Disabled worker beneficiary statistics by calendar
year, quarter, and month
| |
Awards
b |
In current payment status |
Terminations
c |
| Time period |
Number
of
appli-
cations a |
Number |
Increase
over prior
period |
Percent
of
appli-
cations |
Number
at end
of period |
Increase
over prior
period |
Number |
Increase
over prior
period |
Termi-
nation
rate |
| —by calendar year— |
| 1994 ..... |
1,443,803 |
631,870 |
-0.53% |
43.76% |
3,962,954 |
6.36% |
387,673 |
3.77% |
9.47% |
| 1995 ..... |
1,338,137 |
645,832 |
2.21% |
48.26% |
4,185,263 |
5.61% |
410,299 |
5.84% |
9.44% |
| 1996 ..... |
1,279,228 |
624,335 |
-3.33% |
48.81% |
4,385,623 |
4.79% |
409,259 |
-0.25% |
8.95% |
| 1997 ..... |
1,180,235 |
587,417 |
-5.91% |
49.77% |
4,508,134 |
2.79% |
463,257 |
13.19% |
9.72% |
| 1998 ..... |
1,169,255 |
608,131 |
3.53% |
52.01% |
4,698,319 |
4.22% |
409,833 |
-11.53% |
8.36% |
| 1999 ..... |
1,200,087 |
620,488 |
2.03% |
51.70% |
4,879,455 |
3.86% |
434,489 |
6.02% |
8.51% |
| 2000 ..... |
1,330,558 |
621,650 |
0.19% |
46.72% |
5,042,334 |
3.34% |
461,626 |
6.25% |
8.72% |
| 2001 ..... |
1,498,559 |
691,309 |
11.21% |
46.13% |
5,274,183 |
4.60% |
456,258 |
-1.16% |
8.31% |
| 2002 ..... |
1,682,454 |
750,464 |
8.56% |
44.61% |
5,543,981 |
5.12% |
479,606 |
5.12% |
8.34% |
| 2003 ..... |
1,895,521 |
777,905 |
3.66% |
41.04% |
5,873,673 |
5.95% |
450,720 |
-6.02% |
7.46% |
| 2004 ..... |
2,137,531 |
797,226 |
2.48% |
37.30% |
6,201,362 |
5.58% |
466,332 |
3.46% |
7.32% |
| 2005 ..... |
2,122,109 |
832,201 |
4.39% |
39.22% |
6,524,582 |
5.21% |
494,592 |
6.06% |
7.36% |
| 2006 ..... |
2,134,088 |
812,596 |
-2.36% |
38.08% |
6,811,679 |
4.40% |
513,292 |
3.78% |
7.28% |
| 2007 ..... |
2,190,196 |
823,106 |
1.29% |
37.58% |
7,101,355 |
4.25% |
525,012 |
2.28% |
7.14% |
| 2008 ..... |
2,320,396 |
895,011 |
8.74% |
38.57% |
7,427,203 |
4.59% |
564,518 |
7.52% |
7.34% |
|
| —by quarter— |
| 2005 Q1 |
522,708 |
208,362 |
4.27% |
39.86% |
6,275,996 |
1.20% |
132,286 |
2.37% |
2.06% |
| 2005 Q2 |
544,334 |
215,962 |
3.65% |
39.67% |
6,392,926 |
1.86% |
94,524 |
-28.55% |
1.46% |
| 2005 Q3 |
572,596 |
213,980 |
-0.92% |
37.37% |
6,469,510 |
1.20% |
132,954 |
40.66% |
2.01% |
| 2005 Q4 |
482,471 |
193,897 |
-9.39% |
40.19% |
6,524,582 |
0.85% |
134,828 |
1.41% |
2.02% |
| 2006 Q1 |
528,971 |
189,459 |
-2.29% |
35.82% |
6,564,856 |
0.62% |
142,088 |
5.38% |
2.11% |
| 2006 Q2 |
558,047 |
205,824 |
8.64% |
36.88% |
6,630,030 |
0.99% |
138,843 |
-2.28% |
2.04% |
| 2006 Q3 |
551,822 |
219,774 |
6.78% |
39.83% |
6,750,283 |
1.81% |
97,124 |
-30.05% |
1.41% |
| 2006 Q4 |
495,248 |
197,539 |
-10.12% |
39.89% |
6,811,679 |
0.91% |
135,237 |
39.24% |
1.94% |
| 2007 Q1 |
534,615 |
192,594 |
-2.50% |
36.02% |
6,858,928 |
0.69% |
142,571 |
5.42% |
2.03% |
| 2007 Q2 |
569,834 |
213,229 |
10.71% |
37.42% |
6,923,999 |
0.95% |
145,661 |
2.17% |
2.05% |
| 2007 Q3 |
569,178 |
209,495 |
-1.75% |
36.81% |
7,011,882 |
1.27% |
119,342 |
-18.07% |
1.67% |
| 2007 Q4 |
516,569 |
207,788 |
-0.81% |
40.22% |
7,101,355 |
1.28% |
117,438 |
-1.60% |
1.62% |
| 2008 Q1 |
563,769 |
211,281 |
1.68% |
37.48% |
7,161,867 |
0.85% |
149,817 |
27.57% |
2.04% |
| 2008 Q2 |
591,196 |
225,678 |
6.81% |
38.17% |
7,229,499 |
0.94% |
156,105 |
4.20% |
2.10% |
| 2008 Q3 |
588,125 |
230,186 |
2.00% |
39.14% |
7,299,821 |
0.97% |
158,351 |
1.44% |
2.11% |
| 2008 Q4 |
577,306 |
227,866 |
-1.01% |
39.47% |
7,427,203 |
1.75% |
100,245 |
-36.69% |
1.33% |
|
| —by month— |
| 2007 Dec |
147,216 |
58,656 |
-25.17% |
39.84% |
7,101,355 |
0.33% |
36,236 |
-36.29% |
0.50% |
| 2008 Jan |
157,837 |
62,522 |
6.59% |
39.61% |
7,114,753 |
0.19% |
48,544 |
33.97% |
0.67% |
| 2008 Feb |
221,327 |
70,348 |
12.52% |
31.78% |
7,136,511 |
0.31% |
48,049 |
-1.02% |
0.66% |
| 2008 Mar |
184,605 |
78,411 |
11.46% |
42.48% |
7,161,867 |
0.36% |
53,224 |
10.77% |
0.73% |
| 2008 Apr |
188,185 |
75,168 |
-4.14% |
39.94% |
7,186,478 |
0.34% |
49,799 |
-6.44% |
0.68% |
| 2008 May |
218,667 |
74,137 |
-1.37% |
33.90% |
7,208,944 |
0.31% |
50,861 |
2.13% |
0.69% |
| 2008 Jun |
184,344 |
76,373 |
3.02% |
41.43% |
7,229,499 |
0.29% |
55,445 |
9.01% |
0.75% |
| 2008 Jul |
173,991 |
69,962 |
-8.39% |
40.21% |
7,247,428 |
0.25% |
52,129 |
-5.98% |
0.70% |
| 2008 Aug |
235,204 |
80,137 |
14.54% |
34.07% |
7,272,382 |
0.34% |
54,682 |
4.90% |
0.74% |
| 2008 Sep |
178,930 |
80,087 |
-0.06% |
44.76% |
7,299,821 |
0.38% |
51,540 |
-5.75% |
0.69% |
| 2008 Oct |
235,161 |
80,509 |
0.53% |
34.24% |
7,327,786 |
0.38% |
52,587 |
2.03% |
0.70% |
| 2008 Nov |
173,204 |
88,413 |
9.82% |
51.05% |
7,375,881 |
0.66% |
38,932 |
-25.97% |
0.52% |
| 2008 Dec |
168,941 |
58,944 |
-33.33% |
34.89% |
7,427,203 |
0.70% |
8,726 |
-77.59% |
0.12% |
| 2009 Jan |
239,385 |
69,566 |
18.02% |
29.06% |
7,442,377 |
0.20% |
54,777 |
527.74% |
0.72% |
| 2009 Feb |
212,378 |
77,497 |
11.40% |
36.49% |
7,469,240 |
0.36% |
51,169 |
-6.59% |
0.67% |
| a
The number of applications is for disabled-worker benefits only and,
as such, excludes disabled child's and disabled widow(er)'s benefits.
These applications ultimately result in either a denial or award of
benefits. Applications include cases that are denied because the
individual is not insured for
disability benefits.
Because the application data are tabulated on a weekly basis,
some months include 5 weeks of data while others include only 4 weeks.
This weekly method of tabulation accounts for much of the month-to-month
variation in the monthly application data. This method also
occasionally causes quarterly and annual data to include
an extra week of data.
b
Award data are unedited and may contain duplicates.
Awards as a percentage of applications is a crude allowance rate. This
rate expresses the number of awards in a given time period as a percentage
of the number of applications in the same time period. Some of the awards
in any time period, however, resulted from applications in previous time
period(s).
c
The number of terminations is the number of beneficiaries who leave
the disability rolls for any reason. The number is calculated on the
basis of the change in the total number of entitled beneficiaries
(those in current payment status plus those whose benefits are
withheld for any reason) and the number of awards. The termination
rate is the ratio of the terminations to the number
of beneficiaries who could potentially leave the rolls. This latter
number is approximated as the sum of the number entitled at the beginning
of the time period plus half the number of awards in that period. |
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