6.8

23.0 20.0 19.8 29.3 31.0

------

------

8.5 12.2 13.3 12.3 11.5

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.9 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.2

4.8 5.7 6.7 3.2 3.2

1.0 0.8 1.8 0.8 1.3

6.5 1.0 7.1 6.9 6.7

31.2 47.7 32.0 34.6 33.8

------

------

10.7 8.7 9.5 9.2 10.2

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1

3.3 3.5 4.9 5.0 5.2

9.0 9.7 11.1 10.6 10.7

6.0 5.4 4.4 4.1 3.9

36.2 36.9 40.1 40.5 39.9

------

------

10.0 9.1 8.5 8.9 10.5

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1

4.8 5.1 5.5 5.8 5.9

7.7 6.7 4.7 3.6 3.3

5.0 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.2

35.2 32.3 32.3 33.0 33.4

4.4 4.0 4.0 4.3 3.6

30.7 28.4 28.2 28.6 29.8

7.2 7.5 8.0 8.1 8.5

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

(X) (X) 0.2 0.3 0.3

2.2 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.5

2.6 3.0 2.4 2.3 2.1

6.0 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.3

36.5 40.0 39.9 40.2 39.6

5.4 6.8 6.1 5.1 5.4

31.2 33.2 33.9 35.1 34.2

7.8 6.9 7.4 7.2 7.2

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3

2.6 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.1

2.0 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.6

4.4 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.3

39.0 37.6 36.5 37.0 36.7

5.4 5.3 4.9 4.7 5.1

33.6 32.3 31.6 32.3 31.6

7.7 7.8 7.3 6.8 6.6

2010 2011

100.0 100.0

0.3 0.3

3.1 3.1

1.5 1.5

4.1 4.2

35.9 33.5

4.0 3.3

31.8 30.2

6.4 6.7 (Continued)


Awards to Disabled Workers Table 41. Distribution of workers under age 50, by diagnostic group, selected years 1975–2011—Continued Diseases of the— Musculoskeletal Genito- system and urinary connective tissue system

Year


Circulatory system

Digestive system

1975 1981 1982 1983 1984

748 516 416 457 537

30,293 15,278 14,309 13,589 13,508

5,856 3,000 2,761 2,292 2,304

2,534 3,314 1,740 2,540 1,711

30,635 21,076 17,889 14,158 14,295

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

472 688 739 867 946

13,650 13,946 16,518 15,535 14,224

2,756 3,020 2,764 3,158 3,311

1,791 1,684 3,005 4,257 5,364

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

1,094 1,218 1,478 1,342 1,278

15,157 16,559 18,775 19,040 16,949

3,693 4,403 5,182 5,328 5,537

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

1,250 1,118 1,053 1,072 1,031

17,490 17,608 16,333 16,607 15,065

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

(X) (X) 1,481 1,405 1,429

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011


Respiratory system


17,326 14,478 13,882 13,456 14,041

5,459 3,189 2,757 2,434 2,463

954 687 538 486 475

456 (X) 250 (X) 270

-(X) -(X) 13,147

15,060 17,148 20,519 23,285 22,628

14,724 16,295 19,057 18,364 18,896

2,771 3,043 3,535 3,771 3,464

485 537 659 457 404

---13,035 15,424

19,434 10,421 11,891 ---

6,171 6,437 7,595 7,812 8,840

22,068 29,444 26,347 26,920 17,918

20,627 22,795 26,120 24,901 25,350

3,538 4,073 4,599 4,664 4,929

428 524 573 593 572

3,381 4,425 6,202 5,930 5,747

------

6,036 6,308 6,029 6,683 7,022

6,705 6,872 6,724 7,066 7,172

51,664 54,008 48,741 50,426 49,302

24,814 24,412 23,479 24,297 23,386

5,705 5,747 5,286 5,517 4,783

899 945 826 851 783

6,859 9,197 6,565 7,000 4,383

1,823 -1,388 1,230 289

15,900 16,900 18,348 18,479 17,862

6,900 7,600 7,999 8,178 8,375

8,500 9,900 8,649 8,738 8,441

51,900 50,400 58,796 60,594 63,432

25,000 29,900 31,571 31,514 31,142

5,400 5,200 6,221 6,663 6,537

(X) (X) 877 848 937

4,700 4,600 945 920 925

-1,000 4,836 3,963 4,337

1,418 1,367 1,481 1,593 1,681

18,951 18,174 20,900 21,714 23,611

8,280 7,889 8,351 8,566 9,228

8,966 8,993 9,328 9,323 9,745

67,128 65,964 78,196 86,112 97,513

31,498 30,019 31,080 33,793 37,991

6,659 6,402 7,171 7,427 8,336

955 892 934 1,093 1,225

936 866 1,145 1,084 1,028

4,294 4,170 3,714 3,934 4,092

1,818 1,630

24,070 22,478

9,716 9,373

9,984 9,369

101,938 93,129

38,757 35,690

8,550 8,034

1,315 1,251

1,081 945

6,523 8,076

Other Unknown c

Number

(Continued)


Awards to Disabled Workers Table 41. Distribution of workers under age 50, by diagnostic group, selected years 1975–2011—Continued Diseases of the—

Year


Circulatory system

Digestive system

Musculoskeletal Genito- system and urinary connective tissue system


Respiratory system


Other Unknown c

Percent 1975 1981 1982 1983 1984

0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

16.5 12.4 13.1 11.3 9.6

3.2 2.4 2.5 1.9 1.6

1.4 2.7 1.6 2.1 1.2

16.7 17.1 16.4 11.7 10.2

9.4 11.8 12.7 11.2 10.0

3.0 2.6 2.5 2.0 1.7

0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3

0.2 (X) 0.2 (X) 0.2

-(X) -(X) 9.3

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5

8.6 7.4 9.0 8.5 7.5

1.7 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.7

1.1 0.9 1.6 2.3 2.8

9.5 9.1 11.1 12.7 11.9

9.3 8.7 10.3 10.0 10.0

1.8 1.6 1.9 2.1 1.8

0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2

---7.1 8.1

12.3 5.5 6.4 ---

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4

7.0 6.5 6.0 6.1 5.8

1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.9

2.9 2.5 2.4 2.5 3.0

10.2 11.5 8.4 8.6 6.1

9.6 8.9 8.3 8.0 8.7

1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.7

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

1.6 1.7 2.0 1.9 2.0

------

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

5.7 6.0 6.2 6.1 5.8

2.0 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.7

2.2 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.8

16.7 18.4 18.4 18.5 19.0

8.0 8.3 8.9 8.9 9.0

1.8 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.8

0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

2.2 3.1 2.5 2.6 1.7

0.6 -0.5 0.5 0.1

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

(X) (X) 0.5 0.4 0.4

5.9 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.5

2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.6

3.2 3.3 2.7 2.7 2.6

19.3 17.0 18.2 18.6 19.4

9.3 10.1 9.8 9.7 9.5

2.0 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.0

(X) (X) 0.3 0.3 0.3

1.7 1.6 0.3 0.3 0.3

-0.3 1.5 1.2 1.3

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

5.6 5.7 6.0 5.8 5.8

2.4 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.3

2.6 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.4

19.8 20.5 22.5 23.1 23.8

9.3 9.3 8.9 9.0 9.3

2.0 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.0

0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

1.3 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.0

2010 2011

0.4 0.4

5.8 6.0

2.3 2.5

2.4 2.5

24.4 24.9

9.3 9.5

2.0 2.1

0.3 0.3

0.3 0.3

1.6 2.2

SOURCES: Social Security Administration. For years before 2000, Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin, based on the Master Beneficiary Record, various sampling rates; from 2000 through 2001, Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, 1 percent sample; data after 2001 are 100 percent data. NOTES: Data exclude closed period awards in 2002 and 2003 and expedited reinstatement cases since 2002. Before 1995, diagnostic data for cases awarded at the appeals levels were estimated on the basis of the diagnosis of cases allowed at the initial disability determination level. Effective 2001, the Social Security Administration initiated a special review of 130,000 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients who are potentially eligible for Social Security disability benefits because of earnings while receiving SSI. Many of these claims awarded since 2001 were for individuals under the age of 35 who were diagnosed with a mental disorder. Starting with 2007, age is based on date of entitlement and not date of award. Entitlement can be retroactive and thus precede the date of award. -- = not available; (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals. a. AIDS and HIV records are counted in "Infectious and parasitic diseases." Before 1990, they were included in "Other." b. Mental retardation (now referred to as intellectual disability) was not identified separately before 1995. c. Beginning with 2002, several ill-defined impairment codes were reclassified and added to "Unknown." CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Awards to Disabled Workers Table 42. Distribution of workers aged 50 or older, by diagnostic group, selected years 1975–2011

Year




Total


Other Neoplasms

Number 1975 1981 1982 1983 1984

408,556 222,162 189,252 190,884 216,348

2,864 1,173 853 1,398 1,064

16,665 9,580 8,448 9,274 8,668

4,222 1,387 1,216 2,971 1,657

14,396 7,541 5,529 5,610 6,654

25,094 11,685 9,877 15,302 20,398

------

------

44,264 41,393 36,418 37,552 42,931

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

219,219 228,510 231,367 226,473 235,874

1,042 751 289 224 223

9,442 10,444 8,709 8,665 8,191

1,475 1,202 1,414 1,419 1,276

6,201 1,747 7,825 8,432 8,770

19,297 34,162 22,271 22,474 24,407

------

------

38,263 36,858 37,744 37,085 41,054

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

252,596 280,986 323,462 322,619 338,833

194 191 215 193 218

9,065 10,982 14,555 15,312 16,425

2,733 3,407 4,487 4,378 4,877

9,386 10,237 11,351 10,516 10,997

27,272 31,839 38,484 39,459 39,891

------

------

44,342 46,082 50,690 52,425 58,440

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

337,021 330,177 322,681 335,100 360,879

250 264 219 214 275

18,407 18,819 19,140 20,605 21,549

4,257 3,691 2,966 2,863 3,076

12,241 11,942 11,529 11,605 12,526

39,384 36,933 37,415 41,430 52,338

2,950 2,401 2,209 2,626 7,267

36,434 34,532 35,206 38,804 45,071

42,034 41,381 41,034 41,880 43,721

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

340,900 365,100 407,844 429,983 448,382

(X) (X) 317 295 315

11,100 12,200 13,955 15,463 16,053

3,800 2,300 3,289 3,320 3,519

12,500 12,500 14,217 14,896 15,434

44,900 49,900 56,522 60,715 63,240

3,200 2,300 2,808 2,733 2,780

41,700 47,600 53,714 57,982 60,460

42,500 41,400 46,644 47,561 50,060

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

482,392 477,043 457,217 503,675 561,271

337 354 318 350 414

18,060 18,277 17,097 18,731 21,599

3,642 3,641 3,193 3,587 3,927

16,213 16,730 15,927 18,202 20,838

66,433 64,121 56,650 61,478 66,268

2,972 2,771 1,686 1,814 2,257

63,461 61,350 54,964 59,664 64,011

57,173 57,000 56,070 59,029 63,325

2010 2011

609,098 624,635

478 516

22,704 22,445

4,292 4,203

22,043 20,958

69,015 66,450

1,903 1,760

67,112 64,690

65,947 66,474 (Continued)


Awards to Disabled Workers Table 42. Distribution of workers aged 50 or older, by diagnostic group, selected years 1975–2011—Continued

Year




Total


Other Neoplasms

Percent 1975 1981 1982 1983 1984

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.7 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.5

4.1 4.3 4.5 4.9 4.0

1.0 0.6 0.6 1.6 0.8

3.5 3.4 2.9 2.9 3.1

6.1 5.3 5.2 8.0 9.4

------

------

10.8 18.6 19.2 19.7 19.8

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.5 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1

4.3 4.6 3.8 3.8 3.5

0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5

2.8 0.8 3.4 3.7 3.7

8.8 14.9 9.6 9.9 10.3

------

------

17.5 16.1 16.3 16.4 17.4

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

3.6 3.9 4.5 4.7 4.8

1.1 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.4

3.7 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.2

10.8 11.3 11.9 12.2 11.8

------

------

17.6 16.4 15.7 16.2 17.2

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

5.5 5.7 5.9 6.1 6.0

1.3 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.9

3.6 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5

11.7 11.2 11.6 12.4 14.5

0.9 0.7 0.7 0.8 2.0

10.8 10.5 10.9 11.6 12.5

12.5 12.5 12.7 12.5 12.1

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

(X) (X) 0.1 0.1 0.1

3.3 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.6

1.1 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8

3.7 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.4

13.2 13.7 13.9 14.1 14.1

0.9 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6

12.2 13.0 13.2 13.5 13.5

12.5 11.3 11.4 11.1 11.2

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

3.7 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.8

0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7

3.4 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.7

13.8 13.5 12.4 12.2 11.8

0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4

13.2 12.9 12.0 11.8 11.4

11.9 11.9 12.3 11.7 11.3

2010 2011

100.0 100.0

0.1 0.1

3.7 3.6

0.7 0.7

3.6 3.4

11.3 10.6

0.3 0.3

11.0 10.4

10.8 10.6 (Continued)


Awards to Disabled Workers Table 42. Distribution of workers aged 50 or older, by diagnostic group, selected years 1975–2011 Diseases of the—

Year


Circulatory system

Digestive system



Respiratory system


Other

Unknown c

Number 1975 1981 1982 1983 1984

743 426 392 501 367

147,018 70,716 59,933 54,763 57,383

11,618 4,363 3,306 2,980 3,591

3,185 2,916 1,425 3,949 1,730

80,002 37,563 31,096 27,624 31,531

22,634 14,038 13,004 12,747 14,160

34,026 18,331 17,009 15,544 16,428

1,352 658 460 362 508

473 (X) 287 (X) 506

-(X) -(X) 8,772

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

418 498 466 552 578

59,114 59,280 60,240 56,689 56,011

2,870 3,242 3,358 3,230 3,492

1,557 1,415 2,796 2,874 3,646

34,154 37,412 43,288 45,338 48,791

14,009 14,033 16,149 16,079 15,860

17,442 20,406 19,443 19,302 17,936

625 538 514 328 424

---3,782 5,216

13,310 6,522 6,861 ---

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

640 686 799 733 788

58,428 61,780 71,043 69,583 69,696

3,738 4,245 4,690 4,698 4,983

4,123 4,437 5,168 5,578 6,691

52,433 63,025 70,548 67,335 66,787

17,110 18,756 20,832 20,841 22,470

18,620 19,725 22,665 22,830 26,029

438 497 497 525 544

4,074 5,097 7,438 8,213 10,047

------

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

756 718 762 729 880

65,575 63,601 60,198 60,091 59,690

5,131 5,222 5,281 5,730 6,367

5,251 5,334 5,427 6,052 6,670

89,642 88,768 86,689 91,421 97,452

21,663 21,548 22,017 23,200 26,483

23,126 22,236 21,197 21,631 22,198

744 643 647 615 633

8,560 9,077 7,871 6,744 5,869

--289 290 1,152

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

(X) (X) 1,010 1,003 1,050

59,500 65,600 66,904 67,417 67,587

5,800 8,000 7,977 8,906 9,670

6,400 6,400 7,763 8,230 8,428

101,700 111,700 128,127 138,420 146,883

25,100 24,700 30,948 32,855 33,424

20,800 23,100 24,370 25,344 26,025

(X) (X) 732 774 772

4,600 5,400 921 951 984

600 800 4,148 3,833 4,938

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

1,083 1,038 1,028 1,063 1,219

70,296 67,462 65,806 70,422 76,396

10,814 10,766 10,207 11,194 12,599

9,351 9,421 9,732 10,339 10,689

159,786 159,215 155,412 177,424 205,522

35,214 35,301 34,107 37,638 41,765

27,339 26,175 25,165 27,112 29,602

828 839 847 842 929

1,053 996 967 1,081 988

4,770 5,707 4,691 5,183 5,191

2010 2011

1,328 1,369

80,976 83,250

13,589 14,051

11,591 11,720

231,439 244,817

44,978 46,008

32,314 33,126

1,076 1,129

1,070 1,072

6,258 7,047 (Continued)


Awards to Disabled Workers Table 42. Distribution of workers aged 50 or older, by diagnostic group, selected years 1975–2011 Diseases of the—

Year


Circulatory system

Digestive system



Respiratory system


Other

Unknown c

Percent 1975 1981 1982 1983 1984

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2

36.0 31.8 31.7 28.7 26.5

2.8 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.7

0.8 1.3 0.8 2.1 0.8

19.6 16.9 16.4 14.5 14.6

5.5 6.3 6.9 6.7 6.5

8.3 8.3 9.0 8.1 7.6

0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2

0.1 (X) 0.2 (X) 0.2

-(X) -(X) 4.1

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

27.0 25.9 26.0 25.0 23.7

1.3 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5

0.7 0.6 1.2 1.3 1.5

15.6 16.4 18.7 20.0 20.7

6.4 6.1 7.0 7.1 6.7

8.0 8.9 8.4 8.5 7.6

0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2

---1.7 2.2

6.1 2.9 3.0 ---

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

23.1 22.0 22.0 21.6 20.6

1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.5

1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 2.0

20.8 22.4 21.8 20.9 19.7

6.8 6.7 6.4 6.5 6.6

7.4 7.0 7.0 7.1 7.7

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

1.6 1.8 2.3 2.5 3.0

------

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

19.5 19.3 18.7 17.9 16.5

1.5 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.8

1.6 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8

26.6 26.9 26.9 27.3 27.0

6.4 6.5 6.8 6.9 7.3

6.9 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.2

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

2.5 2.7 2.4 2.0 1.6

--0.1 0.1 0.3

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

(X) (X) 0.2 0.2 0.2

17.5 18.0 16.4 15.7 15.1

1.7 2.2 2.0 2.1 2.2

1.9 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9

29.8 30.6 31.4 32.2 32.8

7.4 6.8 7.6 7.6 7.5

6.1 6.3 6.0 5.9 5.8

(X) (X) 0.2 0.2 0.2

1.3 1.5 0.2 0.2 0.2

0.2 0.2 1.0 0.9 1.1

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

14.6 14.1 14.4 14.0 13.6

2.2 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2

1.9 2.0 2.1 2.1 1.9

33.1 33.4 34.0 35.2 36.6

7.3 7.4 7.5 7.5 7.4

5.7 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.3

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

1.0 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.9

2010 2011

0.2 0.2

13.3 13.3

2.2 2.2

1.9 1.9

38.0 39.2

7.4 7.4

5.3 5.3

0.2 0.2

0.2 0.2

1.0 1.1

SOURCES: Social Security Administration. For years before 2000, Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin, based on the Master Beneficiary Record, various sampling rates; from 2000 through 2001, Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, 1 percent sample; data after 2001 are 100 percent data. NOTES: Data exclude closed period awards in 2002 and 2003 and expedited reinstatement cases since 2002. Before 1995, diagnostic data for cases awarded at the appeals levels were estimated on the basis of the diagnosis of cases allowed at the initial disability determination level. Effective 2001, the Social Security Administration initiated a special review of 130,000 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients who are potentially eligible for Social Security disability benefits because of earnings while receiving SSI. Many of these claims awarded since 2001 were for individuals under the age of 35 who were diagnosed with a mental disorder. Starting with 2007, age is based on date of entitlement and not date of award. Entitlement can be retroactive and thus precede the date of award. -- = not available; (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals. a. AIDS and HIV records are counted in "Infectious and parasitic diseases." Before 1990, they were included in "Other." b. Mental retardation (now referred to as intellectual disability) was not identified separately before 1995. c. Beginning with 2002, several ill-defined impairment codes were reclassified and added to "Unknown." CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Awards to Disabled Workers Table 43. Average primary insurance amount and average monthly benefit, by sex, selected years 1960–2011 (in dollars) Average primary insurance amount All disabled workers

Men

1960 1965 (Jan.–Aug.) 1965 (Sept.–Dec.) 1970 1975 1980

-------

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

Average monthly benefit Women


Men

Women

-------

-------

91.20 93.30 101.30 139.80 241.20 406.30

94.00 97.90 106.50 148.40 263.80 449.40

78.90 80.30 86.80 115.70 190.90 308.50

------

------

------

475.60 473.80 506.00 297.40 562.10

530.40 531.50 573.20 321.20 634.40

363.70 357.40 381.60 263.50 429.90

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

------

------

------

594.20 605.50 621.90 639.80 672.80

667.90 685.20 699.80 720.10 757.70

465.80 470.60 494.20 507.70 535.00

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

-734.00 752.00 771.30 813.20

-836.40 855.40 879.50 922.30

-595.70 623.50 639.50 674.70

687.70 709.10 728.10 746.30 787.80

786.90 807.90 824.00 846.80 890.70

549.00 575.60 608.80 623.80 657.10

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

856.80 891.60 923.90 963.10 994.00

975.30 1,019.60 1,053.00 1,096.70 1,130.30

718.70 739.00 772.10 805.90 835.70

833.70 867.70 898.60 937.50 968.50

947.70 989.30 1,021.70 1,064.90 1,098.60

700.90 722.60 753.90 787.60 817.40

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

1,026.40 1,062.80 1,079.10 1,141.20 1,145.00

1,164.30 1,203.60 1,219.30 1,285.90 1,285.90

867.20 902.40 919.20 976.50 981.50

1,001.50 1,038.20 1,053.50 1,114.50 1,119.90

1,133.30 1,172.80 1,187.50 1,252.70 1,255.00

849.30 884.90 900.70 957.30 963.10

2010 2011

1,151.40 1,211.24

1,289.50 1,352.36

988.40 1,045.14

1,128.90 1,188.80

1,261.90 1,325.26

971.80 1,028.17

Year

SOURCES: Social Security Administration. For years before 2000, Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin, based on the Master Beneficiary Record, various sampling rates; from 2000 through 2001, Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, 1 percent sample; data after 2001 are 100 percent data. NOTES: Data exclude closed period awards in 2002 and 2003 and expedited reinstatement cases since 2002. Benefits awarded before the December cost-of-living increase are converted to the December rates before averages are computed. -- = not available. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Awards to Disabled Workers Table 44. Distribution, by diagnostic group, sex and age, 2011 Total Diagnostic group

All ages

Under 35

Men 35–49

50– FRA All ages

Under 35

Women 35–49

50– Under 35 FRA All ages

35–49

50– FRA

Number Total Congenital anomalies Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases Infectious and parasitic diseases Injuries Mental disorders Autistic disorders Developmental disorders Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified Intellectual disability Mood disorders Organic mental Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders Other Neoplasms Diseases of the— Blood and bloodforming organs Circulatory system Digestive system Genitourinary system Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue Nervous system and sense organs Respiratory system Skin and subcutaneous tissue Other Unknown

998,979 108,758 265,586 624,635 540,107 57,936 134,729 347,442 458,872 50,822 130,857 277,193 1,491

594

381

516

834

303

207

324

657

291

174

192

34,167

2,671

9,051

22,445

18,606

1,236

4,794

12,576

15,561

1,435

4,257

9,869

9,748 36,601

1,430 5,179

4,115 10,464

4,203 20,958

6,480 24,052

965 3,641

2,838 6,974

2,677 13,437

3,268 12,549

465 1,538

1,277 3,490

1,526 7,521

1,731

1,414

212

105

1,441

1,192

167

82

290

222

45

23

779

458

168

153

493

283

108

102

286

175

60

51

813 14,145 101,554 25,756

556 8,640 22,023 4,274

154 3,745 41,980 6,917

103 1,760 37,551 14,565

554 8,787 41,743 15,396

411 5,218 9,254 2,885

81 2,389 17,218 4,203

62 1,180 15,271 8,308

259 145 5,358 3,422 59,811 12,769 10,360 1,389

73 1,356 24,762 2,714

41 580 22,280 6,257

18,872 28,248 91,510

8,459 8,929 4,596

6,822 10,697 20,440

3,591 8,622 66,474

12,342 14,944 46,971

6,207 5,120 2,204

4,198 5,169 8,939

1,937 4,655 35,828

6,530 13,304 44,539

2,252 3,809 2,392

2,624 5,528 11,501

1,654 3,967 30,646

2,999 105,728 23,424 21,089

830 2,962 2,193 2,599

800 19,516 7,180 6,770

1,369 83,250 14,051 11,720

1,389 72,240 13,787 12,923

373 1,563 971 1,399

315 12,407 3,997 4,137

701 58,270 8,819 7,387

1,610 33,488 9,637 8,166

457 1,399 1,222 1,200

485 7,109 3,183 2,633

668 24,980 5,232 4,333

337,946

14,835

78,294 244,817 173,728

7,010

38,826 127,892 164,218

7,825

39,468 116,925

81,698 41,160

11,610 1,116

24,080 6,918

46,008 33,126

42,264 21,209

5,560 445

11,485 2,943

25,219 17,821

39,434 19,951

6,050 671

12,595 3,975

20,789 15,305

2,380 2,017 15,123

432 294 2,664

819 651 5,412

1,129 1,072 7,047

1,149 1,063 7,712

170 165 1,361

407 351 2,576

572 547 3,775

1,231 954 7,411

262 129 1,303

412 300 2,836

557 525 3,272

(Continued)


Awards to Disabled Workers Table 44. Distribution, by diagnostic group, sex and age, 2011—Continued Total Diagnostic group

Men 50– FRA All ages

Under 35

Women

All ages

Under 35

35–49

35–49

50– FRA

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0.1

0.5

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.5

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.6

0.1

0.1

3.4

2.5

3.4

3.6

3.4

2.1

3.6

3.6

3.4

2.8

3.3

3.6

1.0 3.7

1.3 4.8

1.5 3.9

0.7 3.4

1.2 4.5

1.7 6.3

2.1 5.2

0.8 3.9

0.7 2.7

0.9 3.0

1.0 2.7

0.6 2.7

0.2

1.3

0.1

(L)

0.3

2.1

0.1

(L)

0.1

0.4

(L)

(L)

0.1

0.4

0.1

(L)

0.1

0.5

0.1

(L)

0.1

0.3

(L)

(L)

0.1 1.4 10.2 2.6

0.5 7.9 20.2 3.9

0.1 1.4 15.8 2.6

(L) 0.3 6.0 2.3

0.1 1.6 7.7 2.9

0.7 9.0 16.0 5.0

0.1 1.8 12.8 3.1

(L) 0.3 4.4 2.4

0.1 1.2 13.0 2.3

0.3 6.7 25.1 2.7

0.1 1.0 18.9 2.1

(L) 0.2 8.0 2.3

1.9 2.8 9.2

7.8 8.2 4.2

2.6 4.0 7.7

0.6 1.4 10.6

2.3 2.8 8.7

10.7 8.8 3.8

3.1 3.8 6.6

0.6 1.3 10.3

1.4 2.9 9.7

4.4 7.5 4.7

2.0 4.2 8.8

0.6 1.4 11.1

0.3 10.6 2.3 2.1

0.8 2.7 2.0 2.4

0.3 7.3 2.7 2.5

0.2 13.3 2.2 1.9

0.3 13.4 2.6 2.4

0.6 2.7 1.7 2.4

0.2 9.2 3.0 3.1

0.2 16.8 2.5 2.1

0.4 7.3 2.1 1.8

0.9 2.8 2.4 2.4

0.4 5.4 2.4 2.0

0.2 9.0 1.9 1.6

33.8

13.6

29.5

39.2

32.2

12.1

28.8

36.8

35.8

15.4

30.2

42.2

8.2 4.1

10.7 1.0

9.1 2.6

7.4 5.3

7.8 3.9

9.6 0.8

8.5 2.2

7.3 5.1

8.6 4.3

11.9 1.3

9.6 3.0

7.5 5.5

0.2 0.2 1.5

0.4 0.3 2.4

0.3 0.2 2.0

0.2 0.2 1.1

0.2 0.2 1.4

0.3 0.3 2.3

0.3 0.3 1.9

0.2 0.2 1.1

0.3 0.2 1.6

0.5 0.3 2.6

0.3 0.2 2.2

0.2 0.2 1.2

35–49

50– Under 35 FRA All ages

Percent Total Congenital anomalies Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases Infectious and parasitic diseases Injuries Mental disorders Autistic disorders Developmental disorders Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified Intellectual disability Mood disorders Organic mental Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders Other Neoplasms Diseases of the— Blood and bloodforming organs Circulatory system Digestive system Genitourinary system Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue Nervous system and sense organs Respiratory system Skin and subcutaneous tissue Other Unknown

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, 100 percent data. NOTES: Data exclude expedited reinstatement cases. Effective 2001, the Social Security Administration initiated a special review of 130,000 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients who are potentially eligible for Social Security disability benefits because of earnings while receiving SSI. Many of these claims awarded since 2001 were for individuals under the age of 35 who were diagnosed with a mental disorder. Starting with 2007, age is based on date of entitlement and not date of award. Entitlement can be retroactive and thus precede the date of award. FRA = full retirement age; (L) = less than 0.05 percent. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Awards to Disabled Workers Table 45. Distribution, by monthly benefit and sex, 2011 All disabled workers Monthly benefit (dollars)

Men

Women

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

998,979

100.0

540,107

100.0

458,872

100.0

Less than 100.00 100.00–199.90 200.00–299.90 300.00–399.90 400.00–499.90

2,494 4,457 15,178 23,474 28,139

0.2 0.4 1.5 2.3 2.8

1,258 1,672 5,632 8,524 10,100

0.2 0.3 1.0 1.6 1.9

1,236 2,785 9,546 14,950 18,039

0.3 0.6 2.1 3.3 3.9

500.00–599.90 600.00–699.90 700.00–799.90 800.00–899.90 900.00–999.90

31,251 36,426 89,980 92,016 88,675

3.1 3.6 9.0 9.2 8.9

11,202 13,194 33,280 37,571 40,227

2.1 2.4 6.2 7.0 7.4

20,049 23,232 56,700 54,445 48,448

4.4 5.1 12.4 11.9 10.6

1,000.00–1,099.90 1,100.00–1,199.90 1,200.00–1,299.90 1,300.00–1,399.90 1,400.00–1,499.90

81,531 73,605 65,177 57,858 49,965

8.2 7.4 6.5 5.8 5.0

40,460 39,431 37,371 35,429 32,314

7.5 7.3 6.9 6.6 6.0

41,071 34,174 27,806 22,429 17,651

9.0 7.4 6.1 4.9 3.8

1,500.00–1,599.90 1,600.00–1,699.90 1,700.00–1,799.90 1,800.00–1,899.90 1,900.00–1,999.90 2,000.00 or more

43,203 36,389 30,947 26,776 31,402 90,036

4.3 3.6 3.1 2.7 3.1 9.0

29,223 25,332 22,084 19,650 23,534 72,619

5.4 4.7 4.1 3.6 4.4 13.4

13,980 11,057 8,863 7,126 7,868 17,417

3.0 2.4 1.9 1.6 1.7 3.8

Total

Average benefit (dollars)

1,188.80

1,325.26

1,028.17

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, 100 percent data. NOTES: Benefits awarded before the December cost-of-living increase are converted to the December rates before averages are computed. Data exclude expedited reinstatement cases. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Awards to Disabled-Worker Families Table 46. Number, average primary insurance amount, and average monthly family benefit, by family composition, 2011

Number of families

Family composition Worker only Men Women Worker with children By sex of worker Men Women By number of children 1 child 2 children 3 or more children Worker with— Spouse aged 62 or older c Spouse aged 62 or older and 1 or more children Spouse and 1 child Spouse and 2 children Spouse and 3 or more children

Percentage of Average primary Average monthly families receiving family benefit a maximum family Number of insurance amount beneficiaries (dollars) (dollars) benefit b

426,625 382,389

426,625 382,389

1,353.05 1,049.59

1,326.33 1,032.12

9.8 20.8

94,474 74,876

254,747 199,789

1,313.16 1,021.14

1,893.45 1,385.53

90.4 91.8

91,775 50,948 26,627

183,550 152,844 118,142

1,205.51 1,185.16 1,107.94

1,677.99 1,698.96 1,579.92

89.4 92.6 93.6

8,495

17,034

1,749.53

2,064.54

7.9

236 3,923 4,157 3,531

760 11,775 16,631 19,574

1,621.91 1,385.97 1,358.47 1,286.38

2,522.20 2,050.81 2,020.92 1,882.25

55.1 89.5 91.7 90.8

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, 100 percent data. NOTES: A family means beneficiaries entitled on one worker's account. The data may understate the number of families with dependents because records of awards to dependents made in a different calendar year are not available for inclusion. Data exclude expedited reinstatement cases; they include beneficiaries whose benefits are being withheld. a. Benefits awarded before the December cost-of-living increase are converted to the December rates before averages are computed. b. Includes families and worker-only beneficiaries for whom the primary insurance amount is equal to the family maximum amount. c. If the spouse is also entitled to a retired-worker benefit, only the benefit amount received as a spouse is included. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Awards to Disabled-Worker Families Table 47. Distribution, by family composition and age of worker, 2011 Family composition

Total, all ages

Under 30

30–34

35–39

40–44

45–49

50–54

55–59

60– FRA

Number Worker only Worker with— Spouse Aged 62 or older a Child in care Children 1 child 2 children 3 or more children

809,014

49,191

22,650

29,895

50,723

91,938

174,380

231,569

158,668

8,731 11,611

0 877

3 1,270

3 1,747

11 2,132

41 1,868

307 1,914

1,345 1,235

7,021 568

91,775 50,948 26,627

7,299 5,059 3,107

6,342 7,068 5,864

9,815 10,469 7,023

15,356 10,725 4,998

17,758 8,187 2,791

18,561 5,785 1,770

11,710 2,780 827

4,934 875 247

287,196

41,958

25,448

34,069

40,885

42,874

48,251

38,375

15,336

100.0

6.1

2.8

3.7

6.3

11.4

21.6

28.6

19.6

100.0 100.0

0.0 7.6

(L) 10.9

(L) 15.0

0.1 18.4

0.5 16.1

3.5 16.5

15.4 10.6

80.4 4.9

100.0 100.0 100.0

8.0 9.9 11.7

6.9 13.9 22.0

10.7 20.5 26.4

16.7 21.1 18.8

19.3 16.1 10.5

20.2 11.4 6.6

12.8 5.5 3.1

5.4 1.7 0.9

28.8

64.0

58.9

57.8

48.7

35.0

23.8

15.4

8.9

Families receiving maximum benefit b

Percent Worker only Worker with— Spouse Aged 62 or older a Child in care Children 1 child 2 children 3 or more children Families receiving maximum benefit b

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, 100 percent data. NOTES: A family means beneficiaries entitled on one worker's account. The data may understate the number of families with dependents because records of awards to dependents made in a different calendar year are not available for inclusion. Data exclude expedited reinstatement cases; they include beneficiaries whose benefits are being withheld. Starting with 2007, age is based on date of entitlement and not date of award. Entitlement can be retroactive and thus precede the date of award. FRA = full retirement age; (L) = less than 0.05 percent. a. Includes spouses aged 62 or older with children. b. Includes families and worker-only beneficiaries for whom the primary insurance amount is equal to the family maximum amount. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Benefits Withheld from All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 48. Number, by reason for withholding benefit, December 2011 Workers and nondisabled dependents Reason Total Earnings of— Retired workers Disabled beneficiaries (SGA) Other beneficiaries Entitled child not in care Payee not determined Recoupment of overpayment Address unknown Determination of continuing disability pending Imprisoned or confined Workers' compensation offset Government pension offset Technical entitlement Other


All beneficiaries

Workers

807,923

128,243

45,642

340,672

6,093

7,036

120,557

110,587

49,093

417

...

...

...

...

...

417

...

...

39,907 17,942

27,962 ...

577 17,923

9,732 17

66 2

116 ...

284 ...

515 ...

655 ...

8,978 5,293

... 1,580

8,978 4

... 2,513

... 18

... 27

... 179

... 855

... 117

17,620 35,149

7,444 14,440

807 400

7,830 14,605

165 220

330 507

359 790

550 3,413

135 774

5,789 55,190

3,672 44,204

56 252

1,218 177

11 25

19 250

134 1,407

466 7,010

213 1,865

10,011

3,491

504

5,700

140

...

...

...

176

5,629 558,513 47,485

... ... 25,450

4,922 9,613 1,606

... 286,767 12,113

... 5,127 319

707 4,428 652

... 115,497 1,490

... 94,322 3,456

... 42,759 2,399

Children Students Spouses under age 18 aged 18–19 Widow(er)s

Retired Deceased workers workers

Disabled workers

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. NOTES: These data represent the total number of beneficiaries with benefits withheld in December 2011 regardless of when their benefits were initially withheld. . . . = not applicable. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Benefits Terminated for All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 49. Number and rate, 1960–2011 Total

Workers

Widow(er)s

Adult children

Year

Number

Rate

Number

Rate

Number

Rate

Number

Rate

1960 1961 1962 1963 1964

91,543 118,842 132,144 143,008 144,422

164 160 149 144 134

89,090 115,546 128,299 137,850 138,576

196 187 173 167 155

------

------

2,453 3,296 3,845 5,158 5,846

24 27 26 31 32

1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

163,276 175,959 218,077 232,817 263,191

138 134 153 151 159

156,648 168,630 208,899 222,197 251,269

159 154 175 172 180

------

------

6,628 7,329 9,178 10,620 11,922

33 34 40 44 46

1970 1971 1972 1973 1974

272,239 278,092 275,663 317,237 336,246

154 144 129 136 130

260,444 266,471 261,739 304,792 320,958

174 162 143 151 143

------

------

11,795 11,621 13,924 12,445 15,288

44 41 46 39 45

1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

344,727 367,608 418,394 431,067 441,101

121 120 129 131 133

329,532 351,504 401,334 413,571 422,503

132 132 141 144 147

------

------

15,195 16,104 17,060 17,496 18,598

42 42 42 42 43

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

422,612 449,669 500,282 473,327 391,190

128 139 163 155 126

408,051 434,187 483,847 453,621 371,913

143 156 186 177 143

------

------

14,561 15,482 16,435 19,706 19,277

32 33 35 40 38

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

357,006 358,289 365,004 375,621 371,128

112 109 109 110 107

339,984 341,276 347,948 356,143 351,402

128 125 125 126 121

------

------

17,022 17,013 17,056 19,478 19,726

32 31 30 34 34

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

368,208 369,026 379,653 391,159 404,624

102 97 92 89 87

348,194 351,303 361,796 372,317 384,590

116 110 104 100 97

------

------

20,014 17,723 17,857 18,842 20,034

33 29 28 29 30 (Continued)


Beneficiaries Terminated for All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 49. Number and rate, 1960–2011—Continued Total

Workers

Widow(er)s

Adult children

Year

Number

Rate

Number

Rate

Number

Rate

Number

Rate

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

422,114 420,756 491,194 436,244 463,394

87 83 94 81 83

399,475 396,980 464,984 409,489 433,950

95 91 103 87 89

------

------

22,639 23,776 26,210 26,755 29,444

33 34 37 38 41

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

493,651 513,472 535,465 501,222 525,418

86 83 82 73 73

460,351 459,073 479,364 447,485 470,017

91 87 87 76 76

-21,411 21,379 20,707 23,572

-105 103 99 112

33,300 32,988 34,722 33,030 31,829

46 45 47 44 42

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

556,745 569,146 580,721 627,423 695,216

74 73 72 74 78

499,662 511,128 522,349 563,314 630,074

77 75 74 76 81

23,609 23,599 23,768 26,109 25,071

109 107 106 114 106

33,474 34,419 34,604 38,000 40,071

44 44 44 44 44

2010 2011

706,008 723,188

75 74

640,678 653,877

78 76

24,749 26,600

101 106

40,581 42,711

43 44

SOURCES: Social Security Administration. For years before 2000, Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin, based on the Master Beneficiary Record, various sampling rates; for 2000, Social Security Disability Insurance Beneficiaries, 100 percent data, and Annual Termination file, 100 percent data; from 2001 through 2003, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; beginning in 2004, Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, 100 percent data, and Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. NOTES: The termination rate is the number of terminations per 1,000 beneficiaries in current-payment status. Beginning in 2004, data include closed period awards. -- = not available. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Benefits Terminated for All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 50. Number, by reason for termination, 2011

Reason for termination Total Death of beneficiary Termination resulting from death of worker a Attainment of age— 18 by children 19 by students FRA by disabled workers FRA by disabled widow(er)s Elected reduced retirement Termination of spouse's benefit because child attains age 16 Marriage, remarriage, or divorce of beneficiary Entitlement to an equal or larger Social Security benefit Does not meet medical standards b Medical improvement c Work above substan-


Workers

1,255,819

653,877

52,833

337,339

142,459

26,600

6,148

21,551

15,012

268,245

235,734

1,816

757

49

7,348

4,328

17,320

893

50,149

...

6,647

38,259

1,465

...

...

...

3,778

240,641 28,093

... ...

... ...

240,641 ...

... 28,093

... ...

... ...

... ...

... ...

381,578

338,222

28,381

7,954

490

...

..,

...

6,531

18,342

...

...

...

...

18,342

...

...

...

2,078

2,078

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

10,568

...

10,568

...

...

...

...

...

...

4,035

...

1,514

1,203

174

...

263

483

398

2,167

...

1,270

130

6

420

107

120

114

134,770 --

63,100 23,271

2,296 --

46,418 --

14,929 --

252 90

1,247 363

3,445 1,281

3,083 1,624

--

39,813

--

--

--

162

850

2,076

1,398

--

16

--

--

--

0

34

88

61

97,227 17,926

... 14,743

... 341

... 1,977

97,227 26

... 238

... 203

... 183

... 215

tial gainful activity d Miscellaneous reasons e Student no longer attending school Other

Workers and nondisabled dependents

All beneficiaries

Children Students Spouses under age 18 aged 18–19 Widow(er)s

Retired Deceased workers workers

Disabled workers

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, 100 percent data. NOTES: These data represent the total number of beneficiaries whose benefits were terminated during the calendar year regardless of the effective date of the termination. Data include closed period awards. . . . = not applicable; FRA = full retirement age; -- = not available. a. Beneficiaries are terminated from the Disability Insurance Trust Fund and start receiving benefits from the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund. b. Dependents' benefits terminate when the disabled worker no longer meets the requirements for disability benefits. Disabled widow(er)s and disabled adult children of deceased or retired workers lose their benefits when they no longer meet the requirements for disability benefits. c. Includes beneficiaries who medically improved, who did not cooperate during the medical review, or whose whereabouts are unknown. d. Excludes disabled beneficiaries whose monthly benefits have been suspended because the beneficiaries are engaging in substantial gainful activity during the extended period of eligibility. e. Includes beneficiaries who did not comply with alcohol or drug abuse treatment programs or who refused vocational rehabilitation services. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Beneficiaries Terminated for All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 51. Number and rate, by state or other area, 2011 Total State or area

Workers

Adult children

Widow(er)s

Number

Rate

Number

Rate

Number

Rate

Number

Rate

723,188

74

653,877

76

26,600

106

42,711

44


18,127 1,125 12,968 11,387 61,191

71 78 77 73 78

16,323 1040 12,077 10,229 56,102

72 81 80 74 81

821 30 394 503 1,723

96 103 108 104 104

983 55 497 655 3,366

47 43 38 54 41


8,005 6,645 2,295 1,130 46,512

72 71 77 74 81

7,426 6,049 2,104 1043 43,062

74 76 79 78 83

220 170 75 31 1,458

106 103 115 132 105

359 426 116 56 1,992

42 36 46 36 43


23,313 2,294 3,325 25,151 16,391

78 86 73 76 73

21,216 2,093 3,044 22,430 14,621

80 90 75 79 74

993 68 115 890 627

111 119 115 109 103

1,104 133 166 1,831 1,143

42 45 40 45 50


6,532 6,044 16,428 12,877 4,076

75 73 70 72 63

5,754 5,434 14,517 11,232 3,651

77 75 70 75 63

226 198 883 676 140

124 100 106 101 99

552 412 1,028 969 285

49 49 52 46 46


10,497 14,611 25,859 9,775 11,281

76 66 67 71 75

9,640 13,194 23,108 8,875 10,003

79 68 69 74 77

268 358 974 220 612

98 92 101 111 113

589 1059 1,777 680 666

43 44 41 43 45


17,263 2,288 3,788 5,766 3,175

72 74 80 90 63

15,430 2,090 3,385 5,463 2,903

73 77 82 93 64

712 72 94 149 93

106 105 96 99 105

1,121 126 309 154 179

50 43 57 40 43


17,509 4,774 42,291 27,693 1,343

78 70 72 76 81

15,947 4,396 38,143 25,175 1,178

82 72 75 78 84

515 139 1,380 1,122 40

114 95 109 109 144

1,047 239 2,768 1,396 125

42 43 39 45 53


27,214 10,938 8,484 31,325 2,789

70 78 73 70 68

24,124 9,878 7,805 28,128 2,529

73 80 76 72 70

1,156 420 250 1,159 78

107 93 94 104 100

1,934 640 429 2,038 182

45 54 40 42 45

All areas

(Continued)


Benefits Terminated for All Disabled Beneficiaries Table 51. Number and rate, by state or other area, 2011—Continued Total State or area

Workers

Widow(er)s

Adult children

Number

Rate

Number

Rate

Number

Rate

Number

Rate


15,123 1,599 20,530 48,621 3,639

77 75 75 78 71

13,700 1,422 18,444 44,101 3,298

79 77 76 80 74

689 50 979 2,013 90

110 124 107 109 91

734 127 1,107 2,507 251

44 48 48 45 47


1,615 17,387 13,706 8,006 12,297 1,112

65 74 72 72 69 80

1,440 15,659 12,597 7,004 11,040 1,012

66 76 75 73 72 81

53 728 401 448 337 34

113 115 100 106 105 111

122 1000 708 554 920 66

46 45 41 50 43 55


12,845 2,229

62 88

11,395 1,924

64 104

606 120

114 139

844 185

36 31

SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, 100 percent data, and Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. NOTES: The termination rate is the number of terminations per 1,000 beneficiaries in current-payment status. Data include closed period awards. a. Includes American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and foreign countries. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Disabled Workers Who Work Table 52. Distribution of workers with benefits withheld because of substantial work, by diagnostic group and age, December 2011 Diagnostic group

Total

Under 30

30–39

40–49

50–59

60–FRA


27,962

2,963

5,371

7,740

8,804

3,084

83

28

24

18

12

1

527 660 1,859

40 18 232

86 119 422

136 266 452

191 220 539

74 37 214

89 46

70 26

13 10

3 6

3 4

0 0

49 798 4,767 870

30 337 400 176

10 218 1,211 187

2 149 1,572 222

6 87 1,304 232

1 7 280 53

1,090 1,137 3,658

164 171 242

357 340 469

328 342 907

210 237 1,443

31 47 597

195 1,202 649 1,216

60 43 42 131

51 113 112 295

48 247 163 408

25 489 250 320

11 310 82 62

5,198 3,013 387 71 81 317

127 545 28 11 14 28

525 682 54 11 10 52

1,366 881 87 24 23 90

2,225 695 166 18 24 104

955 210 52 7 10 43 (Continued)


Disabled Workers Who Work Table 52. Distribution of workers with benefits withheld because of substantial work, by diagnostic group and age, December 2011—Continued Diagnostic group

Total

Under 30

30–39

40–49

50–59

60–FRA

Percent Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0.3

0.9

0.4

0.2

0.1

(L)

1.9 2.4 6.6

1.3 0.6 7.8

1.6 2.2 7.9

1.8 3.4 5.8

2.2 2.5 6.1

2.4 1.2 6.9

0.3 0.2

2.4 0.9

0.2 0.2

(L) 0.1

(L) (L)

0.0 0.0

0.2 2.9 17.0 3.1

1.0 11.4 13.5 5.9

0.2 4.1 22.5 3.5

(L) 1.9 20.3 2.9

0.1 1.0 14.8 2.6

(L) 0.2 9.1 1.7

3.9 4.1 13.1

5.5 5.8 8.2

6.6 6.3 8.7

4.2 4.4 11.7

2.4 2.7 16.4

1.0 1.5 19.4

0.7 4.3 2.3 4.3

2.0 1.5 1.4 4.4

0.9 2.1 2.1 5.5

0.6 3.2 2.1 5.3

0.3 5.6 2.8 3.6

0.4 10.1 2.7 2.0

18.6 10.8 1.4 0.3 0.3 1.1

4.3 18.4 0.9 0.4 0.5 0.9

9.8 12.7 1.0 0.2 0.2 1.0

17.6 11.4 1.1 0.3 0.3 1.2

25.3 7.9 1.9 0.2 0.3 1.2

31.0 6.8 1.7 0.2 0.3 1.4

Congenital anomalies Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases Infectious and parasitic diseases Injuries Mental disorders Autistic disorders Developmental disorders Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified Intellectual disability Mood disorders Organic mental disorders Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders Other Neoplasms Diseases of the— Blood and blood-forming organs Circulatory system Digestive system Genitourinary system Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue Nervous system and sense organs Respiratory system Skin and subcutaneous tissue Other Unknown

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. NOTES: These data represent the total number of beneficiaries with benefits withheld in December 2011 regardless of when their benefits were initially withheld. FRA = full retirement age; (L) = less than 0.05 percent. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Disabled Workers Who Work Table 53. Distribution of workers with benefits terminated because of successful return to work, by diagnostic group and age, 2011 Diagnostic group

Total

Under 30

30–39

40–49

50–59

60–FRA


39,813

3,126

8,666

13,021

11,715

3,285

130

27

47

36

16

4

871 1,426 2,205

51 25 199

136 229 525

302 704 709

305 411 586

77 57 186

109 87

49 37

33 32

20 11

7 5

0 2

72 2,747 7,723 1,386

37 585 452 189

23 1020 1,735 345

9 796 2,819 449

3 318 2,322 335

0 28 395 68

2,184 1,714 2,243

164 170 137

674 510 346

708 570 596

584 380 836

54 84 328

321 1,599 704 1,664

57 41 45 144

120 171 116 447

82 386 200 589

58 646 265 407

4 355 78 77

6,726 4,595 565 88 128 526

129 503 24 7 16 38

650 1,281 91 19 32 84

2,107 1,519 157 30 38 184

2,724 1,052 228 28 33 166

1,116 240 65 4 9 54 (Continued)


Disabled Workers Who Work Table 53. Distribution of workers with benefits terminated because of successful return to work, by diagnostic group and age, 2011—Continued Diagnostic group

Total

Under 30

30–39

40–49

50–59

60–FRA


100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0.3

0.9

0.5

0.3

0.1

0.1

2.2 3.6 5.5

1.6 0.8 6.4

1.6 2.6 6.1

2.3 5.4 5.4

2.6 3.5 5.0

2.3 1.7 5.7

0.3 0.2

1.6 1.2

0.4 0.4

0.2 0.1

0.1 (L)

0.0 0.1

0.2 6.9 19.4 3.5

1.2 18.7 14.5 6.0

0.3 11.8 20.0 4.0

0.1 6.1 21.6 3.4

(L) 2.7 19.8 2.9

0.0 0.9 12.0 2.1

5.5 4.3 5.6

5.2 5.4 4.4

7.8 5.9 4.0

5.4 4.4 4.6

5.0 3.2 7.1

1.6 2.6 10.0

0.8 4.0 1.8 4.2

1.8 1.3 1.4 4.6

1.4 2.0 1.3 5.2

0.6 3.0 1.5 4.5

0.5 5.5 2.3 3.5

0.1 10.8 2.4 2.3

16.9 11.5 1.4 0.2 0.3 1.3

4.1 16.1 0.8 0.2 0.5 1.2

7.5 14.8 1.1 0.2 0.4 1.0

16.2 11.7 1.2 0.2 0.3 1.4

23.3 9.0 1.9 0.2 0.3 1.4

34.0 7.3 2.0 0.1 0.3 1.6

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, 100 percent data. NOTES: FRA = full retirement age; (L) = less than 0.05 percent. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Disabled Workers Who Work Table 54. Average monthly benefit for workers with benefits withheld, by diagnostic group and age, December 2011 (in dollars) Diagnostic group Total Congenital anomalies Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases Infectious and parasitic diseases Injuries Mental disorders Autistic disorders Developmental disorders Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified Intellectual disability Mood disorders Organic mental disorders Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders Other Neoplasms Diseases of the— Blood and blood-forming organs Circulatory system Digestive system Genitourinary system Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue Nervous system and sense organs Respiratory system Skin and subcutaneous tissue Other Unknown

Total

Under 30

30–39

40–49

50–59

60–FRA

1,304.84

968.75

1,199.67

1,310.87

1,419.14

1,469.46

1,117.35

995.64

1,206.68

1,045.24

1,268.48

1,866.00

1,241.04 1,306.07 1,408.40

961.40 989.70 1,164.29

1,248.19 1,189.64 1,348.50

1,224.85 1,299.34 1,439.38

1,297.49 1,373.11 1,485.44

1,267.95 1,484.15 1,531.72

870.17 952.37

801.12 888.44

1,086.98 1,079.70

1,333.67 1,215.28

1,078.27 655.23

0.00 0.00

975.29 857.12 1,219.67 1,239.48

813.48 816.67 891.06 987.34

1,045.83 904.90 1,111.19 1,216.74

899.95 853.52 1,241.62 1,295.70

1,510.97 901.11 1,345.33 1,354.51

2,060.90 846.37 1,449.81 1,417.89

1,087.82 1,174.06 1,530.04

872.10 973.53 1,136.04

1,073.74 1,136.04 1,432.96

1,128.46 1,205.89 1,526.80

1,191.68 1,283.72 1,593.65

1,257.48 1,394.04 1,617.16

1,228.00 1,443.58 1,448.80 1,377.18

962.80 1,124.42 1,001.84 996.35

1,172.90 1,216.35 1,249.61 1,273.64

1,343.05 1,374.08 1,406.22 1,391.48

1,541.98 1,475.26 1,586.80 1,563.57

1,714.33 1,576.08 1,613.72 1,618.35

1,319.29 1,269.70 1,303.24 1,286.98 1,243.70 1,345.77

1,029.06 988.05 907.87 846.52 910.69 976.97

1,263.35 1,192.39 1,232.39 1,325.44 1,422.88 1,235.93

1,295.79 1,318.37 1,228.87 1,255.80 1,254.53 1,324.42

1,354.61 1,437.35 1,410.46 1,449.25 1,323.33 1,446.12

1,339.99 1,492.64 1,371.84 1,608.37 1,314.66 1,520.74



Disabled Workers Who Work Table 55. Average monthly benefit for workers with benefits terminated, by diagnostic group and age, 2011 (in dollars) Diagnostic group Total Congenital anomalies Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases Infectious and parasitic diseases Injuries Mental disorders Autistic disorders Developmental disorders Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified Intellectual disability Mood disorders Organic mental disorders Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders Other Neoplasms Diseases of the— Blood and blood-forming organs Circulatory system Digestive system Genitourinary system Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue Nervous system and sense organs Respiratory system Skin and subcutaneous tissue Other Unknown

Total

Under 30

30–39

40–49

50–59

60–FRA

1,144.73

1,006.44

1,078.00

1,124.90

1,211.21

1,294.11

1,068.03

991.56

1,026.03

1,116.25

1,270.59

833.50

1,081.14 1,163.83 1,253.59

1,025.33 1,104.51 1,153.14

1,107.38 1,130.12 1,253.47

1,031.26 1,142.43 1,245.17

1,110.02 1,203.85 1,281.66

1,152.98 1,301.04 1,305.07

915.52 887.12

903.94 925.72

956.39 902.85

856.02 782.25

973.90 781.68

0.00 761.75

951.42 883.50 1,102.00 1,096.62

909.54 895.52 962.17 987.73

935.94 874.70 1,063.39 1,009.02

1,143.26 875.24 1,089.41 1,104.33

1,011.17 913.58 1,155.65 1,197.35

0.00 846.21 1,206.14 1,296.60

1,010.67 1,052.18 1,404.32

980.58 943.14 1,181.60

998.27 1,037.13 1,310.37

1,002.93 1,044.85 1,368.91

1,028.97 1,105.68 1,463.40

1,160.31 1,171.90 1,510.23

1,116.94 1,245.26 1,255.27 1,271.34

1,017.01 1,030.88 1,151.28 1,101.05

1,075.73 1,132.49 1,128.92 1,202.29

1,171.95 1,178.62 1,176.46 1,246.30

1,192.11 1,276.02 1,322.36 1,409.96

1,559.75 1,340.84 1,477.32 1,451.78

1,195.39 1,159.46 1,124.94 1,128.45 1,220.38 1,139.71

1,096.01 1,053.42 1,023.17 1,216.00 1,016.14 1,003.65

1,155.41 1,105.85 1,060.96 1,204.46 1,102.68 1,076.10

1,170.35 1,150.55 1,088.04 980.53 1,274.14 1,113.52

1,206.39 1,248.21 1,153.33 1,246.66 1,312.72 1,163.34

1,250.71 1,336.66 1,241.62 896.13 1,436.31 1,351.01

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, 100 percent data. NOTE: FRA = full retirement age. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Disabled Workers Who Work Table 56. Distribution, by state or other area, 2011 Workers with benefits withheld because of substantial work, December

Workers with benefits terminated because of successful return to work, calendar year

All workers, December

Number

Percentage of all workers

Number


8,575,544

27,962

0.3

39,813

0.5


225,847 12,825 150,778 138,156 690,007

341 95 567 310 2,931

0.2 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.4

724 94 853 442 4,140

0.3 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.6


100,000 79,684 26,647 13,456 517,600

379 354 111 62 1,174

0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.2

510 500 161 131 2,388

0.5 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.5


264,416 23,221 40,570 283,252 196,965

469 121 105 1,094 503

0.2 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.3

1,031 130 176 1,672 659

0.4 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.3


74,258 72,365 206,189 149,911 57,511

269 264 447 593 206

0.4 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.4

348 336 556 839 207

0.5 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.4


122,028 194,434 334,677 120,648 129,781

553 1,175 830 537 236

0.5 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.2

874 1,413 1,084 804 464

0.7 0.7 0.3 0.7 0.4


211,253 27,277 41,215 58,995 45,218

534 77 186 209 250

0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.6

810 98 258 406 221

0.4 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5


194,312 60,803 506,939 321,185 13,989

887 222 2,526 573 59

0.5 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.4

1,029 318 2,968 1,042 112

0.5 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.8


332,135 124,067 102,606 390,415 35,905

773 387 255 1,624 159

0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.4

1,215 518 361 2,012 171

0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5


(Continued)


Disabled Workers Who Work Table 56. Distribution, by state or other area, 2011—Continued Workers with benefits withheld because of substantial work, December



Number


Number



172,568 18,415 241,802 552,723 44,698

217 85 371 2,212 199

0.1 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.4

439 97 680 3,142 226

0.3 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.5


21,661 206,849 168,044 96,330 152,850 12,442

132 700 685 225 508 61

0.6 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.5

115 989 902 263 615 83

0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.7


177,166 18,456

73 47

(L) 0.3

134 53

0.1 0.3

State or area

SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data, and Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, 100 percent data. NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent. a. Includes American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and foreign countries. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Disabled Workers Who Work Table 57. Distribution, by sex and age, 2011 Workers with benefits withheld because of substantial work, December Age group


Number



Number


All disabled workers Total Under 30 30–39 40–49 50–59 60–FRA

8,575,544

27,955

0.3

39,813

0.5

232,509 694,636 1,608,662 3,432,896 2,606,841

2,963 5,369 7,737 8,802 3,084

1.3 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.1

3,126 8,666 13,021 11,715 3,285

1.3 1.2 0.8 0.3 0.1

Men Subtotal Under 30 30–39 40–49 50–59 60–FRA

4,493,811

14,729

0.3

20,946

0.5

133,456 355,588 820,222 1,783,202 1,401,343

1,898 2,851 3,830 4,486 1,664

1.4 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.1

1,924 4,736 6,651 5,935 1,700

1.4 1.3 0.8 0.3 0.1

Women Subtotal Under 30 30–39 40–49 50–59 60–FRA

4,081,733

13,226

0.3

18,867

0.5

99,053 339,048 788,440 1,649,694 1,205,498

1,065 2,518 3,907 4,316 1,420

1.1 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.1

1,202 3,930 6,370 5,780 1,585

1.2 1.2 0.8 0.4 0.1

SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data, and Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, 100 percent data. NOTE: FRA = full retirement age. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Reinstatement Status for Disabled Workers Table 58. Number, by expedited reinstatement status, sex, and age, 2011 Total Expedited reinstatement status Provisional Reinstated Not reinstated a

Men

All ages

Under 35

35–49

50 or older All ages

11,669 12,432 962

1,668 1,702 108

5,165 5,400 494

4,836 5,330 360

5,746 6,360 475

Women

Under 35

35–49

50 or older All ages

924 1014 56

2,558 2,815 250

2,264 2,531 169

5,923 6,072 487

Under 35

35–49

50 or older

744 688 52

2,607 2,585 244

2,572 2,799 191

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, 100 percent data. NOTE: Total is not included because some beneficiaries whose cases are pending are not receiving provisional payments. a. Data include medical recoveries and return to work. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Outcomes of Applications for Disability Benefits

Notes The tables in this section provide data on the outcomes of applications for disability benefits. The data on applications are derived from the Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) Disability Research File maintained by the Office of Disability Programs. Each year this file is updated with information about applications for disability benefits that is then used to determine the outcome of those applications. The outcome data in these tables are reported by year of filing and include decisions made through the administrative appeals process. Table 59 shows the total number of applications filed in a year, the number denied for nonmedical reasons before a medical decision is made (technical denials), the number that are pending a final decision, the outcome of applications for which a medical allowance or denial was made, and award and allowance rates. Applications for which a medical allowance or denial decision was made but which were subsequently denied for nonmedical reasons are shown under the medical decision header as subsequent denials. The most common nonmedical reason for denying a claim is insufficient number of recent work credits. The allowance rate is calculated by dividing the number of medical allowances (including subsequent technical denials) by the total number of medical decisions made for a 1-year cohort. The award rate is a broader program measure that is calculated as the number of allowances minus subsequent denials divided by total applications (minus pending claims) filed for a given year. Claims that remain pending after 6 years are probably the result of imperfect data rather than excessive delays in the decision-making process. It is highly probable that decisions have been rendered on most of the older claims. For more recent years, the award and allowance rates will change as decisions are made on pending claims. Tables 60–62 show the allowance rate for Social Security only and the Social Security portion of concurrent applications (which are claims for both Social Security and Supplemental Security Income disability benefits). Each table shows a different level in the administrative decision-making process, that is, initial adjudicative, reconsideration, and hearing or higher level. Beginning with 2000, the proportion of claims awarded at each level of the process changed as a result of the Prototype Process being tested in 10 states. Under this test, the reconsideration step of the appeals process was eliminated for applications filed October 1, 1999, or later. Elimination of the reconsideration level in these states results in a decrease in the aggregate proportion of claims awarded at this step. This section also includes one table that shows the reason for medical allowance and one that shows the reason for medical denial (Tables 63 and 64). The reasons are derived from the sequential evaluation process used by decision makers. SSA maintains a list of impairments that are considered disabling under its regulations. An applicant can be found to be disabled if he or she • has a listed impairment, • has a severe impairment that is equal to a listed impairment, • has a severe impairment when medical and vocational factors are considered, or • had previously established entitlement to a disability benefit. An applicant can be denied benefits if he or she • has an impairment that is not expected to last 12 months, • has an impairment that is not considered severe, • is able to perform his or her usual type of work, • is able to perform another type of work, or • has an impairment resulting from drug addiction or alcoholism, provides insufficient medical evidence, fails to cooperate,fails to follow prescribed treatment, does not want to continue development of the claim, or returns to substantial work before disability can be established.

Outcomes of Applications for Disability Benefits Chart 11. Final outcome of disabled-worker applications, 2001–2010 The final award rate for disabled-worker applicants has varied over time, averaging nearly 45 percent for claims filed from 2001 through 2010. The percentage of applicants awarded benefits at the initial claims level averaged 28 percent over the same period and ranged from a high of 37 percent to a low of 26 percent. The percentage of applicants awarded at the reconsideration and hearing levels are averaging 3 percent and 13 percent, respectively. Denied disability claims have averaged nearly 53 percent. Percent 100 Technical denials 80

60

Medical denials

40

Pending final decision Hearings and Appeals Council awards Reconsideration awards

20

Initial awards 0 2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

SOURCE: Tables 59–64. NOTES: Awards are calculated as medical allowances minus subsequent technical denials. Technical denials include both nonmedical decision technical denials and medical decisions that were subsequently denied for technical reasons. The proportion of claims awarded at each level of the process is likely to change as a result of the Prototype Process being tested in 10 states. Under this test, the reconsideration step of the appeals process was eliminated for applications filed October 1, 1999, or later. Elimination of the reconsideration level in these states is likely to result in a decrease in the overall proportion of claims awarded at this step.


Outcomes of Applications for Disability Benefits Table 59. Outcomes at all adjudicative levels, by year of application, 1992–2010 Medical decisions

Year

Pending final decision Total

Denials Subsequent

Technical denials

a

Medical nonmedical

b

Awards

Allowances Subsequent Award rate d (percent) denials c

Allowance rate e (percent)

All disabled beneficiaries 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

1,265,037 1,364,323 1,513,411 1,716,044 1,942,210 2,262,363

0 0 0 0 0 688

104,332 136,054 170,520 231,067 374,309 616,823

445,995 456,467 496,835 580,676 632,566 680,631

4,056 3,817 3,579 4,067 4,485 5,680

708,797 766,047 840,542 898,135 928,777 956,896

1,857 1,938 1,935 2,099 2,073 1,645

56.0 56.1 55.5 52.3 47.8 42.3

61.3 62.6 62.8 60.7 59.4 58.3

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

2,087,956 2,164,544 2,216,709 2,358,740 2,744,469 2,838,485

1,702 4,376 12,716 41,271 138,426 413,530

529,691 612,209 652,754 717,875 845,236 878,497

644,912 655,741 637,628 631,870 710,283 688,348

7,023 7,343 7,995 9,101 10,942 12,418

902,638 882,927 903,774 956,810 1,037,685 843,735

1,990 1,948 1,842 1,813 1,897 1,957

43.3 40.9 41.0 41.3 39.8 34.8

58.2 57.2 58.4 60.0 59.1 54.8

Workers 1992 1993 1994

1,310,004 1,384,501 1,383,092

0 0 0

130,885 140,314 130,240

481,439 540,906 573,158

5,725 5,626 5,506

689,111 695,007 671,791

2,844 2,648 2,397

52.6 50.2 48.6

58.8 56.2 53.9

1995 1996 1997 1998

1,301,472 1,313,818 1,164,680 1,138,101

0 0 0 0

123,711 116,988 106,868 96,718

542,097 537,482 449,464 421,953

5,048 5,011 4,212 4,205

628,380 652,221 602,277 613,181

2,236 2,116 1,859 2,044

48.3 49.6 51.7 53.9

53.6 54.8 57.2 59.2

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

1,167,650 1,265,188 1,414,524 1,609,492 1,831,162 2,145,633

0 0 0 0 0 684

102,305 133,947 168,231 228,455 371,336 612,783

419,486 430,581 470,999 551,002 599,609 644,957

4,008 3,782 3,537 4,011 4,428 5,627

640,065 695,007 769,877 823,976 853,787 879,988

1,786 1,871 1,880 2,048 2,002 1,594

54.8 54.9 54.4 51.2 46.6 41.0

60.3 61.7 62.0 59.9 58.7 57.6

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

1,970,278 2,040,683 2,083,899 2,217,129 2,589,706 2,683,465

1,690 4,331 12,473 40,138 134,318 402,106

525,774 607,428 647,502 712,283 839,291 872,378

609,481 615,128 594,442 588,305 660,472 637,301

6,929 7,235 7,879 8,964 10,790 12,263

824,488 804,673 819,828 865,693 943,015 757,513

1,916 1,888 1,775 1,746 1,820 1,904

41.9 39.5 39.6 39.8 38.4 33.2

57.4 56.5 57.8 59.3 58.5 54.0

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

40,053 39,990 40,227 41,316 41,467 42,615

0 0 0 0 0 3

1,173 1,258 1,344 1,540 1,646 2,073

9,718 9,013 8,738 9,133 9,737 10,023

17 11 13 18 24 22

29,108 29,679 30,113 30,606 30,016 30,470

37 29 19 19 44 24

72.7 74.2 74.9 74.1 72.4 71.5

75.0 76.8 77.5 77.0 75.6 75.3

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

41,572 41,577 40,879 42,200 43,550 44,356

6 20 86 284 1,022 3,572

1,896 2,195 2,212 2,329 2,547 2,637

9,679 10,110 9,135 8,555 8,660 8,920

27 38 29 34 44 41

29,940 29,191 29,390 30,977 31,256 29,165

24 23 27 21 21 21

72.0 70.2 72.0 73.9 73.5 71.5

75.6 74.3 76.3 78.3 78.3 76.6

Widow(er)s

(Continued)


Outcomes of Applications for Disability Benefits Table 59. Outcomes at all adjudicative levels, by year of application, 1992–2010—Continued Medical decisions

Year

Total

Pending final decision

Denials Subsequent

Technical denials a

Medical nonmedical b

Awards

Allowances Subsequent Award rate d (percent) denials c

Allowance rate e (percent)

Adult children 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

57,334 59,145 58,660 65,236 69,581 74,115

0 0 0 0 0 1

854 849 945 1,072 1,327 1,967

16,791 16,873 17,098 20,541 23,220 25,651

31 24 29 38 33 31

39,624 41,361 40,552 43,553 44,974 46,438

34 38 36 32 27 27

69.1 69.9 69.1 66.8 64.6 62.7

70.3 71.1 70.4 68.0 66.0 64.4

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

76,106 82,284 91,931 99,411 111,213 110,664

6 25 157 849 3,086 7,852

2,021 2,586 3,040 3,263 3,398 3,482

25,752 30,503 34,051 35,010 41,151 42,127

67 70 87 103 108 114

48,210 49,063 54,556 60,140 63,414 57,057

50 37 40 46 56 32

63.4 59.6 59.4 61.0 58.6 55.5

65.2 61.7 61.6 63.2 60.6 57.5

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Disability Research file, 100 percent data. NOTES: Data for the initial and reconsideration levels are current through June 2011. Data for the hearing level or above are current through October 2011. Because a number of applications remain pending for more recent years, the award and allowance rates will change over time. Cases can be pending at the initial or appellate levels and can include either medical or technical issues. Data include decisions for Social Security–only applications and applications for both Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI); they do not include SSI-only applications. Data from 1992 through 1998 are available for disabled workers only. a. Applications were denied for nonmedical reasons; therefore no decision was made on severity of impairment. b. Applications were denied for nonmedical reasons after a decision was made that the applicant did not meet the medical severity criteria for disability benefits. c. Applications were denied for nonmedical reasons after a decision was made that the applicant met the medical severity criteria for disability benefits. d. Rate determined by dividing awards by all applications minus pending claims for that year. e. Rate determined by dividing medical allowances by all medical decisions for that year. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Outcomes of Applications for Disability Benefits Table 60. Medical decisions at the initial adjudicative level, by year of application and program, 1992–2010 All decisions

Year

Total

Allowances

Allowance

Decisions on applications for Social Security only Allowance

Decisions on applications for both Social Security and SSI Allowance

rate a (percent)

rate a (percent)

rate a, b (percent)

Total

Allowances

Total Allowances


1,160,792 1,228,301 1,342,915 1,485,020 1,567,920 1,645,554

458,854 500,657 558,741 575,179 583,830 602,185

39.5 40.8 41.6 38.7 37.2 36.6

649,980 688,282 742,869 795,055 804,898 813,141

313,152 339,764 379,266 385,515 383,281 388,017

48.2 49.4 51.1 48.5 47.6 47.7

510,812 540,019 600,046 689,965 763,022 832,413

145,702 160,893 179,475 189,664 200,549 214,168

28.5 29.8 29.9 27.5 26.3 25.7

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

1,558,292 1,552,338 1,563,932 1,640,718 1,898,487 1,957,275

573,379 560,044 580,943 633,751 725,923 710,732

36.8 36.1 37.1 38.6 38.2 36.3

762,570 752,276 756,296 782,646 914,481 962,214

369,376 362,063 376,151 407,886 474,152 474,634

48.4 48.1 49.7 52.1 51.8 49.3

795,722 800,062 807,636 858,072 984,006 995,061

204,003 197,981 204,792 225,865 251,771 236,098

25.6 24.7 25.4 26.3 25.6 23.7

Workers 1992 1993 1994

1,179,119 1,244,187 1,252,852

436,715 421,560 390,785

37.0 33.9 31.2

558,741 571,464 591,408

248,385 240,839 233,059

44.5 42.1 39.4

620,378 672,723 661,444

188,330 180,721 157,726

30.4 26.9 23.8

1995 1996 1997 1998

1,177,761 1,196,830 1,057,812 1,041,383

367,293 384,167 357,880 374,376

31.2 32.1 33.8 35.9

569,963 593,992 551,909 550,794

223,457 237,474 228,793 238,989

39.2 40.0 41.5 43.4

607,798 602,838 505,903 490,589

143,836 146,693 129,087 135,387

23.7 24.3 25.5 27.6

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

1,065,430 1,131,273 1,246,317 1,381,078 1,459,845 1,532,864

396,253 435,416 493,638 507,038 514,873 531,112

37.2 38.5 39.6 36.7 35.3 34.6

578,884 615,507 670,621 718,618 728,174 737,023

259,417 283,906 323,649 327,298 324,771 328,863

44.8 46.1 48.3 45.5 44.6 44.6

486,546 515,766 575,696 662,460 731,671 795,841

136,836 151,510 169,989 179,740 190,102 202,249

28.1 29.4 29.5 27.1 26.0 25.4

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

1,444,531 1,433,258 1,436,380 1,504,713 1,749,719 1,808,472

501,089 487,671 504,098 551,194 639,317 628,149

34.7 34.0 35.1 36.6 36.5 34.7

685,217 674,497 675,111 696,973 825,782 876,565

308,900 301,954 313,217 340,000 403,941 407,935

45.1 44.8 46.4 48.8 48.9 46.5

759,314 758,761 761,269 807,740 923,937 931,907

192,189 185,717 190,881 211,194 235,376 220,214

25.3 24.5 25.1 26.1 25.5 23.6

Widow(er)s 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

38,880 38,732 38,883 39,777 39,821 40,542

24,898 25,748 26,206 26,541 25,997 26,590

64.0 66.5 67.4 66.7 65.3 65.6

29,600 29,874 30,273 31,059 30,366 29,686

21,272 21,967 22,436 22,787 22,240 22,236

71.9 73.5 74.1 73.4 73.2 74.9

9,280 8,858 8,610 8,718 9,455 10,856

3,626 3,781 3,770 3,754 3,757 4,354

39.1 42.7 43.8 43.1 39.7 40.1

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

39,676 39,382 38,667 39,871 40,995 41,703

26,179 25,491 25,487 26,735 27,225 27,247

66.0 64.7 65.9 67.1 66.4 65.3

29,308 28,524 27,657 28,230 28,423 28,483

22,009 21,381 21,175 22,170 22,272 22,190

75.1 75.0 76.6 78.5 78.4 77.9

10,368 10,858 11,010 11,641 12,572 13,220

4,170 4,110 4,312 4,565 4,953 5,057

40.2 37.9 39.2 39.2 39.4 38.3 (Continued)


Outcomes of Applications for Disability Benefits Table 60. Medical decisions at the initial adjudicative level, by year of application and program, 1992–2010—Continued All decisions

Year

Total

Allowance

Decisions on applications for Social Security only Allowance

Decisions on applications for both Social Security and SSI Allowance

rate a (percent)

rate a (percent)

rate a, b (percent)

Allowances

Total

Allowances

Total Allowances

Adult children 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

56,482 58,296 57,715 64,165 68,254 72,148

37,703 39,493 38,897 41,600 42,960 44,483

66.8 67.7 67.4 64.8 62.9 61.7

41,496 42,901 41,975 45,378 46,358 46,432

32,463 33,891 33,181 35,430 36,270 36,918

78.2 79.0 79.0 78.1 78.2 79.5

14,986 15,395 15,740 18,787 21,896 25,716

5,240 5,602 5,716 6,170 6,690 7,565

35.0 36.4 36.3 32.8 30.6 29.4

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

74,085 79,698 88,885 96,134 107,773 107,100

46,111 46,882 51,358 55,822 59,381 55,336

62.2 58.8 57.8 58.1 55.1 51.7

48,045 49,255 53,528 57,443 60,276 57,166

38,467 38,728 41,759 45,716 47,939 44,509

80.1 78.6 78.0 79.6 79.5 77.9

26,040 30,443 35,357 38,691 47,497 49,934

7,644 8,154 9,599 10,106 11,442 10,827

29.4 26.8 27.1 26.1 24.1 21.7

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Disability Research file, 100 percent data. NOTES: Data are current through June 2011. Because a number of applications remain pending for more recent years, the allowance rate will change over time. Applications with a medical decision may be pending a final nonmedical decision or be subsequently denied for nonmedical reasons. Data from 1992 through 1998 are available for disabled workers only. SSI = Supplemental Security Income. a. Rate determined by dividing medical allowances by all medical decisions for that year. b. Rate for the Social Security portion only. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Outcomes of Applications for Disability Benefits Table 61. Medical decisions at the reconsideration level, by year of application and program, 1992–2010 All decisions

Year

Total

Allowances

Allowance rate a (percent)

Decisions on applications for Social Decisions on applications for both Social Security only Security and SSI Allowance Allowance Total

Allowances

rate a (percent)

Total Allowances

rate a, b (percent)


397,127 407,758 434,185 502,525 543,039 558,610

58,602 55,631 55,494 57,464 57,869 56,525

14.8 13.6 12.8 11.4 10.7 10.1

209,682 214,965 221,720 249,874 258,386 255,247

33,223 31,473 30,807 31,214 30,345 28,936

15.8 14.6 13.9 12.5 11.7 11.3

187,445 192,793 212,465 252,651 284,653 303,363

25,379 24,158 24,687 26,250 27,524 27,589

13.5 12.5 11.6 10.4 9.7 9.1

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

514,276 514,388 519,185 546,362 639,361 614,683

50,994 50,351 56,655 60,315 64,391 49,971

9.9 9.8 10.9 11.0 10.1 8.1

231,227 227,860 224,374 222,823 261,874 262,746

26,327 25,849 29,696 30,412 33,391 27,626

11.4 11.3 13.2 13.6 12.8 10.5

283,049 286,528 294,811 323,539 377,487 351,937

24,667 24,502 26,959 29,903 31,000 22,345

8.7 8.6 9.1 9.2 8.2 6.3

Workers 1992 1993 1994

419,798 469,151 489,731

53,881 58,275 62,757

12.8 12.4 12.8

190,594 206,606 226,013

25,352 27,306 31,468

13.3 13.2 13.9

229,204 262,545 263,718

28,529 30,969 31,289

12.4 11.8 11.9

1995 1996 1997 1998

458,036 464,582 403,225 384,997

60,584 65,466 59,978 61,742

13.2 14.1 14.9 16.0

218,950 226,333 206,148 199,292

31,563 33,596 33,373 34,043

14.4 14.8 16.2 17.1

239,086 238,249 197,077 185,705

29,021 31,870 26,605 27,699

12.1 13.4 13.5 14.9

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

384,286 396,216 422,937 489,976 529,777 545,127

55,272 52,794 52,905 54,974 55,339 54,078

14.4 13.3 12.5 11.2 10.4 9.9

202,999 208,638 215,591 243,261 252,228 249,516

31,712 30,189 29,647 30,157 29,348 28,027

15.6 14.5 13.8 12.4 11.6 11.2

181,287 187,578 207,346 246,715 277,549 295,611

23,560 22,605 23,258 24,817 25,991 26,051

13.0 12.1 11.2 10.1 9.4 8.8

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

501,337 500,842 503,382 527,698 617,485 595,287

48,622 47,926 54,170 57,933 61,873 48,171

9.7 9.6 10.8 11.0 10.0 8.1

225,663 222,396 218,588 216,893 255,665 257,459

25,467 25,067 28,842 29,569 32,556 26,992

11.3 11.3 13.2 13.6 12.7 10.5

275,674 278,446 284,794 310,805 361,820 337,828

23,155 22,859 25,328 28,364 29,317 21,179

8.4 8.2 8.9 9.1 8.1 6.3

Widow(er)s 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

7,125 6,379 6,212 6,461 6,707 6,497

1,962 1,572 1,582 1,394 1,379 1,351

27.5 24.6 25.5 21.6 20.6 20.8

4,114 3,872 3,865 4,041 3,857 3,472

895 734 728 650 637 566

21.8 19.0 18.8 16.1 16.5 16.3

3,011 2,507 2,347 2,420 2,850 3,025

1,067 838 854 744 742 785

35.4 33.4 36.4 30.7 26.0 26.0

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

6,140 6,002 5,973 6,358 6,926 6,305

1,225 1,172 1,101 921 999 779

20.0 19.5 18.4 14.5 14.4 12.4

3,351 3,128 2,906 2,863 3,012 2,617

527 437 456 394 424 344

15.7 14.0 15.7 13.8 14.1 13.1

2,789 2,874 3,067 3,495 3,914 3,688

698 735 645 527 575 435

25.0 25.6 21.0 15.1 14.7 11.8 (Continued)


Outcomes of Applications for Disability Benefits Table 61. Medical decisions at the reconsideration level, by year of application and program, 1992–2010—Continued All decisions

Year

Total

Allowances



Allowances

rate a (percent)

Total Allowances

rate a, b (percent)

Adult children 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

5,716 5,163 5,036 6,088 6,555 6,986

1,368 1,265 1,007 1,096 1,151 1,096

23.9 24.5 20.0 18.0 17.6 15.7

2,569 2,455 2,264 2,572 2,301 2,259

616 550 432 407 360 343

24.0 22.4 19.1 15.8 15.6 15.2

3,147 2,708 2,772 3,516 4,254 4,727

752 715 575 689 791 753

23.9 26.4 20.7 19.6 18.6 15.9

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

6,799 7,544 9,830 12,306 14,950 13,091

1,147 1,253 1,384 1,461 1,519 1,021

16.9 16.6 14.1 11.9 10.2 7.8

2,213 2,336 2,880 3,067 3,197 2,670

333 345 398 449 411 290

15.0 14.8 13.8 14.6 12.9 10.9

4,586 5,208 6,950 9,239 11,753 10,421

814 908 986 1,012 1,108 731

17.7 17.4 14.2 11.0 9.4 7.0

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Disability Research file, 100 percent data. NOTES: Data are current through June 2011. Because a number of applications remain pending for more recent years, the allowance rate will change over time. Applications with a medical decision may be pending a final nonmedical decision or be subsequently denied for nonmedical reasons. A revised process was introduced on October 1, 1999, in 10 states, under which initial denials could be appealed directly to the hearing level without a reconsideration. Data from 1992 through 1998 are available for disabled workers only. SSI = Supplemental Security Income. a. Rate determined by dividing medical allowances by all medical decisions for that year. b. Rate for the Social Security portion only. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Outcomes of Applications for Disability Benefits Table 62. Medical decisions at the hearing level or above, by year of application and program, 1992–2010 All decisions

Year

Total

Allowances



Allowances

rate a (percent)

Total Allowances

rate a, b (percent)


265,058 290,068 313,839 369,911 401,769 414,652

193,198 211,697 228,242 267,591 289,151 299,831

72.9 73.0 72.7 72.3 72.0 72.3

144,847 157,001 164,710 189,699 197,777 196,401

114,207 124,015 130,576 150,833 157,542 158,690

78.8 79.0 79.3 79.5 79.7 80.8

120,211 133,067 149,129 180,212 203,992 218,251

78,991 87,682 97,666 116,758 131,609 141,141

65.7 65.9 65.5 64.8 64.5 64.7

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

382,656 382,640 374,494 362,506 339,841 111,650

280,255 274,480 268,018 264,557 249,268 84,989

73.2 71.7 71.6 73.0 73.3 76.1

177,643 174,672 165,337 153,741 151,130 58,046

144,524 140,502 133,375 126,985 125,281 49,350

81.4 80.4 80.7 82.6 82.9 85.0

205,013 207,968 209,157 208,765 188,711 53,604

135,731 133,978 134,643 137,572 123,987 35,639

66.2 64.4 64.4 65.9 65.7 66.5

Workers 1992 1993 1994

275,863 310,655 323,607

201,359 217,816 220,645

73.0 70.1 68.2

131,624 143,997 156,458

105,371 112,593 119,338

80.1 78.2 76.3

144,239 166,658 167,149

95,988 105,223 101,307

66.5 63.1 60.6

1995 1996 1997 1998

301,917 306,245 267,288 251,486

202,739 204,704 186,278 179,107

67.2 66.8 69.7 71.2

150,882 157,790 141,021 134,883

113,781 116,292 107,539 104,763

75.4 73.7 76.3 77.7

151,035 148,455 126,267 116,603

88,958 88,412 78,739 74,344

58.9 59.6 62.4 63.8

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

260,850 285,620 309,372 364,660 396,356 409,469

190,326 208,668 225,214 264,012 285,577 296,392

73.0 73.1 72.8 72.4 72.1 72.4

141,671 153,649 161,335 185,831 194,233 193,164

111,954 121,651 128,214 148,072 155,035 156,341

79.0 79.2 79.5 79.7 79.8 80.9

119,179 131,971 148,037 178,829 202,123 216,305

78,372 87,017 97,000 115,940 130,542 140,051

65.8 65.9 65.5 64.8 64.6 64.7

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

377,550 377,419 366,864 352,379 330,656 108,820

276,693 270,964 263,335 258,312 243,645 83,097

73.3 71.8 71.8 73.3 73.7 76.4

174,416 171,449 162,006 150,242 148,126 56,927

142,093 138,194 131,026 124,348 122,999 48,441

81.5 80.6 80.9 82.8 83.0 85.1

203,134 205,970 204,858 202,137 182,530 51,893

134,600 132,770 132,309 133,964 120,646 34,656

66.3 64.5 64.6 66.3 66.1 66.8

Widow(er)s 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

3,027 3,140 3,046 3,471 3,540 3,244

2,285 2,388 2,344 2,690 2,684 2,553

75.5 76.1 77.0 77.5 75.8 78.7

2,325 2,414 2,391 2,679 2,447 2,202

1,794 1,870 1,862 2,113 1,915 1,788

77.2 77.5 77.9 78.9 78.3 81.2

702 726 655 792 1,093 1,042

491 518 482 577 769 765

69.9 71.3 73.6 72.9 70.4 73.4

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

3,198 3,163 3,564 4,109 3,711 1,343

2,560 2,551 2,829 3,342 3,053 1,160

80.1 80.7 79.4 81.3 82.3 86.4

2,174 2,081 1,919 1,933 1,752 693

1,798 1,715 1,579 1,657 1,531 634

82.7 82.4 82.3 85.7 87.4 91.5

1,024 1,082 1,645 2,176 1,959 650

762 836 1,250 1,685 1,522 526

74.4 77.3 76.0 77.4 77.7 80.9 (Continued)


Outcomes of Applications for Disability Benefits Table 62. Medical decisions at the hearing level or above, by year of application and program, 1992–2010—Continued All decisions

Year

Total

Allowances



Allowances

rate a (percent)

Total Allowances

rate a, b (percent)

Adult children 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

1,181 1,308 1,421 1,780 1,873 1,939

587 641 684 889 890 886

49.7 49.0 48.1 49.9 47.5 45.7

851 938 984 1,189 1,097 1,035

459 494 500 648 592 561

53.9 52.7 50.8 54.5 54.0 54.2

330 370 437 591 776 904

128 147 184 241 298 325

38.8 39.7 42.1 40.8 38.4 36.0

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

1,908 2,058 4,066 6,018 5,474 1,487

1,002 965 1,854 2,903 2,570 732

52.5 46.9 45.6 48.2 46.9 49.2

1,053 1,142 1,412 1,566 1,252 426

633 593 770 980 751 275

60.1 51.9 54.5 62.6 60.0 64.6

855 916 2,654 4,452 4,222 1,061

369 372 1,084 1,923 1,819 457

43.2 40.6 40.8 43.2 43.1 43.1

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Disability Research file, 100 percent data. NOTES: Data are current through October 2011. Because a number of applications remain pending for more recent years, the allowance rate will change over time. Applications with a medical decision may be pending a final nonmedical decision or be subsequently denied for nonmedical reasons. A revised process was introduced on October 1, 1999, in 10 states, under which initial denials could be appealed directly to the hearing level without a reconsideration. Data from 1992 through 1998 are available for disabled workers only. SSI = Supplemental Security Income. a. Rate determined by dividing medical allowances by all medical decisions for that year. b. Rate for the Social Security portion only. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Outcomes of Applications for Disability Benefits Table 63. Number and percentage distribution of final medical allowances, by year of application and reason for allowance, 1992–2010 Total Year

Number

Percent

Meets level of severity of listings

Equals level of severity of listings

Medical and vocational factors considered

Other a


708,797 766,047 840,542 898,135 928,777 956,896

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

33.0 31.1 30.0 28.5 27.1 26.5

5.9 6.2 6.1 5.3 5.1 5.0

26.9 29.2 30.1 30.1 31.1 31.6

34.2 33.5 33.9 36.1 36.7 36.9

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

902,638 882,927 903,774 956,810 1,037,685 843,735

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

26.7 26.6 26.4 25.8 25.8 29.8

4.7 4.6 4.7 5.2 5.5 6.5

32.2 32.1 33.1 34.6 37.8 46.1

36.5 36.7 35.9 34.3 30.8 17.5

Workers 1992 1993 1994

689,111 695,007 671,791

100.0 100.0 100.0

34.3 34.3 34.5

11.1 8.7 6.9

24.3 23.6 25.6

30.3 33.4 32.9

1995 1996 1997 1998

628,380 652,221 602,277 613,181

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

34.5 34.2 35.0 35.5

6.7 7.0 7.5 6.6

26.8 27.4 26.4 26.9

31.9 31.5 31.1 31.0

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

640,065 695,007 769,877 823,976 853,787 879,988

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

33.6 31.7 30.5 29.0 27.5 26.8

6.3 6.5 6.4 5.6 5.3 5.2

28.3 30.6 31.3 31.4 32.5 33.0

31.9 31.2 31.8 34.0 34.8 35.0

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

824,488 804,673 819,828 865,693 943,015 757,513

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

27.2 27.1 26.8 26.4 26.4 30.9

4.9 4.8 4.9 5.6 5.9 7.0

33.8 33.8 35.0 36.8 40.1 49.6

34.1 34.3 33.3 31.3 27.6 12.6

Widow(er)s 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

29,108 29,679 30,113 30,606 30,016 30,470

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

14.9 12.8 12.3 11.4 10.8 10.2

2.5 2.5 2.6 2.1 2.2 1.9

24.6 26.3 27.0 26.6 26.2 26.4

58.0 58.4 58.1 59.9 60.8 61.5

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

29,940 29,191 29,390 30,977 31,256 29,165

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

9.9 9.7 9.2 8.7 8.4 8.8

1.7 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.9 2.1

25.8 24.4 24.5 25.0 26.9 28.3

62.7 64.4 64.7 64.5 62.7 60.8 (Continued)


Outcomes of Applications for Disability Benefits Table 63. Number and percentage distribution of final medical allowances, by year of application and reason for allowance, 1992–2010—Continued Total Year

Number

Percent

Meets level of severity of listings

Equals level of severity of listings

Medical and vocational factors considered

Other a

Adult children 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

39,624 41,361 40,552 43,553 44,974 46,438

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

35.9 35.0 33.0 31.8 31.0 30.4

3.2 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.8

7.4 7.3 8.0 7.6 8.2 8.6

53.5 54.7 56.0 57.7 58.1 58.2

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

48,210 49,063 54,556 60,140 63,414 57,057

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

28.8 28.6 28.5 26.8 25.9 26.8

2.5 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.7

8.4 8.9 9.1 8.7 9.1 9.2

60.3 59.8 59.9 62.0 62.4 61.3

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Disability Research file, 100 percent data. NOTES: Data for the initial and reconsideration levels are current through June 2011. Data for the hearing level or above are current through October 2011. Because a number of applications remain pending for more recent years, the numbers and percentages will change over time. Applications with a medical decision may be pending a final nonmedical decision or be subsequently denied for nonmedical reasons. Data include decisions for Social Security–only applications and applications for both Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI); they do not include SSI-only claims. Data from 1992 through 1998 are available for disabled workers only. a. Includes applications for which the disability was previously established and those for which the basis for the determination is not available. The majority of applications for which the basis of determination is not available are cases allowed at or above the hearing level. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Outcomes of Applications for Disability Benefits Table 64. Number and percentage distribution of final medical denials, by year of application and reason for denial, 1992–2010 Total Year

Number

Impairment did not or is not expected to last 12 months Percent

Impairment is not severe

Able to do usual past work

Able to do other type of work

Other a


450,051 460,284 500,414 584,743 637,051 686,311

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

10.2 10.0 9.2 8.5 7.5 6.8

17.8 17.2 16.7 17.1 17.7 18.4

28.3 28.2 28.0 28.2 28.2 27.6

30.8 30.4 31.1 31.3 31.7 31.6

12.9 14.1 14.9 14.9 14.9 15.6

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

651,935 663,084 645,623 640,971 721,225 700,766

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

6.5 6.3 6.3 5.9 4.9 4.6

19.1 19.8 20.4 21.6 22.8 23.6

26.7 26.2 26.3 25.8 25.1 24.3

31.5 31.4 30.9 30.7 31.1 30.1

16.2 16.3 16.1 16.0 16.1 17.4

Workers 1992 1993 1994

487,164 546,532 578,664

100.0 100.0 100.0

10.7 10.4 10.2

22.9 22.7 21.5

28.4 27.6 25.9

29.6 29.8 28.8

8.4 9.5 13.6

1995 1996 1997 1998

547,145 542,493 453,676 426,158

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

10.6 10.2 10.6 10.8

20.8 19.6 18.5 18.3

25.4 24.7 25.7 27.8

29.4 30.6 30.5 30.8

13.8 14.8 14.6 12.3

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

423,494 434,363 474,536 555,013 604,037 650,584

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

10.6 10.4 9.5 8.8 7.7 7.0

17.4 16.8 16.4 16.8 17.4 18.1

29.3 29.3 29.0 29.2 29.2 28.6

30.1 29.7 30.4 30.6 31.0 30.9

12.6 13.9 14.7 14.7 14.6 15.4

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

616,410 622,363 602,321 597,269 671,262 649,564

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

6.7 6.5 6.7 6.2 5.2 4.9

18.9 19.5 20.1 21.3 22.7 23.4

27.7 27.4 27.7 27.2 26.5 25.8

30.7 30.6 29.9 29.6 29.9 28.8

16.0 16.0 15.7 15.6 15.8 17.1

Widow(er)s 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

9,735 9,024 8,751 9,151 9,761 10,045

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

5.6 5.3 4.7 4.7 4.2 3.5

29.0 29.0 27.6 26.2 26.5 26.6

31.8 31.4 31.2 32.4 32.7 32.1

22.7 22.3 22.8 23.7 23.4 23.4

10.8 12.1 13.7 13.0 13.3 14.4

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

9,706 10,148 9,164 8,589 8,704 8,961

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

3.5 3.7 3.7 3.4 2.9 2.9

26.8 25.8 27.5 27.9 29.1 28.7

32.0 31.3 31.0 30.6 30.0 28.0

23.1 23.4 21.9 21.8 21.7 23.7

14.7 15.7 15.8 16.3 16.4 16.7 (Continued)


Outcomes of Applications for Disability Benefits Table 64. Number and percentage distribution of final medical denials, by year of application and reason for denial, 1992–2010—Continued Total Year

Number

Impairment did not or is not expected to last 12 months Percent

Impairment is not severe

Able to do usual past work

Able to do other type of work

Other a

Adult children 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

16,822 16,897 17,127 20,579 23,253 25,682

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

3.1 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.0 1.9

22.7 22.9 21.3 21.6 21.8 22.1

0.7 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.5

53.3 51.9 52.9 53.6 53.6 52.5

20.2 21.7 22.3 21.7 21.9 23.0

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

25,819 30,573 34,138 35,113 41,259 42,241

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.2 1.3

21.1 23.5 23.9 24.8 23.4 24.5

0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1

53.1 50.6 50.0 50.8 52.9 51.4

23.6 23.8 24.2 22.7 22.3 22.6

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Disability Research file, 100 percent data. NOTES: Data for the initial and reconsideration levels are current through June 2011. Data for the hearing level or above are current through October 2011. Because a number of applications remain pending for more recent years, the numbers and percentages will change over time. Applications with a medical decision may be pending a final nonmedical decision or be subsequently denied for nonmedical reasons. Data include decisions for Social Security–only applications and applications for both Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI); they do not include SSI-only claims. Data from 1992 through 1998 are available for disabled workers only. a. Applicant has an impairment resulting from drug addiction or alcoholism, provided insufficient medical evidence, failed to cooperate, failed to follow prescribed treatment, did not want to continue development of the claim, or returned to substantial work before disability could be established. Also includes cases denied at or above the hearing level for which the basis of determination is not available. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Disabled Beneficiaries Receiving Social Security, SSI, or Both

Disabled Beneficiaries Receiving Social Security, SSI, or Both Chart 12. Social Security and SSI beneficiaries aged 18–64 receiving benefits on the basis of disability, December 2011 In December 2011, about 12.4 million people aged 18–64 received benefits on the basis of disability. More than 61 percent (7.6 million) received benefits from the Social Security program only, over 27 percent (3.4 million) received benefits from the Supplemental Security Income program (SSI) only, and over 11 percent (1.4 million) received benefits from both programs.

Social Security only 7.6 million

Concurrent 1.4 million

SSI only 3.4 million

Total, 12.4 million SOURCE: Table 65. NOTE: Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of the rounded components.


Disabled Beneficiaries Receiving Social Security, SSI, or Both Table 65. Number aged 18–64, by program, December 1996–2011 Social Security only Year

Total

Total

Workers Widow(er)s

Both Social Security and SSI

Adult children

SSI only

Total

Workers Widow(er)s

Adult children

Number 1996 1997 1998 1999

7,689,664 7,811,748 8,086,259 8,399,309

4,122,152 4,250,155 4,440,264 4,703,774

-----

-----

-----

2,559,750 2,550,105 2,618,615 2,650,586

1,007,762 1,011,488 1,027,380 1,044,949

-----

-----

-----

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

8,599,465 8,791,338 9,106,014 9,445,573 9,773,201

4,850,835 4,979,844 5,228,262 5,492,325 5,756,093

-4,495,477 4,738,246 4,997,137 5,257,314

-87,833 87,900 87,203 89,874

-396,534 402,116 407,985 408,905

2,690,446 2,732,020 2,768,782 2,811,647 2,850,815

1,058,184 1,079,474 1,108,970 1,141,601 1,166,293

-772,562 801,351 833,269 858,850

-35,222 34,671 34,101 33,072

-271,690 272,948 274,231 274,371

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

10,081,625 10,362,419 10,627,905 10,974,914 11,451,980

5,998,755 6,210,289 6,405,985 6,641,818 7,000,692

5,491,980 5,698,494 5,888,133 6,115,214 6,462,635

86,422 85,259 83,481 82,100 82,167

420,353 426,536 434,371 444,504 455,890

2,880,931 2,928,034 2,966,648 3,040,764 3,138,143

1,201,939 1,224,096 1,255,272 1,292,332 1,313,145

893,437 915,832 942,011 971,455 989,094

32,302 31,443 30,876 30,608 29,991

276,200 276,821 282,385 290,269 294,060

2010 2011

11,988,072 12,373,698

7,356,565 7,596,688

6,810,060 7,092,419

82,369 81,922

464,136 422,347

3,262,055 3,395,233

1,369,452 1,381,777

1,035,969 1,060,694

30,216 30,173

303,267 290,910

Total monthly benefits

a

(millions of dollars)

1996 1997 1998 1999

4,878 5,106 5,379 5,680

3,072 3,245 3,444 3,691

-----

-----

-----

1,222 1,257 1,313 1,346

584 604 622 643

-----

-----

-----

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

6,058 6,509 6,920 7,416 7,980

3,975 4,299 4,629 5,024 5,464

-3,976 4,294 4,674 5,096

-65 67 69 72

-258 268 281 296

1,408 1,491 1,544 1,603 1,686

675 719 747 790 829

-530 554 592 626

-22 22 22 22

-167 171 176 180

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

8,604 9,172 9,734 10,566 11,155

5,974 6,439 6,817 7,499 7,924

5,584 6,029 6,389 7,035 7,447

75 77 77 81 82

315 334 351 383 396

1,724 1,778 1,886 1,973 2,122

906 955 1,031 1,094 1,108

696 739 805 853 863

22 23 23 24 24

187 193 203 217 221

2010 2011

11,765 12,526

8,392 9,037

7,902 8,562

83 86

407 390

2,219 2,299

1,154 1,189

902 941

24 24

229 224 (Continued)


Disabled Beneficiaries Receiving Social Security, SSI, or Both Table 65. Number aged 18–64, by program, December 1996–2011—Continued Social Security only Year

Total

Total

Workers Widow(er)s

Adult children

Both Social Security and SSI SSI only

Average monthly benefit

b

Total

Workers Widow(er)s

Adult children

(dollars)

1996 1997 1998 1999

624.80 637.80 649.90 662.50

744.60 762.80 775.00 784.10

-----

-----

-----

456.00 458.10 467.90 477.60

546.90 557.10 564.30 576.70

-----

-----

-----

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

689.30 722.80 744.40 768.50 796.80

818.80 862.60 884.60 914.10 947.80

-883.70 905.40 934.80 967.80

-744.80 764.40 790.80 804.80

-650.00 666.00 687.30 722.50

489.00 506.80 522.50 533.50 545.90

594.90 615.20 625.20 638.20 655.20

-618.40 626.90 639.90 657.10

-595.10 608.30 620.90 639.10

-608.70 622.20 635.10 651.40

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

832.80 867.90 892.70 940.40 952.10

993.70 1,036.50 1,063.70 1,128.50 1,131.30

1,014.50 1,057.60 1,084.50 1,149.80 1,151.70

863.10 900.00 928.80 991.10 996.80

748.10 781.70 807.00 860.60 867.20

558.20 578.30 595.80 607.70 635.30

675.90 697.40 713.90 746.80 744.90

677.70 699.20 715.60 749.70 745.70

659.90 680.70 700.50 733.70 736.20

672.30 693.20 709.90 738.60 742.80

2010 2011

959.00 990.30

1,140.80 1,189.60

1,160.40 1,207.20

1,005.20 1,047.30

877.00 922.60

636.90 633.70

744.20 762.50

745.00 764.00

737.00 753.10

742.20 758.10

SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record and Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data. NOTES: Supplemental Security Income (SSI) counts include recipients of federal SSI, federally administered state supplementation, or both. Social Security beneficiaries who are entitled to a primary and a secondary benefit (dual entitlement) are counted only once in this table. -- = not available. a. Includes retroactive SSI payments. b. Excludes retroactive payments for both programs. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Disabled Beneficiaries Receiving Social Security, SSI, or Both Table 66. Number aged 18–64 receiving Social Security benefits, and the number also receiving SSI and their average SSI benefit, by state or other area, December 2011 Total


Total

Number benefit a with SSI (dollars)

8,978,465 1,381,777

Workers

Average SSI Total

Widow(er)s

Average SSI

Adult children Average SSI

Number benefit a Total with SSI (dollars)


Average SSI


229.60 8,153,113 1,060,694

213.20 112,095

30,173

225.90 713,257 290,910

289.00


235,017 13,396 154,077 142,439 726,648

36,349 2,125 17,310 22,037 191,901

206.30 202.00 215.80 207.40 285.00

215,040 12,298 142,843 131,157 653,774

26,828 1,711 13,378 16,628 151,715

186.90 187.30 200.30 187.70 263.90

3,579 159 1,534 1,946 8,922

1,029 34 328 580 3,492

196.70 165.10 209.90 195.20 297.90

16,398 939 9,700 9,336 63,952

8,492 380 3,604 4,829 36,694

267.90 270.20 273.50 275.90 369.80


102,004 84,178 27,372

13,471 10,493 2,953

207.40 216.60 209.90

95,216 75,721 25,338

11,004 8,076 2,307

195.70 198.80 194.60

820 680 241

183 232 46

200.50 250.90 220.60

5,968 7,777 1,793

2,284 2,185 600

263.30 278.40 266.80

14,405 529,464

3,009 68,581

248.80 211.50

12,983 489,320

2,425 53,017

233.70 196.50

160 5,618

69 1,420

267.10 212.50

1,262 34,526

515 14,144

317.50 267.10


274,108 24,388 41,949 302,042 206,063

40,119 3,325 6,298 39,887 25,327

203.50 291.70 211.90 224.80 217.70

250,532 22,043 38,631 269,359 188,169

29,579 2,392 5,014 30,233 20,125

187.80 249.20 196.40 210.70 206.00

3,744 309 394 3,573 2,294

1,088 65 76 902 445

198.20 251.00 193.10 225.70 207.70

19,832 2,036 2,924 29,110 15,600

9,452 868 1,208 8,752 4,757

252.10 410.40 276.60 273.30 267.10


78,532 75,379 216,265 163,597 59,812

12,367 10,676 37,472 29,044 9,978

222.10 210.00 214.10 224.50 213.10

70,853 69,147 196,610 142,870 54,944

9,831 8,467 28,262 20,128 7,653

211.20 196.10 194.30 204.00 192.70

633 718 4,164 3,798 587

165 162 1,290 1,014 172

193.80 210.00 227.60 204.40 179.40

7,046 5,514 15,491 16,929 4,281

2,371 2,047 7,920 7,902 2,153

268.40 266.20 281.70 278.60 287.10


127,916 204,554 355,343 125,637 137,223

16,672 38,939 54,416 17,628 23,552

214.10 236.10 225.40 213.90 211.50

116,667 185,990 319,747 115,103 123,400

13,143 30,942 41,580 14,176 16,435

204.90 218.30 210.80 202.30 185.30

1,245 1,770 4,092 677 2,431

273 673 919 163 833

198.40 263.00 215.80 229.50 201.70

10,004 16,794 31,504 9,857 11,392

3,256 7,324 11,917 3,289 6,284

251.80 308.40 276.50 262.00 280.50


219,115 28,142 43,067 59,074 47,139

30,576 4,406 6,504 6,125 4,730

215.30 217.40 208.70 200.40 212.20

201,356 25,892 39,210 55,579 44,038

23,815 3,494 5,051 5,068 3,688

200.70 206.00 193.40 192.10 193.20

2,610 297 330 624 290

683 74 82 113 42

224.60 228.80 223.60 217.90 231.40

15,149 1,953 3,527 2,871 2,811

6,078 838 1,371 944 1,000

270.30 263.50 263.00 241.70 280.10


203,076 62,842 538,439 330,240 15,187

25,869 10,531 103,483 43,077 2,150

218.70 209.30 268.20 204.60 215.50

183,637 57,877 481,671 304,378 13,586

19,776 8,273 77,527 31,979 1,619

202.40 195.40 249.00 188.00 202.70

1,846 738 6,128 3,522 104

474 216 2,126 1,040 31

221.80 201.30 258.10 199.50 230.50

17,593 4,227 50,640 22,340 1,497

5,619 2,042 23,830 10,058 500

275.10 266.10 330.80 257.40 255.10


353,077 128,488 105,699 411,665 37,252

56,287 18,241 15,144 60,312 6,174

224.40 216.50 202.60 228.60 207.90

317,128 117,781 97,143 372,029 34,183

44,906 14,281 12,135 46,114 4,872

212.50 204.10 188.70 214.00 188.20

4,998 1,905 1,207 5,014 312

1,289 440 250 1,285 106

231.80 210.20 221.10 221.50 230.00

30,951 8,802 7,349 34,622 2,757

10,092 3,520 2,759 12,913 1,196

275.40 266.70 261.70 280.50 285.70 (Continued)


Disabled Beneficiaries Receiving Social Security, SSI, or Both Table 66. Number aged 18–64 receiving Social Security benefits, and the number also receiving SSI and their average SSI benefit, by state or other area, December 2011—Continued Total

State or area

Total

Workers

Average SSI


Total

Widow(er)s

Average SSI

Adult children Average SSI



Average SSI



178,182 19,281 251,416 577,619 46,719

20,896 3,080 36,447 88,722 5,762

211.90 219.80 211.50 213.40 220.90

163,423 17,499 230,160 525,509 42,689

14,929 2,272 27,139 67,734 4,560

197.70 201.60 196.40 197.00 205.30

2,319 147 3,811 9,112 393

658 51 1,186 2,378 82

194.30 248.10 208.50 200.80 245.90

12,440 1,635 17,445 42,998 3,637

5,309 757 8,122 18,610 1,120

253.20 271.50 261.40 273.80 281.30


22,689 215,202 173,763 102,408 160,654 12,817

4,576 27,782 24,679 15,769 24,785 1,674

228.80 214.30 208.00 218.50 211.90 214.20

20,758 196,430 159,532 91,311 145,889 11,873

3,610 20,653 20,014 11,326 19,427 1,344

213.20 198.40 195.40 199.50 197.60 201.00

186 2,559 1,825 2,282 1,156 124

62 631 354 538 297 30

179.10 210.90 208.20 208.50 238.90 250.80

1,745 16,213 12,406 8,815 13,609 820

904 6,498 4,311 3,905 5,061 300

294.50 264.20 265.20 274.70 264.80 270.00

Outlying areas b

213,405

67

296.90

184,797

39

227.70

4,168

2

367.00

24,440

26

395.30

SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record and Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data. NOTE: Supplemental Security Income (SSI) counts include recipients of federal SSI, federally administered state supplementation, or both. Social Security beneficiaries who are entitled to a primary and a secondary benefit (dual entitlement) are counted only once in this table. a. Excludes retroactive payments. b. Includes American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and foreign countries. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Disabled Beneficiaries Receiving Social Security, SSI, or Both Table 67. Number aged 18–64 as a percentage of the resident population aged 18–64, by state, December 2011 Beneficiaries a

Number


196,263,504

12,159,875

6.2


3,003,011 476,064 3,935,556 1,798,406 24,021,369

314,282 19,631 202,126 186,071 1,158,004

10.5 4.1 5.1 10.3 4.8


3,310,888 2,261,936 569,003 442,483 11,702,916

132,645 111,529 34,382 28,429 705,839

4.0 4.9 6.0 6.4 6.0


6,247,840 867,662 954,436 8,130,367 4,061,232

379,244 36,100 54,662 433,172 263,791

6.1 4.2 5.7 5.3 6.5


1,880,201 1,764,655 2,756,550 2,884,200 842,752

100,120 96,183 309,770 244,833 76,800

5.3 5.5 11.2 8.5 9.1


3,752,166 4,260,632 6,191,220 3,365,567 1,840,202

179,936 287,821 484,013 164,727 190,876

4.8 6.8 7.8 4.9 10.4


3,743,915 624,393 1,132,194 1,720,069 853,834

283,323 36,495 54,875 77,086 56,560

7.6 5.8 4.8 4.5 6.6


5,569,985 1,280,430 12,514,495 6,090,022 434,181

270,523 88,311 802,957 425,264 18,763

4.9 6.9 6.4 7.0 4.3


7,203,415 2,337,695 2,455,031 8,000,162 677,623

502,732 172,976 142,576 583,785 51,784

7.0 7.4 5.8 7.3 7.6

State United States

Resident population

(Continued)


Disabled Beneficiaries Receiving Social Security, SSI, or Both Table 67. Number aged 18–64 as a percentage of the resident population aged 18–64, by state, December 2011—Continued Beneficiaries State

Resident population a

Number


2,940,114 502,273 4,031,566 16,007,914 1,677,692

229,309 24,897 336,835 821,116 60,155

7.8 5.0 8.4 5.1 3.6

406,291 5,231,995 4,383,408 1,169,600 3,592,939 360,954

29,385 280,261 242,847 146,668 209,507 15,899

7.2 5.4 5.5 12.5 5.8 4.4

South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record and Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data; Census Bureau, 2011 estimates of resident population. NOTES: Data exclude United States territories and other areas. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) counts include recipients of federal SSI, federally administered state supplementation, or both. Social Security beneficiaries who are entitled to a primary and a secondary benefit (dual entitlement) are counted only once in this table. a. Population estimates for the United States as of July 1, 2011, as reported by the Census Bureau. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Disabled Beneficiaries Receiving Social Security, SSI, or Both Table 68. Distribution of beneficiaries aged 18–64, by diagnostic group, December 2011 Social Security only Diagnostic group

Total

Workers Widow(er)s

Both Social Security and SSI Adult children

SSI only

Workers Widow(er)s

Adult children

Number Total Congenital anomalies Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases Infectious and parasitic diseases Injuries Mental disorders Autistic disorders Developmental disorders Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified Intellectual disability Mood disorders Organic mental disorders Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders Other mental disorders Neoplasms Diseases of the— Blood and blood-forming organs Circulatory system Digestive system Genitourinary system Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue Nervous system and sense organs Respiratory system Skin and subcutaneous tissue Other Unknown

12,373,698

7,092,419

81,922

422,347 3,395,233

1,060,694

30,173

290,910

56,994

11,712

101

7,736

29,421

3,097

32

4,895

384,376 169,788 442,685

242,528 101,409 307,163

5,272 675 2,062

1,634 1,141 6,987

94,807 48,128 89,101

36,214 17,137 32,911

2,419 367 674

1,502 931 3,787

85,055 37,526

7,675 4,312

12 29

10,512 1,718

56,178 27,263

3,482 2,326

2 23

7,194 1,855

51,917 1,373,477 1,880,494 457,140

3,725 228,354 1,048,029 248,417

19 3,305 13,750 2,073

1,691 201,020 18,913 12,886

42,138 662,806 561,357 142,759

2,102 131,823 215,561 40,668

6 3,404 5,140 808

2,236 142,765 17,744 9,529

780,580 547,379 301,114

311,170 260,549 234,328

2,717 2,893 1,728

30,522 12,780 1,259

299,696 198,163 45,988

113,600 59,519 16,494

1,315 1,338 430

21,560 12,137 887

38,291 837,303 174,898 178,790

17,899 623,618 123,754 127,731

152 7,071 1,114 748

1,125 2,346 483 1,148

13,982 149,439 35,670 34,733

3,869 51,298 13,159 13,180

57 2,153 328 236

1,207 1,378 390 1,014

2,776,146

2,153,963

25,964

3,933

398,079

184,366

6,747

3,094

1,114,677 308,476 26,338 31,669 318,585

690,304 205,802 17,850 17,741 104,386

5,516 4,136 164 127 2,294

49,181 620 208 1,021 53,483

261,809 71,645 5,577 10,214 116,280

76,584 24,453 2,336 1,704 14,811

1,627 1,258 39 25 1,745

29,656 562 164 837 25,586 (Continued)


Disabled Beneficiaries Receiving Social Security, SSI, or Both Table 68. Distribution of beneficiaries aged 18–64, by diagnostic group, December 2011—Continued Social Security only Diagnostic group

Total

Workers Widow(er)s

Both Social Security and SSI Adult children

SSI only

Workers Widow(er)s

Adult children

Percent Total Congenital anomalies Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases Infectious and parasitic diseases Injuries Mental disorders Autistic disorders Developmental disorders Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified Intellectual disability Mood disorders Organic mental disorders Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders Other mental disorders Neoplasms Diseases of the— Blood and blood-forming organs Circulatory system Digestive system Genitourinary system Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue Nervous system and sense organs Respiratory system Skin and subcutaneous tissue Other Unknown

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0.5

0.2

0.1

1.8

0.9

0.3

0.1

1.7

3.1 1.4 3.6

3.4 1.4 4.3

6.4 0.8 2.5

0.4 0.3 1.7

2.8 1.4 2.6

3.4 1.6 3.1

8.0 1.2 2.2

0.5 0.3 1.3

0.7 0.3

0.1 0.1

(L) (L)

2.5 0.4

1.7 0.8

0.3 0.2

(L) 0.1

2.5 0.6

0.4 11.1 15.2 3.7

0.1 3.2 14.8 3.5

(L) 4.0 16.8 2.5

0.4 47.6 4.5 3.1

1.2 19.5 16.5 4.2

0.2 12.4 20.3 3.8

(L) 11.3 17.0 2.7

0.8 49.1 6.1 3.3

6.3 4.4 2.4

4.4 3.7 3.3

3.3 3.5 2.1

7.2 3.0 0.3

8.8 5.8 1.4

10.7 5.6 1.6

4.4 4.4 1.4

7.4 4.2 0.3

0.3 6.8 1.4 1.4

0.3 8.8 1.7 1.8

0.2 8.6 1.4 0.9

0.3 0.6 0.1 0.3

0.4 4.4 1.1 1.0

0.4 4.8 1.2 1.2

0.2 7.1 1.1 0.8

0.4 0.5 0.1 0.3

22.4

30.4

31.7

0.9

11.7

17.4

22.4

1.1

9.0 2.5 0.2 0.3 2.6

9.7 2.9 0.3 0.3 1.5

6.7 5.0 0.2 0.2 2.8

11.6 0.1 (L) 0.2 12.7

7.7 2.1 0.2 0.3 3.4

7.2 2.3 0.2 0.2 1.4

5.4 4.2 0.1 0.1 5.8

10.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 8.8

SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record and Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data. NOTES: Supplemental Security Income (SSI) counts include recipients of federal SSI, federally administered state supplementation, or both. Social Security beneficiaries who are entitled to a primary and a secondary benefit (dual entitlement) are counted only once in this table. (L) = less than 0.05 percent. CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or [email protected].


Appendix and Glossary

Appendix: Sampling Variability Estimates based on sample data may differ from the figures that would have been obtained had all, rather than specified samples, of the records been used. These differences are termed sampling variability. The standard error is a measure of the sampling variability. About 68 percent of all possible probability samples selected with the same specifications will give estimates within one standard error of the figure obtained from a compilation of all records. Similarly, approximately 90 percent will give estimates within 1.645 standard errors, about 95 percent will give estimates within two standard errors, and about 99 percent will give estimates within two and one-half standard errors. The standard error of an estimate depends on the design elements such as the method of sampling, sample size, and the estimation process. Because of the large number of data cells tabulated from the sample files, it is not practical to calculate the standard error for every possible cell. However, standard errors for a large number of cells were estimated. These estimates were used to fit regression curves to provide estimates of approximate standard errors associated with tabulated counts and proportions. The tables showing the sampling variability provide a general order of magnitude for similar estimates from the various sample files. Table A-1 presents approximate standard errors for the estimated number of people from the 1 percent and the 10 percent files. The reliability of an estimated percentage depends on both the size of the percentage and on the size of the total on which the percentage is based. Data in Table A-2 provide approximate standard errors of the estimated percentage of people in the 1 percent and 10 percent files. The standard errors are expressed in percentage points, and the bases shown are in terms of inflated data.

Table A-1. Approximate standard errors of estimated number of people Size of estimate (inflated)

Standard error

1 percent file 500 1,000 2,500 5,000 7,500 10,000 25,000 50,000 75,000 100,000 250,000 500,000 750,000 1,000,000 5,000,000 10,000,000 25,000,000 50,000,000 75,000,000

250 300 500 800 900 1,100 1,700 2,400 3,000 3,400 5,400 7,800 9,600 11,100 25,800 36,900 57,700 76,100 82,900 10 percent file

100 500 1,000 5,000 10,000 50,000 100,000 500,000 1,000,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 5,000,000 10,000,000 20,000,000

30 70 100 225 300 700 1,000 2,200 3,200 4,300 5,300 6,500 8,500 9,300


Table A-2. Approximate standard errors of estimated percentage of people Size of base (inflated)

2 or 98 5 or 95

10 or 90

25 or 75

50

14.5 4.6 2.1 1.5 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 (L)

16.8 5.3 2.4 1.7 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 (L)

5.9 4.1 2.6 1.3 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.1 (L) (L) (L)

6.8 4.8 3.0 1.5 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 (L) (L)

1 percent file 1,000 10,000 50,000 100,000 500,000 1,000,000 5,000,000 10,000,000 50,000,000 100,000,000

4.7 1.5 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 (L) (L) (L)

7.3 2.3 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 (L) (L)

10.1 3.2 1.4 1.0 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 (L) (L)

10 percent file 500 1,000 2,500 10,000 50,000 100,000 500,000 1,000,000 5,000,000 10,000,000 50,000,000

1.9 1.3 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.1 (L) (L) (L) (L) (L)

3.0 2.1 1.3 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 (L) (L) (L)

4.1 2.9 1.8 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 (L) (L) (L)

NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent.


Glossary administrative law judge (ALJ). An official of the Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) Office of Hearings and Appeals who is specially qualified by education and experience to hold hearings and make independent decisions regarding eligibility for SSA programs on the basis of all evidence and testimony. ALJs conduct impartial hearings and issue decisions to claimants who have appealed previous determinations by SSA. See also administrative review process. administrative review process. The procedures followed by the Social Security Administration (SSA) in determining one’s rights under title II and title XVI of the Social Security Act. The administrative review process consists of several steps, which must usually be requested in the following order within certain time periods: initial determination, reconsideration, decision of the administrative law judge, and a review by SSA’s Appeals Council. age. In tables showing beneficiaries in current-payment status, the age classification is based on the beneficiary’s current age. In tables showing awards, age is the beneficiary’s age in the month of entitlement. allowance. A determination by the Disability Determination Services, an administrative law judge, or the Appeals Council that an applicant meets the medical definition of disability under the law. See also disability. allowance rate. The percentage of allowed disability applications in a given time period calculated as the number of medically allowed applications divided by the total number of applications with a medical decision. At the hearing level, allowance rates are computed either as a percentage of dispositions (including dismissals) or as a percentage of decisions (excluding dismissals). In this publication, hearing level allowance rates are computed as a percentage of dispositions. An allowance rate provides a narrower view of the disability program than does an award rate because it excludes nonmedical determinations from its base. Appeals Council. The organization within the Social Security Administration’s Office of Hearings and Appeals that makes the final decision in the administrative review process. See also administrative review process. auxiliary benefit. A monthly benefit payable to a spouse or child of a retired or disabled worker (dependents benefit) or to a survivor of a deceased worker (survivors benefit). average. See mean. average current earnings. Earnings used to determine whether the workers’ compensation or public disability benefit offset applies. Average current earnings are defined as the highest of the following: • The average monthly earnings used to figure a person’s Social Security disability benefit. • The average monthly earnings from any work covered by Social Security that a person did (including self-employment) during the 5 highest consecutive years after 1950. • The average monthly earnings from work or self-employment during the year a person became disabled or in the highest year of earnings that a person had during the 5-year period just before that person became disabled. (Divide the total year’s earnings by 12 to get the average current earnings.) All earnings covered by Social Security, including amounts above the maximum taxable by Social Security, may be used when figuring average current earnings. See also workers’ compensation and public disability benefit offset. average indexed monthly earnings (AIME). The amount of earnings used in determining the primary insurance amount (PIA) for most workers who attain age 62, become disabled, or die after 1978. A worker’s actual past earnings are adjusted by changes in the average wage index to bring them up to their approximately equivalent value at the time of eligibility for benefits. If the person attained age 62, became disabled, or died before 1979, the average monthly wage is used to calculate the PIA. See also primary insurance amount. average monthly wage (AMW). The dollar amount used in calculating a person’s monthly primary insurance amount (PIA) if that person attained age 62, became disabled, or died before 1979. The AMW is determined by dividing the total earnings in the “computation years” by the number of months in those same years. If the person attained age 62, became disabled or died after 1978, average indexed monthly earnings are used to calculate the PIA. See also primary insurance amount.


average wage index. The average amount of total wages for each year after 1950, including wages in noncovered employment and wages in covered employment in excess of the Social Security contribution and benefit base. Those average yearly amounts are used to index the earnings of most workers who first become eligible for benefits in 1979 or later and to make automatic adjustments in the contribution and benefit base, bend points, earnings test exempt amounts, and other wage-indexed amounts. award. An administrative determination that an individual is entitled to receive monthly benefits or a lump-sum death payment. Awards can represent not only new entrants to the benefit rolls but also persons already on the rolls who become entitled to a different type of benefit. See also conversion of benefits. award rate. The percentage of awarded applications in a given time period calculated as the number of awarded applications divided by the total number of applications decided, including technical denials and dismissals. An award rate provides a broader view of the program than does an allowance rate because an award rate includes as its base all applications decided. bend points. The dollar amounts defining the average indexed monthly earnings or primary insurance amount brackets in the benefit formulas. See also average indexed monthly earnings and primary insurance amount. beneficiary. A person who is entitled to Social Security benefits. The Social Security benefit may be either in current-payment status or withheld. benefits in force. The sum of the number of persons with benefits in current-payment status and the number of persons with benefits withheld. benefit termination. See termination. benefits withheld. See withholding. blind. Blindness, for Social Security purposes, means either central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with the use of a correcting lens, or a limitation in the fields of vision so that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle of 20 degrees or less (tunnel vision). child’s benefit. A monthly benefit payable to the children of a retired or disabled worker or of a deceased worker who died either fully or currently insured. Benefits are payable to unmarried children under age 18 (up to age 19 if attending elementary or secondary school full time) and to disabled children aged 18 or older who became disabled before age 22. Under certain circumstances, benefits can be paid to stepchildren, grandchildren, or adopted children. Benefits for disabled children may be continued if they marry certain other Social Security beneficiaries. closed period award. An administrative determination that an individual is entitled to receive benefits for a limited period of time. The determination is usually made after the period of entitlement has ended. cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). The annual increases in benefits, effective for December, reflecting the increase in the cost of living. The benefit increase equals the percentage increase in the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W) measured from the average over July, August, and September of the preceding year to the average for the same 3 months in the current year. If the increase is less than one-tenth of 1 percent, when rounded, there is no automatic increase for the current year; the increase for the next year would reflect the increase in the cost of living over a 2-year period. See also consumer price index. concurrent claim. A claim for both Title II (Social Security) and Title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) benefits. consumer price index (CPI). A measure of the average change in prices over time for a fixed group of goods and services; also considered a relative measure of inflation. The CPI-U is the price index for all urban consumers. The CPI-W is the price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers. In this report, all references to the CPI refer to the CPI-W. continuing disability review (CDR). A periodic review to determine if a disabled individual is still medically eligible to receive benefits. conversion of benefits. An award of benefits to persons already on the rolls whose benefits in one category are terminated but who become entitled to another type of benefit. Two frequent events causing conversions are 172 ♦ Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2011

the attainment of full retirement age by a disabled worker or a disabled widow(er) and the death of a retired or disabled worker. See also award. covered earnings and employment. All wages and self-employment income creditable for Social Security purposes. Most employment and self-employment is covered under the program. In a few situations, the employer elects coverage, for example, religious orders under a vow of poverty, foreign affiliates of U.S. employers, or state and local governments. Since July 1991, coverage is mandatory for state and local employees who are not participating in a public employee retirement system. current payment. Benefits paid for a given month, with or without deductions (provided the deductions are less than a full month’s benefit). The amounts shown are before the deduction of Medicare Part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) premiums. Benefits in current-payment status at the end of a month are usually payable the following month. dependents benefit. See auxiliary benefit. diagnostic group. Classification of impairments, by body system, that identifies the medical condition(s) on which disability-related benefits are based. Before 1985, the coding of the primary and secondary diagnoses for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income claimants was in accordance with the International Classification of Diseases: 9th Revision, Clinical Modification, 4th ed., using 4-digit ICD-9 codes. In 1985, the Social Security Administration (SSA) implemented a revised method to determine and enter impairment codes in administrative records. This revised approach provides for a modified impairment coding system, generally using 3 digits (followed by zero), loosely based on the ICD-9 codes. For research purposes, the ICD-9 codes and SSA impairment codes are, typically, not identical. However, the diagnostic groupings shown in the statistical tables closely parallel the major ICD-9 disease classifications. See also Listing of Impairments. disability. The inability to engage in substantial gainful activity (SGA) by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months. (Special rules apply for workers aged 55 or older whose disability is based on blindness. The 12-month requirement does not apply to SSI beneficiaries who are blind.) Individuals are considered to be disabled only if their physical or mental impairment(s) are of such severity that they are not only unable to do their previous work but cannot—because of their age, education, or work experience—engage in any other kind of SGA that exists in the national economy, regardless of whether such work exists in the immediate area in which they live, or whether a specific job vacancy exists for them, or whether they would be hired if they applied for work. The SGA criterion does not apply to children under age 18 in the Supplemental Security Income program. The standard for them is a medically determinable physical or mental impairment that results in marked and severe functional limitations. Disability Determination Service (DDS). The state agency responsible for developing medical evidence and rendering the initial determination and reconsideration on whether a claimant is disabled or a beneficiary continues to be disabled within the meaning of the law. Disability Insurance (DI) Trust Fund. See trust funds. disabled adult child. A disabled person aged 18 or older—a son, daughter, or eligible grandchild of a retired, deceased, or disabled worker—whose disability began before age 22. disabled adult child’s benefit. A monthly benefit payable to a disabled adult child. disabled widow(er)’s benefit. See widow(er)’s benefit. disabled-worker benefit. A monthly benefit payable to a disabled worker who has not reached full retirement age and who is insured for disability. Before November 1960, disability benefits were limited to disabled workers aged 50 to 64. drug addiction and alcoholism (DA&A). Conditions that, if determined a contributing factor material to the determination of disability, will prevent entitlement to disability benefits or mandate removal of persons from the program rolls.


dual entitlement. The entitlement of a beneficiary to both a worker (primary) benefit and a higher secondary benefit. The primary benefit is paid in full, but the secondary benefit is paid only in the amount by which it exceeds the primary benefit. If the two benefits are financed from the same trust fund, the beneficiary is usually represented only once in the statistics—as a retired-worker or a disabled-worker beneficiary—and the benefit amount recorded is the larger amount associated with the secondary benefit. If the benefits are paid from different trust funds, then the beneficiary is represented twice, with the respective benefit amounts recorded for each type of benefit. duration. A factor in the determination of disability. To be eligible for benefits, a claimant must have a disability that has lasted, or is expected to last, at least 12 months or is expected to end in death. See also sequential evaluation process. earnings test. The provision requiring the withholding of benefits if nondisabled beneficiaries under full retirement age have earnings in excess of certain exempt amounts. entitlement. The state of meeting the applicable requirements for receipt of benefits, including the filing of an application. An entitlement can be retroactive to before the month of application for benefits and, thus, precede the date of award. The retroactive period can be 12 months for disabled workers, their spouses and children, and disabled widow(er)s. The maximum retroactive period for other types of beneficiaries is 6 months. equals listing. A determination that a medical condition is equal in severity to the criteria in the Listing of Impairments. expedited appeals process. This process permits an individual to go directly to a federal district court after review of the initial determination without first completing the administrative review process, if the only dispute is whether an applicable provision of the Social Security Act is constitutional. See also administrative review process. expedited reinstatement of benefits. A provision of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. Effective January 1, 2001, if a person’s Social Security or SSI disability benefits have ended because of earnings from work and he or she becomes unable to work again within 60 months because of his or her impairment, he or she would be able to request reinstatement of benefits, including Medicare and Medicaid, without filing a new application. extended period of eligibility (EPE). The 36-month period after the completion of a trial work period for beneficiaries who continue to have a disabling condition and work. Monthly benefits are continued for 3 months after the trial work period and are then suspended if earnings are above the substantial gainful activity level. If earnings drop below the substantial gainful activity level during the EPE, monthly benefits may be resumed without a new application and disability determination. Medicare coverage continues throughout the EPE. See also trial work period and substantial gainful activity. father’s benefit. A monthly benefit payable to a widower or surviving divorced father if (1) the deceased worker on whose earnings record the benefit is paid was either fully or currently insured at the time of her death and (2) an entitled child of the worker is in his care and is under the age of 16 or disabled. federal court review. When an individual disagrees with the Social Security Administration’s final decision, he or she may request judicial review by filing a civil action in a federal district court. See also administrative review process. federally administered Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Federal SSI payments and state supplementation payments issued by the Social Security Administration on behalf of states. (This report does not cover state supplementation payments that are state administered.) full retirement age (FRA). The age at which a person may first become entitled to unreduced retirement benefits. Beginning in 2000, the FRA for a worker or spouse born in 1938 or later, or a widow(er) born in 1940 or later, will gradually increase from age 65 until it reaches age 67 in 2022. The higher FRA affects the benefit amount of persons who choose to receive reduced benefits. Also known as the normal retirement age (NRA). government pension offset (GPO). A law that affects spouse’s or widow(er)’s benefits. Benefits are subject to reduction by any government pensions payable to the spouse on the basis of his or her own earnings in noncovered employment. The offset reduces the Social Security benefit amount by two-thirds of the amount of the government pension. 174 ♦ Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2011

hearing. The level following reconsideration in the administrative review process. The hearing is a de novo procedure at which the claimant, the claimant’s representative, or both may appear in person, submit new evidence, examine the evidence used in making the determination under review, give testimony, and present and question witnesses. The hearing is on the record but is informal and nonadversarial. Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund. See trust funds. husband’s benefit. A monthly benefit payable to a husband or a divorced husband (aged 62 or older) of a retired or disabled worker. See also spouse’s benefit. impairment-related work expense (IRWE). The costs of items or services that a disabled person needs to work. The expenses, when paid by the beneficiary, are deducted from his or her gross earnings when determining if the work is considered substantial gainful activity. initial determination. The first decision made in determining eligibility for, and entitlement to, benefits. A Social Security field office employee makes the decision on nonmedical factors such as insured status, substantial gainful activity, income, and resources. If the nonmedical factors are met, a state Disability Determination Services employee makes the decision on the medical factors. See also administrative review process. insured status. The state or condition of having sufficient quarters of coverage to meet the eligibility requirements for retired-worker or disabled-worker benefits or to permit the worker’s spouse and children or survivors to establish eligibility for benefits in the event of the beneficiary’s disability, retirement, or death. See also quarters of overage. Listing of Impairments. Issued by the Social Security Administration and used to identify medical conditions for purposes of determining disability. See also diagnostic group. Master Beneficiary Record (MBR). The MBR contains the data needed to administer the Social Security benefit program. The MBR contains a record for each person who (1) is currently entitled to benefits, (2) is no longer receiving benefits but received them in the past, or (3) filed a claim for benefits but was denied (though the person may be appealing that decision). maximum family benefit. The maximum monthly amount that can be paid on a worker’s earnings record. Whenever the total of the individual monthly benefits payable to all the beneficiaries entitled on one earnings record exceeds the maximum, each dependents or survivors benefit is proportionately reduced to bring the total to within the maximum. Benefits payable to divorced spouses or surviving divorced spouses are not reduced under the family maximum provision. mean. An arithmetic mean is the sum of the observed data divided by the number of observations. Compare with median. median. A median is a figure that falls in the exact middle of a ranking of numbers in ascending or descending order. Compare with mean. medical listings. The common term for the Listing of Impairments. See also diagnostic group. Medicare. A nationwide, federally administered health insurance program that covers the cost of hospitalization, medical care, and some related services for most people over the age of 65, for people receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits for 2 years, and for people with end-stage renal disease. Medicare consists of two separate but coordinated programs—Part A (Hospital Insurance) and Part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance). Medicare eligibility based on disability. Medicare benefits are available 2 years after the disabled worker, disabled widow(er), or disabled adult child becomes eligible for benefits. meets listing. A physical or mental impairment that meets the criteria in the Listing of Impairments and is sufficient to establish disability. This determination is made at the third step in the sequential evaluation process. See also sequential evaluation process. monthly benefit. In this report, “monthly benefit” refers to the monthly benefit credited (MBC), which is derived as follows: 1. Subtract the Medicare premium from the monthly benefit amount (MBA). 2. Round the result down to the nearest whole dollar. Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2011 ♦ 175

3. Add back the Medicare premium to the rounded result from 2 above. For example, if a monthly benefit amount is $968.20 and the corresponding Medicare premium is $88.50, then the MBC is $967.50 ($968.20 - $88.50 = $879.70 rounded down to $879.00 + $88.50 = $967.50). monthly benefit amount (MBA). The amount payable after reduction, if necessary, for age, family maximum, and other reasons but before any deduction for Medicare (Part B) premiums. mother’s benefit. A monthly benefit payable to a widow or surviving divorced mother if (1) the deceased worker on whose earnings record the benefit is paid was either fully or currently insured at the time of his death and (2) an entitled child of the worker is in her care and is under age 16 or disabled. nonsevere impairment. An impairment that does not significantly limit a person’s physical or mental ability to perform basic work activities. Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund. See trust funds. Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI). The programs under the Social Security Act that pay for (1) monthly benefits to retired workers and their spouses and children and to survivors of deceased insured workers (OASI) and (2) monthly benefits to disabled workers and their spouses and children and for rehabilitation services provided to the disabled (DI). other work. Work that exists in the national economy, other than the work a person has done previously. parent’s benefit. A monthly benefit payable to a dependent parent (aged 62 or older) of a deceased, fully insured worker. period of disability. A continuous period of at least 5 months, during which a person is entitled to disability benefits. poverty thresholds. The poverty thresholds are a series of income levels, with different values for family units of different sizes, below which the family units are considered poor. The thresholds are used mainly for statistical purposes in calculating official poverty population figures. They are issued annually by the Census Bureau in the Current Population Reports series. The thresholds are adjusted annually for price changes using the annual average consumer price index for all urban consumers (CPI-U). prevalence. The percentage of a population receiving benefits at a specified time. For Social Security disability benefits, prevalence is expressed as a percentage of the population insured for Disability Insurance. primary insurance amount (PIA). The monthly amount payable to a retired worker who begins to receive benefits at full retirement age or to a disabled worker who has never received a retirement benefit reduced for age. This amount, which is derived from the worker’s average monthly wage or average indexed monthly earnings, is also used as a base for computing all types of benefits payable on the basis of one individual’s earnings record. prototype process. A disability redesign model being tested in 10 states that represent about 20 percent to 25 percent of the national disability claims workload. Implementation of the Prototype Process began on October 1, 1999, in Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and in parts of California and New York (expanded to all of New York in April 2001). This model includes • use of a single decision maker—a new position that gives the disability examiner authority to determine eligibility without requiring physician input in most cases, • use of a predecision claimant conference, • use of an enhanced decision explanation, and • elimination of the reconsideration step of the appeals process. provisional benefits. An individual whose prior disability entitlement terminated because of SGA and who requests expedited reinstatement (EXR) may receive up to 6 months of cash payments and Medicare benefits while a decision is being made. public disability benefit (PDB). A benefit paid under a federal, state, or local government law or plan that pays for conditions that are not job related. Examples are civil service disability benefits, military disability ben-


efits, state temporary disability benefits, and state or local government retirement benefits that are based on disability. See also workers’ compensation and public disability benefit offset. quarters of coverage (QC). Basic unit of measurement for determining insured status. In 2006, a worker receives one quarter of coverage (up to a total of four) for each $970 of annual covered earnings. The amount of earnings required for a quarter of coverage is subject to annual automatic increases in proportion to increases in average earnings. See also insured status. reconsideration. An independent reexamination of all evidence on record related to a case. It is based on the evidence submitted for the initial determination plus any further evidence and information that the claimant or the claimant’s representative may submit in connection with the reconsideration. Different employees than the ones who made the initial determination make a reconsideration determination. See also administrative review process. relevant past work. Work that a person did before filing for disability benefits. representative payee. A person designated by the Social Security Administration to receive monthly benefit checks on behalf of a beneficiary who is unable to manage his or her own funds. A beneficiary under age 18 is generally considered incapable of managing benefit payments, and a representative payee will be selected to receive benefits on the beneficiary’s behalf. retired-worker (old-age) benefit. A monthly benefit payable to a fully insured retired worker aged 62 or older. secondary benefit. An additional monthly benefit payable to a spouse or child of a retired or disabled worker, or to a survivor of a deceased worker who also receives a primary benefit as a disabled or retired worker. See also dual entitlement. self-employment. Operation of a trade or business by an individual or by a partnership in which an individual is a member. sequential evaluation process. The five-step process used in determining whether an individual meets the definition of disability as defined in the law. spouse’s benefit. A monthly benefit payable to a spouse or a divorced spouse of a retired or disabled worker under one of the following conditions: 1.

The spouse is aged 62 or older or has an entitled child of the worker in his or her care who is under age 16 or is disabled, or

2.

The divorced spouse is aged 62 or older and was married to the worker for 10 years before the divorce became final, or

3.

The spouse is a deemed spouse (including a divorced deemed spouse) who entered into an invalid ceremonial marriage in good faith.

state agency. A common term for Disability Determination Services, the state agency that makes the initial and reconsideration determinations of whether a claimant is disabled or a beneficiary continues to be disabled within the meaning of the law. statutory blindness. See blind. student benefit. Child’s benefit payable to a full-time unmarried elementary or secondary school student aged 18-19. Student benefits end at age 19 or the month after the last month of full time attendance, whichever is first. See also child’s benefit. substantial gainful activity (SGA). Describes a level of work activity that is productive and yields or usually yields remuneration or profit. The Social Security Administration’s regulations establish a dollar amount to indicate whether a person’s work is substantial. Supplemental Security Income (SSI). A federal program for low-income aged, blind, and disabled individuals who meet income and resource requirements. It replaced the former federal/state programs of Old-Age Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled. SSI is funded by general tax revenues, not Social Security taxes. survivors benefit. See auxiliary benefit. suspended benefit. See withholding. Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2011 ♦ 177

technical entitlement. Occurs when a beneficiary is entitled to benefits on more than one earnings record but is eligible to receive payments on only one earnings record. There are two types of technical entitlement: • Simultaneous technical entitlement. Beneficiary is entitled to the same type of benefit on more than one earnings record. • Potential dual entitlement. Beneficiary is entitled to different types of benefits and the secondary benefit amount exceeds the primary benefit, but reduction for age or family maximum causes the primary benefit to exceed the secondary benefit amount. termination. Cessation of payment of a specific type of benefit because the beneficiary is no longer entitled to receive it. For example, benefits might terminate as a result of the death of the beneficiary, the recovery of a disabled beneficiary, or the attainment of age 18 by a child beneficiary. In some cases, the individual may become immediately entitled to another type of benefit (such as the conversion of a disabled-worker benefit at full retirement age to a retired-worker benefit). Title II benefits. Refers to benefits administered by the Social Security Administration under the federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. See also trust funds. Title XVI benefits. Refers to benefits administered by the Social Security Administration under the Supplemental Security Income program. See also Supplemental Security Income. trial work period (TWP). A 9-month trial work period during which monthly benefits continue for beneficiaries who are still disabled but return to work. If the disability ends after completion of the trial work period, monthly benefits are continued for an additional 3 months, and then entitlement is terminated. A disabled beneficiary would exhaust the trial work period only if services were performed in any 9 months within a period of 60 consecutive months. For a discussion of procedures when the disabling condition continues, see extended period of eligibility. trust funds. Separate accounts in the Treasury in which are deposited the taxes received under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act and the Self-Employment Contributions Act, contributions resulting from coverage of state and local government employees, any sums received under the financial interchange with the railroad retirement account, voluntary hospital and medical insurance premiums, and transfers of federal general revenues. Funds not withdrawn for current monthly or service benefits, the financial interchange, and administrative expenses are invested in interest-bearing federal securities, as required by law; the interest earned is also deposited in the trust funds. • Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI). The trust fund used for paying monthly benefits to retired-worker (old-age) beneficiaries and their spouses and children and to survivors of deceased insured workers, including most disabled adult children and disabled widow(er)s. • Disability Insurance (DI). The trust fund used for paying monthly benefits to disabled-worker beneficiaries and their spouses and children and for providing rehabilitation services to the disabled. • Hospital Insurance (HI). The trust fund used for paying part of the costs of inpatient hospital services and related care for aged and disabled individuals who meet the eligibility requirements. • Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI). The trust fund used for paying part of the costs of physician’s services, outpatient hospital services, and other related medical and health services for voluntarily enrolled aged and disabled individuals. usual work. See relevant past work. vocational considerations. Age, education, and work experience, which are considered at the final step of the sequential evaluation process. wages. All payment for services performed for an employer. Wages do not have to be cash. The cash value of all compensation paid to an employee in any form other than cash is also considered wages (unless the form of payment is specifically not covered under the Social Security Act). widow(er)’s benefit. Monthly benefit payable to a widow(er) or surviving divorced widow(er) of a worker fully insured at the time of death, if he or she is (1) aged 60 or older or (2) aged 50–59 and has been disabled throughout a waiting period of 5 consecutive calendar months that began no later than 7 years after the


month in which the worker died or after the end of his or her entitlement to benefits as a widowed mother or father. A surviving divorced widow(er)’s marriage to a worker must have lasted 10 years before the divorce became final. Effective for benefits payable after December 1983, benefits are continued for disabled widow(er)s and surviving divorced widow(er)s who remarry after the age of first eligibility for benefits. Effective January 1991, benefits may be payable to a deemed widow(er), including a divorced deemed widow(er). A deemed widow(er) is a person who entered into an invalid ceremonial marriage in good faith. wife’s benefit. A monthly benefit payable to a wife or divorced wife of a retired or disabled worker. See also spouse’s benefit. withholding. Temporarily stopping benefit payments until the condition or conditions causing the suspension are known to have ended. The suspension does not affect eligibility for Medicare benefits. work credits. See quarters of coverage. worker. A person who has earnings creditable for Social Security purposes on the basis of services for wages in covered employment or on the basis of income from covered self-employment. workers’ compensation and public disability benefit offset. A requirement that reduces the benefits to a disabled worker and dependents if the worker also receives workers’ compensation (WC) or other public disability benefits (PDB). The reduction continues until the month the worker reaches age 65 or the month the WC/ PDB payments stop, whichever comes first.


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