Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2021

Benefits Awarded, Withheld, and Terminated

Awards to Disabled Workers

Table 39. Number and percentage distribution, by sex and age, selected years 1960–2021
Year Number Percentage distribution Average age
Total, all ages Under 30 30–34 35–39 a 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–61 62–FRA
  All disabled workers b
2000 610,700 100.0 6.4 4.9 8.4 11.5 13.1 18.1 21.3 8.7 7.8 48.9
2001 661,900 100.0 7.8 5.3 8.0 10.8 12.9 18.0 21.6 8.5 7.1 48.6
2002 730,383 100.0 7.6 5.0 7.5 10.8 13.3 18.0 22.1 8.6 7.1 48.7
2003 755,706 100.0 6.9 5.0 7.2 10.6 13.4 18.1 22.5 9.0 7.3 49.0
2004 775,244 100.0 6.7 4.9 6.9 10.4 13.4 18.1 22.7 8.9 8.1 49.3
2005 821,207 100.0 6.4 4.6 6.6 10.2 13.4 18.4 23.1 8.4 8.9 49.5
2006 798,675 100.0 6.2 4.3 6.4 9.8 13.6 18.9 23.4 8.3 9.1 49.8
2007 804,787 100.0 7.9 4.6 6.9 10.3 13.5 18.8 22.9 8.2 6.9 48.8
2008 877,226 100.0 8.1 4.5 6.7 9.9 13.4 19.2 22.6 8.7 6.9 48.8
2009 970,696 100.0 8.2 4.5 6.6 9.5 13.3 19.7 22.8 8.6 6.8 48.8
2010 1,026,988 100.0 7.6 4.5 6.4 9.1 13.1 20.0 23.3 8.6 7.3 49.2
2011 998,979 100.0 6.6 4.3 5.9 8.4 12.3 20.3 25.0 9.1 8.2 49.9
2012 960,206 100.0 6.1 4.3 5.6 8.2 11.9 20.3 25.8 9.2 8.5 50.2
2013 868,965 100.0 5.8 4.2 5.3 7.8 11.0 20.1 27.0 9.8 9.0 50.6
2014 778,796 100.0 5.7 4.0 4.9 7.2 10.1 19.8 28.4 10.4 9.4 51.0
2015 741,478 100.0 5.5 3.8 4.8 6.9 9.6 19.6 28.9 10.8 10.0 51.3
2016 706,448 100.0 5.4 3.7 4.8 6.7 9.4 19.3 29.2 11.2 10.4 51.5
2017 715,921 100.0 6.4 3.8 5.0 6.6 9.3 19.0 28.6 11.0 10.3 51.0
2018 686,723 100.0 5.9 3.7 4.9 6.5 9.3 18.8 28.9 11.3 10.7 51.3
2019 679,449 100.0 5.6 3.6 4.8 6.3 9.2 18.5 29.1 11.5 11.3 51.6
2020 619,636 100.0 6.2 3.6 4.7 6.2 8.8 17.7 28.9 11.8 12.1 51.6
2021 540,353 100.0 5.6 3.4 4.4 5.9 8.1 17.2 29.5 12.6 13.3 52.1
  Men
1960 168,466 100.0 0.8 a 7.0 6.5 10.5 16.7 20.0 11.8 26.7 54.5
1965 186,808 100.0 1.8 a 8.2 7.9 11.1 17.1 25.7 14.0 14.0 53.0
1970 258,072 100.0 6.7 a 7.6 6.5 10.1 14.7 23.5 12.3 18.7 52.1
1975 408,531 100.0 7.7 a 8.6 6.2 9.5 15.7 23.1 12.1 17.1 51.5
1980 275,185 100.0 8.3 a 9.7 6.0 8.4 14.7 24.6 12.3 16.0 51.2
1981 244,984 100.0 8.6 a 10.2 6.2 8.4 14.5 24.3 13.0 14.8 50.8
1982 207,453 100.0 8.4 a 10.4 6.3 8.4 14.1 24.6 12.9 14.8 50.9
1983 217,422 100.0 9.5 a 11.7 6.6 8.4 13.6 23.4 12.2 14.6 50.2
1984 247,833 100.0 9.2 a 12.8 7.1 8.7 13.4 22.6 12.2 14.0 50.0
1985 274,400 100.0 8.7 a 13.3 7.0 9.9 14.6 23.1 12.4 10.9 50.1
1986 273,700 100.0 10.7 a 15.3 8.1 9.4 14.3 21.3 11.1 9.8 48.7
1987 265,900 100.0 9.4 a 16.0 8.6 9.3 13.9 20.8 10.9 11.2 49.0
1988 265,700 100.0 8.4 a 16.0 9.7 9.0 14.6 21.3 10.5 10.4 49.2
1989 268,600 100.0 8.7 a 16.0 9.5 10.2 14.2 20.6 9.7 11.1 49.0
1990 293,300 100.0 10.9 a 16.9 9.4 9.5 13.5 20.5 10.3 8.9 48.1
1991 322,700 100.0 9.5 a 17.7 10.6 11.0 14.1 18.4 9.4 9.3 47.9
1992 395,600 100.0 9.5 a 18.5 10.8 11.0 13.0 18.6 9.8 8.9 47.8
1993 391,800 100.0 9.2 a 18.9 10.1 11.7 14.7 18.8 8.6 8.0 47.7
1994 379,300 100.0 6.8 a 18.4 10.8 12.7 15.4 19.3 9.0 7.7 48.4
1995 368,400 100.0 7.2 a 16.3 10.7 11.5 15.7 20.4 8.9 9.3 48.9
1996 347,100 100.0 6.9 7.2 9.0 10.8 13.2 16.2 19.9 9.3 7.6 48.7
1997 311,100 100.0 6.3 5.6 8.9 10.8 13.5 16.1 21.6 8.8 8.3 49.3
1998 331,400 100.0 6.3 6.2 8.1 11.1 12.4 18.3 21.6 8.1 8.0 49.2
1999 338,900 100.0 6.2 5.2 7.6 11.4 12.4 18.2 21.7 8.8 8.3 49.6
2000 328,700 100.0 6.8 4.6 8.3 10.7 12.7 17.6 21.1 9.1 9.1 49.1
2001 360,000 100.0 7.5 4.8 7.9 10.0 12.2 17.5 22.7 9.2 8.1 49.1
2002 394,741 100.0 7.9 4.7 7.1 10.2 12.6 17.6 22.9 9.3 7.8 49.0
2003 408,516 100.0 7.0 4.7 6.8 10.0 12.7 17.8 23.2 9.7 8.0 49.4
2004 416,560 100.0 6.8 4.6 6.5 9.8 12.8 17.7 23.4 9.6 8.9 49.6
2005 440,008 100.0 6.6 4.3 6.3 9.7 12.9 17.9 23.7 8.9 9.6 49.8
2006 425,285 100.0 6.4 4.1 6.1 9.2 13.0 18.4 24.0 8.8 9.9 50.1
2007 428,836 100.0 8.2 4.3 6.4 9.7 12.8 18.3 23.7 8.9 7.7 49.1
2008 466,966 100.0 8.4 4.2 6.1 9.3 12.7 18.6 23.4 9.5 7.8 49.2
2009 521,424 100.0 8.5 4.2 6.1 8.9 12.5 19.1 23.6 9.3 7.7 49.2
2010 555,999 100.0 7.8 4.1 5.9 8.6 12.4 19.5 24.2 9.4 8.1 49.5
2011 540,107 100.0 6.7 4.0 5.4 7.9 11.6 19.8 25.8 9.8 9.0 50.3
2012 511,370 100.0 6.3 4.0 5.2 7.7 11.2 19.7 26.6 9.9 9.3 50.5
2013 459,732 100.0 6.1 3.9 4.9 7.2 10.4 19.4 27.6 10.6 9.9 50.9
2014 412,855 100.0 6.0 3.8 4.5 6.6 9.4 19.0 29.0 11.2 10.4 51.3
2015 390,248 100.0 5.9 3.6 4.4 6.3 9.1 18.7 29.2 11.6 11.2 51.6
2016 373,798 100.0 5.8 3.6 4.4 6.1 8.7 18.2 29.4 12.0 11.7 51.8
2017 374,918 100.0 6.9 3.6 4.6 6.0 8.7 17.8 28.9 11.8 11.5 51.3
2018 357,468 100.0 6.4 3.5 4.5 5.9 8.7 17.7 29.0 12.1 12.0 51.6
2019 353,104 100.0 6.1 3.4 4.5 5.8 8.5 17.4 29.2 12.4 12.7 51.9
2020 325,228 100.0 6.6 3.4 4.3 5.7 8.1 16.6 29.0 12.7 13.7 51.9
2021 288,477 100.0 6.0 3.2 4.0 5.3 7.4 16.1 29.7 13.5 14.9 52.5
  Women
1960 39,339 100.0 0.7 a 8.1 8.0 13.3 21.9 24.6 12.4 10.9 52.5
1965 66,691 100.0 1.1 a 6.5 7.4 11.7 19.3 28.3 14.1 11.5 53.2
1970 92,312 100.0 4.2 a 6.3 6.1 11.0 17.5 27.2 13.0 14.6 52.8
1975 183,518 100.0 6.1 a 7.3 6.1 10.1 17.7 25.5 12.2 15.0 52.1
1980 121,374 100.0 7.4 a 9.7 6.4 9.3 16.3 25.5 11.7 13.7 51.1
1981 106,863 100.0 7.8 a 10.2 6.5 9.5 16.4 25.1 12.0 12.5 50.8
1982 89,678 100.0 8.0 a 10.9 6.8 9.5 15.6 24.9 11.7 12.5 50.5
1983 94,127 100.0 9.0 a 12.2 7.4 9.5 14.8 23.5 10.9 12.7 49.8
1984 114,165 100.0 8.3 a 13.2 7.9 9.7 14.9 22.8 10.9 12.9 49.7
1985 134,500 100.0 8.6 a 12.9 8.0 10.6 15.8 23.3 10.1 10.6 49.7
1986 135,700 100.0 9.0 a 15.5 10.4 10.5 14.8 21.3 9.6 8.8 48.8
1987 143,700 100.0 7.5 a 15.2 8.1 11.2 15.8 23.4 9.6 9.1 49.5
1988 147,000 100.0 8.5 a 14.0 8.8 10.9 16.1 23.5 10.5 7.7 49.3
1989 146,900 100.0 7.8 a 14.8 10.4 11.9 13.8 21.2 10.8 9.2 49.1
1990 168,500 100.0 8.5 a 16.3 9.8 13.1 14.2 22.3 8.9 6.9 48.4
1991 190,400 100.0 8.5 a 16.8 10.1 12.2 16.2 19.5 8.9 7.8 48.4
1992 241,300 100.0 8.6 a 17.7 12.0 12.4 15.6 17.6 8.4 7.7 47.7
1993 237,900 100.0 7.5 a 17.5 11.2 13.1 16.5 19.7 6.8 7.6 48.1
1994 234,000 100.0 7.4 a 16.9 11.1 12.9 17.0 20.8 7.3 6.6 48.2
1995 263,200 100.0 6.4 a 16.7 11.4 13.8 17.2 20.5 7.6 6.4 48.5
1996 256,900 100.0 5.3 6.2 8.9 11.3 14.0 19.0 21.2 8.3 5.9 49.1
1997 250,200 100.0 6.2 6.0 10.3 12.2 14.1 19.0 19.0 6.8 6.4 48.4
1998 271,900 100.0 5.4 5.9 9.0 12.2 14.5 19.1 20.4 7.6 5.9 48.9
1999 266,900 100.0 5.7 5.9 8.7 12.5 15.4 18.1 20.6 6.6 6.5 48.7
2000 282,000 100.0 5.8 5.2 8.6 12.3 13.5 18.7 21.6 8.1 6.3 48.7
2001 301,900 100.0 8.0 5.9 8.2 11.8 13.8 18.5 20.2 7.7 6.0 48.0
2002 335,642 100.0 7.3 5.3 8.0 11.4 14.2 18.5 21.2 7.7 6.3 48.3
2003 347,190 100.0 6.8 5.4 7.7 11.3 14.2 18.5 21.7 8.1 6.5 48.6
2004 358,684 100.0 6.6 5.3 7.3 11.0 14.0 18.6 21.9 8.2 7.2 48.9
2005 381,199 100.0 6.2 5.0 7.0 10.7 14.0 19.0 22.3 7.7 8.0 49.2
2006 373,390 100.0 5.9 4.7 6.8 10.4 14.2 19.4 22.8 7.7 8.2 49.5
2007 375,951 100.0 7.5 5.0 7.4 11.1 14.4 19.4 22.0 7.4 5.9 48.4
2008 410,260 100.0 7.6 4.9 7.3 10.7 14.2 19.9 21.7 7.8 5.9 48.4
2009 449,272 100.0 7.8 4.9 7.1 10.3 14.3 20.4 21.8 7.7 5.8 48.4
2010 470,989 100.0 7.3 4.9 7.0 9.8 13.9 20.6 22.2 7.8 6.4 48.8
2011 458,872 100.0 6.4 4.7 6.5 9.0 13.1 20.9 24.0 8.2 7.3 49.5
2012 448,836 100.0 5.8 4.7 6.1 8.8 12.6 20.9 25.0 8.4 7.6 49.9
2013 409,233 100.0 5.5 4.5 5.7 8.4 11.7 20.9 26.4 9.0 8.0 50.3
2014 365,941 100.0 5.3 4.2 5.4 7.8 10.9 20.8 27.8 9.5 8.3 50.7
2015 351,230 100.0 5.1 4.1 5.2 7.6 10.2 20.7 28.5 10.0 8.7 51.0
2016 332,650 100.0 5.0 3.9 5.2 7.2 10.2 20.5 28.9 10.2 8.9 51.1
2017 341,003 100.0 5.9 4.0 5.4 7.3 10.0 20.2 28.3 10.1 8.8 50.7
2018 329,255 100.0 5.4 3.9 5.3 7.1 10.0 20.0 28.7 10.4 9.2 51.0
2019 326,345 100.0 5.2 3.8 5.2 6.9 9.9 19.7 29.0 10.6 9.7 51.2
2020 294,408 100.0 5.7 3.8 5.1 6.8 9.6 18.9 28.8 10.8 10.4 51.2
2021 251,876 100.0 5.3 3.6 4.8 6.5 8.9 18.5 29.4 11.5 11.5 51.7
SOURCES: Social Security Administration. For years before 2000, Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin, based on the Master Beneficiary Record, various sampling rates; from 2000 through 2001, Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, 1 percent sample; data after 2001 are 100 percent data. From 2012 and forward, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Because of differences in data sources and calculation methods, statistics reported in this table may differ from those reported by the Office of the Chief Actuary.
Age in year of award from 1960 through 1984; age in month of award after 1984.
Data exclude closed period awards in 2002 and 2003 and expedited reinstatement cases from 2002 through 2011.
Starting with 2007, age is based on date of entitlement and not date of award. Entitlement can be retroactive and thus precede the date of award.
FRA = full retirement age.
a. Ages 30–34 were grouped with ages 35–39 before 1996.
b. Combined data for men and women are not available before 2000.
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Table 40. Distribution, by diagnostic group, selected years 1960–2021
Year Total Congenital anomalies Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases Infectious and parasitic diseases a Injuries Mental disorders b Neoplasms Diseases of the— Other Unknown c
Total Intellectual disorders Other Blood and blood-forming organs Circulatory system Digestive system Genitourinary system Musculo-skeletal system and connective tissue Nervous system and sense organs Respiratory system Skin and subcutaneous tissue
  Number
1960 207,805 865 5,406 10,903 -- 17,287 -- -- 17,739 442 55,855 3,575 1,077 17,124 32,105 16,489 463 89 28,386
1961 279,758 1,637 7,070 15,153 -- 26,864 -- -- 23,103 566 71,860 4,300 1,608 23,241 44,709 20,030 794 125 38,698
1962 286,434 2,026 9,383 15,271 -- 37,315 -- -- 27,632 739 82,015 5,922 2,040 33,751 45,261 23,408 1,177 494 --
1963 224,229 1,646 7,563 10,859 6,496 24,526 -- -- 25,042 597 66,468 4,437 1,725 21,744 32,712 19,107 719 588 --
1967 310,947 -- 10,743 10,945 19,815 35,344 -- -- 33,358 -- 81,507 7,627 -- 41,090 38,278 24,646 -- 7,594 --
1968 330,783 2,670 11,359 10,360 25,319 41,894 -- -- 36,560 -- 80,906 7,806 2,926 43,677 41,758 22,635 -- 2,913 --
1969 344,741 3,004 12,169 9,828 28,473 43,225 -- -- 35,740 -- 105,760 8,719 2,717 47,357 21,967 23,265 -- 2,517 --
1970 350,384 3,597 13,141 8,760 28,231 38,406 -- -- 36,095 -- 108,906 9,051 2,912 52,086 22,575 24,254 -- 2,370 --
1971 415,897 4,365 15,823 8,524 31,810 42,687 -- -- 39,629 1,043 131,854 11,629 3,501 66,558 26,442 30,103 1,667 262 --
1972 455,438 4,033 17,352 8,627 31,728 45,253 -- -- 43,667 1,155 146,684 13,369 4,304 75,923 28,216 33,038 1,756 293 40
1973 491,776 5,276 18,131 7,957 30,418 47,014 -- -- 50,644 1,347 158,202 14,614 4,810 85,431 31,139 34,656 1,854 283 --
1975 592,049 6,576 23,176 7,579 32,341 67,213 -- -- 59,852 1,491 177,311 17,474 5,719 110,637 39,960 39,485 2,306 929 --
1976 551,460 5,817 20,966 6,049 29,848 63,667 -- -- 57,656 2,039 165,182 15,194 4,907 105,907 36,156 35,210 2,532 330 --
1977 568,874 6,681 21,725 5,807 31,942 70,825 -- -- 59,833 1,516 167,801 15,342 5,271 107,840 36,751 35,002 1,766 772 --
1978 464,415 5,850 16,855 4,512 27,490 54,329 -- -- 54,878 1,236 134,634 12,407 4,719 86,921 29,314 28,005 2,017 1,248 --
1981 351,847 3,118 14,768 2,596 20,868 36,318 -- -- 56,410 942 85,994 7,363 6,230 58,639 28,516 21,520 1,345 616 6,604
1982 298,531 2,432 13,187 2,312 16,617 31,531 -- -- 50,999 808 74,242 6,067 3,165 48,985 26,886 19,766 998 536 --
1983 311,490 2,827 14,904 6,730 15,646 50,633 -- -- 52,379 958 68,352 5,272 6,489 41,782 26,203 17,978 848 (X) (X)
1984 357,140 2,439 14,418 3,185 16,189 64,078 -- -- 59,104 904 70,891 5,895 3,441 45,826 28,201 18,891 983 776 21,919
1985 377,371 2,480 16,976 2,985 16,558 68,610 -- -- 55,120 890 72,764 5,626 3,348 49,214 28,733 20,213 1,110 992 31,752
1986 416,865 1,953 21,260 2,736 3,629 123,983 -- -- 53,176 1,186 73,226 6,262 3,099 54,560 30,328 23,449 1,075 -- 16,943
1987 415,848 787 21,114 4,676 20,889 81,241 -- -- 55,339 1,205 76,758 6,122 5,801 63,807 35,206 22,978 1,173 -- 18,752
1988 409,490 550 14,513 2,802 21,022 85,756 -- -- 53,944 1,419 72,224 6,388 7,131 68,623 34,443 23,073 785 16,817 --
1989 425,582 534 14,279 3,773 21,531 88,500 -- -- 60,352 1,524 70,235 6,803 9,010 71,419 34,756 21,400 828 20,638 --
1990 467,977 511 16,255 22,023 22,315 105,173 -- -- 65,939 1,734 73,585 7,431 10,294 74,501 37,737 22,158 866 7,455 --
1991 536,434 575 19,931 28,245 24,129 126,184 -- -- 69,244 1,904 78,339 8,648 10,874 92,469 41,551 23,798 1,021 9,522 --
1992 636,637 619 29,904 39,253 25,042 164,093 -- -- 77,175 2,277 89,818 9,872 12,763 96,895 46,952 27,264 1,070 13,640 --
1993 635,238 543 30,862 37,450 23,206 166,045 -- -- 80,266 2,075 88,623 10,026 13,390 94,255 45,742 27,494 1,118 14,143 --
1994 631,870 602 31,532 36,087 22,560 156,703 -- -- 89,231 2,066 86,645 10,520 15,531 84,705 47,820 30,958 1,116 15,794 --
1995 645,645 722 33,370 27,993 27,566 147,900 16,681 131,219 64,401 2,006 83,065 11,167 11,956 141,306 46,477 28,831 1,643 14,746 2,496
1996 624,254 777 33,832 23,324 27,616 132,022 14,062 117,960 63,321 1,836 81,209 11,530 12,206 142,776 45,960 27,983 1,588 18,274 2,590
1997 587,700 654 33,807 15,327 25,930 122,901 12,888 110,013 62,279 1,815 76,531 11,310 12,151 135,430 45,496 26,483 1,473 14,436 1,677
1998 608,382 676 36,373 12,680 25,926 131,502 14,506 116,996 63,973 1,801 76,698 12,413 13,118 141,847 47,517 27,148 1,466 13,744 1,500
1999 620,559 645 36,975 11,743 25,925 138,980 16,608 122,372 65,681 1,911 74,755 13,389 13,842 146,754 49,869 26,981 1,416 10,252 1,441
2000 610,700 700 17,100 10,700 28,700 143,200 17,600 125,600 63,600 1,500 75,400 12,700 14,900 153,600 50,100 26,200 1,700 9,300 1,300
2001 661,900 (X) 19,500 11,200 25,400 168,600 22,500 146,100 62,000 2,200 82,500 15,600 16,300 162,100 54,600 28,300 (X) 10,000 1,800
2002 730,383 1,113 21,830 10,966 28,169 185,313 22,352 162,961 70,369 2,491 85,252 15,976 16,412 186,923 62,519 30,591 1,609 1,866 8,984
2003 755,706 1,152 23,407 10,879 28,612 191,679 19,338 172,341 70,942 2,408 85,896 17,084 16,968 199,014 64,369 32,007 1,622 1,871 7,796
2004 775,244 1,166 24,341 10,510 29,580 192,832 20,479 172,353 73,637 2,479 85,449 18,045 16,869 210,315 64,566 32,562 1,709 1,909 9,275
2005 821,207 1,214 26,969 10,534 31,019 198,549 21,165 177,384 83,303 2,501 89,247 19,094 18,317 226,914 66,712 33,998 1,783 1,989 9,064
2006 798,675 1,170 27,272 10,165 31,231 185,035 19,842 165,193 82,146 2,405 85,636 18,655 18,414 225,179 65,320 32,577 1,731 1,862 9,877
2007 804,787 1,196 27,354 9,504 31,543 183,475 18,694 164,781 81,453 2,509 86,706 18,558 19,060 233,608 65,187 32,336 1,781 2,112 8,405
2008 877,226 1,255 30,023 9,887 34,842 199,738 19,506 180,232 84,544 2,656 92,136 19,760 19,662 263,536 71,431 34,539 1,935 2,165 9,117
2009 970,696 1,507 34,168 10,440 38,439 216,381 23,031 193,350 90,411 2,900 100,007 21,827 20,434 303,035 79,756 37,938 2,154 2,016 9,283
2010 1,026,988 1,531 35,545 10,590 39,341 218,862 18,667 200,195 92,748 3,146 105,046 23,305 21,575 333,377 83,735 40,864 2,391 2,151 12,781
2011 998,979 1,491 34,167 9,748 36,601 191,898 14,145 177,753 91,510 2,999 105,728 23,424 21,089 337,946 81,698 41,160 2,380 2,017 15,123
2012 960,206 1,283 32,152 9,047 33,672 172,995 12,009 160,986 90,986 2,918 101,365 22,711 20,462 339,636 77,109 37,958 2,269 1,803 13,840
2013 868,965 1,118 28,004 8,225 28,806 145,997 10,141 135,856 86,983 2,786 93,961 20,683 19,756 312,133 71,195 35,141 1,993 1,544 10,640
2014 778,796 1,037 23,531 7,116 25,147 123,676 9,738 113,938 83,281 2,436 85,189 18,177 19,354 281,080 65,023 32,124 1,740 1,290 8,595
2015 741,478 966 20,739 6,361 23,006 111,913 8,397 103,516 83,098 2,376 81,993 16,817 20,140 269,355 63,234 30,562 1,721 1,161 8,036
2016 706,448 948 18,470 6,065 22,450 103,001 7,975 95,026 80,382 2,162 78,369 15,743 20,193 258,506 60,593 28,995 1,604 1,106 7,861
2017 715,921 1,107 17,688 5,839 24,060 108,522 9,762 98,760 80,276 2,306 73,737 15,973 20,408 262,559 63,602 28,790 1,627 1,044 8,383
2018 686,723 953 16,491 5,412 23,366 95,558 7,292 88,266 77,344 2,262 72,465 15,372 20,179 257,927 61,252 27,263 1,629 977 8,273
2019 679,449 1,014 15,881 5,280 23,050 90,589 6,725 83,864 78,597 2,238 72,175 15,090 20,414 255,926 61,908 26,406 1,539 1,018 8,324
2020 619,636 1,113 14,096 4,658 21,229 81,194 6,842 74,352 74,094 2,053 66,013 13,815 20,775 231,276 55,320 23,446 1,427 871 8,256
2021 540,353 892 11,662 4,113 19,037 65,435 5,361 60,074 68,221 1,589 59,129 12,217 19,975 195,469 50,548 23,901 1,219 783 6,163
  Percent
1960 100.0 0.4 2.6 5.2 -- 8.3 -- -- 8.5 0.2 26.9 1.7 0.5 8.2 15.4 7.9 0.2 (L) 13.7
1961 100.0 0.6 2.5 5.4 -- 9.6 -- -- 8.3 0.2 25.7 1.5 0.6 8.3 16.0 7.2 0.3 (L) 13.8
1962 100.0 0.7 3.3 5.3 -- 13.0 -- -- 9.6 0.3 28.6 2.1 0.7 11.8 15.8 8.2 0.4 0.2 --
1963 100.0 0.7 3.4 4.8 2.9 10.9 -- -- 11.2 0.3 29.6 2.0 0.8 9.7 14.6 8.5 0.3 0.3 --
1967 100.0 -- 3.5 3.5 6.4 11.4 -- -- 10.7 -- 26.2 2.5 -- 13.2 12.3 7.9 -- 2.4 --
1968 100.0 0.8 3.4 3.1 7.7 12.7 -- -- 11.1 -- 24.5 2.4 0.9 13.2 12.6 6.8 -- 0.9 --
1969 100.0 0.9 3.5 2.9 8.3 12.5 -- -- 10.4 -- 30.7 2.5 0.8 13.7 6.4 6.7 -- 0.7 --
1970 100.0 1.0 3.8 2.5 8.1 11.0 -- -- 10.3 -- 31.1 2.6 0.8 14.9 6.4 6.9 -- 0.7 --
1971 100.0 1.0 3.8 2.0 7.6 10.3 -- -- 9.5 0.3 31.7 2.8 0.8 16.0 6.4 7.2 0.4 0.1 --
1972 100.0 0.9 3.8 1.9 7.0 9.9 -- -- 9.6 0.3 32.2 2.9 0.9 16.7 6.2 7.3 0.4 0.1 (L)
1973 100.0 1.1 3.7 1.6 6.2 9.6 -- -- 10.3 0.3 32.2 3.0 1.0 17.4 6.3 7.0 0.4 0.1 --
1975 100.0 1.1 3.9 1.3 5.5 11.4 -- -- 10.1 0.3 29.9 3.0 1.0 18.7 6.7 6.7 0.4 0.2 --
1976 100.0 1.1 3.8 1.1 5.4 11.5 -- -- 10.5 0.4 30.0 2.8 0.9 19.2 6.6 6.4 0.5 0.1 --
1977 100.0 1.2 3.8 1.0 5.6 12.5 -- -- 10.5 0.3 29.5 2.7 0.9 19.0 6.5 6.2 0.3 0.1 --
1978 100.0 1.3 3.6 1.0 5.9 11.7 -- -- 11.8 0.3 29.0 2.7 1.0 18.7 6.3 6.0 0.4 0.3 --
1981 100.0 0.9 4.2 0.7 5.9 10.3 -- -- 16.0 0.3 24.4 2.1 1.8 16.7 8.1 6.1 0.4 0.2 1.9
1982 100.0 0.8 4.4 0.8 5.6 10.6 -- -- 17.1 0.3 24.9 2.0 1.1 16.4 9.0 6.6 0.3 0.2 --
1983 100.0 0.9 4.8 2.2 5.0 16.3 -- -- 16.8 0.3 21.9 1.7 2.1 13.4 8.4 5.8 0.3 (X) (X)
1984 100.0 0.7 4.0 0.9 4.5 17.9 -- -- 16.5 0.3 19.8 1.7 1.0 12.8 7.9 5.3 0.3 0.2 6.1
1985 100.0 0.7 4.5 0.8 4.4 18.2 -- -- 14.6 0.2 19.3 1.5 0.9 13.0 7.6 5.4 0.3 0.3 8.4
1986 100.0 0.5 5.1 0.7 0.9 29.7 -- -- 12.8 0.3 17.6 1.5 0.7 13.1 7.3 5.6 0.3 -- 4.1
1987 100.0 0.2 5.1 1.1 5.0 19.5 -- -- 13.3 0.3 18.5 1.5 1.4 15.3 8.5 5.5 0.3 -- 4.5
1988 100.0 0.1 3.5 0.7 5.1 20.9 -- -- 13.2 0.3 17.6 1.6 1.7 16.8 8.4 5.6 0.2 4.1 --
1989 100.0 0.1 3.4 0.9 5.1 20.8 -- -- 14.2 0.4 16.5 1.6 2.1 16.8 8.2 5.0 0.2 4.8 --
1990 100.0 0.1 3.5 4.7 4.8 22.5 -- -- 14.1 0.4 15.7 1.6 2.2 15.9 8.1 4.7 0.2 1.6 --
1991 100.0 0.1 3.7 5.3 4.5 23.5 -- -- 12.9 0.4 14.6 1.6 2.0 17.2 7.7 4.4 0.2 1.8 --
1992 100.0 0.1 4.7 6.2 3.9 25.8 -- -- 12.1 0.4 14.1 1.6 2.0 15.2 7.4 4.3 0.2 2.1 --
1993 100.0 0.1 4.9 5.9 3.7 26.1 -- -- 12.6 0.3 14.0 1.6 2.1 14.8 7.2 4.3 0.2 2.2 --
1994 100.0 0.1 5.0 5.7 3.6 24.8 -- -- 14.1 0.3 13.7 1.7 2.5 13.4 7.6 4.9 0.2 2.5 --
1995 100.0 0.1 5.2 4.3 4.3 22.9 2.6 20.3 10.0 0.3 12.9 1.7 1.9 21.9 7.2 4.5 0.3 2.3 0.4
1996 100.0 0.1 5.4 3.7 4.4 21.1 2.3 18.9 10.1 0.3 13.0 1.8 2.0 22.9 7.4 4.5 0.3 2.9 0.4
1997 100.0 0.1 5.8 2.6 4.4 20.9 2.2 18.7 10.6 0.3 13.0 1.9 2.1 23.0 7.7 4.5 0.3 2.5 0.3
1998 100.0 0.1 6.0 2.1 4.3 21.6 2.4 19.2 10.5 0.3 12.6 2.0 2.2 23.3 7.8 4.5 0.2 2.3 0.2
1999 100.0 0.1 6.0 1.9 4.2 22.4 2.7 19.7 10.6 0.3 12.0 2.2 2.2 23.6 8.0 4.3 0.2 1.7 0.2
2000 100.0 0.1 2.8 1.8 4.7 23.4 2.9 20.6 10.4 0.2 12.3 2.1 2.4 25.2 8.2 4.3 0.3 1.5 0.2
2001 100.0 (X) 2.9 1.7 3.8 25.5 3.4 22.1 9.4 0.3 12.5 2.4 2.5 24.5 8.2 4.3 (X) 1.5 0.3
2002 100.0 0.2 3.0 1.5 3.9 25.4 3.1 22.3 9.6 0.3 11.7 2.2 2.2 25.6 8.6 4.2 0.2 0.3 1.2
2003 100.0 0.2 3.1 1.4 3.8 25.4 2.6 22.8 9.4 0.3 11.4 2.3 2.2 26.3 8.5 4.2 0.2 0.2 1.0
2004 100.0 0.2 3.1 1.4 3.8 24.8 2.6 22.2 9.5 0.3 11.0 2.3 2.2 27.1 8.3 4.2 0.2 0.2 1.2
2005 100.0 0.1 3.3 1.3 3.8 24.2 2.6 21.6 10.1 0.3 10.9 2.3 2.2 27.6 8.1 4.1 0.2 0.2 1.1
2006 100.0 0.1 3.4 1.3 3.9 23.2 2.5 20.7 10.3 0.3 10.7 2.3 2.3 28.2 8.2 4.1 0.2 0.2 1.2
2007 100.0 0.1 3.4 1.2 3.9 22.8 2.3 20.5 10.1 0.3 10.8 2.3 2.4 29.0 8.1 4.0 0.2 0.3 1.0
2008 100.0 0.1 3.4 1.1 4.0 22.8 2.2 20.5 9.6 0.3 10.5 2.3 2.2 30.0 8.1 3.9 0.2 0.2 1.0
2009 100.0 0.2 3.5 1.1 4.0 22.3 2.4 19.9 9.3 0.3 10.3 2.2 2.1 31.2 8.2 3.9 0.2 0.2 1.0
2010 100.0 0.1 3.5 1.0 3.8 21.3 1.8 19.5 9.0 0.3 10.2 2.3 2.1 32.5 8.2 4.0 0.2 0.2 1.2
2011 100.0 0.1 3.4 1.0 3.7 19.2 1.4 17.8 9.2 0.3 10.6 2.3 2.1 33.8 8.2 4.1 0.2 0.2 1.5
2012 100.0 0.1 3.3 0.9 3.5 18.0 1.3 16.8 9.5 0.3 10.6 2.4 2.1 35.4 8.0 4.0 0.2 0.2 1.4
2013 100.0 0.1 3.2 0.9 3.3 16.8 1.2 15.6 10.0 0.3 10.8 2.4 2.3 35.9 8.2 4.0 0.2 0.2 1.2
2014 100.0 0.1 3.0 0.9 3.2 15.9 1.3 14.6 10.7 0.3 10.9 2.3 2.5 36.1 8.3 4.1 0.2 0.2 1.1
2015 100.0 0.1 2.8 0.9 3.1 15.1 1.1 14.0 11.2 0.3 11.1 2.3 2.7 36.3 8.5 4.1 0.2 0.2 1.1
2016 100.0 0.1 2.6 0.9 3.2 14.6 1.1 13.5 11.4 0.3 11.1 2.2 2.9 36.6 8.6 4.1 0.2 0.2 1.1
2017 100.0 0.2 2.5 0.8 3.4 15.2 1.4 13.8 11.2 0.3 10.3 2.2 2.9 36.7 8.9 4.0 0.2 0.1 1.2
2018 100.0 0.1 2.4 0.8 3.4 13.9 1.1 12.9 11.3 0.3 10.6 2.2 2.9 37.6 8.9 4.0 0.2 0.1 1.2
2019 100.0 0.1 2.3 0.8 3.4 13.3 1.0 12.3 11.6 0.3 10.6 2.2 3.0 37.7 9.1 3.9 0.2 0.1 1.2
2020 100.0 0.2 2.3 0.8 3.4 13.1 1.1 12.0 12.0 0.3 10.7 2.2 3.4 37.3 8.9 3.8 0.2 0.1 1.3
2021 100.0 0.2 2.2 0.8 3.5 12.1 1.0 11.1 12.6 0.3 10.9 2.3 3.7 36.2 9.4 4.4 0.2 0.1 1.1
SOURCES: Social Security Administration. For years before 2000, Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin, based on the Master Beneficiary Record, various sampling rates; from 2000 through 2001, Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, 1 percent sample; data after 2001 are 100 percent data. From 2012 and forward, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Because of differences in data sources and calculation methods, statistics reported in this table may differ from those reported by the Office of the Chief Actuary.
Data exclude closed period awards in 2002 and 2003 and expedited reinstatement cases from 2002 through 2011.
Data from 1964 through 1966 are not available. Before 1995, diagnostic data for cases awarded at the appeals levels were estimated on the basis of the diagnosis of cases allowed at the initial disability determination level.
Effective 2001, the Social Security Administration initiated a special review of 130,000 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients who were potentially eligible for Social Security disability benefits because of earnings while receiving SSI. Many of these claims awarded since 2001 were for individuals under the age of 35 who were diagnosed with a mental disorder.
-- = not available; (L) = less than 0.05 percent; (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals.
a. AIDS and HIV records are counted in "Infectious and parasitic diseases." Before 1990, they were included in "Other."
b. Intellectual disorders were not identified separately before 1995.
c. Beginning with 2002, several ill-defined impairment codes were reclassified and added to "Unknown."
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Table 41. Distribution of workers under age 50, by diagnostic group, selected years 1975–2021
Year Total Congenital anomalies Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases Infectious and parasitic diseases a Injuries Mental disorders b Neoplasms Diseases of the— Other Unknown c
Total Intellectual disorders Other Blood and blood-forming organs Circulatory system Digestive system Genitourinary system Musculo-skeletal system and connective tissue Nervous system and sense organs Respiratory system Skin and subcutaneous tissue
  Number
1975 183,493 3,712 6,511 3,357 17,945 42,119 -- -- 15,588 748 30,293 5,856 2,534 30,635 17,326 5,459 954 456 --
1981 123,090 1,945 5,188 1,209 13,327 24,633 -- -- 15,017 516 15,278 3,000 3,314 21,076 14,478 3,189 687 (X) (X)
1982 109,279 1,579 4,739 1,096 11,088 21,654 -- -- 14,581 416 14,309 2,761 1,740 17,889 13,882 2,757 538 250 --
1983 120,606 1,429 5,630 3,759 10,036 35,331 -- -- 14,827 457 13,589 2,292 2,540 14,158 13,456 2,434 486 (X) (X)
1984 140,792 1,375 5,750 1,528 9,535 43,680 -- -- 16,173 537 13,508 2,304 1,711 14,295 14,041 2,463 475 270 13,147
1985 158,152 1,438 7,534 1,510 10,357 49,313 -- -- 16,857 472 13,650 2,756 1,791 15,060 14,724 2,771 485 -- 19,434
1986 188,355 1,202 10,816 1,534 1,882 89,821 -- -- 16,318 688 13,946 3,020 1,684 17,148 16,295 3,043 537 -- 10,421
1987 184,481 498 12,405 3,262 13,064 58,970 -- -- 17,595 739 16,518 2,764 3,005 20,519 19,057 3,535 659 -- 11,891
1988 183,017 326 5,848 1,383 12,590 63,282 -- -- 16,859 867 15,535 3,158 4,257 23,285 18,364 3,771 457 13,035 --
1989 189,708 311 6,088 2,497 12,761 64,093 -- -- 19,298 946 14,224 3,311 5,364 22,628 18,896 3,464 404 15,424 --
1990 215,381 317 7,190 19,290 12,929 77,901 -- -- 21,597 1,094 15,157 3,693 6,171 22,068 20,627 3,538 428 3,381 --
1991 255,448 384 8,949 24,838 13,892 94,345 -- -- 23,162 1,218 16,559 4,403 6,437 29,444 22,795 4,073 524 4,425 --
1992 313,175 404 15,349 34,766 13,691 125,609 -- -- 26,485 1,478 18,775 5,182 7,595 26,347 26,120 4,599 573 6,202 --
1993 312,619 350 15,550 33,072 12,690 126,586 -- -- 27,841 1,342 19,040 5,328 7,812 26,920 24,901 4,664 593 5,930 --
1994 292,987 384 15,107 31,210 11,563 116,812 -- -- 30,791 1,278 16,949 5,537 8,840 17,918 25,350 4,929 572 5,747 --
1995 308,624 472 14,963 23,736 15,325 108,516 13,731 94,785 22,367 1,250 17,490 6,036 6,705 51,664 24,814 5,705 899 6,859 1,823
1996 294,077 513 15,013 19,633 15,674 95,089 11,661 83,428 21,940 1,118 17,608 6,308 6,872 54,008 24,412 5,747 945 9,197 --
1997 265,019 435 14,667 12,361 14,401 85,486 10,679 74,807 21,245 1,053 16,333 6,029 6,724 48,741 23,479 5,286 826 6,565 1,388
1998 273,282 462 15,768 9,817 14,321 90,072 11,880 78,192 22,093 1,072 16,607 6,683 7,066 50,426 24,297 5,517 851 7,000 1,230
1999 259,680 370 15,426 8,667 13,399 86,642 9,341 77,301 21,960 1,031 15,065 7,022 7,172 49,302 23,386 4,783 783 4,383 289
2000 269,800 (X) 6,000 6,900 16,200 98,300 14,400 83,900 21,100 (X) 15,900 6,900 8,500 51,900 25,000 5,400 (X) 4,700 --
2001 296,800 (X) 7,300 8,900 12,900 118,700 20,200 98,500 20,600 (X) 16,900 7,600 9,900 50,400 29,900 5,200 (X) 4,600 1,000
2002 322,539 796 7,875 7,677 13,952 128,791 19,544 109,247 23,725 1,481 18,348 7,999 8,649 58,796 31,571 6,221 877 945 4,836
2003 325,723 857 7,944 7,559 13,716 130,964 16,605 114,359 23,381 1,405 18,479 8,178 8,738 60,594 31,514 6,663 848 920 3,963
2004 326,862 851 8,288 6,991 14,146 129,592 17,699 111,893 23,577 1,429 17,862 8,375 8,441 63,432 31,142 6,537 937 925 4,337
2005 338,815 877 8,909 6,892 14,806 132,116 18,193 113,923 26,130 1,418 18,951 8,280 8,966 67,128 31,498 6,659 955 936 4,294
2006 321,632 816 8,995 6,524 14,501 120,914 17,071 103,843 25,146 1,367 18,174 7,889 8,993 65,964 30,019 6,402 892 866 4,170
2007 347,570 878 10,257 6,311 15,616 126,825 17,008 109,817 25,383 1,481 20,900 8,351 9,328 78,196 31,080 7,171 934 1,145 3,714
2008 373,551 905 11,292 6,300 16,640 138,260 17,692 120,568 25,515 1,593 21,714 8,566 9,323 86,112 33,793 7,427 1,093 1,084 3,934
2009 409,425 1,093 12,569 6,513 17,601 150,113 20,774 129,339 27,086 1,681 23,611 9,228 9,745 97,513 37,991 8,336 1,225 1,028 4,092
2010 417,890 1,053 12,841 6,298 17,298 149,847 16,764 133,083 26,801 1,818 24,070 9,716 9,984 101,938 38,757 8,550 1,315 1,081 6,523
2011 374,344 975 11,722 5,545 15,643 125,448 12,385 113,063 25,036 1,630 22,478 9,373 9,369 93,129 35,690 8,034 1,251 945 8,076
2012 346,955 870 11,159 4,990 14,065 111,441 10,481 100,960 24,364 1,547 21,149 8,761 9,108 89,069 33,588 6,964 1,162 832 7,886
2013 295,967 751 9,197 4,366 11,718 92,320 8,827 83,493 22,856 1,422 18,638 7,684 8,654 74,832 29,650 5,888 1,025 681 6,285
2014 248,538 691 7,287 3,562 9,442 78,029 8,631 69,398 20,803 1,235 15,945 6,534 8,406 59,541 25,828 4,925 872 554 4,884
2015 227,526 592 6,258 3,236 8,715 69,601 7,361 62,240 20,605 1,161 15,522 6,095 8,607 52,492 24,496 4,434 848 462 4,402
2016 211,829 593 5,529 2,935 8,500 63,856 7,016 56,840 19,644 1,034 14,346 5,794 8,531 48,143 23,407 4,004 780 438 4,295
2017 223,275 725 5,561 2,895 8,769 69,710 8,925 60,785 19,921 1,204 14,227 6,040 8,791 50,298 25,346 4,019 833 455 4,481
2018 208,610 636 5,239 2,546 8,690 59,535 6,619 52,916 19,211 1,153 14,148 5,773 8,610 49,665 24,176 3,702 848 429 4,249
2019 201,040 688 4,954 2,431 8,454 55,859 6,121 49,738 19,375 1,111 14,206 5,817 8,635 46,485 24,176 3,545 821 420 4,063
2020 182,362 772 4,368 2,114 7,647 51,614 6,305 45,309 17,831 1,060 12,766 5,349 8,748 39,980 21,488 3,194 764 365 4,302
2021 147,821 525 3,317 1,712 6,432 39,978 4,920 35,058 16,349 725 10,739 4,655 8,328 29,503 18,709 3,057 644 345 2,803
  Percent
1975 100.0 2.0 3.5 1.8 9.8 23.0 -- -- 8.5 0.4 16.5 3.2 1.4 16.7 9.4 3.0 0.5 0.2 --
1981 100.0 1.6 4.2 1.0 10.8 20.0 -- -- 12.2 0.4 12.4 2.4 2.7 17.1 11.8 2.6 0.6 (X) (X)
1982 100.0 1.4 4.3 1.0 10.1 19.8 -- -- 13.3 0.4 13.1 2.5 1.6 16.4 12.7 2.5 0.5 0.2 --
1983 100.0 1.2 4.7 3.1 8.3 29.3 -- -- 12.3 0.4 11.3 1.9 2.1 11.7 11.2 2.0 0.4 (X) (X)
1984 100.0 1.0 4.1 1.1 6.8 31.0 -- -- 11.5 0.4 9.6 1.6 1.2 10.2 10.0 1.7 0.3 0.2 9.3
1985 100.0 0.9 4.8 1.0 6.5 31.2 -- -- 10.7 0.3 8.6 1.7 1.1 9.5 9.3 1.8 0.3 -- 12.3
1986 100.0 0.6 5.7 0.8 1.0 47.7 -- -- 8.7 0.4 7.4 1.6 0.9 9.1 8.7 1.6 0.3 -- 5.5
1987 100.0 0.3 6.7 1.8 7.1 32.0 -- -- 9.5 0.4 9.0 1.5 1.6 11.1 10.3 1.9 0.4 -- 6.4
1988 100.0 0.2 3.2 0.8 6.9 34.6 -- -- 9.2 0.5 8.5 1.7 2.3 12.7 10.0 2.1 0.2 7.1 --
1989 100.0 0.2 3.2 1.3 6.7 33.8 -- -- 10.2 0.5 7.5 1.7 2.8 11.9 10.0 1.8 0.2 8.1 --
1990 100.0 0.1 3.3 9.0 6.0 36.2 -- -- 10.0 0.5 7.0 1.7 2.9 10.2 9.6 1.6 0.2 1.6 --
1991 100.0 0.2 3.5 9.7 5.4 36.9 -- -- 9.1 0.5 6.5 1.7 2.5 11.5 8.9 1.6 0.2 1.7 --
1992 100.0 0.1 4.9 11.1 4.4 40.1 -- -- 8.5 0.5 6.0 1.7 2.4 8.4 8.3 1.5 0.2 2.0 --
1993 100.0 0.1 5.0 10.6 4.1 40.5 -- -- 8.9 0.4 6.1 1.7 2.5 8.6 8.0 1.5 0.2 1.9 --
1994 100.0 0.1 5.2 10.7 3.9 39.9 -- -- 10.5 0.4 5.8 1.9 3.0 6.1 8.7 1.7 0.2 2.0 --
1995 100.0 0.2 4.8 7.7 5.0 35.2 4.4 30.7 7.2 0.4 5.7 2.0 2.2 16.7 8.0 1.8 0.3 2.2 0.6
1996 100.0 0.2 5.1 6.7 5.3 32.3 4.0 28.4 7.5 0.4 6.0 2.1 2.3 18.4 8.3 2.0 0.3 3.1 --
1997 100.0 0.2 5.5 4.7 5.4 32.3 4.0 28.2 8.0 0.4 6.2 2.3 2.5 18.4 8.9 2.0 0.3 2.5 0.5
1998 100.0 0.2 5.8 3.6 5.2 33.0 4.3 28.6 8.1 0.4 6.1 2.4 2.6 18.5 8.9 2.0 0.3 2.6 0.5
1999 100.0 0.1 5.9 3.3 5.2 33.4 3.6 29.8 8.5 0.4 5.8 2.7 2.8 19.0 9.0 1.8 0.3 1.7 0.1
2000 100.0 (X) 2.2 2.6 6.0 36.5 5.4 31.2 7.8 (X) 5.9 2.6 3.2 19.3 9.3 2.0 (X) 1.7 --
2001 100.0 (X) 2.5 3.0 4.3 40.0 6.8 33.2 6.9 (X) 5.7 2.6 3.3 17.0 10.1 1.8 (X) 1.6 0.3
2002 100.0 0.2 2.4 2.4 4.3 39.9 6.1 33.9 7.4 0.5 5.7 2.5 2.7 18.2 9.8 1.9 0.3 0.3 1.5
2003 100.0 0.3 2.4 2.3 4.2 40.2 5.1 35.1 7.2 0.4 5.7 2.5 2.7 18.6 9.7 2.0 0.3 0.3 1.2
2004 100.0 0.3 2.5 2.1 4.3 39.6 5.4 34.2 7.2 0.4 5.5 2.6 2.6 19.4 9.5 2.0 0.3 0.3 1.3
2005 100.0 0.3 2.6 2.0 4.4 39.0 5.4 33.6 7.7 0.4 5.6 2.4 2.6 19.8 9.3 2.0 0.3 0.3 1.3
2006 100.0 0.3 2.8 2.0 4.5 37.6 5.3 32.3 7.8 0.4 5.7 2.5 2.8 20.5 9.3 2.0 0.3 0.3 1.3
2007 100.0 0.3 3.0 1.8 4.5 36.5 4.9 31.6 7.3 0.4 6.0 2.4 2.7 22.5 8.9 2.1 0.3 0.3 1.1
2008 100.0 0.2 3.0 1.7 4.5 37.0 4.7 32.3 6.8 0.4 5.8 2.3 2.5 23.1 9.0 2.0 0.3 0.3 1.1
2009 100.0 0.3 3.1 1.6 4.3 36.7 5.1 31.6 6.6 0.4 5.8 2.3 2.4 23.8 9.3 2.0 0.3 0.3 1.0
2010 100.0 0.3 3.1 1.5 4.1 35.9 4.0 31.8 6.4 0.4 5.8 2.3 2.4 24.4 9.3 2.0 0.3 0.3 1.6
2011 100.0 0.3 3.1 1.5 4.2 33.5 3.3 30.2 6.7 0.4 6.0 2.5 2.5 24.9 9.5 2.1 0.3 0.3 2.2
2012 100.0 0.3 3.2 1.4 4.1 32.1 3.0 29.1 7.0 0.4 6.1 2.5 2.6 25.7 9.7 2.0 0.3 0.2 2.3
2013 100.0 0.3 3.1 1.5 4.0 31.2 3.0 28.2 7.7 0.5 6.3 2.6 2.9 25.3 10.0 2.0 0.3 0.2 2.1
2014 100.0 0.3 2.9 1.4 3.8 31.4 3.5 27.9 8.4 0.5 6.4 2.6 3.4 24.0 10.4 2.0 0.4 0.2 2.0
2015 100.0 0.3 2.8 1.4 3.8 30.6 3.2 27.4 9.1 0.5 6.8 2.7 3.8 23.1 10.8 1.9 0.4 0.2 1.9
2016 100.0 0.3 2.6 1.4 4.0 30.1 3.3 26.8 9.3 0.5 6.8 2.7 4.0 22.7 11.0 1.9 0.4 0.2 2.0
2017 100.0 0.3 2.5 1.3 3.9 31.2 4.0 27.2 8.9 0.5 6.4 2.7 3.9 22.5 11.4 1.8 0.4 0.2 2.0
2018 100.0 0.3 2.5 1.2 4.2 28.5 3.2 25.4 9.2 0.6 6.8 2.8 4.1 23.8 11.6 1.8 0.4 0.2 2.0
2019 100.0 0.3 2.5 1.2 4.2 27.8 3.0 24.7 9.6 0.6 7.1 2.9 4.3 23.1 12.0 1.8 0.4 0.2 2.0
2020 100.0 0.4 2.4 1.2 4.2 28.3 3.5 24.8 9.8 0.6 7.0 2.9 4.8 21.9 11.8 1.8 0.4 0.2 2.4
2021 100.0 0.4 2.2 1.2 4.4 27.0 3.3 23.7 11.1 0.5 7.3 3.1 5.6 20.0 12.7 2.1 0.4 0.2 1.9
SOURCES: Social Security Administration. For years before 2000, Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin, based on the Master Beneficiary Record, various sampling rates; from 2000 through 2001, Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, 1 percent sample; data after 2001 are 100 percent data. From 2012 and forward, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Because of differences in data sources and calculation methods, statistics reported in this table may differ from those reported by the Office of the Chief Actuary.
Data exclude closed period awards in 2002 and 2003 and expedited reinstatement cases from 2002 through 2011.
Before 1995, diagnostic data for cases awarded at the appeals levels were estimated on the basis of the diagnosis of cases allowed at the initial disability determination level.
Effective 2001, the Social Security Administration initiated a special review of 130,000 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients who were potentially eligible for Social Security disability benefits because of earnings while receiving SSI. Many of these claims awarded since 2001 were for individuals under the age of 35 who were diagnosed with a mental disorder.
Starting with 2007, age is based on date of entitlement and not date of award. Entitlement can be retroactive and thus precede the date of award.
-- = not available; (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals.
a. AIDS and HIV records are counted in "Infectious and parasitic diseases." Before 1990, they were included in "Other."
b. Intellectual disorders were not identified separately before 1995.
c. Beginning with 2002, several ill-defined impairment codes were reclassified and added to "Unknown."
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 42. Distribution of workers aged 50 or older, by diagnostic group, selected years 1975–2021
Year Total Congenital anomalies Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases Infectious and parasitic diseases a Injuries Mental disorders b Neoplasms Diseases of the— Other Unknown c
Total Intellectual disorders Other Blood and blood-forming organs Circulatory system Digestive system Genitourinary system Musculo-skeletal system and connective tissue Nervous system and sense organs Respiratory system Skin and subcutaneous tissue
  Number
1975 408,556 2,864 16,665 4,222 14,396 25,094 -- -- 44,264 743 147,018 11,618 3,185 80,002 22,634 34,026 1,352 473 --
1981 222,162 1,173 9,580 1,387 7,541 11,685 -- -- 41,393 426 70,716 4,363 2,916 37,563 14,038 18,331 658 (X) (X)
1982 189,252 853 8,448 1,216 5,529 9,877 -- -- 36,418 392 59,933 3,306 1,425 31,096 13,004 17,009 460 287 --
1983 190,884 1,398 9,274 2,971 5,610 15,302 -- -- 37,552 501 54,763 2,980 3,949 27,624 12,747 15,544 362 (X) (X)
1984 216,348 1,064 8,668 1,657 6,654 20,398 -- -- 42,931 367 57,383 3,591 1,730 31,531 14,160 16,428 508 506 8,772
1985 219,219 1,042 9,442 1,475 6,201 19,297 -- -- 38,263 418 59,114 2,870 1,557 34,154 14,009 17,442 625 -- 13,310
1986 228,510 751 10,444 1,202 1,747 34,162 -- -- 36,858 498 59,280 3,242 1,415 37,412 14,033 20,406 538 -- 6,522
1987 231,367 289 8,709 1,414 7,825 22,271 -- -- 37,744 466 60,240 3,358 2,796 43,288 16,149 19,443 514 -- 6,861
1988 226,473 224 8,665 1,419 8,432 22,474 -- -- 37,085 552 56,689 3,230 2,874 45,338 16,079 19,302 328 3,782 --
1989 235,874 223 8,191 1,276 8,770 24,407 -- -- 41,054 578 56,011 3,492 3,646 48,791 15,860 17,936 424 5,216 --
1990 252,596 194 9,065 2,733 9,386 27,272 -- -- 44,342 640 58,428 3,738 4,123 52,433 17,110 18,620 438 4,074 --
1991 280,986 191 10,982 3,407 10,237 31,839 -- -- 46,082 686 61,780 4,245 4,437 63,025 18,756 19,725 497 5,097 --
1992 323,462 215 14,555 4,487 11,351 38,484 -- -- 50,690 799 71,043 4,690 5,168 70,548 20,832 22,665 497 7,438 --
1993 322,619 193 15,312 4,378 10,516 39,459 -- -- 52,425 733 69,583 4,698 5,578 67,335 20,841 22,830 525 8,213 --
1994 338,833 218 16,425 4,877 10,997 39,891 -- -- 58,440 788 69,696 4,983 6,691 66,787 22,470 26,029 544 10,047 --
1995 337,021 250 18,407 4,257 12,241 39,384 2,950 36,434 42,034 756 65,575 5,131 5,251 89,642 21,663 23,126 744 8,560 --
1996 330,177 264 18,819 3,691 11,942 36,933 2,401 34,532 41,381 718 63,601 5,222 5,334 88,768 21,548 22,236 643 9,077 --
1997 322,681 219 19,140 2,966 11,529 37,415 2,209 35,206 41,034 762 60,198 5,281 5,427 86,689 22,017 21,197 647 7,871 289
1998 335,100 214 20,605 2,863 11,605 41,430 2,626 38,804 41,880 729 60,091 5,730 6,052 91,421 23,200 21,631 615 6,744 290
1999 360,879 275 21,549 3,076 12,526 52,338 7,267 45,071 43,721 880 59,690 6,367 6,670 97,452 26,483 22,198 633 5,869 1,152
2000 340,900 (X) 11,100 3,800 12,500 44,900 3,200 41,700 42,500 (X) 59,500 5,800 6,400 101,700 25,100 20,800 (X) 4,600 600
2001 365,100 (X) 12,200 2,300 12,500 49,900 2,300 47,600 41,400 (X) 65,600 8,000 6,400 111,700 24,700 23,100 (X) 5,400 800
2002 407,844 317 13,955 3,289 14,217 56,522 2,808 53,714 46,644 1,010 66,904 7,977 7,763 128,127 30,948 24,370 732 921 4,148
2003 429,983 295 15,463 3,320 14,896 60,715 2,733 57,982 47,561 1,003 67,417 8,906 8,230 138,420 32,855 25,344 774 951 3,833
2004 448,382 315 16,053 3,519 15,434 63,240 2,780 60,460 50,060 1,050 67,587 9,670 8,428 146,883 33,424 26,025 772 984 4,938
2005 482,392 337 18,060 3,642 16,213 66,433 2,972 63,461 57,173 1,083 70,296 10,814 9,351 159,786 35,214 27,339 828 1,053 4,770
2006 477,043 354 18,277 3,641 16,730 64,121 2,771 61,350 57,000 1,038 67,462 10,766 9,421 159,215 35,301 26,175 839 996 5,707
2007 457,217 318 17,097 3,193 15,927 56,650 1,686 54,964 56,070 1,028 65,806 10,207 9,732 155,412 34,107 25,165 847 967 4,691
2008 503,675 350 18,731 3,587 18,202 61,478 1,814 59,664 59,029 1,063 70,422 11,194 10,339 177,424 37,638 27,112 842 1,081 5,183
2009 561,271 414 21,599 3,927 20,838 66,268 2,257 64,011 63,325 1,219 76,396 12,599 10,689 205,522 41,765 29,602 929 988 5,191
2010 609,098 478 22,704 4,292 22,043 69,015 1,903 67,112 65,947 1,328 80,976 13,589 11,591 231,439 44,978 32,314 1,076 1,070 6,258
2011 624,635 516 22,445 4,203 20,958 66,450 1,760 64,690 66,474 1,369 83,250 14,051 11,720 244,817 46,008 33,126 1,129 1,072 7,047
2012 613,251 413 20,993 4,057 19,607 61,554 1,528 60,026 66,622 1,371 80,216 13,950 11,354 250,567 43,521 30,994 1,107 971 5,954
2013 572,998 367 18,807 3,859 17,088 53,677 1,314 52,363 64,127 1,364 75,323 12,999 11,102 237,301 41,545 29,253 968 863 4,355
2014 530,258 346 16,244 3,554 15,705 45,647 1,107 44,540 62,478 1,201 69,244 11,643 10,948 221,539 39,195 27,199 868 736 3,711
2015 513,952 374 14,481 3,125 14,291 42,312 1,036 41,276 62,493 1,215 66,471 10,722 11,533 216,863 38,738 26,128 873 699 3,634
2016 494,619 355 12,941 3,130 13,950 39,145 959 38,186 60,738 1,128 64,023 9,949 11,662 210,363 37,186 24,991 824 668 3,566
2017 492,646 382 12,127 2,944 15,291 38,812 837 37,975 60,355 1,102 59,510 9,933 11,617 212,261 38,256 24,771 794 589 3,902
2018 478,113 317 11,252 2,866 14,676 36,023 673 35,350 58,133 1,109 58,317 9,599 11,569 208,262 37,076 23,561 781 548 4,024
2019 478,409 326 10,927 2,849 14,596 34,730 604 34,126 59,222 1,127 57,969 9,273 11,779 209,441 37,732 22,861 718 598 4,261
2020 437,274 341 9,728 2,544 13,582 29,580 537 29,043 56,263 993 53,247 8,466 12,027 191,296 33,832 20,252 663 506 3,954
2021 392,532 367 8,345 2,401 12,605 25,457 441 25,016 51,872 864 48,390 7,562 11,647 165,966 31,839 20,844 575 438 3,360
  Percent
1975 100.0 0.7 4.1 1.0 3.5 6.1 -- -- 10.8 0.2 36.0 2.8 0.8 19.6 5.5 8.3 0.3 0.1 --
1981 100.0 0.5 4.3 0.6 3.4 5.3 -- -- 18.6 0.2 31.8 2.0 1.3 16.9 6.3 8.3 0.3 (X) (X)
1982 100.0 0.5 4.5 0.6 2.9 5.2 -- -- 19.2 0.2 31.7 1.7 0.8 16.4 6.9 9.0 0.2 0.2 --
1983 100.0 0.7 4.9 1.6 2.9 8.0 -- -- 19.7 0.3 28.7 1.6 2.1 14.5 6.7 8.1 0.2 (X) (X)
1984 100.0 0.5 4.0 0.8 3.1 9.4 -- -- 19.8 0.2 26.5 1.7 0.8 14.6 6.5 7.6 0.2 0.2 4.1
1985 100.0 0.5 4.3 0.7 2.8 8.8 -- -- 17.5 0.2 27.0 1.3 0.7 15.6 6.4 8.0 0.3 -- 6.1
1986 100.0 0.3 4.6 0.5 0.8 14.9 -- -- 16.1 0.2 25.9 1.4 0.6 16.4 6.1 8.9 0.2 -- 2.9
1987 100.0 0.1 3.8 0.6 3.4 9.6 -- -- 16.3 0.2 26.0 1.5 1.2 18.7 7.0 8.4 0.2 -- 3.0
1988 100.0 0.1 3.8 0.6 3.7 9.9 -- -- 16.4 0.2 25.0 1.4 1.3 20.0 7.1 8.5 0.1 1.7 --
1989 100.0 0.1 3.5 0.5 3.7 10.3 -- -- 17.4 0.2 23.7 1.5 1.5 20.7 6.7 7.6 0.2 2.2 --
1990 100.0 0.1 3.6 1.1 3.7 10.8 -- -- 17.6 0.3 23.1 1.5 1.6 20.8 6.8 7.4 0.2 1.6 --
1991 100.0 0.1 3.9 1.2 3.6 11.3 -- -- 16.4 0.2 22.0 1.5 1.6 22.4 6.7 7.0 0.2 1.8 --
1992 100.0 0.1 4.5 1.4 3.5 11.9 -- -- 15.7 0.2 22.0 1.4 1.6 21.8 6.4 7.0 0.2 2.3 --
1993 100.0 0.1 4.7 1.4 3.3 12.2 -- -- 16.2 0.2 21.6 1.5 1.7 20.9 6.5 7.1 0.2 2.5 --
1994 100.0 0.1 4.8 1.4 3.2 11.8 -- -- 17.2 0.2 20.6 1.5 2.0 19.7 6.6 7.7 0.2 3.0 --
1995 100.0 0.1 5.5 1.3 3.6 11.7 0.9 10.8 12.5 0.2 19.5 1.5 1.6 26.6 6.4 6.9 0.2 2.5 --
1996 100.0 0.1 5.7 1.1 3.6 11.2 0.7 10.5 12.5 0.2 19.3 1.6 1.6 26.9 6.5 6.7 0.2 2.7 --
1997 100.0 0.1 5.9 0.9 3.6 11.6 0.7 10.9 12.7 0.2 18.7 1.6 1.7 26.9 6.8 6.6 0.2 2.4 0.1
1998 100.0 0.1 6.1 0.9 3.5 12.4 0.8 11.6 12.5 0.2 17.9 1.7 1.8 27.3 6.9 6.5 0.2 2.0 0.1
1999 100.0 0.1 6.0 0.9 3.5 14.5 2.0 12.5 12.1 0.2 16.5 1.8 1.8 27.0 7.3 6.2 0.2 1.6 0.3
2000 100.0 (X) 3.3 1.1 3.7 13.2 0.9 12.2 12.5 (X) 17.5 1.7 1.9 29.8 7.4 6.1 (X) 1.3 0.2
2001 100.0 (X) 3.3 0.6 3.4 13.7 0.6 13.0 11.3 (X) 18.0 2.2 1.8 30.6 6.8 6.3 (X) 1.5 0.2
2002 100.0 0.1 3.4 0.8 3.5 13.9 0.7 13.2 11.4 0.2 16.4 2.0 1.9 31.4 7.6 6.0 0.2 0.2 1.0
2003 100.0 0.1 3.6 0.8 3.5 14.1 0.6 13.5 11.1 0.2 15.7 2.1 1.9 32.2 7.6 5.9 0.2 0.2 0.9
2004 100.0 0.1 3.6 0.8 3.4 14.1 0.6 13.5 11.2 0.2 15.1 2.2 1.9 32.8 7.5 5.8 0.2 0.2 1.1
2005 100.0 0.1 3.7 0.8 3.4 13.8 0.6 13.2 11.9 0.2 14.6 2.2 1.9 33.1 7.3 5.7 0.2 0.2 1.0
2006 100.0 0.1 3.8 0.8 3.5 13.5 0.6 12.9 11.9 0.2 14.1 2.3 2.0 33.4 7.4 5.5 0.2 0.2 1.2
2007 100.0 0.1 3.7 0.7 3.5 12.4 0.4 12.0 12.3 0.2 14.4 2.2 2.1 34.0 7.5 5.5 0.2 0.2 1.0
2008 100.0 0.1 3.7 0.7 3.6 12.2 0.4 11.8 11.7 0.2 14.0 2.2 2.1 35.2 7.5 5.4 0.2 0.2 1.0
2009 100.0 0.1 3.8 0.7 3.7 11.8 0.4 11.4 11.3 0.2 13.6 2.2 1.9 36.6 7.4 5.3 0.2 0.2 0.9
2010 100.0 0.1 3.7 0.7 3.6 11.3 0.3 11.0 10.8 0.2 13.3 2.2 1.9 38.0 7.4 5.3 0.2 0.2 1.0
2011 100.0 0.1 3.6 0.7 3.4 10.6 0.3 10.4 10.6 0.2 13.3 2.2 1.9 39.2 7.4 5.3 0.2 0.2 1.1
2012 100.0 0.1 3.4 0.7 3.2 10.0 0.2 9.8 10.9 0.2 13.1 2.3 1.9 40.9 7.1 5.1 0.2 0.2 1.0
2013 100.0 0.1 3.3 0.7 3.0 9.4 0.2 9.1 11.2 0.2 13.1 2.3 1.9 41.4 7.3 5.1 0.2 0.2 0.8
2014 100.0 0.1 3.1 0.7 3.0 8.6 0.2 8.4 11.8 0.2 13.1 2.2 2.1 41.8 7.4 5.1 0.2 0.1 0.7
2015 100.0 0.1 2.8 0.6 2.8 8.2 0.2 8.0 12.2 0.2 12.9 2.1 2.2 42.2 7.5 5.1 0.2 0.1 0.7
2016 100.0 0.1 2.6 0.6 2.8 7.9 0.2 7.7 12.3 0.2 12.9 2.0 2.4 42.5 7.5 5.1 0.2 0.1 0.7
2017 100.0 0.1 2.5 0.6 3.1 7.9 0.2 7.7 12.3 0.2 12.1 2.0 2.4 43.1 7.8 5.0 0.2 0.1 0.8
2018 100.0 0.1 2.4 0.6 3.1 7.5 0.1 7.4 12.2 0.2 12.2 2.0 2.4 43.6 7.8 4.9 0.2 0.1 0.8
2019 100.0 0.1 2.3 0.6 3.1 7.3 0.1 7.1 12.4 0.2 12.1 1.9 2.5 43.8 7.9 4.8 0.2 0.1 0.9
2020 100.0 0.1 2.2 0.6 3.1 6.8 0.1 6.6 12.9 0.2 12.2 1.9 2.8 43.7 7.7 4.6 0.2 0.1 0.9
2021 100.0 0.1 2.1 0.6 3.2 6.5 0.1 6.4 13.2 0.2 12.3 1.9 3.0 42.3 8.1 5.3 0.1 0.1 0.9
SOURCES: Social Security Administration. For years before 2000, Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin, based on the Master Beneficiary Record, various sampling rates; from 2000 through 2001, Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, 1 percent sample; data after 2001 are 100 percent data. From 2012 and forward, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Because of differences in data sources and calculation methods, statistics reported in this table may differ from those reported by the Office of the Chief Actuary.
Data exclude closed period awards in 2002 and 2003 and expedited reinstatement cases from 2002 through 2011.
Before 1995, diagnostic data for cases awarded at the appeals levels were estimated on the basis of the diagnosis of cases allowed at the initial disability determination level.
Effective 2001, the Social Security Administration initiated a special review of 130,000 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients who were potentially eligible for Social Security disability benefits because of earnings while receiving SSI. Many of these claims awarded since 2001 were for individuals under the age of 35 who were diagnosed with a mental disorder.
Starting with 2007, age is based on date of entitlement and not date of award. Entitlement can be retroactive and thus precede the date of award.
-- = not available; (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals.
a. AIDS and HIV records are counted in "Infectious and parasitic diseases." Before 1990, they were included in "Other."
b. Intellectual disorders were not identified separately before 1995.
c. Beginning with 2002, several ill-defined impairment codes were reclassified and added to "Unknown."
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 43. Average primary insurance amount and average monthly benefit, by sex, selected years 1960–2021 (in dollars)
Year Average primary insurance amount Average monthly benefit
All disabled workers Men Women All disabled workers Men Women
1960 -- -- -- 91.20 94.00 78.90
1965 (Jan.–Aug.) -- -- -- 93.30 97.90 80.30
1965 (Sept.–Dec.) -- -- -- 101.30 106.50 86.80
1970 -- -- -- 139.80 148.40 115.70
1975 -- -- -- 241.20 263.80 190.90
1980 -- -- -- 406.30 449.40 308.50
1985 -- -- -- 475.60 530.40 363.70
1986 -- -- -- 473.80 531.50 357.40
1987 -- -- -- 506.00 573.20 381.60
1988 -- -- -- 297.40 321.20 263.50
1989 -- -- -- 562.10 634.40 429.90
1990 -- -- -- 594.20 667.90 465.80
1991 -- -- -- 605.50 685.20 470.60
1992 -- -- -- 621.90 699.80 494.20
1993 -- -- -- 639.80 720.10 507.70
1994 -- -- -- 672.80 757.70 535.00
1995 -- -- -- 687.70 786.90 549.00
1996 734.00 836.40 595.70 709.10 807.90 575.60
1997 752.00 855.40 623.50 728.10 824.00 608.80
1998 771.30 879.50 639.50 746.30 846.80 623.80
1999 813.20 922.30 674.70 787.80 890.70 657.10
2000 856.80 975.30 718.70 833.70 947.70 700.90
2001 891.60 1,019.60 739.00 867.70 989.30 722.60
2002 923.90 1,053.00 772.10 898.60 1,021.70 753.90
2003 963.10 1,096.70 805.90 937.50 1,064.90 787.60
2004 994.00 1,130.30 835.70 968.50 1,098.60 817.40
2005 1,026.40 1,164.30 867.20 1,001.50 1,133.30 849.30
2006 1,062.80 1,203.60 902.40 1,038.20 1,172.80 884.90
2007 1,079.10 1,219.30 919.20 1,053.50 1,187.50 900.70
2008 1,141.20 1,285.90 976.50 1,114.50 1,252.70 957.30
2009 1,145.00 1,285.90 981.50 1,119.90 1,255.00 963.10
2010 1,151.40 1,289.50 988.40 1,128.90 1,261.90 971.80
2011 1,211.24 1,352.36 1,045.14 1,188.80 1,325.26 1,028.17
2012 1,228.01 1,368.82 1,067.58 1,203.97 1,339.50 1,049.56
2013 1,245.88 1,388.41 1,085.76 1,222.34 1,359.61 1,068.13
2014 1,280.73 1,425.76 1,117.10 1,256.64 1,396.35 1,099.02
2015 1,294.36 1,440.59 1,131.90 1,270.17 1,410.94 1,113.75
2016 1,315.99 1,464.83 1,148.75 1,292.94 1,436.57 1,131.53
2017 1,352.95 1,503.16 1,187.80 1,327.65 1,472.02 1,168.93
2018 1,413.54 1,570.31 1,243.34 1,386.24 1,536.92 1,222.65
2019 1,452.55 1,609.38 1,282.87 1,423.78 1,574.30 1,260.92
2020 1,483.99 1,638.65 1,313.13 1,454.33 1,603.45 1,289.60
2021 1,599.72 1,764.69 1,410.77 1,568.89 1,728.79 1,385.76
SOURCES: Social Security Administration. For years before 2000, Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin, based on the Master Beneficiary Record, various sampling rates; from 2000 through 2001, Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, 1 percent sample; data after 2001 are 100 percent data. From 2012 and forward, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Because of differences in data sources and calculation methods, statistics reported in this table may differ from those reported by the Office of the Chief Actuary.
Data exclude closed period awards in 2002 and 2003 and expedited reinstatement cases from 2002 through 2011.
Benefits awarded before the December cost-of-living increase are converted to the December rates before averages are computed.
-- = not available.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 44. Distribution, by diagnostic group, sex, and age, 2021
Diagnostic group Total Men Women
All ages Under 35 35–49 50–FRA All ages Under 35 35–49 50–FRA All ages Under 35 35–49 50–FRA
  Number
Total 540,353 48,572 99,249 392,532 288,477 26,302 48,155 214,020 251,876 22,270 51,094 178,512
Congenital anomalies 892 353 172 367 495 184 89 222 397 169 83 145
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 11,662 805 2,512 8,345 6,160 394 1,250 4,516 5,502 411 1,262 3,829
Infectious and parasitic diseases 4,113 451 1,261 2,401 2,681 329 802 1,550 1,432 122 459 851
Injuries 19,037 2,382 4,050 12,605 12,513 1,669 2,628 8,216 6,524 713 1,422 4,389
Mental disorders  
Autism spectrum disorders 2,548 2,372 124 52 2,164 2,031 95 38 384 341 29 14
Developmental disorders 416 275 56 85 245 153 38 54 171 122 18 31
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 183 91 59 33 97 50 27 20 86 41 32 13
Intellectual disorders 5,361 4,163 757 441 3,248 2,514 460 274 2,113 1,649 297 167
Depressive, bipolar, and related disorders 22,225 5,568 7,022 9,635 8,794 2,296 2,745 3,753 13,431 3,272 4,277 5,882
Neurocognitive disorders 12,460 1,124 2,307 9,029 7,166 720 1,334 5,112 5,294 404 973 3,917
Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders 9,112 5,139 2,596 1,377 5,914 3,692 1,544 678 3,198 1,447 1,052 699
Other mental disorders 13,130 3,712 4,613 4,805 6,075 1,749 2,265 2,061 7,055 1,963 2,348 2,744
Neoplasms 68,221 3,539 12,810 51,872 34,414 1,678 5,488 27,248 33,807 1,861 7,322 24,624
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 1,589 396 329 864 787 174 138 475 802 222 191 389
Circulatory system 59,129 1,793 8,946 48,390 39,340 914 5,261 33,165 19,789 879 3,685 15,225
Digestive system 12,217 1,139 3,516 7,562 6,935 536 1,884 4,515 5,282 603 1,632 3,047
Genitourinary system 19,975 2,285 6,043 11,647 12,614 1,253 3,790 7,571 7,361 1,032 2,253 4,076
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 195,469 4,510 24,993 165,966 96,472 1,900 10,709 83,863 98,997 2,610 14,284 82,103
Nervous system and sense organs 50,548 6,538 12,171 31,839 26,080 3,140 5,436 17,504 24,468 3,398 6,735 14,335
Respiratory system 23,901 491 2,566 20,844 12,409 235 1,132 11,042 11,492 256 1,434 9,802
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 1,219 265 379 575 529 91 160 278 690 174 219 297
Other 783 116 229 438 357 52 86 219 426 64 143 219
Unknown 6,163 1,065 1,738 3,360 2,988 548 794 1,646 3,175 517 944 1,714
  Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Congenital anomalies 0.2 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.8 0.2 0.1
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 2.2 1.7 2.5 2.1 2.1 1.5 2.6 2.1 2.2 1.8 2.5 2.1
Infectious and parasitic diseases 0.8 0.9 1.3 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.5
Injuries 3.5 4.9 4.1 3.2 4.3 6.3 5.5 3.8 2.6 3.2 2.8 2.5
Mental disorders  
Autism spectrum disorders 0.5 4.9 0.1 (L) 0.8 7.7 0.2 (L) 0.2 1.5 0.1 (L)
Developmental disorders 0.1 0.6 0.1 (L) 0.1 0.6 0.1 (L) 0.1 0.5 (L) (L)
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified (L) 0.2 0.1 (L) (L) 0.2 0.1 (L) (L) 0.2 0.1 (L)
Intellectual disorders 1.0 8.6 0.8 0.1 1.1 9.6 1.0 0.1 0.8 7.4 0.6 0.1
Depressive, bipolar, and related disorders 4.1 11.5 7.1 2.5 3.0 8.7 5.7 1.8 5.3 14.7 8.4 3.3
Neurocognitive disorders 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.8 2.4 2.1 1.8 1.9 2.2
Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders 1.7 10.6 2.6 0.4 2.1 14.0 3.2 0.3 1.3 6.5 2.1 0.4
Other mental disorders 2.4 7.6 4.6 1.2 2.1 6.6 4.7 1.0 2.8 8.8 4.6 1.5
Neoplasms 12.6 7.3 12.9 13.2 11.9 6.4 11.4 12.7 13.4 8.4 14.3 13.8
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.3 1.0 0.4 0.2
Circulatory system 10.9 3.7 9.0 12.3 13.6 3.5 10.9 15.5 7.9 3.9 7.2 8.5
Digestive system 2.3 2.3 3.5 1.9 2.4 2.0 3.9 2.1 2.1 2.7 3.2 1.7
Genitourinary system 3.7 4.7 6.1 3.0 4.4 4.8 7.9 3.5 2.9 4.6 4.4 2.3
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 36.2 9.3 25.2 42.3 33.4 7.2 22.2 39.2 39.3 11.7 28.0 46.0
Nervous system and sense organs 9.4 13.5 12.3 8.1 9.0 11.9 11.3 8.2 9.7 15.3 13.2 8.0
Respiratory system 4.4 1.0 2.6 5.3 4.3 0.9 2.4 5.2 4.6 1.1 2.8 5.5
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.8 0.4 0.2
Other 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.1
Unknown 1.1 2.2 1.8 0.9 1.0 2.1 1.6 0.8 1.3 2.3 1.8 1.0
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Because of differences in data sources and calculation methods, statistics reported in this table may differ from those reported by the Office of the Chief Actuary.
Effective 2001, the Social Security Administration initiated a special review of 130,000 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients who were potentially eligible for Social Security disability benefits because of earnings while receiving SSI. Many of these claims awarded since 2001 were for individuals under the age of 35 who were diagnosed with a mental disorder.
Starting with 2007, age is based on date of entitlement and not date of award. Entitlement can be retroactive and thus precede the date of award.
FRA = full retirement age; (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 45. Distribution, by monthly benefit and sex, 2021
Monthly benefit (dollars) All disabled workers Men Women
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 540,353 100.0 288,477 100.0 251,876 100.0
Less than 100.00 3,411 0.6 1,776 0.6 1,635 0.6
100.00–199.90 505 0.1 222 0.1 283 0.1
200.00–299.90 2,652 0.5 1,133 0.4 1,519 0.6
300.00–399.90 6,047 1.1 2,676 0.9 3,371 1.3
400.00–499.90 8,288 1.5 3,528 1.2 4,760 1.9
500.00–599.90 9,655 1.8 3,986 1.4 5,669 2.3
600.00–699.90 10,734 2.0 4,269 1.5 6,465 2.6
700.00–799.90 11,755 2.2 4,505 1.6 7,250 2.9
800.00–899.90 13,204 2.4 4,940 1.7 8,264 3.3
900.00–999.90 32,377 6.0 11,720 4.1 20,657 8.2
1,000.00–1,099.90 38,477 7.1 14,399 5.0 24,078 9.6
1,100.00–1,199.90 38,773 7.2 15,380 5.3 23,393 9.3
1,200.00–1,299.90 37,209 6.9 15,848 5.5 21,361 8.5
1,300.00–1,399.90 35,446 6.6 16,497 5.7 18,949 7.5
1,400.00–1,499.90 32,855 6.1 16,355 5.7 16,500 6.6
1,500.00–1,599.90 30,712 5.7 16,261 5.6 14,451 5.7
1,600.00–1,699.90 28,060 5.2 15,976 5.5 12,084 4.8
1,700.00–1,799.90 25,006 4.6 14,951 5.2 10,055 4.0
1,800.00–1,899.90 22,768 4.2 14,613 5.1 8,155 3.2
1,900.00–1,999.90 19,945 3.7 13,171 4.6 6,774 2.7
2,000.00 or more 132,474 24.5 96,271 33.4 36,203 14.4
Average benefit (dollars) 1,568.89 1,728.79 1,385.76
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Because of differences in data sources and calculation methods, statistics reported in this table may differ from those reported by the Office of the Chief Actuary.
Benefits awarded before the December cost-of-living increase are converted to the December rates before averages are computed.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.