U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Retirement and Disability Policy.
SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2007
 
Children Under Age 18
Table 19.
Recipients, by diagnostic group and age, December 2007
Diagnostic group All ages Under 3 3–5 6–12 13–17
Number
All recipients under age 18 1,121,017 85,318 142,617 482,005 411,077
Congenital anomalies 57,998 13,415 13,719 20,551 10,313
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 7,289 802 1,319 2,801 2,367
Infectious and parasitic diseases 2,129 83 163 715 1,168
Injuries 5,969 614 1,016 2,295 2,044
Mental disorders
Retardation 178,283 994 8,221 64,121 104,947
Other 561,569 6,680 59,148 275,619 220,122
Neoplasms 12,051 819 2,633 5,569 3,030
Diseases of the—
Blood and blood-forming organs 12,711 746 2,002 5,630 4,333
Circulatory system 5,653 1,191 1,446 1,839 1,177
Digestive system 7,471 2,218 2,286 2,039 928
Genitourinary system 3,092 333 465 1,185 1,109
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 7,887 646 1,123 3,027 3,091
Nervous system and sense organs 93,363 6,531 14,622 40,157 32,053
Respiratory system 29,726 2,802 7,601 13,486 5,837
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 1,468 148 337 652 331
Other 107,287 43,582 22,123 31,747 9,835
Unknown 27,071 3,714 4,393 10,572 8,392
Percent
All recipients under age 18 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Congenital anomalies 5.2 15.7 9.6 4.3 2.5
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.6
Infectious and parasitic diseases 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3
Injuries 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5
Mental disorders
Retardation 15.9 1.2 5.8 13.3 25.5
Other 50.1 7.8 41.5 57.2 53.5
Neoplasms 1.1 1.0 1.8 1.2 0.7
Diseases of the—
Blood and blood-forming organs 1.1 0.9 1.4 1.2 1.1
Circulatory system 0.5 1.4 1.0 0.4 0.3
Digestive system 0.7 2.6 1.6 0.4 0.2
Genitourinary system 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.8
Nervous system and sense organs 8.3 7.7 10.3 8.3 7.8
Respiratory system 2.7 3.3 5.3 2.8 1.4
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Other 9.6 51.1 15.5 6.6 2.4
Unknown 2.4 4.4 3.1 2.2 2.0
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
CONTACT: Clark Pickett (410) 965-9016 or ssi.asr@ssa.gov.
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