Disabled worker beneficiary statistics by calendar
year, quarter, and month
| |
Awards
b |
In current payment status |
Terminations
c |
| Time period |
Number
of
appli-
cations a |
Number |
Increase
over prior
period |
Percent
of
appli-
cations |
Number
at end
of period |
Increase
over prior
period |
Number |
Increase
over prior
period |
Termi-
nation
rate |
| —by calendar year— |
| 1997 ..... |
1,180,235 |
587,417 |
-5.91% |
49.77% |
4,508,134 |
2.79% |
463,257 |
13.19% |
9.72% |
| 1998 ..... |
1,169,255 |
608,131 |
3.53% |
52.01% |
4,698,319 |
4.22% |
409,833 |
-11.53% |
8.36% |
| 1999 ..... |
1,200,087 |
620,488 |
2.03% |
51.70% |
4,879,455 |
3.86% |
434,489 |
6.02% |
8.51% |
| 2000 ..... |
1,330,558 |
621,650 |
0.19% |
46.72% |
5,042,334 |
3.34% |
461,626 |
6.25% |
8.72% |
| 2001 ..... |
1,498,559 |
691,309 |
11.21% |
46.13% |
5,274,183 |
4.60% |
456,258 |
-1.16% |
8.31% |
| 2002 ..... |
1,682,454 |
750,464 |
8.56% |
44.61% |
5,543,981 |
5.12% |
479,606 |
5.12% |
8.34% |
| 2003 ..... |
1,895,521 |
777,905 |
3.66% |
41.04% |
5,873,673 |
5.95% |
450,720 |
-6.02% |
7.46% |
| 2004 ..... |
2,137,531 |
797,226 |
2.48% |
37.30% |
6,201,362 |
5.58% |
466,332 |
3.46% |
7.32% |
| 2005 ..... |
2,122,109 |
832,201 |
4.39% |
39.22% |
6,524,582 |
5.21% |
494,592 |
6.06% |
7.36% |
| 2006 ..... |
2,134,088 |
812,596 |
-2.36% |
38.08% |
6,811,679 |
4.40% |
513,292 |
3.78% |
7.28% |
| 2007 ..... |
2,190,196 |
823,106 |
1.29% |
37.58% |
7,101,355 |
4.25% |
525,012 |
2.28% |
7.14% |
| 2008 ..... |
2,320,396 |
895,011 |
8.74% |
38.57% |
7,427,203 |
4.59% |
564,518 |
7.52% |
7.34% |
| 2009 ..... |
2,816,244 |
985,940 |
10.16% |
35.01% |
7,789,113 |
4.87% |
628,478 |
11.33% |
7.79% |
| 2010 ..... |
2,935,798 |
1,052,551 |
6.76% |
35.85% |
8,204,710 |
5.34% |
646,387 |
2.85% |
7.64% |
| 2011 ..... |
2,878,920 |
1,025,003 |
-2.62% |
35.60% |
8,576,067 |
4.53% |
656,902 |
1.63% |
7.42% |
|
| —by quarter— |
| 2008 Q2 |
591,196 |
225,678 |
6.81% |
38.17% |
7,229,499 |
0.94% |
156,105 |
4.20% |
2.10% |
| 2008 Q3 |
588,125 |
230,186 |
2.00% |
39.14% |
7,299,821 |
0.97% |
158,351 |
1.44% |
2.11% |
| 2008 Q4 |
577,306 |
227,866 |
-1.01% |
39.47% |
7,427,203 |
1.75% |
100,245 |
-36.69% |
1.33% |
| 2009 Q1 |
677,553 |
234,027 |
2.70% |
34.54% |
7,499,687 |
0.98% |
163,224 |
62.83% |
2.12% |
| 2009 Q2 |
727,235 |
248,299 |
6.10% |
34.14% |
7,593,308 |
1.25% |
155,690 |
-4.62% |
2.00% |
| 2009 Q3 |
733,125 |
253,698 |
2.17% |
34.61% |
7,689,005 |
1.26% |
159,995 |
2.77% |
2.03% |
| 2009 Q4 |
678,331 |
249,916 |
-1.49% |
36.84% |
7,789,113 |
1.30% |
149,569 |
-6.52% |
1.88% |
| 2010 Q1 |
712,755 |
259,407 |
3.80% |
36.39% |
7,893,225 |
1.34% |
162,138 |
8.40% |
2.01% |
| 2010 Q2 |
747,839 |
266,474 |
2.72% |
35.63% |
8,001,674 |
1.37% |
158,230 |
-2.41% |
1.94% |
| 2010 Q3 |
764,902 |
264,670 |
-0.68% |
34.60% |
8,102,324 |
1.26% |
165,226 |
4.42% |
2.00% |
| 2010 Q4 |
710,302 |
262,000 |
-1.01% |
36.89% |
8,204,710 |
1.26% |
160,793 |
-2.68% |
1.92% |
| 2011 Q1 |
720,119 |
258,086 |
-1.49% |
35.84% |
8,295,845 |
1.11% |
166,219 |
3.37% |
1.96% |
| 2011 Q2 |
760,621 |
268,853 |
4.17% |
35.35% |
8,403,449 |
1.30% |
162,166 |
-2.44% |
1.89% |
| 2011 Q3 |
737,468 |
259,181 |
-3.60% |
35.14% |
8,495,983 |
1.10% |
167,036 |
3.00% |
1.93% |
| 2011 Q4 |
660,712 |
238,883 |
-7.83% |
36.16% |
8,576,067 |
0.94% |
161,481 |
-3.33% |
1.85% |
| 2012 Q1 |
724,746 |
249,638 |
4.50% |
34.44% |
8,657,739 |
0.95% |
168,420 |
4.30% |
1.91% |
|
| —by month— |
| 2011 Mar |
289,143 |
89,640 |
7.65% |
31.00% |
8,295,845 |
0.40% |
57,220 |
10.06% |
0.68% |
| 2011 Apr |
237,358 |
93,276 |
4.06% |
39.30% |
8,335,070 |
0.47% |
54,512 |
-4.73% |
0.64% |
| 2011 May |
235,976 |
89,664 |
-3.87% |
38.00% |
8,370,552 |
0.43% |
54,694 |
0.33% |
0.64% |
| 2011 Jun |
287,287 |
85,913 |
-4.18% |
29.90% |
8,403,449 |
0.39% |
52,960 |
-3.17% |
0.62% |
| 2011 Jul |
226,918 |
87,426 |
1.76% |
38.53% |
8,435,224 |
0.38% |
56,144 |
6.01% |
0.65% |
| 2011 Aug |
234,569 |
88,571 |
1.31% |
37.76% |
8,467,348 |
0.38% |
56,659 |
0.92% |
0.66% |
| 2011 Sep |
275,981 |
83,184 |
-6.08% |
30.14% |
8,495,983 |
0.34% |
54,233 |
-4.28% |
0.63% |
| 2011 Oct |
220,620 |
86,091 |
3.49% |
39.02% |
8,526,546 |
0.36% |
56,274 |
3.76% |
0.65% |
| 2011 Nov |
193,842 |
85,227 |
-1.00% |
43.97% |
8,550,994 |
0.29% |
61,390 |
9.09% |
0.71% |
| 2011 Dec |
246,250 |
67,565 |
-20.72% |
27.44% |
8,576,067 |
0.29% |
43,817 |
-28.63% |
0.50% |
| 2012 Jan |
213,902 |
78,548 |
16.26% |
36.72% |
8,595,967 |
0.23% |
58,092 |
32.58% |
0.66% |
| 2012 Feb |
220,938 |
83,712 |
6.57% |
37.89% |
8,629,540 |
0.39% |
50,257 |
-13.49% |
0.57% |
| 2012 Mar |
289,906 |
87,378 |
4.38% |
30.14% |
8,657,739 |
0.33% |
60,071 |
19.53% |
0.68% |
| 2012 Apr |
225,844 |
83,561 |
-4.37% |
37.00% |
8,684,662 |
0.31% |
55,881 |
-6.98% |
0.63% |
| 2012 May |
231,671 |
77,392 |
-7.38% |
33.41% |
8,707,185 |
0.26% |
54,965 |
-1.64% |
0.62% |
| a
The number of applications is for disabled-worker benefits only and,
as such, excludes disabled child's and disabled widow(er)'s benefits.
These applications are those received at Social Security field offices,
teleservice centers, and claims filed electronically on the internet.
Applications ultimately result in either a denial or award of
benefits. These counts include applications that are denied because the
individual is not insured for
disability benefits.
Because the application data are tabulated on a weekly basis,
some months include 5 weeks of data while others include only 4 weeks.
This weekly method of tabulation accounts for much of the month-to-month
variation in the monthly application data. This method also
occasionally causes quarterly data to have either 12 or 14 weeks of data
instead of 13 weeks, annual data may include an extra week of data.
b
Award data are unedited and may contain duplicates.
Awards as a percentage of applications is a crude allowance rate. This
rate expresses the number of awards in a given time period as a percentage
of the number of applications in the same time period. Some of the awards
in any time period, however, resulted from applications in previous time
period(s).
c
The number of terminations is the number of beneficiaries who leave
the disability rolls for any reason. The number is calculated on the
basis of the change in the total number of entitled beneficiaries
(those in current payment status plus those whose benefits are
withheld for any reason) and the number of awards. The termination
rate is the ratio of the terminations to the number
of beneficiaries who could potentially leave the rolls. This latter
number is approximated as the sum of the number entitled at the beginning
of the time period plus half the number of awards in that period. |
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