U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2001
 

Chart 6.
Disabled beneficiaries in current payment status, by selected diagnostic groups, December 2001

This bar chart shows the distribution of disabled beneficiaries in current payment status, by diagnostic group. The data displayed in the chart are given in the table below.

Distribution of disabled beneficiaries in current payment status, by diagnostic group, December 2000 (in percent)
Diagnostic group Disabled workers Disabled widow(er)s Disabled adult children
Mental retardation 5.3 4.8 60.2
Other mental disorders 28.0 21.7 17.3
Nervous system 9.7 7.1 11.7
Musculoskeletal system 23.6 26.8 0.8
Endocrine diseases 4.6 10.1 0.5
Circulatory system 10.4 11.4 0.6
All other impairments 16.9 17.9 9.1
 

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