Research, Statistics, & Policy Analysis

Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2002

(released August 2003)
 

Expanded Table of Contents

Beneficiaries in Current-Payment Status

Disabled Beneficiaries and Nondisabled Dependents

Table 1. Number, selected years 1960–2002
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Table 2. Average monthly benefit, by basis of entitlement, age, and sex, December 2002
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All Disabled Beneficiaries

Table 3. Number, average, and total monthly benefits, December 1960–2002
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Table 4. Number and average monthly benefit, by sex and age, December 2002
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Table 5. Distribution, by sex and monthly benefit, December 2002
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Table 6. Distribution, by sex and diagnostic group, December 2002
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Table 7. Average monthly benefit, by sex and diagnostic group, December 2002
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Table 8. Number aged 18–64 as a percentage of the resident population aged 18–64, by state, December 2002
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Table 9. Distribution, by state or other area, December 2002
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Table 10. Number, by state or other area and diagnostic group, December 2002
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Table 11. Percentage distribution, by state or other area and diagnostic group, December 2002
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Table 12. Total monthly benefits, by state or other area, December 2002
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Table 13. Number, by type of representative payee, December 2002
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Table 14. Representative payment, by sex and diagnostic group, December 2002
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Table 15. Percentage distribution of disabled workers, by state or other area and monthly benefit, December 2002
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Table 16. Percentage distribution of disabled widow(er)s, by state or other area and monthly benefit, December 2002
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Table 17. Percentage distribution of disabled adult children, by state or other area and monthly benefit, December 2002
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Disabled Workers

Table 18. Percentage distribution, by sex and age, December 1960–2002, selected years
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Table 19. Number, average primary insurance amount, and average monthly benefit, by age and sex, December 2002
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Table 20. Distribution, by diagnostic group, 1996–2002
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Table 21. Distribution of workers under age 50, by diagnostic group, 1996–2002
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Table 22. Distribution of workers aged 50 or older, by diagnostic group, 1996–2002
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Table 23. Distribution, by diagnostic group and age, December 2002
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Table 24. Distribution of workers with a secondary benefit (dual entitlement), by worker's smaller primary insurance amount and sex, December 2002
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Table 25. Distribution of workers with a secondary benefit (dual entitlement), by type of secondary benefit and sex, December 2002
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Table 26. Number, by sex, state or other area, and age, December 2002
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Disabled-Worker Families

Table 27. Number and average monthly family benefit, by selected family composition, December 1960–2002, selected years
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Table 28. Number, average primary insurance amount, and average monthly family benefit, by family composition, December 2002
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Table 29. Distribution, by family composition and age of worker, December 2002
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Benefits Awarded, Withheld, and Terminated

Awards to Disabled Beneficiaries and Nondisabled Dependents

Table 30. Number, selected years 1960–2002
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Table 31. Average monthly benefit, by basis of entitlement, age, and sex, 2002
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Awards to All Disabled Beneficiaries

Table 32. Distribution, by sex and diagnostic group, 2002
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Table 33. Distribution and average monthly benefit, by state or other area, 2002
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Awards to Disabled Workers

Table 34. Percentage distribution, by sex and age, selected years 1960–2002
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Table 35. Distribution, by diagnostic group, selected years 1960–2002
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Table 36. Distribution of workers under age 50, by diagnostic group, selected years 1975–2002
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Table 37. Distribution of workers aged 50 or older, by diagnostic group, selected years 1975–2002
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Table 38. Average primary insurance amount and average monthly benefit, by sex, selected years 1960–2002
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Table 39. Distribution, by diagnostic group, sex, and age, 2002
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Table 40. Distribution, by monthly benefit and sex, 2002
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Awards to Disabled-Worker Families

Table 41. Number, average primary insurance amount, and average monthly family benefit, by family composition, 2002
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Table 42. Distribution, by family composition and age of worker, 2002
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Benefits Withheld from All Disabled Beneficiaries

Table 43. Number, by reason for withholding benefit, December 2002
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Benefits Terminated for All Disabled Beneficiaries

Table 44. Number and rate, 1960–2002
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Table 45. Number, by reason for termination, 2002
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Table 46. Number and rate, by state or other area, 2002
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Disabled Workers Who Work

Table 47. Distribution of workers with benefits withheld because of substantial work, by diagnostic group and age, December 2002
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Table 48. Distribution of workers with benefits terminated because of successful return to work, by diagnostic group and age, 2002
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Table 49. Distribution, by state or other area, 2002
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Outcomes of Applications for Disability Benefits

Notes
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Table 50. Outcomes at all adjudicative levels, by year of application, 1992–2002
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Table 51. Medical decisions at the initial adjudicative level, by year of application and program, 1992–2002
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Table 52. Medical decisions at the reconsideration level, by year of application and program, 1992–2002
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Table 53. Medical decisions at the hearing level or above, by year of application and program, 1992–2002
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Table 54. Percentage distribution of final medical allowances, by year of application and reason for allowance, 1992–2002
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Table 55. Percentage distribution of final medical denials, by year of application and reason for denial, 1992–2002
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Disabled Beneficiaries Receiving Social Security, SSI, or Both

Table 56. Number aged 18–64, by program, December 1996–2002
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Table 57. Number aged 18–64, by state or other area, December 2002
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Table 58. Number aged 18–64 as a percentage of the resident population aged 18–64, by state, December 2002
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Noninstitutionalized Disabled Beneficiaries: Survey of Income and Program Participation

Notes
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Table 59. Distribution, by selected personal characteristics, 2001
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Table 60. Social Security as a percentage of personal income, by selected characteristics, 2001
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Table 61. Distribution, by household and family characteristics, 2001
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Table 62. Percentage distribution of family income, by source and selected characteristics, 2001
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Table 63. Percentage distribution, by poverty status and selected characteristics, 2001
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