F. AVERAGE AGE OF DISABLED WORKERS
The following table summarizes the average age of a new award and the overall DI rolls, for male and female disabled workers, from 1975-2014.
Year
|
Average age at award
|
Average age in current-payment status
|
Male
|
Female
|
Male
|
Female
|
1975
|
51.51
|
52.07
|
52.96
|
53.94
|
1976
|
51.68
|
52.08
|
52.88
|
53.85
|
1977
|
51.47
|
51.93
|
52.85
|
53.79
|
1978
|
51.24
|
51.35
|
52.86
|
53.77
|
1979
|
51.60
|
51.36
|
52.87
|
53.72
|
1980
|
51.32
|
51.10
|
52.84
|
53.66
|
1981
|
51.68
|
51.39
|
52.95
|
53.73
|
1982
|
50.42
|
49.96
|
53.16
|
53.90
|
1983
|
49.68
|
48.83
|
52.84
|
53.58
|
1984
|
49.71
|
49.83
|
52.46
|
53.16
|
1985
|
49.56
|
49.48
|
52.02
|
52.70
|
1986
|
48.80
|
48.93
|
51.51
|
52.16
|
1987
|
49.06
|
49.02
|
51.21
|
51.80
|
1988
|
49.11
|
49.04
|
51.02
|
51.53
|
1989
|
48.88
|
48.94
|
50.77
|
51.23
|
1990
|
48.57
|
48.65
|
50.51
|
50.91
|
1991
|
48.22
|
48.38
|
50.23
|
50.58
|
1992
|
47.72
|
47.92
|
49.87
|
50.20
|
1993
|
47.69
|
47.85
|
49.66
|
49.96
|
1994
|
48.09
|
48.16
|
49.65
|
49.89
|
1995
|
48.55
|
48.51
|
49.77
|
49.94
|
1996
|
48.77
|
48.61
|
49.96
|
50.06
|
1997
|
49.29
|
48.80
|
50.24
|
50.26
|
1998
|
49.39
|
48.85
|
50.44
|
50.44
|
1999
|
49.45
|
48.92
|
50.62
|
50.60
|
2000
|
49.50
|
48.91
|
50.81
|
50.77
|
2001
|
49.28
|
48.72
|
50.95
|
50.89
|
2002
|
49.40
|
48.76
|
51.09
|
51.00
|
2003
|
49.74
|
49.01
|
51.33
|
51.20
|
2004
|
50.00
|
49.29
|
51.61
|
51.44
|
2005
|
49.94
|
49.31
|
51.86
|
51.68
|
2006
|
50.37
|
49.73
|
52.15
|
51.95
|
2007
|
50.61
|
49.98
|
52.43
|
52.22
|
2008
|
50.78
|
50.15
|
52.69
|
52.47
|
2009
|
50.78
|
50.16
|
52.83
|
52.60
|
2010
|
51.12
|
50.49
|
53.02
|
52.78
|
2011
|
51.53
|
50.91
|
53.24
|
53.00
|
2012
|
51.63
|
51.03
|
53.40
|
53.17
|
2013
|
51.72
|
51.14
|
53.51
|
53.29
|
2014
|
51.79
|
51.23
|
53.63
|
53.42
|
Note: Future estimates based on 2005 Trustees Report intermediate set of assumptions.