U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2001
 
Awards to Disabled Workers
Table 31.
Distribution of workers under age 50, by diagnostic group, selected years 1975-2001
Year a All disabled
workers		 Total with
diagnosis
available		 Infectious
and
parasitic
diseases b		 Neoplasms Endocrine,
nutritional,
and
metabolic
diseases		 Diseases of
blood and
blood-
forming
organs		 Mental
disorders c
Total Retardation Other
Number
1975 183,493 183,493 3,357 15,588 6,511 748 42,119 n.a. n.a.
1981 123,090 123,088 1,209 15,017 5,188 516 24,633 n.a. n.a.
1982 109,279 109,279 1,096 14,581 4,739 416 21,654 n.a. n.a.
1983 120,606 120,605 3,759 14,827 5,630 457 35,331 n.a. n.a.
1984 140,792 127,645 1,528 16,173 5,750 537 43,680 n.a. n.a.
1985 158,152 138,718 1,510 16,857 7,534 472 49,313 n.a. n.a.
1986 188,355 177,934 1,534 16,318 10,816 688 89,821 n.a. n.a.
1987 184,481 172,590 3,262 17,595 12,405 739 58,970 n.a. n.a.
1988 183,017 183,017 1,383 16,859 5,848 867 63,282 n.a. n.a.
1989 189,708 189,709 2,497 19,298 6,088 946 64,093 n.a. n.a.
1990 215,381 215,381 19,290 21,597 7,190 1,094 77,901 n.a. n.a.
1991 255,448 255,448 24,838 23,162 8,949 1,218 94,345 n.a. n.a.
1992 313,175 313,175 34,766 26,485 15,349 1,478 125,609 n.a. n.a.
1993 312,619 312,619 33,072 27,841 15,550 1,342 126,586 n.a. n.a.
1994 292,987 292,987 31,210 30,791 15,107 1,278 116,812 n.a. n.a.
1995 308,624 306,801 23,736 22,367 14,963 1,250 108,516 13,731 94,785
1996 294,077 294,077 19,633 21,940 15,013 1,118 95,089 11,661 83,428
1997 265,019 263,631 12,361 21,245 14,667 1,053 85,486 10,679 74,807
1998 273,282 272,052 9,817 22,093 15,768 1,072 90,072 11,880 78,192
1999 259,680 259,391 8,667 21,960 15,426 1,031 86,642 9,341 77,301
2000 269,800 269,100 6,900 21,100 6,000 d 98,300 14,400 83,900
2001 296,800 295,800 8,900 20,600 7,300 d 118,700 20,200 98,500
Percent
1975 183,493 100.0 1.8 8.5 3.5 0.4 23.0 n.a. n.a.
1981 123,090 100.0 1.0 12.2 4.2 0.4 20.0 n.a. n.a.
1982 109,279 100.0 1.0 13.3 4.3 0.4 19.8 n.a. n.a.
1983 120,606 100.0 3.1 12.3 4.7 0.4 29.3 n.a. n.a.
1984 140,792 100.0 1.2 12.7 4.5 0.4 34.2 n.a. n.a.
1985 158,152 100.0 1.1 12.2 5.4 0.3 35.5 n.a. n.a.
1986 188,355 100.0 0.9 9.2 6.1 0.4 50.5 n.a. n.a.
1987 184,481 100.0 1.9 10.2 7.2 0.4 34.2 n.a. n.a.
1988 183,017 100.0 0.8 9.2 3.2 0.5 34.6 n.a. n.a.
1989 189,708 100.0 1.3 10.2 3.2 0.5 33.8 n.a. n.a.
1990 215,381 100.0 9.0 10.0 3.3 0.5 36.2 n.a. n.a.
1991 255,448 100.0 9.7 9.1 3.5 0.5 36.9 n.a. n.a.
1992 313,175 100.0 11.1 8.5 4.9 0.5 40.1 n.a. n.a.
1993 312,619 100.0 10.6 8.9 5.0 0.4 40.5 n.a. n.a.
1994 292,987 100.0 10.7 10.5 5.2 0.4 39.9 n.a. n.a.
1995 308,624 100.0 7.7 7.3 4.9 0.4 35.4 4.5 30.9
1996 294,077 100.0 6.7 7.5 5.1 0.4 32.3 4.0 28.4
1997 265,019 100.0 4.7 8.1 5.6 0.4 32.4 4.1 28.4
1998 273,282 100.0 3.6 8.1 5.8 0.4 33.1 4.4 28.7
1999 259,680 100.0 3.3 8.5 5.9 0.4 33.4 3.6 29.8
2000 269,800 100.0 2.6 7.8 2.2 d 36.5 5.4 31.2
2001 296,800 100.0 3.0 7.0 2.5 d 40.1 6.8 33.3
(Continued)
Table 31.
Continued
Year a Diseases of the-- Congenital
anomalies		 Injuries Other
Nervous
system
and
sense
organs		 Circulatory
system		 Respiratory
system		 Digestive
system		 Genitourinary
system		 Skin and
subcutaneous
tissue		 Musculoskeletal
system and
connective
tissue
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 d 51,900 d 16,200 4,700
2001 29,900 16,900 5,200 7,600 9,900 d 50,400 d 12,900 4,600
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 11.0 10.6 1.9 1.8 1.3 0.4 11.2 1.1 7.5 0.2
1985 10.6 9.8 2.0 2.0 1.3 0.3 10.9 1.0 7.5 n.a.
1986 9.2 7.8 1.7 1.7 0.9 0.3 9.6 0.7 1.1 n.a.
1987 11.0 9.6 2.0 1.6 1.7 0.4 11.9 0.3 7.6 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 8.1 5.7 1.9 2.0 2.2 0.3 16.8 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 2.6 0.3 18.5 0.2 5.5 2.5
1998 8.9 6.1 2.0 2.5 2.6 0.3 18.5 0.2 5.3 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 d 19.3 d 6.0 1.7
2001 10.1 5.7 1.8 2.6 3.3 d 17.0 d 4.4 1.6
SOURCES: Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin, Table 6.C3; Annual Award and Termination Transaction file. Beginning 2000, data are based on a 1 percent sample.
NOTE: 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. AIDS and HIV records are counted in "Infectious and parasitic diseases." Before 1990, they were included in "Other."
c. Mental retardation not identified separately before 1995.
d. Data not shown to avoid disclosure of information for particular individuals.
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