Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program

Awards to Disabled Workers
Table 18.
By diagnostic group, 1960-2000
Year ^a,b	Total number	Total with diagnosis	Infectious and parasitic diseases ^c	Neoplasms	Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases	Diseases of blood and blood-forming organs	Mental disorders ^d
Year ^a,b	Total number	Total with diagnosis	Infectious and parasitic diseases ^c	Neoplasms	Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases	Diseases of blood and blood-forming organs	All mental disorders	Mental retardation	Other mental disorders
1960	207,805	179,419	10,903	17,739	5,406	442	17,287	n.a.	n.a.
1961	279,758	241,060	15,153	23,103	7,070	566	26,864	n.a.	n.a.
1962	286,434	286,434	15,271	27,632	9,383	739	37,315	n.a.	n.a.
1963	224,229	224,229	10,859	25,042	7,563	597	24,526	n.a.	n.a.

1967	310,947	310,947	10,945	33,358	10,743	n.a.	35,344	n.a.	n.a.
1968	330,783	330,783	10,360	36,560	11,359	n.a.	41,894	n.a.	n.a.
1969	344,741	344,741	9,828	35,740	12,169	n.a.	43,225	n.a.	n.a.

1970	350,384	350,384	8,760	36,095	13,141	n.a.	38,406	n.a.	n.a.
1971	415,897	415,897	8,524	39,629	15,823	1,043	42,687	n.a.	n.a.
1972	455,438	455,398	8,627	43,667	17,352	1,155	45,253	n.a.	n.a.
1973	491,776	491,776	7,957	50,644	18,131	1,347	47,014	n.a.	n.a.

1975	592,049	592,049	7,579	59,852	23,176	1,491	67,213	n.a.	n.a.
1976	551,460	551,460	6,049	57,656	20,966	2,039	63,667	n.a.	n.a.
1977	568,874	568,874	5,807	59,833	21,725	1,516	70,825	n.a.	n.a.
1978	464,415	464,415	4,512	54,878	16,855	1,236	54,329	n.a.	n.a.

1981	351,847	345,243	2,596	56,410	14,768	942	36,318	n.a.	n.a.
1982	298,531	298,531	2,312	50,999	13,187	808	31,531	n.a.	n.a.
1983	311,490	311,488	6,730	52,379	14,904	958	50,633	n.a.	n.a.
1984	357,140	335,221	3,185	59,104	14,418	904	64,078	n.a.	n.a.

1985	377,371	345,619	2,985	55,120	16,976	890	68,610	n.a.	n.a.
1986	416,865	399,922	2,736	53,176	21,260	1,186	123,983	n.a.	n.a.
1987	415,848	397,096	4,676	55,339	21,114	1,205	81,241	n.a.	n.a.
1988	409,490	409,490	2,802	53,944	14,513	1,419	85,756	n.a.	n.a.
1989	425,582	425,582	3,773	60,352	14,279	1,524	88,500	n.a.	n.a.

1990	467,977	467,977	22,023	65,939	16,255	1,734	105,173	n.a.	n.a.
1991	536,434	536,434	28,245	69,244	19,931	1,904	126,184	n.a.	n.a.
1992	636,637	636,637	39,253	77,175	29,904	2,277	164,093	n.a.	n.a.
1993	635,238	635,238	37,450	80,266	30,862	2,075	166,045	n.a.	n.a.
1994	631,870	631,870	36,087	89,231	31,532	2,066	156,703	n.a.	n.a.

1995	645,645	643,149	27,993	64,401	33,370	2,006	147,900	16,681	131,219
1996	624,254	621,664	23,324	63,321	33,832	1,836	132,022	14,062	117,960
1997	587,700	586,023	15,327	62,279	33,807	1,815	122,901	12,888	110,013
1998	608,382	606,882	12,680	63,973	36,373	1,801	131,502	14,506	116,996
1999	620,559	619,118	11,743	65,681	36,975	1,911	138,980	16,608	122,372

2000	610,700	609,400	10,700	63,600	17,100	1,500	143,200	17,600	125,600
(Continued)

Table 18.
Continued
Year ^a,b	Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs	Diseases of the circulatory system	Diseases of the respiratory system	Diseases of the digestive system	Diseases of the genito- urinary system	Diseases of the skin and subcuta- neous tissue	Diseases of the musculo- skeletal system and connective tissue	Congenital anomalies	Injuries	Other
1960	32,105	55,855	16,489	3,575	1,077	463	17,124	865	n.a.	89
1961	44,709	71,860	20,030	4,300	1,608	794	23,241	1,637	n.a.	125
1962	45,261	82,015	23,408	5,922	2,040	1,177	33,751	2,026	n.a.	494
1963	32,712	66,468	19,107	4,437	1,725	719	21,744	1,646	6,496	588

1967	38,278	81,507	24,646	7,627	n.a.	n.a.	41,090	n.a.	19,815	7,594
1968	41,758	80,906	22,635	7,806	2,926	n.a.	43,677	2,670	25,319	2,913
1969	21,967	105,760	23,265	8,719	2,717	n.a.	47,357	3,004	28,473	2,517

1970	22,575	108,906	24,254	9,051	2,912	n.a.	52,086	3,597	28,231	2,370
1971	26,442	131,854	30,103	11,629	3,501	1,667	66,558	4,365	31,810	262
1972	28,216	146,684	33,038	13,369	4,304	1,756	75,923	4,033	31,728	293
1973	31,139	158,202	34,656	14,614	4,810	1,854	85,431	5,276	30,418	283

1975	39,960	177,311	39,485	17,474	5,719	2,306	110,637	6,576	32,341	929
1976	36,156	165,182	35,210	15,194	4,907	2,532	105,907	5,817	29,848	330
1977	36,751	167,801	35,002	15,342	5,271	1,766	107,840	6,681	31,942	772
1978	29,314	134,634	28,005	12,407	4,719	2,017	86,921	5,850	27,490	1,248

1981	28,516	85,994	21,520	7,363	6,230	1,345	58,639	3,118	20,868	616
1982	26,886	74,242	19,766	6,067	3,165	998	48,985	2,432	16,617	536
1983	26,203	68,352	17,978	5,272	6,489	848	41,782	2,827	15,646	487
1984	28,201	70,891	18,891	5,895	3,441	983	45,826	2,439	16,189	776

1985	28,733	72,764	20,213	5,626	3,348	1,110	49,214	2,480	16,558	992
1986	30,328	73,226	23,449	6,262	3,099	1,075	54,560	1,953	3,629	n.a.
1987	35,206	76,758	22,978	6,122	5,801	1,173	63,807	787	20,889	n.a.
1988	34,443	72,224	23,073	6,388	7,131	785	68,623	550	21,022	16,817
1989	34,756	70,235	21,400	6,803	9,010	828	71,419	534	21,531	20,638

1990	37,737	73,585	22,158	7,431	10,294	866	74,501	511	22,315	7,455
1991	41,551	78,339	23,798	8,648	10,874	1,021	92,469	575	24,129	9,522
1992	46,952	89,818	27,264	9,872	12,763	1,070	96,895	619	25,042	13,640
1993	45,742	88,623	27,494	10,026	13,390	1,118	94,255	543	23,206	14,143
1994	47,820	86,645	30,958	10,520	15,531	1,116	84,705	602	22,560	15,794

1995	46,477	83,065	28,831	11,167	11,956	1,643	141,306	722	27,566	14,746
1996	45,960	81,209	27,983	11,530	12,206	1,588	142,776	777	27,616	18,274
1997	45,496	76,531	26,483	11,310	12,151	1,473	135,430	654	25,930	14,436
1998	47,517	76,698	27,148	12,413	13,118	1,466	141,847	676	25,926	13,744
1999	49,869	74,755	26,981	13,389	13,842	1,416	146,754	645	25,925	10,252

2000	50,100	75,400	26,200	12,700	14,900	1,700	153,600	700	28,700	9,300
SOURCES: Annual Award and Termination Transaction file; Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin, Table 6.C3.
NOTES: Classification based on impairment codes established by SSA.
n.a. = not available.
a. As of 1995, diagnostic data for awards are no longer based solely on cases allowed at the initial disability determination level.
b. Beginning 2000, data based on a 1 percent sample.
c. AIDS and HIV records are counted in the Infectious and Parasitic Diseases group. Before 1990, they were included in Other.
d. Mental Retardation not identified separately before 1995.
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