Chart Descriptions - Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2008

Table equivalent for Chart 2. All Social Security disabled beneficiaries in current-payment status, December 1970–2008 (millions)
Year	Total	Disabled workers	Disabled widow(er)s	Disabled adult children
1970	1.81	1.49	0.05	0.27
1971	1.99	1.65	0.06	0.29
1972	2.20	1.83	0.06	0.31
1973	2.42	2.02	0.08	0.32
1974	2.67	2.24	0.09	0.34
1975	2.96	2.49	0.11	0.36
1976	3.17	2.67	0.12	0.38
1977	3.37	2.84	0.13	0.40
1978	3.43	2.88	0.13	0.42
1979	3.44	2.87	0.13	0.44
1980	3.44	2.86	0.13	0.45
1981	3.36	2.78	0.12	0.46
1982	3.19	2.60	0.12	0.47
1983	3.17	2.57	0.11	0.49
1984	3.21	2.60	0.11	0.51
1985	3.29	2.66	0.11	0.53
1986	3.38	2.73	0.11	0.55
1987	3.45	2.79	0.11	0.56
1988	3.51	2.83	0.10	0.57
1989	3.58	2.90	0.10	0.59
1990	3.71	3.01	0.10	0.60
1991	3.93	3.19	0.11	0.62
1992	4.24	3.47	0.13	0.64
1993	4.53	3.73	0.15	0.66
1994	4.80	3.96	0.16	0.67
1995	5.04	4.19	0.17	0.69
1996	5.26	4.39	0.18	0.70
1997	5.40	4.51	0.19	0.70
1998	5.61	4.70	0.19	0.71
1999	5.80	4.88	0.20	0.72
2000	5.97	5.04	0.20	0.73
2001	6.21	5.27	0.20	0.74
2002	6.49	5.54	0.21	0.74
2003	6.83	5.87	0.21	0.75
2004	7.17	6.20	0.21	0.76
2005	7.50	6.52	0.22	0.77
2006	7.80	6.81	0.22	0.78
2007	8.12	7.10	0.22	0.79
2008	8.53	7.43	0.23	0.87
SOURCE: Table 3.

Table equivalent for Chart 3. Disabled beneficiaries aged 18–64 in current-payment status as a percentage of state population aged 18–64, December 2008
State	Percent
Alabama	7.3
Alaska	2.6
Arizona	3.6
Arkansas	7.5
California	2.9
Colorado	2.8
Connecticut	3.7
Delaware	4.6
District of Columbia	3.0
Florida	4.1
Georgia	3.9
Hawaii	2.8
Idaho	4.0
Illinois	3.5
Indiana	4.6
Iowa	4.0
Kansas	3.9
Kentucky	7.3
Louisiana	5.3
Maine	6.7
Maryland	3.1
Massachusetts	4.5
Michigan	4.8
Minnesota	3.4
Mississippi	7.1
Missouri	5.4
Montana	4.2
Nebraska	3.7
Nevada	3.2
New Hampshire	4.7
New Jersey	3.4
New Mexico	4.7
New York	4.0
North Carolina	5.2
North Dakota	3.5
Ohio	4.3
Oklahoma	5.3
Oregon	3.8
Pennsylvania	4.8
Rhode Island	5.1
South Carolina	5.6
South Dakota	3.7
Tennessee	5.7
Texas	3.4
Utah	2.5
Vermont	5.0
Virginia	4.0
Washington	3.6
Wisconsin	4.0
Wyoming	3.4
SOURCE: Table 8.
NOTE: The percentage for Idaho and Iowa is 3.97. In Table 8, that percentage has been rounded to 4.0.

Table equivalent for Chart 6. Disabled beneficiaries in current-payment status, by diagnostic group, December 2008 (percent)
Diagnostic group	Disabled workers	Disabled widow(er)s	Disabled adult children
Mental retardation	4.7	4.3	46.5
Other mental disorders	28.6	24.9	18.7
Nervous system and sense organs	9.5	7.3	9.9
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue	27.0	30.5	0.8
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases	3.6	7.4	0.4
Circulatory system	9.0	9.0	0.5
All other impairments	17.6	16.6	23.3
SOURCE: Table 6.

Table equivalent for Chart 7. Distribution of workers, by diagnostic group and sex, December 2008 (percent)
Diagnostic group	Men	Women
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases	1.8	3.0
Injuries	8.4	4.3
Mental disorders	17.8	23.2
Circulatory system	4.7	2.6
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue	55.9	52.5
Nervous system and sense organs	4.8	7.6
All other impairments	6.6	6.8
SOURCE: Table 34.

Table equivalent for Chart 8. Social Security disability awards, 1980–2008 (thousands)
Year	Total	Disabled workers	Disabled widow(er)s	Disabled adult children
1980	446.08	397.00	16.00	33.00
1981	396.55	352.00	14.00	31.00
1982	338.28	297.00	12.00	29.00
1983	359.60	312.00	14.00	34.00
1984	415.59	362.00	17.00	36.00
1985	433.54	377.00	17.00	39.00
1986	475.81	417.00	18.00	41.00
1987	471.91	416.00	16.00	40.00
1988	463.52	409.00	15.00	39.00
1989	477.75	426.00	15.00	37.00
1990	522.17	468.00	15.00	39.00
1991	607.11	536.00	30.00	41.00
1992	716.88	637.00	33.00	47.00
1993	714.32	635.00	32.00	47.00
1994	706.26	632.00	30.00	44.00
1995	718.70	646.00	30.00	43.00
1996	693.53	624.00	29.00	41.00
1997	654.66	587.00	29.00	39.00
1998	677.47	608.00	29.00	40.00
1989	691.89	620.00	30.00	42.00
2000	675.60	611.00	28.00	37.00
2001	732.70	662.00	27.00	44.00
2002	805.31	730.00	28.00	47.00
2003	829.83	756.00	27.00	47.00
2004	854.87	775.00	28.00	52.00
2005	909.68	821.21	29.58	58.89
2006	885.88	798.68	28.68	58.52
2007	901.11	804.79	28.81	67.52
2008	987.53	877.23	30.61	79.69
SOURCE: Table 35.

Table equivalent for Chart 11. Final outcome of disabled-worker applications, 1998–2007 (percent)
Year	Initial awards	Reconsideration awards	Hearings and Appeals Council awards	Pending final decision	Medical denials	Technical denials
1998	32.7	5.4	15.7	0.0	37.1	9.0
1999	33.9	4.9	16.0	0.0	35.9	9.3
2000	34.4	4.4	15.9	0.0	34.3	11.0
2001	34.9	3.9	15.4	0.2	33.4	12.3
2002	31.5	3.6	15.8	0.2	34.3	14.6
2003	28.1	3.2	15.0	0.3	32.7	20.6
2004	24.8	2.6	13.2	0.7	29.8	28.9
2005	25.4	2.5	12.5	2.4	30.2	27.1
2006	23.8	2.4	7.1	9.0	27.4	30.2
2007	23.8	2.3	1.8	14.1	26.4	31.7
SOURCE: Tables 59–64.
NOTES: Awards are calculated as medical allowances minus subsequent technical denials. Technical denials include both nonmedical decision technical denials and medical decisions that were subsequently denied for technical reasons.
The proportion of claims awarded at each level of the process is likely to change as a result of the Prototype Process being tested in 10 states. Under this test, the reconsideration step of the appeals process was eliminated for applications filed October 1, 1999, or later. Elimination of the reconsideration level in these states is likely to result in a decrease in the overall proportion of claims awarded at this step.