Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program

Awards to Disabled Workers
Table 20.
Number and percentage distribution, under age 50, by diagnostic group, 1975-2000
Year ^a	Total awards	Infectious and parasitic diseases ^b	Neoplasms	Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases	Diseases of blood and blood-forming organs	Mental disorders ^c
Year ^a	Total awards	Infectious and parasitic diseases ^b	Neoplasms	Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases	Diseases of blood and blood-forming organs	All mental disorders	Mental retardation	Other mental disorders
	Number
1975	183,493	3,357	15,588	6,511	748	42,119	n.a.	n.a.
1981	123,090	1,209	15,017	5,188	516	24,633	n.a.	n.a.
1982	109,279	1,096	14,581	4,739	416	21,654	n.a.	n.a.
1983	120,606	3,759	14,827	5,630	457	35,331	n.a.	n.a.
1984	140,792	1,528	16,173	5,750	537	43,680	n.a.	n.a.

1985	158,152	1,510	16,857	7,534	472	49,313	n.a.	n.a.
1986	188,355	1,534	16,318	10,816	688	89,821	n.a.	n.a.
1987	184,481	3,262	17,595	12,405	739	58,970	n.a.	n.a.
1988	183,017	1,383	16,859	5,848	867	63,282	n.a.	n.a.
1989	189,708	2,497	19,298	6,088	946	64,093	n.a.	n.a.

1990	215,381	19,290	21,597	7,190	1,094	77,901	n.a.	n.a.
1991	255,448	24,838	23,162	8,949	1,218	94,345	n.a.	n.a.
1992	313,175	34,766	26,485	15,349	1,478	125,609	n.a.	n.a.
1993	312,619	33,072	27,841	15,550	1,342	126,586	n.a.	n.a.
1994	292,987	31,210	30,791	15,107	1,278	116,812	n.a.	n.a.

1995	308,624	23,736	22,367	14,963	1,250	108,516	13,731	94,785
1996	294,077	19,633	21,940	15,013	1,118	95,089	11,661	83,428
1997	265,019	12,361	21,245	14,667	1,053	85,486	10,679	74,807
1998	273,282	9,817	22,093	15,768	1,072	90,072	11,880	78,192
1999	259,680	8,667	21,960	15,426	1,031	86,642	9,341	77,301
2000	269,100	6,900	21,100	6,000	1,100	98,300	14,400	83,900
	Percent
1975	100.0	1.8	8.5	3.5	0.4	23.0	n.a.	n.a.
1981	100.0	1.0	12.2	4.2	0.4	20.0	n.a.	n.a.
1982	100.0	1.0	13.3	4.3	0.4	19.8	n.a.	n.a.
1983	100.0	3.1	12.3	4.7	0.4	29.3	n.a.	n.a.
1984	100.0	1.1	11.5	4.1	0.4	31.0	n.a.	n.a.

1985	100.0	1.0	10.7	4.8	0.3	31.2	n.a.	n.a.
1986	100.0	0.8	8.7	5.7	0.4	47.7	n.a.	n.a.
1987	100.0	1.8	9.5	6.7	0.4	32.0	n.a.	n.a.
1988	100.0	0.8	9.2	3.2	0.5	34.6	n.a.	n.a.
1989	100.0	1.3	10.2	3.2	0.5	33.8	n.a.	n.a.

1990	100.0	9.0	10.0	3.3	0.5	36.2	n.a.	n.a.
1991	100.0	9.7	9.1	3.5	0.5	36.9	n.a.	n.a.
1992	100.0	11.1	8.5	4.9	0.5	40.1	n.a.	n.a.
1993	100.0	10.6	8.9	5.0	0.4	40.5	n.a.	n.a.
1994	100.0	10.7	10.5	5.2	0.4	39.9	n.a.	n.a.

1995	100.0	7.7	7.2	4.8	0.4	35.2	4.4	30.7
1996	100.0	6.7	7.5	5.1	0.4	32.3	4.0	28.4
1997	100.0	4.7	8.0	5.5	0.4	32.3	4.0	28.2
1998	100.0	3.6	8.1	5.8	0.4	33.0	4.3	28.6
1999	100.0	3.3	8.5	5.9	0.4	33.4	3.6	29.8
2000	100.0	2.6	7.8	2.2	0.4	36.5	5.4	31.2
(Continued)

Table 20.
Continued
Year ^a	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
	Number
1975	17,326	30,293	5,459	5,856	2,534	954	30,635	3,712	17,945	456
1981	14,478	15,278	3,189	3,000	3,314	687	21,076	1,945	13,327	231
1982	13,882	14,309	2,757	2,761	1,740	538	17,889	1,579	11,088	250
1983	13,456	13,589	2,434	2,292	2,540	486	14,158	1,429	10,036	181
1984	14,041	13,508	2,463	2,304	1,711	475	14,295	1,375	9,535	270

1985	14,724	13,650	2,771	2,756	1,791	485	15,060	1,438	10,357	n.a.
1986	16,295	13,946	3,043	3,020	1,684	537	17,148	1,202	1,882	n.a.
1987	19,057	16,518	3,535	2,764	3,005	659	20,519	498	13,064	n.a.
1988	18,364	15,535	3,771	3,158	4,257	457	23,285	326	12,590	13,035
1989	18,896	14,224	3,464	3,311	5,364	404	22,628	311	12,761	15,424

1990	20,627	15,157	3,538	3,693	6,171	428	22,068	317	12,929	3,381
1991	22,795	16,559	4,073	4,403	6,437	524	29,444	384	13,892	4,425
1992	26,120	18,775	4,599	5,182	7,595	573	26,347	404	13,691	6,202
1993	24,901	19,040	4,664	5,328	7,812	593	26,920	350	12,690	5,930
1994	25,350	16,949	4,929	5,537	8,840	572	17,918	384	11,563	5,747

1995	24,814	17,490	5,705	6,036	6,705	899	51,664	472	15,325	6,859
1996	24,412	17,608	5,747	6,308	6,872	945	54,008	513	15,674	9,197
1997	23,479	16,333	5,286	6,029	6,724	826	48,741	435	14,401	6,565
1998	24,297	16,607	5,517	6,683	7,066	851	50,426	462	14,321	7,000
1999	23,386	15,065	4,783	7,022	7,172	783	49,302	370	13,399	4,383
2000	25,000	15,900	5,400	6,900	8,500	800	51,900	400	16,200	4,700
	Percent
1975	9.4	16.5	3.0	3.2	1.4	0.5	16.7	2.0	9.8	0.2
1981	11.8	12.4	2.6	2.4	2.7	0.6	17.1	1.6	10.8	0.2
1982	12.7	13.1	2.5	2.5	1.6	0.5	16.4	1.4	10.1	0.2
1983	11.2	11.3	2.0	1.9	2.1	0.4	11.7	1.2	8.3	0.2
1984	10.0	9.6	1.7	1.6	1.2	0.3	10.2	1.0	6.8	0.2

1985	9.3	8.6	1.8	1.7	1.1	0.3	9.5	0.9	6.5	n.a.
1986	8.7	7.4	1.6	1.6	0.9	0.3	9.1	0.6	1.0	n.a.
1987	10.3	9.0	1.9	1.5	1.6	0.4	11.1	0.3	7.1	n.a.
1988	10.0	8.5	2.1	1.7	2.3	0.2	12.7	0.2	6.9	7.1
1989	10.0	7.5	1.8	1.7	2.8	0.2	11.9	0.2	6.7	8.1

1990	9.6	7.0	1.6	1.7	2.9	0.2	10.2	0.1	6.0	1.6
1991	8.9	6.5	1.6	1.7	2.5	0.2	11.5	0.2	5.4	1.7
1992	8.3	6.0	1.5	1.7	2.4	0.2	8.4	0.1	4.4	2.0
1993	8.0	6.1	1.5	1.7	2.5	0.2	8.6	0.1	4.1	1.9
1994	8.7	5.8	1.7	1.9	3.0	0.2	6.1	0.1	3.9	2.0

1995	8.0	5.7	1.8	2.0	2.2	0.3	16.7	0.2	5.0	2.2
1996	8.3	6.0	2.0	2.1	2.3	0.3	18.4	0.2	5.3	3.1
1997	8.9	6.2	2.0	2.3	2.5	0.3	18.4	0.2	5.4	2.5
1998	8.9	6.1	2.0	2.4	2.6	0.3	18.5	0.2	5.2	2.6
1999	9.0	5.8	1.8	2.7	2.8	0.3	19.0	0.1	5.2	1.7
2000	9.3	5.9	2.0	2.6	3.2	0.3	19.3	0.1	6.0	1.7
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. Beginning 2000, data based on a 1 percent sample.
b. AIDS and HIV records are counted in the Infectious and Parasitic Diseases group. Before 1990, they were included in Other.
c. Mental Retardation grouped with Mental Disorders before 1995.
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