U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2006
 
Disabled Workers in Current-Payment Status
Table 23.
Distribution of workers aged 50 or older, by diagnostic group, December 1996–2006
Year Total Congenital
anomalies
Endocrine,
nutritional,
and
metabolic
diseases
Infectious
and
parasitic
diseases a
Injuries Mental disorders Neoplasms
Total Retardation Other
Number
1996 2,482,508 4,241 120,726 23,247 102,862 490,382 64,090 426,292 82,786
1997 2,600,303 4,243 134,236 24,963 107,421 528,899 68,078 460,821 82,992
1998 2,749,508 4,216 148,224 27,568 113,122 584,887 73,051 511,836 86,536
1999 2,893,032 4,052 162,633 29,887 117,298 640,686 77,639 563,047 89,693
2000 3,029,718 3,921 163,587 32,224 120,941 697,278 82,842 614,436 93,748
2001 3,201,945 3,869 165,322 35,395 127,979 770,129 89,915 680,214 98,258
2002 3,406,601 3,936 167,791 38,514 134,759 839,949 95,564 744,385 104,144
2003 3,663,756 4,054 174,095 42,391 144,938 917,162 102,080 815,082 112,860
2004 3,937,922 4,235 180,890 46,585 155,471 998,538 108,646 889,892 122,887
2005 4,219,552 4,513 187,961 50,565 165,870 1,080,071 115,653 964,418 133,500
2006 4,488,482 4,737 194,803 54,520 177,003 1,159,754 122,460 1,037,294 143,376
Percent
1996 100.0 0.2 4.9 0.9 4.1 19.8 2.6 17.2 3.3
1997 100.0 0.2 5.2 1.0 4.1 20.3 2.6 17.7 3.2
1998 100.0 0.2 5.4 1.0 4.1 21.3 2.7 18.6 3.1
1999 100.0 0.1 5.6 1.0 4.1 22.2 2.7 19.5 3.1
2000 100.0 0.1 5.4 1.1 4.0 23.0 2.7 20.3 3.1
2001 100.0 0.1 5.2 1.1 4.0 24.0 2.8 21.2 3.1
2002 100.0 0.1 4.9 1.1 4.0 24.7 2.8 21.9 3.1
2003 100.0 0.1 4.8 1.2 4.0 25.0 2.8 22.2 3.1
2004 100.0 0.1 4.6 1.2 3.9 25.4 2.8 22.6 3.1
2005 100.0 0.1 4.5 1.2 3.9 25.6 2.7 22.9 3.2
2006 100.0 0.1 4.3 1.2 3.9 25.8 2.7 23.1 3.2
(Continued)
Disabled Workers in Current-Payment Status
Table 23.
Continued
Year Diseases of the— Other Unknown b
Blood and
blood-
forming
organs
Circulatory
system
Digestive
system
Genitourinary
system
Musculoskeletal
system and
connective
tissue
Nervous
system
and sense
organs
Respiratory
system
Skin and
subcutaneous
tissue
Number
1996 3,828 430,896 30,050 29,211 641,839 202,449 127,355 5,892 47,370 139,374
1997 4,117 436,094 31,955 31,404 691,233 216,533 130,278 6,127 52,584 117,224
1998 4,358 441,899 34,322 34,939 739,762 232,409 134,047 6,512 60,237 96,470
1999 4,584 444,891 36,778 37,953 789,247 248,402 136,637 6,684 65,478 78,129
2000 4,825 448,636 39,378 41,354 842,904 263,502 139,336 6,866 69,162 62,056
2001 5,201 457,697 42,891 44,321 908,471 283,841 142,911 7,174 69,130 39,356
2002 5,636 470,876 47,276 47,688 984,518 305,116 148,500 7,586 5,387 94,925
2003 6,198 489,693 52,999 51,348 1,075,051 329,384 155,838 8,167 6,209 93,369
2004 6,741 508,917 58,707 55,196 1,173,315 354,117 163,709 8,732 7,087 92,795
2005 7,271 528,169 64,813 59,362 1,278,067 377,879 171,290 9,313 7,949 92,959
2006 7,816 543,299 70,459 63,482 1,378,465 401,197 177,332 9,982 8,840 93,417
Percent
1996 0.2 17.4 1.2 1.2 25.9 8.2 5.1 0.2 1.9 5.6
1997 0.2 16.8 1.2 1.2 26.6 8.3 5.0 0.2 2.0 4.5
1998 0.2 16.1 1.2 1.3 26.9 8.5 4.9 0.2 2.2 3.5
1999 0.2 15.4 1.3 1.3 27.3 8.6 4.7 0.2 2.3 2.7
2000 0.2 14.8 1.3 1.4 27.8 8.7 4.6 0.2 2.3 2.0
2001 0.2 14.3 1.3 1.4 28.4 8.9 4.5 0.2 2.2 1.2
2002 0.2 13.8 1.4 1.4 28.9 9.0 4.4 0.2 0.2 2.8
2003 0.2 13.4 1.4 1.4 29.3 9.0 4.3 0.2 0.2 2.5
2004 0.2 12.9 1.5 1.4 29.8 9.0 4.2 0.2 0.2 2.4
2005 0.2 12.5 1.5 1.4 30.3 9.0 4.1 0.2 0.2 2.2
2006 0.2 12.1 1.6 1.4 30.7 8.9 4.0 0.2 0.2 2.1
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Social Security Disability Insurance Beneficiaries, 100 percent data, from 1996 to 2000; beginning with 2001, Disabled Beneficiaries and Dependents Master Beneficiary Record file, 100 percent data.
a. AIDS and HIV records are counted in "Infectious and parasitic diseases." Before 1990, they were included in "Other."
b. Beginning with 2002, several ill-defined impairment codes were reclassified and added to "Unknown."
CONTACT: Kevin Kulzer (410) 965-5366 or di.asr@ssa.gov.
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