U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2000
 
All Disabled Beneficiaries in Current-Payment Status
Table 4.
Diagnostic group, by sex, December 2000
Diagnostic group Total Workers Widow(er)s Adult children
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
All disabled beneficiaries
Total beneficiaries 5,972,468 n.a. 5,042,333 n.a. 201,446 n.a. 728,689 n.a.
Total with diagnosis 5,652,157 100.0 4,959,682 100.0 196,571 100.0 495,904 100.0
Infectious and parasitic diseases 102,391 1.8 97,919 2.0 1,677 0.9 2,795 0.6
Neoplasms 142,375 2.5 136,404 2.8 4,225 2.1 1,746 0.4
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 267,826 4.7 244,456 4.9 20,617 10.5 2,753 0.6
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs 14,132 0.3 12,070 0.2 349 0.2 1,713 0.3
Mental disorders
Mental retardation 567,151 10.0 257,601 5.2 9,625 4.9 299,925 60.5
Other mental disorders 1,486,022 26.3 1,361,157 27.4 41,272 21.0 83,593 16.9
Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs 550,741 9.7 479,246 9.7 13,816 7.0 57,679 11.6
Diseases of the circulatory system 559,027 9.9 532,998 10.7 23,037 11.7 2,992 0.6
Diseases of the respiratory system 178,279 3.2 166,054 3.3 11,334 5.8 891 0.2
Diseases of the digestive system 72,345 1.3 69,735 1.4 2,109 1.1 501 0.1
Diseases of the genitourinary system 88,069 1.6 84,687 1.7 1,711 0.9 1,671 0.3
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue 13,103 0.2 12,351 0.2 515 0.3 237 a
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 1,207,914 21.4 1,152,231 23.2 51,593 26.2 4,090 0.8
Congenital anomalies 14,641 0.3 8,540 0.2 263 0.1 5,838 1.2
Injuries 244,231 4.3 231,066 4.7 5,041 2.6 8,124 1.6
Other 143,910 2.5 113,167 2.3 9,387 4.8 21,356 4.3
Men
Total with diagnosis 3,083,477 100.0 2,799,719 100.0 4,986 100.0 278,772 100.0
Infectious and parasitic diseases 76,647 2.5 75,065 2.7 79 1.6 1,503 0.5
Neoplasms 68,432 2.2 67,303 2.4 124 2.5 1,005 0.4
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 101,060 3.3 99,459 3.6 249 5.0 1,352 0.5
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs 6,687 0.2 5,799 0.2 9 0.2 879 0.3
Mental disorders
Mental retardation 337,617 10.9 173,193 6.2 252 5.1 164,172 58.9
Other mental disorders 783,316 25.4 729,135 26.0 852 17.1 53,329 19.1
Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs 281,081 9.1 249,625 8.9 318 6.4 31,138 11.2
Diseases of the circulatory system 369,453 12.0 366,900 13.1 932 18.7 1,621 0.6
Diseases of the respiratory system 88,417 2.9 87,706 3.1 291 5.8 420 0.2
Diseases of the digestive system 38,749 1.3 38,425 1.4 67 1.3 257 0.1
Diseases of the genitourinary system 52,514 1.7 51,597 1.8 68 1.4 849 0.3
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue 5,253 0.2 5,141 0.2 11 0.2 101 a
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 625,933 20.3 623,017 22.3 1,183 23.7 1,733 0.6
Congenital anomalies 7,650 0.2 4,565 0.2 8 0.2 3,077 1.1
Injuries 172,300 5.6 166,364 5.9 244 4.9 5,692 2.0
Other 68,368 2.2 56,425 2.0 299 6.0 11,644 4.2
Women
Total with diagnosis 2,568,680 100.0 2,159,963 100.0 191,585 100.0 217,132 100.0
Infectious and parasitic diseases 25,744 1.0 22,854 1.1 1,598 0.8 1,292 0.6
Neoplasms 73,943 2.9 69,101 3.2 4,101 2.1 741 0.3
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 166,766 6.5 144,997 6.7 20,368 10.6 1,401 0.6
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs 7,445 0.3 6,271 0.3 340 0.2 834 0.4
Mental disorders
Mental retardation 229,534 8.9 84,408 3.9 9,373 4.9 135,753 62.5
Other mental disorders 702,706 27.4 632,022 29.3 40,420 21.1 30,264 13.9
Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs 269,660 10.5 229,621 10.6 13,498 7.0 26,541 12.2
Diseases of the circulatory system 189,574 7.4 166,098 7.7 22,105 11.5 1,371 0.6
Diseases of the respiratory system 89,862 3.5 78,348 3.6 11,043 5.8 471 0.2
Diseases of the digestive system 33,596 1.3 31,310 1.4 2,042 1.1 244 0.1
Diseases of the genitourinary system 35,555 1.4 33,090 1.5 1,643 0.9 822 0.4
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue 7,850 0.3 7,210 0.3 504 0.3 136 0.1
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 581,981 22.7 529,214 24.5 50,410 26.3 2,357 1.1
Congenital anomalies 6,991 0.3 3,975 0.2 255 0.1 2,761 1.3
Injuries 71,931 2.8 64,702 3.0 4,797 2.5 2,432 1.1
Other 75,542 2.9 56,742 2.6 9,088 4.7 9,712 4.5
SOURCE: Social Security Disabled Beneficiaries 100 percent file.
NOTE: n.a. = not applicable.
a. Less than 0.05 percent.
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