2019 Annual Report of the SSI Program


The following table presents the data displayed in figure IV.B6.

Age-sex adjusted Federal SSI prevalence rates
Calendar yearAge-Sex Adjusted Blind and DisabledAge-Sex Adjusted AgedAge-Sex Adjusted TotalGross Blind and DisabledGross AgedGross Total
1975 0.86% 9.13% 1.99% 0.83% 8.54% 1.73%
1976 0.87% 8.25% 1.89% 0.85% 7.68% 1.67%
1977 0.89% 7.65% 1.84% 0.88% 7.09% 1.65%
1978 0.90% 7.14% 1.78% 0.89% 6.60% 1.62%
1979 0.90% 6.60% 1.72% 0.89% 6.10% 1.58%
1980 0.91% 6.20% 1.68% 0.91% 5.74% 1.56%
1981 0.90% 5.65% 1.60% 0.91% 5.24% 1.51%
1982 0.88% 5.10% 1.51% 0.89% 4.77% 1.44%
1983 0.92% 5.00% 1.54% 0.93% 4.71% 1.48%
1984 0.96% 4.92% 1.57% 0.96% 4.65% 1.51%
1985 1.00% 4.72% 1.58% 1.00% 4.47% 1.53%
1986 1.06% 4.50% 1.61% 1.05% 4.28% 1.57%
1987 1.10% 4.29% 1.63% 1.09% 4.12% 1.59%
1988 1.12% 4.12% 1.63% 1.12% 3.98% 1.60%
1989 1.16% 4.04% 1.66% 1.15% 3.93% 1.63%
1990 1.22% 4.01% 1.72% 1.21% 3.88% 1.69%
1991 1.32% 3.98% 1.81% 1.31% 3.88% 1.79%
1992 1.48% 3.96% 1.97% 1.46% 3.90% 1.95%
1993 1.61% 3.94% 2.10% 1.60% 3.91% 2.09%
1994 1.72% 3.90% 2.20% 1.70% 3.87% 2.19%
1995 1.78% 3.82% 2.26% 1.77% 3.80% 2.25%
1996 1.82% 3.73% 2.28% 1.81% 3.71% 2.27%
1997 1.78% 3.57% 2.22% 1.77% 3.56% 2.21%
1998 1.80% 3.47% 2.23% 1.79% 3.46% 2.22%
1999 1.78% 3.39% 2.20% 1.77% 3.39% 2.19%
2000 1.78% 3.32% 2.19% 1.78% 3.32% 2.19%
2001 1.79% 3.23% 2.19% 1.80% 3.24% 2.20%
2002 1.81% 3.18% 2.20% 1.82% 3.17% 2.21%
2003 1.83% 3.10% 2.21% 1.84% 3.09% 2.23%
2004 1.84% 3.01% 2.21% 1.86% 3.00% 2.23%
2005 1.85% 2.98% 2.22% 1.88% 2.96% 2.25%
2006 1.87% 2.93% 2.23% 1.90% 2.90% 2.26%
2007 1.89% 2.87% 2.24% 1.92% 2.82% 2.28%
2008 1.92% 2.82% 2.27% 1.96% 2.75% 2.32%
2009 1.97% 2.77% 2.31% 2.01% 2.70% 2.37%
2010 2.02% 2.72% 2.36% 2.08% 2.64% 2.42%
2011 2.06% 2.67% 2.40% 2.13% 2.57% 2.47%
2012 2.10% 2.57% 2.42% 2.17% 2.45% 2.51%
2013 2.11% 2.51% 2.42% 2.19% 2.38% 2.53%
2014 2.09% 2.45% 2.40% 2.18% 2.32% 2.51%
2015 2.06% 2.41% 2.36% 2.15% 2.26% 2.49%
2016 2.02% 2.36% 2.31% 2.12% 2.21% 2.46%
2017 1.99% 2.31% 2.28% 2.10% 2.17% 2.43%
2018 1.94% 2.24% 2.22% 2.05% 2.09% 2.39%
2019 1.92% 2.17% 2.19% 2.03% 2.02% 2.36%
2020 1.89% 2.10% 2.15% 2.00% 1.96% 2.33%
2021 1.88% 2.04% 2.13% 1.98% 1.90% 2.31%
2022 1.88% 1.99% 2.12% 1.97% 1.86% 2.30%
2023 1.88% 1.94% 2.12% 1.97% 1.82% 2.30%
2024 1.88% 1.90% 2.12% 1.97% 1.79% 2.30%
2025 1.88% 1.87% 2.11% 1.96% 1.77% 2.29%
2026 1.88% 1.84% 2.11% 1.95% 1.75% 2.29%
2027 1.88% 1.80% 2.11% 1.95% 1.73% 2.28%
2028 1.89% 1.78% 2.11% 1.94% 1.71% 2.28%
2029 1.89% 1.75% 2.10% 1.94% 1.70% 2.27%
2030 1.89% 1.73% 2.11% 1.94% 1.69% 2.28%
2031 1.90% 1.70% 2.11% 1.93% 1.68% 2.27%
2032 1.90% 1.68% 2.11% 1.93% 1.67% 2.27%
2033 1.90% 1.65% 2.10% 1.93% 1.66% 2.27%
2034 1.90% 1.63% 2.10% 1.93% 1.65% 2.26%
2035 1.90% 1.61% 2.10% 1.92% 1.64% 2.26%
2036 1.90% 1.59% 2.10% 1.92% 1.63% 2.26%
2037 1.90% 1.56% 2.10% 1.92% 1.62% 2.26%
2038 1.90% 1.54% 2.09% 1.92% 1.61% 2.25%
2039 1.90% 1.52% 2.09% 1.91% 1.60% 2.25%
2040 1.90% 1.49% 2.08% 1.91% 1.59% 2.24%
2041 1.90% 1.47% 2.08% 1.91% 1.58% 2.24%
2042 1.89% 1.45% 2.07% 1.91% 1.56% 2.23%
2043 1.89% 1.43% 2.07% 1.91% 1.54% 2.22%
2044 1.89% 1.41% 2.06% 1.90% 1.52% 2.22%
2045 1.88% 1.39% 2.05% 1.90% 1.50% 2.21%
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