Social Security Disability Insurance Program Worker Experience
ACTUARIAL STUDY NO. 118 by Tim Zayatz, A.S.A.

table of contents

I. ENTITLEMENT TO DISABILITY INSURANCE BENEFITS 1

A. Definition of Disability 1

B. Disability Insured Status 1

C. Waiting Period 2

II. EXPERIENCE OF DISABILITY DETERMINATIONS 3

A. Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) 3

B. Impairments 3

C. Determination Process 4

D. Applications 5

E. Initial Decisions 5

F. Reconsideration 5

G. Appeals Beyond Reconsideration 5

III. EXPERIENCE OF DISABILITY INCIDENCE 6

A. History 6

B. Recent Experience 6

IV. EXPERIENCE OF DISABILITY BENEFIT TERMINATION 8

A. Background 8

B. History 9

C. Recent Experience 9

D. Death Experience (1996-2000) 11

E. Recovery Experience (1996-2000) 12

F. Combined Experience (1996-2000) 13

G. Annuity Tables 13

DISABILITY PROGRAM HISTORICAL TABLES 14-19

DEATH EXPERIENCE BY SELECT AGE AND DURATION 21-37

RECOVERY EXPERIENCE BY SELECT AGE AND DURATION 39-51

COMBINED EXPERIENCE BY SELECT AGE AND DURATION 53-66

ANNUITY TABLES 67-84

V. STUDY POPULATION AND METHODS 87

A. Overview 87

B. Data Considerations 87

C. Data Collection 87

D. Methods 88

E. Select Age and Exposure 88

F. Duration and Graduation 89

G. Survival Tables 89

H. Expected Future Lifetime 90

I. Probabilities and Absolute Rates 90

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