U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2006
 
Beneficiaries Who Have Filed for Workers' Compensation or Public Disability Benefits
Table 33.
Distribution of workers who have filed, by diagnostic group and age, December 2006
Diagnostic group Total, all ages Under 35 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–64
Number
Total 584,640 11,619 21,648 47,994 83,378 118,300 155,272 146,429
Congenital anomalies 356 21 24 47 53 56 76 79
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 14,504 122 345 967 1,754 3,044 4,217 4,055
Infectious and parasitic diseases 5,273 103 297 781 1,100 1,200 1,104 688
Injuries 39,420 1,764 2,127 3,923 5,715 7,266 9,293 9,332
Mental disorders
Retardation 6,942 222 469 948 1,389 1,471 1,427 1,016
Other 112,244 3,700 5,800 12,174 19,801 24,963 26,755 19,051
Neoplasms 6,526 209 234 442 862 1,274 1,800 1,705
Diseases of the—
Blood and blood-forming organs 474 29 26 50 82 100 97 90
Circulatory system 25,409 203 341 921 1,958 4,124 7,754 10,108
Digestive system 3,949 56 103 288 632 981 1,095 794
Genitourinary system 3,332 225 220 355 479 712 761 580
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 309,499 3,738 9,508 22,512 41,810 62,058 85,882 83,991
Nervous system and sense organs 34,864 962 1,575 3,275 5,106 6,865 8,961 8,120
Respiratory system 10,017 85 165 369 922 1,677 2,955 3,844
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 782 17 39 72 116 156 198 184
Other 635 22 24 57 96 122 170 144
Unknown 10,414 141 351 813 1,503 2,231 2,727 2,648
Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Congenital anomalies 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 a a 0.1
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 2.5 1.1 1.6 2.0 2.1 2.6 2.7 2.8
Infectious and parasitic diseases 0.9 0.9 1.4 1.6 1.3 1.0 0.7 0.5
Injuries 6.7 15.2 9.8 8.2 6.9 6.1 6.0 6.4
Mental disorders
Retardation 1.2 1.9 2.2 2.0 1.7 1.2 0.9 0.7
Other 19.2 31.8 26.8 25.4 23.7 21.1 17.2 13.0
Neoplasms 1.1 1.8 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2
Diseases of the—
Blood and blood-forming organs 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Circulatory system 4.3 1.7 1.6 1.9 2.3 3.5 5.0 6.9
Digestive system 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.5
Genitourinary system 0.6 1.9 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 52.9 32.2 43.9 46.9 50.1 52.5 55.3 57.4
Nervous system and sense organs 6.0 8.3 7.3 6.8 6.1 5.8 5.8 5.5
Respiratory system 1.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.1 1.4 1.9 2.6
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Unknown 1.8 1.2 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.8
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Workers' Compensation and Public Disability Benefit file, 100 percent data.
a. Less than 0.05 percent.
CONTACT: Kevin Kulzer (410) 965-5366 or di.asr@ssa.gov.
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