U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Retirement and Disability Policy.
SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2008
 

Outcomes of Applications for Disability Benefits

Table 73.
Percentage distribution of final medical allowances, by age, year of application, and reason for allowance, 1992–2007
Year Total Meets level
of severity
of listings a		 Under age 18 only Aged 18 or older only Other a,b
Medically
equals level of severity of listings		 Functionally equals level
of severity
of listings		 Equals level
of severity
of listings		 Medical and
vocational
factors
considered
Number Percent
All ages c
1992 951,118 100.0 36.6 1.5 1.3 7.5 18.6 34.4
1993 968,374 100.0 36.5 1.5 1.6 5.5 17.4 37.6
1994 848,211 100.0 36.8 1.5 2.1 4.4 18.1 37.1
1995 745,348 100.0 35.8 1.6 2.5 4.3 18.6 37.2
1996 733,450 100.0 35.9 1.8 3.3 4.4 17.4 37.2
1997 666,943 100.0 37.6 1.8 4.3 4.7 18.4 33.3
1998 719,386 100.0 38.2 1.9 4.8 4.2 20.0 30.9
1999 729,473 100.0 36.6 2.0 5.3 3.9 20.8 31.3
2000 762,145 100.0 35.1 1.9 6.1 4.2 21.4 31.3
2001 813,848 100.0 34.8 1.8 7.0 4.2 22.2 30.2
2002 862,454 100.0 33.1 1.7 7.9 3.7 21.6 32.0
2003 890,461 100.0 32.2 1.7 8.7 3.6 22.0 31.8
2004 897,633 100.0 31.5 1.5 9.4 3.6 22.6 31.4
2005 852,369 100.0 31.3 1.4 9.7 3.5 23.5 30.5
2006 760,960 100.0 33.9 1.4 11.3 3.7 25.2 24.5
2007 673,229 100.0 37.3 1.6 13.2 4.2 27.7 16.0
Under age 18
1992 211,793 100.0 48.3 6.9 5.9 . . . . . . 38.9
1993 241,085 100.0 44.9 5.9 6.4 . . . . . . 42.7
1994 202,357 100.0 45.6 6.5 8.6 . . . . . . 39.3
1995 170,884 100.0 44.8 7.0 11.0 . . . . . . 37.2
1996 152,174 100.0 52.7 8.7 16.0 . . . . . . 22.6
1997 128,270 100.0 55.8 9.2 22.1 . . . . . . 12.9
1998 145,020 100.0 55.6 9.6 23.6 . . . . . . 11.2
1999 150,675 100.0 53.2 9.8 25.8 . . . . . . 11.3
2000 159,960 100.0 50.1 9.2 28.9 . . . . . . 11.7
2001 174,918 100.0 48.2 8.2 32.4 . . . . . . 11.1
2002 189,483 100.0 45.2 7.6 35.9 . . . . . . 11.2
2003 197,830 100.0 43.5 7.4 39.4 . . . . . . 9.6
2004 199,053 100.0 42.1 6.6 42.4 . . . . . . 9.0
2005 186,457 100.0 40.2 6.5 44.5 . . . . . . 8.8
2006 179,881 100.0 39.1 6.1 47.7 . . . . . . 7.0
2007 175,857 100.0 38.7 6.1 50.4 . . . . . . 4.9
Aged 18–64
1992 738,836 100.0 33.3 . . . . . . 9.7 23.9 33.2
1993 726,766 100.0 33.7 . . . . . . 7.3 23.1 35.9
1994 644,866 100.0 34.0 . . . . . . 5.8 23.8 36.4
1995 573,381 100.0 33.2 . . . . . . 5.6 24.0 37.2
1996 541,704 100.0 33.7 . . . . . . 5.9 23.3 37.1
1997 513,855 100.0 34.5 . . . . . . 6.1 22.6 36.9
1998 537,770 100.0 35.5 . . . . . . 5.5 23.9 35.1
1999 543,287 100.0 34.0 . . . . . . 5.2 25.1 35.7
2000 569,855 100.0 32.6 . . . . . . 5.5 26.3 35.6
2001 608,473 100.0 32.4 . . . . . . 5.6 27.7 34.3
2002 639,194 100.0 31.1 . . . . . . 5.0 27.4 36.6
2003 665,524 100.0 30.0 . . . . . . 4.8 28.1 37.1
2004 672,864 100.0 29.5 . . . . . . 4.8 29.2 36.5
2005 636,294 100.0 30.1 . . . . . . 4.7 30.5 34.7
2006 555,863 100.0 33.7 . . . . . . 5.1 33.7 27.5
2007 473,564 100.0 38.6 . . . . . . 6.0 38.7 16.7
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Disability Research File, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Data are current through August 2008.
Because a number of applications remain pending for more recent years, the numbers and percentages will change over time.
Applications with a medical decision may be pending a final nonmedical decision or subsequently denied for nonmedical reasons.
Includes decisions for SSI-only applications and applications for both Social Security and SSI. Does not include Social Security–only applications.
. . . = not applicable.
a. Includes all age groups.
b. Includes applications for which the disability was previously established and those for which the basis for the determination is not available. For final determinations made in or before August 1996 for applicants under age 18, also includes applications allowed because individual functional assessment showed impairment of comparable severity.
c. Includes applicants aged 65 or older.
CONTACT: Clark Pickett (410) 965-9016 or ssi.asr@ssa.gov.
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