SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2009

Suspensions, Terminations, and Duration of Eligibility

Table 75. Suspensions, by age of recipient and reason for suspension, 2000–2009
Year Total Excess income In Medicaid facility Whereabouts unknown Excess resources Presumptive disability No representative payee In public institution Failed to furnish report Outside United States In transition No longer disabled Other
All ages
2000 1,016,800 562,200 49,400 94,000 39,000 2,000 37,200 59,100 50,200 22,700 -- 90,600 10,400
2001 1,045,300 575,900 50,000 106,600 48,400 2,700 37,100 64,300 51,900 19,600 7,400 67,500 13,900
2002 1,092,500 596,400 50,000 105,200 46,800 2,800 33,200 64,900 53,600 21,600 6,600 90,600 20,800
2003 1,063,400 579,700 45,100 119,900 47,000 2,500 32,700 64,700 45,600 22,100 7,500 74,800 21,800
2004 1,107,500 614,700 44,300 122,600 45,700 2,000 34,600 69,200 47,700 26,100 6,500 70,200 23,900
2005 1,089,540 608,410 44,400 130,030 39,320 2,450 35,610 75,560 31,700 24,710 8,380 65,900 23,070
2006 1,045,373 593,810 42,763 133,626 38,075 3,205 31,620 79,127 17,464 23,909 9,474 45,023 27,277
2007 1,072,024 598,017 42,070 136,807 38,306 2,954 30,612 80,447 28,743 27,269 7,404 50,799 28,596
2008 1,141,610 656,162 42,327 147,378 39,213 3,150 30,143 84,293 29,080 25,023 6,522 47,546 30,773
2009 1,214,750 688,510 38,903 172,845 44,767 3,339 26,327 79,627 45,461 23,065 6,815 63,323 21,768
Under age 18
2000 217,700 112,700 1,000 18,300 6,600 400 15,800 3,300 19,400 700 -- 38,200 1,300
2001 198,100 107,400 900 17,500 9,100 700 14,800 3,300 17,800 400 500 24,700 1,000
2002 228,100 116,100 900 22,000 9,800 700 13,300 4,500 22,200 600 0 36,900 1,100
2003 214,300 115,500 800 23,900 9,300 500 13,700 4,300 19,600 300 500 24,900 1,000
2004 220,100 110,900 1,100 30,400 9,000 700 13,000 3,800 20,000 1,000 200 28,400 1,600
2005 200,550 108,750 800 27,650 8,150 460 12,870 3,740 12,930 740 280 23,020 1,160
2006 177,273 101,982 948 27,420 7,854 802 11,920 4,336 6,307 867 388 12,118 1,331
2007 173,290 96,966 1,034 31,898 9,087 617 11,414 4,629 8,110 868 345 6,696 1,626
2008 198,198 110,379 996 38,780 9,706 679 11,247 4,482 13,177 877 342 5,908 1,625
2009 203,939 102,648 1,029 46,031 10,390 725 9,754 4,121 17,710 881 339 9,201 1,110
Aged 18–64
2000 635,000 385,100 12,600 53,700 19,600 1,500 19,400 54,500 24,400 4,200 -- 52,400 7,600
2001 678,300 403,000 14,700 64,300 24,200 2,000 20,600 60,100 26,300 4,200 4,900 42,800 11,200
2002 704,900 421,800 14,200 59,900 22,900 2,100 18,800 59,100 25,500 4,200 4,100 53,700 18,600
2003 685,500 403,900 12,800 69,100 23,000 2,000 17,000 59,400 19,500 4,800 5,100 49,800 19,100
2004 717,000 433,400 14,000 66,900 22,800 1,300 20,300 64,700 20,700 5,900 4,600 41,800 20,600
2005 733,580 437,240 15,980 75,350 21,260 1,980 20,600 70,410 14,770 6,310 6,420 42,870 20,390
2006 722,577 435,160 15,047 79,018 20,671 2,383 18,030 73,258 8,811 5,854 7,122 32,896 24,327
2007 754,406 444,723 15,496 80,735 20,751 2,315 17,659 74,123 17,604 6,209 5,105 44,088 25,598
2008 796,262 485,145 15,700 83,657 20,897 2,443 17,306 78,035 13,608 5,765 4,419 41,622 27,665
2009 839,058 508,598 13,991 95,772 23,164 2,588 15,206 73,719 23,550 4,291 4,626 54,108 19,445
Aged 65 or older
2000 164,100 64,400 35,800 22,000 12,800 100 2,000 1,300 6,400 17,800 -- 0 1,500
2001 168,900 65,500 34,400 24,800 15,100 0 1,700 900 7,800 15,000 2,000 0 1,700
2002 159,500 58,500 34,900 23,300 14,100 0 1,100 1,300 5,900 16,800 2,500 0 1,100
2003 163,600 60,300 31,500 26,900 14,700 0 2,000 1,000 6,500 17,000 1,900 100 1,700
2004 170,400 70,400 29,200 25,300 13,900 0 1,300 700 7,000 19,200 1,700 0 1,700
2005 155,410 62,420 27,620 27,030 9,910 10 2,140 1,410 4,000 17,660 1,680 10 1,520
2006 145,523 56,668 26,768 26,188 9,550 20 1,670 1,533 2,346 17,188 1,964 9 1,619
2007 144,328 56,328 25,540 24,174 8,468 22 1,539 1,695 3,029 20,192 1,954 15 1,372
2008 147,150 60,638 25,631 24,941 8,610 28 1,590 1,776 2,295 18,381 1,761 16 1,483
2009 171,753 77,264 23,883 31,042 11,213 26 1,367 1,787 4,201 17,893 1,850 14 1,213
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format). Data through 2004 are based on a 1 percent sample, data for 2005 are based on a 10 percent sample, and data for 2006–2009 are 100 percent data.
NOTES: Includes multiple suspensions per person.
-- = not available.
CONTACT: Sherry L. Barber (410) 965-9851 or ssi.asr@ssa.gov.
Table 76. Recipients suspended, by age and reason for suspension, 2000–2009
Year Total Excess income In Medicaid facility Whereabouts unknown Excess resources Presumptive disability No representative payee In public institution Failed to furnish report Outside United States In transition No longer disabled Other
All ages
2000 906,500 472,900 46,900 87,000 38,000 2,000 35,000 56,100 47,300 22,000 -- 89,500 9,800
2001 929,800 485,500 47,500 97,000 47,500 2,500 33,900 59,600 49,500 19,100 7,300 66,900 13,500
2002 972,800 509,100 48,100 96,000 45,500 2,600 27,700 59,000 47,500 20,800 6,300 90,100 20,100
2003 954,400 499,600 43,500 110,500 45,800 2,300 30,500 59,800 41,200 21,400 7,500 72,200 20,100
2004 997,300 533,200 43,100 113,900 44,600 1,900 30,600 64,200 43,800 25,000 6,500 68,200 22,300
2005 977,680 526,050 42,430 119,630 38,040 2,350 32,650 69,870 29,430 23,930 8,200 63,790 21,310
2006 942,421 517,552 70,996 124,100 37,020 3,040 28,843 73,109 16,411 23,243 9,279 43,563 25,265
2007 967,355 522,508 40,371 126,106 37,168 2,803 27,914 74,035 26,682 26,587 7,181 49,682 26,318
2008 1,028,820 573,824 40,775 136,745 37,917 2,970 27,580 77,527 26,716 24,254 6,329 45,624 28,559
2009 1,111,321 618,609 37,311 159,438 43,394 3,166 23,891 73,525 41,656 22,296 6,598 61,542 19,895
Under age 18
2000 177,400 76,500 1,000 16,900 6,300 500 15,100 3,200 18,100 600 -- 38,000 1,200
2001 161,900 75,200 800 15,700 9,000 700 13,800 3,000 17,300 300 400 24,700 1,000
2002 185,700 81,200 800 20,700 9,400 700 10,900 4,200 19,300 600 0 36,900 1,000
2003 173,700 79,900 800 22,300 8,700 400 13,300 4,300 18,000 300 500 24,300 900
2004 178,300 76,100 900 28,500 8,800 700 11,900 3,400 17,700 900 200 27,600 1,600
2005 163,850 77,340 720 25,540 7,840 460 12,020 3,580 11,860 730 260 22,400 1,100
2006 145,724 74,485 881 26,582 7,577 775 11,066 4,116 5,913 844 377 11,845 1,263
2007 143,588 71,648 945 29,743 8,761 595 10,582 4,362 7,671 854 325 6,588 1,514
2008 162,442 80,232 912 36,103 9,331 652 10,504 4,173 12,064 852 318 5,800 1,501
2009 172,682 78,029 941 42,543 10,002 702 9,042 3,854 16,293 848 320 9,073 1,035
Aged 18–64
2000 578,100 340,600 11,100 49,400 19,300 1,500 18,100 51,600 23,500 4,200 -- 51,500 7,300
2001 611,100 353,300 13,000 58,200 23,700 1,800 18,400 55,700 24,800 4,200 4,900 42,200 10,900
2002 637,900 375,100 13,200 54,000 22,500 1,900 15,700 53,700 22,500 4,200 3,900 53,200 18,000
2003 625,600 363,700 11,500 63,100 22,700 1,900 15,200 54,500 17,600 4,800 5,100 47,800 17,700
2004 657,800 392,800 13,200 61,300 22,300 1,200 17,500 60,100 19,300 5,800 4,600 40,600 19,100
2005 668,700 392,840 14,660 68,710 20,600 1,880 18,690 64,950 13,720 6,120 6,320 41,380 18,830
2006 659,401 391,737 13,864 72,612 20,114 2,245 16,204 67,542 8,227 5,672 6,972 31,711 22,501
2007 687,636 399,877 14,376 73,440 20,131 2,186 15,893 68,060 16,083 6,044 4,938 43,079 23,529
2008 727,629 438,447 14,684 76,926 20,233 2,292 15,573 71,679 12,456 5,584 4,275 39,810 25,670
2009 775,798 468,793 12,984 87,436 22,473 2,438 13,568 67,981 21,302 4,161 4,472 52,455 17,735
Aged 65 or older
2000 151,000 55,800 34,800 20,700 12,400 0 1,800 1,300 5,700 17,200 -- 0 1,300
2001 156,800 57,000 33,700 23,100 14,800 0 1,700 900 7,400 14,600 2,000 0 1,600
2002 149,200 52,800 34,100 21,300 13,600 0 1,100 1,100 5,700 16,000 2,400 0 1,100
2003 155,100 56,000 31,200 25,100 14,400 0 2,000 100 5,600 16,300 1,900 100 1,500
2004 161,200 64,300 29,000 24,100 13,500 0 1,200 700 6,800 18,300 1,700 0 1,600
2005 145,130 55,870 27,050 25,380 9,600 10 1,940 1,340 3,850 17,080 1,620 10 1,380
2006 137,296 51,330 26,251 24,906 9,329 20 1,529 1,451 2,271 16,727 1,930 7 1,501
2007 136,131 50,983 25,050 22,923 8,276 22 1,439 1,613 2,928 19,689 1,918 15 1,275
2008 138,749 55,145 25,179 23,716 8,353 26 1,503 1,675 2,196 17,818 1,736 14 1,388
2009 162,841 71,787 23,386 29,459 10,919 26 1,281 1,690 4,061 17,287 1,806 14 1,125
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format). Data through 2004 are based on a 1 percent sample, data for 2005 are based on a 10 percent sample, and data for 2006–2009 are 100 percent data.
NOTE: -- = not available.
CONTACT: Sherry L. Barber (410) 965-9851 or ssi.asr@ssa.gov.
Table 77. Recipients terminated, by age and reason for termination, 2006–2009
Year Total Excess income Death Where-abouts unknown Excess resources In public institution Failed to furnish report Outside United States No longer disabled Other
All ages
2006 735,148 339,110 244,013 10,333 25,947 29,797 9,106 13,369 46,561 16,912
2007 690,504 318,291 242,375 9,615 22,439 30,066 5,911 12,284 32,284 17,239
2008 699,627 324,285 244,412 9,496 24,547 29,613 6,860 13,444 30,671 16,299
2009 732,484 354,770 242,680 10,213 24,147 29,796 8,199 11,340 32,408 18,931
Under age 18
2006 65,132 26,241 5,236 2,654 5,257 1,360 3,188 547 17,536 3,113
2007 55,147 25,529 5,488 2,610 4,855 1,420 2,055 522 9,516 3,152
2008 52,703 27,892 5,194 2,595 6,153 1,399 1,451 518 4,478 3,023
2009 53,367 26,085 5,041 3,239 5,773 1,290 3,414 525 4,528 3,472
Aged 18–64
2006 474,074 272,946 105,254 4,612 13,542 27,701 4,762 3,368 29,007 12,882
2007 450,585 258,701 105,573 4,375 11,734 27,902 3,078 3,174 22,751 13,297
2008 460,763 262,551 107,354 4,482 12,499 27,382 4,611 3,153 26,184 12,547
2009 496,049 292,731 109,525 4,613 12,364 27,668 4,109 2,586 27,860 14,593
Aged 65 or older
2006 195,942 39,923 133,523 3,067 7,148 736 1,156 9,454 18 917
2007 184,772 34,061 131,314 2,630 5,850 744 778 8,588 17 790
2008 186,161 33,842 131,864 2,419 5,895 832 798 9,773 9 729
2009 183,068 35,954 128,114 2,361 6,010 838 676 8,229 20 866
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
CONTACT: Sherry L. Barber (410) 965-9851 or ssi.asr@ssa.gov.
Table 78. Recipients, by selected characteristics and duration of eligibility, December 2009
Characteristic Total Years of eligibility State conversion a
Number Percent Under 5 5–9 10–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39
All recipients
Number 7,676,686 . . . 2,398,708 1,877,185 1,203,586 1,124,455 509,613 241,975 173,178 64,390 83,596
Percent . . . 100.0 31.2 24.5 15.7 14.6 6.6 3.2 2.3 0.8 1.1
Eligibility category
Aged 1,185,959 100.0 33.3 24.2 17.6 15.9 6.3 1.9 0.6 0.1 0.1
Blind 69,302 100.0 18.8 19.2 14.9 14.9 10.6 7.9 5.4 2.2 6.2
Disabled 6,421,425 100.0 31.0 24.6 15.3 14.4 6.7 3.3 2.5 1.0 1.2
Age at first month of eligibility
Under 18 1,924,663 100.0 36.5 26.5 12.6 11.7 4.9 3.4 3.1 1.3 b
18–21 600,292 100.0 30.7 23.2 12.6 11.5 7.7 5.7 5.1 1.7 1.9
22–25 296,678 100.0 23.6 19.1 12.5 15.4 10.9 6.7 4.8 2.0 5.1
26–29 299,669 100.0 20.9 17.5 15.0 19.4 11.9 5.9 3.7 1.5 4.2
30–39 910,221 100.0 19.6 22.1 19.4 20.3 9.3 3.7 2.3 0.9 2.4
40–49 1,089,627 100.0 28.5 26.7 17.9 15.2 6.2 2.1 1.5 0.6 1.3
50–59 1,070,185 100.0 36.8 24.7 15.7 13.3 5.4 1.9 1.2 0.4 0.6
60–64 318,389 100.0 32.0 24.3 18.3 16.3 6.0 1.7 0.8 0.2 0.3
65 or older 1,166,962 100.0 33.8 24.4 17.7 15.6 6.2 1.8 0.5 b 0.1
Age in December 2009
Under 18 1,199,788 100.0 54.4 33.0 10.6 2.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18–21 346,673 100.0 43.7 21.7 15.9 17.3 1.4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
22–25 303,867 100.0 36.0 30.4 9.8 15.8 7.8 0.2 . . . . . . . . .
26–29 276,639 100.0 24.3 34.7 15.1 13.9 7.3 4.6 . . . . . . . . .
30–39 656,523 100.0 24.8 21.5 18.0 19.7 7.7 5.1 3.0 0.3 b
40–49 1,006,082 100.0 27.1 23.3 15.5 14.3 8.7 5.7 3.9 1.5 b
50–59 1,315,766 100.0 30.9 22.8 15.3 14.1 6.7 3.4 3.8 1.6 1.5
60–64 545,738 100.0 26.1 24.5 17.2 15.3 7.2 3.0 2.3 1.1 3.2
65 or older 2,025,610 100.0 21.4 20.2 18.8 20.3 9.6 3.7 2.6 1.0 2.3
Sex
Male 3,436,951 100.0 35.7 25.1 14.1 12.6 5.7 2.9 2.1 0.8 1.0
Female 4,239,735 100.0 27.7 23.9 17.0 16.3 7.4 3.3 2.4 0.8 1.2
Diagnostic group c
Congenital anomalies 98,523 100.0 40.7 25.9 13.0 10.0 4.7 3.4 1.6 0.5 0.1
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic disorders 184,966 100.0 24.5 19.9 24.1 22.7 6.4 1.6 0.6 0.2 0.1
Infectious and parasitic diseases 73,913 100.0 28.2 24.5 22.5 16.2 4.2 2.0 1.4 0.6 0.3
Injuries 144,996 100.0 34.1 24.7 15.4 13.7 7.0 3.1 1.5 0.4 0.2
Mental disorders
Retardation 1,122,603 100.0 16.6 18.8 15.8 22.0 11.7 7.1 5.2 1.9 0.9
Other 2,496,012 100.0 35.4 28.3 14.6 12.5 5.8 2.1 0.9 0.2 0.1
Neoplasms 79,773 100.0 61.3 21.7 8.7 5.1 2.0 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.1
Diseases of the—
Blood and blood-forming organs 31,700 100.0 30.8 24.6 15.7 15.6 7.6 3.4 1.9 0.4 0.1
Circulatory system 294,675 100.0 34.3 25.8 16.8 14.3 5.8 1.9 0.8 0.2 0.1
Digestive system 60,632 100.0 48.4 28.4 12.1 7.3 2.5 0.9 0.3 0.1 b
Genitourinary system 52,998 100.0 46.9 25.7 13.8 8.5 3.3 1.2 0.5 0.1 0.1
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 705,676 100.0 35.0 28.0 16.2 13.8 4.8 1.4 0.6 0.2 0.1
Nervous system and sense organs 487,301 100.0 28.5 22.5 14.9 14.7 8.6 5.4 3.7 1.2 0.5
Respiratory system 149,783 100.0 37.9 30.1 15.3 10.6 3.9 1.3 0.6 0.2 0.1
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 10,315 100.0 37.2 25.6 15.2 13.5 4.8 2.3 1.0 0.3 0.2
Other 128,398 100.0 62.0 22.5 10.0 3.5 1.1 0.6 0.2 0.1 b
Unknown 368,463 100.0 10.5 10.9 15.4 11.8 5.5 7.3 13.9 7.3 17.5
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
NOTES: "Duration of eligibility" refers to the number of years elapsed between a person's first month of eligibility and December of the reporting year. The first month of eligibility is the later of (1) the date of application for SSI and (2) the date of attainment of age 65 (for aged applicants) or onset of disability or blindness (for disabled or blind applicants). For persons who have applied for SSI more than once, this definition refers to the most recent application.
. . . = not applicable.
a. Persons who were converted to the SSI program in 1973 from the state Old-Age Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled programs.
b. Less than 0.05 percent.
c. Does not include aged recipients.
CONTACT: Mary Kemp (410) 966-6106 or ssi.asr@ssa.gov.