------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disabled beneficiaries, end of year Amount of benefit payments1/ ----------------------------------- ---------------------------- Widows- Widows- Calendar year Total Children2/ widowers3/ Total Children2/ widowers4/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Historical data: 1960....... 117 117 -- $59 $59 -- 1965....... 214 214 -- 134 134 -- 1970....... 316 281 36 301 260 $41 1975....... 435 376 58 664 560 104 1980....... 519 460 59 1,223 1,097 126 1985....... 594 547 47 2,072 1,885 187 1986....... 614 565 49 2,219 2,022 197 1987....... 629 580 49 2,331 2,128 203 1988....... 633 584 49 2,518 2,307 211 1989....... 651 602 49 2,680 2,459 221 1990....... 662 613 49 2,882 2,649 233 1991....... 687 627 61 3,179 2,875 304 1992....... 715 643 72 3,459 3,079 380 1993....... 740 659 81 3,752 3,296 456 1994....... 758 671 86 3,973 3,481 492 1995....... 772 681 91 4,202 3,672 531 Estimates: 1996....... 794 698 96 4,442 3,865 577 1997....... 809 713 96 4,711 4,098 613 1998....... 823 728 96 4,980 4,350 630 1999....... 837 743 95 5,267 4,620 647 2000....... 851 757 93 5,569 4,906 664 2001....... 863 771 92 5,882 5,204 678 2002....... 874 785 89 6,216 5,528 688 2003....... 885 798 86 6,571 5,873 697 2004....... 894 811 84 6,949 6,240 709 2005....... 904 823 81 7,344 6,622 721 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Beginning in 1966, includes payments for vocational rehabilitation services. 2/ Also includes certain mothers and fathers (see text). 3/ In 1984 and later years, only disabled widows and widowers aged 50-59 are included because disabled widows and widowers aged 60-64 would be eligible for the same benefit as a nondisabled aged widow; therefore, they are not receiving benefits solely because of a disability. 4/ In 1983 and prior years, reflects the offsetting effect of lower benefits payable to disabled widows and widowers who continue to receive benefits after attaining age 60 (62, for disabled widowers, prior to 1973) as compared to the higher nondisabled widow's and widower's benefits that would otherwise be payable. In 1984 and later years, only benefit payments to disabled widows and widowers aged 50-59 are included (see footnote 3). Note: Totals do not necessarily equal the sums of rounded components.
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