Trustees Reports- 1996

Table II.C7. - Estimated Distribution of Benefit Payments From the OASI and DI Trust Funds, by Type of Beneficiary or Payment, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995
[Amounts in millions]

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                                        Fiscal year 1994      Fiscal year 1995
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                                               Percentage            Percentage
                                        Amount   of total     Amount   of total
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Total OASDI benefit payments.......   $313,096      100.0   $328,802      100.0 
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  OASI benefit payments............    276,278       88.2    288,607       87.8 
  DI benefit payments..............     36,818       11.8     40,195       12.2 

OASI benefit payments, total.......    276,278      100.0    288,607      100.0 
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  Monthly benefits:
    Retired workers and auxiliaries    212,758       77.0    222,052       76.9 
      Retired workers..............    194,407       70.4    203,122       70.4 
      Wives and husbands...........     16,733        6.1     17,234        6.0 
      Children.....................      1,619         .6      1,696         .6 
    Survivors of deceased workers..     63,297       22.8     66,332       23.0 
      Aged widows and widowers.....     50,636       18.3     53,128       18.4
      Disabled widows and widowers.        888         .3        985         .3
      Parents......................         34        (1)         33        (1)
      Children.....................     10,189        3.7     10,614        3.7 
      Widowed mothers and fathers 
        caring for child bene-
        ficiaries..................      1,549         .6      1,572         .5 
    Uninsured persons generally
      aged 72 before 1968..........          4        (1)          3        (1) 
  Lump-sum death payments..........        218         .1        220         .1 

DI benefit payments, total.........     36,818      100.0     40,195      100.0 
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    Disabled workers...............     32,899       89.4     35,964       89.5
    Wives and husbands.............        576        1.6        579        1.4 
    Children.......................      3,342        9.1      3,652        9.1
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1/ Less than 0.05 percent.

Note:  Totals do not necessarily equal the sums of rounded components.