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APPENDIX TABLE 3-1 Applicants for Social Security Disability Benefits by Program and Selected Diagnostic Group, CY 2004

Diagnostic Group	SSDI Only	SSDI/SSI	SSI Only Adult	SSI Child	All
Number
Retardation	14,353	12,445	23,314	26,416	76,528
Other mental	112,880	183,957	147,480	218,781	663,098
Cardiovascular	62,123	54,874	32,163	7,065	156,225
Musculoskeletal	266,977	218,923	112,062	6,478	604,440
Neoplasms	65,274	31,987	14,971	3,411	115,643
Nervous/sensory	88,265	70,589	47,261	32,538	238,653
Endocrine	26,934	31,120	19,060	3,584	80,698
Respiratory	30,371	29,762	19,351	37,822	117,306
All	741,385	724,693	466,183	395,775	2,328,036
Percentage
Retardation	1.9	1.7	5.0	6.7	3.3
Other mental	15.2	25.4	31.6	55.3	28.5
Cardiovascular	8.4	7.6	6.9	1.8	6.7
Musculoskeletal	36.0	30.2	24.0	1.6	26.0
Neoplasms	8.8	4.4	3.2	0.9	5.0
Nervous/sensory	11.9	9.7	10.1	8.2	10.3
Endocrine	3.6	4.3	4.1	0.9	3.5
Respiratory	4.1	4.1	4.2	9.6	5.0
All	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
SOURCE: Calculated from tables provided by SSA.

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APPENDIX TABLE 3-2 Awardees of Social Security Disability Benefits by Program and Selected Diagnostic Group, CY 2004

Diagnostic Group	SSDI Only	SSDI/SSI	SSI Only Adult	SSI Child	All
Number
Retardation	12,977	8,930	19,436	24,262	65,605
Other mental	62,801	68,815	65,257	93,703	290,576
Cardiovascular	30,454	17,584	12,686	3,427	64,151
Musculoskeletal	86,407	34,184	27,746	1,129	149,466
Neoplasms	54,158	22,772	10,871	3,305	91,106
Nervous/sensory	53,160	27,684	23,365	16,153	120,362
Endocrine	9,383	5,282	4,754	304	19,723
Respiratory	18,827	11,295	7,149	3,886	41,157
All	356,696	219,198	187,603	180,303	943,800
Percentage
Retardation	3.6	4.1	10.4	13.5	7.0
Other mental	17.6	31.4	34.8	52.0	30.8
Cardiovascular	8.5	8.0	6.8	1.9	6.8
Musculoskeletal	24.2	15.6	14.8	0.6	15.8
Neoplasms	15.2	10.4	5.8	1.8	9.7
Nervous/sensory	14.9	12.6	12.5	9.0	12.8
Endocrine	2.6	2.4	2.5	0.2	2.1
Respiratory	5.3	5.2	3.8	2.2	4.4
All	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
SOURCE: Calculated from tables provided by SSA.

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APPENDIX TABLE 3-3 Distribution of Annual Disability Insurance Awards Among Disabled Workers by Diagnostic Group, FY 1961 - FY 2003

Number of Awards	1961	1963	1967	1969
Total	279,758	224,229	310,947	344,741
Congenital anomalies	1,637	1,646	na	3,004
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases	7,070	7,563	10,743	12,169
Infectious/parasitic diseases	15,153	10,859	10,945	9,828
Injuries	na	6,496	19,815	28,473
Mental disorders—Total	26,864	24,526	35,344	43,225
Retardation	na	na	na	na
Other	na	na	na	na
Neoplasms	23,103	25,042	33,358	35,740
Diseases of the—
Blood/blood-forming organs	566	597	na	na
Circulatory system	71,860	66,468	81,507	105,760
Digestive system	4,300	4,437	7,627	8,719
Genitourinary system	1,608	1,725	na	2,717
Musculoskeletal system/connective tissue	23,241	21,744	41,090	47,357
Nervous system/sense organs	44,709	32,712	38,278	21,967
Respiratory system	20,030	19,107	24,646	23,265
Skin/subcutaneous tissue	794	719	na	na
Other	125	588	7,594	2,517
Unknown	38,698	na	na	na
NOTE: na = not available. SOURCE: 2003 Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, Table 36.

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1971	1973	1975	1977	1978	1981
415,897	491,776	592,049	568,874	464,415	351,847
4,365	5,276	6,576	6,681	5,850	3,118
15,823	18,131	23,176	21,725	16,855	14,768
8,524	7,957	7,579	5,807	4,512	2,596
31,810	30,418	32,341	31,942	27,490	20,868
42,687	47,014	67,213	70,825	54,329	36,318
na	na	na	na	na	na
na	na	na	na	na	na
39,629	50,644	59,852	59,833	54,878	56,410
1,043	1,347	1,491	1,516	1,236	942
131,854	158,202	177,311	167,801	134,634	85,994
11,629	14,614	17,474	15,342	12,407	7,363
3,501	4,810	5,719	5,271	4,719	6,230
66,558	85,431	110,637	107,840	86,921	58,639
26,442	31,139	39,960	36,751	29,314	28,516
30,103	34,656	39,485	35,002	28,005	21,520
1,667	1,854	2,306	1,766	2,017	1,345
262	283	929	772	1,248	616
na	na	na	na	na	6,604

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Number of Awards	1983	1985	1987	1989
Total	311,490	377,371	415,848	425,582
Congenital anomalies	2,827	2,480	787	534
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases	14,904	16,976	21,114	14,279
Infectious/parasitic diseases	6,730	2,985	4,676	3,773
Injuries	15,646	16,558	20,889	21,531
Mental disorders—Total	50,633	68,610	81,241	88,500
Retardation	na	na	na	na
Other	na	na	na	na
Neoplasms	52,379	55,120	55,339	60,352
Diseases of the—
Blood/blood-forming organs	958	890	1,205	1,524
Circulatory system	68,352	72,764	76,758	70,235
Digestive system	5,272	5,626	6,122	6,803
Genitourinary system	6,489	3,348	5,801	9,010
Musculoskeletal system/connective tissue	41,872	49,214	63,807	71,419
Nervous system/sense organs	26,203	28,733	35,206	34,756
Respiratory system	17,978	20,213	22,978	21,400
Skin/subcutaneous tissue	848	1,110	1,173	828
Other	a	992	na	20,638
Unknown	na	31,752	18,752	na
NOTE: na = not available. a Data not shown to prevent disclosure of information about particular individuals.

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1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003
536,434	635,238	645,645	587,700	620,559	661,900	755,706
575	543	722	654	645	a	1,152
19,931	30,862	33,370	33,807	36,975	19,500	23,407
28,245	37,450	27,993	15,327	11,743	11,200	10,879
24,129	23,206	27,566	25,930	25,925	25,400	28,612
126,184	166,045	147,900	122,901	138,980	168,600	191,679
na	na	16,681	12,888	16,608	22,500	19,338
na	na	131,219	110,113	122,372	146,100	172,341
69,244	80,266	64,401	62,279	65,681	62,000	70,942
1,904	2,075	2,006	1,815	1,911	2,200	2,408
78,339	88,623	83,065	76,531	74,755	82,500	85,896
8,648	10,026	11,167	11,310	13,389	15,600	17,084
10,874	13,390	11,956	12,151	13,842	16,300	16,968
92,469	94,255	141,306	135,430	146,754	162,100	199,014
41,551	45,742	46,477	45,496	49,869	54,600	64,369
23,798	27,494	28,831	26,483	26,981	28,300	32,007
1,021	1,118	1,643	1,473	1,416	a	1,622
9,522	14,143	14,746	14,436	10,252	10,000	1,871
na	na	2,496	1,677	1,441	1,800	7,796

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Percentage of Awards	1961	1963	1967	1969
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Congenital anomalies	0.6	0.7	0.0	0.9
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases	2.5	3.4	3.5	3.5
Infectious/parasitic diseases	5.4	4.8	3.5	2.9
Injuries	0.0	2.9	6.4	8.3
Mental disorders—Total	9.6	10.9	11.4	12.5
Retardation	na	na	na	na
Other	na	na	na	na
Neoplasms	8.3	11.2	10.7	10.4
Diseases of the—
Blood/blood-forming organs	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
Circulatory system	25.7	29.6	26.2	30.7
Digestive system	1.5	2.0	2.5	2.5
Genitourinary system	0.6	0.8	0.0	0.8
Musculoskeletal system/connective tissue	8.3	9.7	13.2	13.7
Nervous system/sense organs	16.0	14.6	12.3	6.4
Respiratory system	7.2	8.5	7.9	6.7
Skin/subcutaneous tissue	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
Other	0.0	0.3	2.4	0.7
Unknown	13.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
NOTE: na = not available.

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1971	1973	1975	1977	1978	1981
100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1.0	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.3	0.9
3.8	3.7	3.9	3.8	3.6	4.2
2.0	1.6	1.3	1.0	1.0	0.7
7.6	6.2	5.5	5.6	5.9	5.9
10.3	9.6	11.4	12.5	11.7	10.3
na	na	na	na	na	na
na	na	na	na	na	na
9.5	10.3	10.1	10.5	11.8	16.0
0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
31.7	32.2	29.9	29.5	29.0	24.4
2.8	3.0	3.0	2.7	2.7	2.1
0.8	1.0	1.0	0.9	1.0	1.8
16.0	17.4	18.7	19.0	18.7	16.7
6.4	6.3	6.7	6.5	6.3	8.1
7.2	7.0	6.7	6.2	6.0	6.1
0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4
0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.2
0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9

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Percentage of Awards	1983	1985	1987	1989
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Congenital anomalies	0.9	0.7	0.2	0.1
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases	4.8	4.5	5.1	3.4
Infectious/parasitic diseases	2.2	0.8	1.1	0.9
Injuries	5.0	4.4	5.0	5.1
Mental disorders—Total	16.3	18.2	19.5	20.8
Retardation	na	na	na	na
Other	na	na	na	na
Neoplasms	16.8	14.6	13.3	14.2
Diseases of the—
Blood/blood-forming organs	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.4
Circulatory system	21.9	19.3	18.5	16.5
Digestive system	1.7	1.5	1.5	1.6
Genitourinary system	2.1	0.9	1.4	2.1
Musculoskeletal system/connective tissue	13.4	13.0	15.3	16.8
Nervous system/sense organs	8.4	7.6	8.5	8.2
Respiratory system	5.8	5.4	5.5	5.0
Skin/subcutaneous tissue	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2
Other	a	0.3	0.0	4.8
Unknown	0.0	8.4	4.5	0.0
NOTE: na = not available. a Data not shown to prevent disclosure of information about particular individuals.

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1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003
100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	a	0.2
3.7	4.9	5.2	5.8	6.0	2.9	3.1
5.3	5.9	4.3	2.6	1.9	1.7	1.4
4.5	3.7	4.3	4.4	4.2	3.8	3.8
23.5	26.1	22.9	20.9	22.4	25.5	25.4
na	na	2.6	2.2	2.7	3.4	2.6
na	na	20.3	18.7	19.7	22.1	22.8
12.9	12.6	10.0	10.6	10.6	9.4	9.4
0.4	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3
14.6	14.0	12.9	13.0	12.0	12.5	11.4
1.6	1.6	1.7	1.9	2.2	2.4	2.3
2.0	2.1	1.9	2.1	2.2	2.5	2.2
17.2	14.8	21.9	23.0	23.6	24.5	26.3
7.7	7.2	7.2	7.7	8.0	8.2	8.5
4.4	4.3	4.5	4.5	4.3	4.3	4.2
0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	a	0.2
1.8	2.2	2.3	2.5	1.7	1.5	0.2
0.0	0.0	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.3	1.0

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APPENDIX TABLE 3-4 SSI Annual Awards for Adults Ages 18-64 by Diagnostic Group, FY 1974 - FY 2003

Number of Awards	1974	1975	1976	1977
Total	1,796,230	508,950	403,350	375,950
Congenital anomalies	310	220	100	180
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases	1,270	600	640	710
Infectious/parasitic diseases	940	430	320	340
Injuries	1,760	760	720	690
Mental disorders
Retardation	18,350	9,330	7,180	7,640
Other	11,010	6,600	6,380	7,030
Neoplasms	300	180	100	150
Diseases of the—
Blood/blood-forming organs	270	180	100	50
Circulatory system	2,470	1,270	1,430	1,490
Digestive system	290	140	140	150
Genitourinary system	290	160	180	230
Musculoskeletal system/connective tissue	3,440	1,760	1,480	1,950
Nervous system/sense organs	7,310	3,350	2,920	3,080
Respiratory system	840	490	600	560
Skin/subcutaneous tissue	70	30	30	20
Other	110	40	10	50
Unknown	1,747,200	483,410	381,020	351,630
NOTE: Data are from Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record Format), 10 percent sample, and are consistent with those in the 2003 SSI Annual Statistical Report, Table 49. SOURCE: Unpublished table provided by Clark Pickett, Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics, Social Security Administration, February 11, 2005.

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1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983
323,170	292,380	293,740	248,340	202,590	262,660
120	120	240	270	500	2,220
640	890	1,220	1,350	2,090	8,620
290	290	330	370	750	2,180
750	870	970	1,410	2,730	9,130
7,920	7,590	8,840	9,940	10,970	31,210
6,730	7,980	9,600	8,890	13,300	42,180
200	260	330	380	2,060	14,320
120	160	160	120	190	700
1,440	1,480	2,190	1,760	5,520	25,670
180	150	220	200	660	2,710
240	180	330	280	710	3,030
1,830	1,810	2,750	2,780	5,110	16,380
3,150	3,590	4,130	4,810	7,040	21,870
430	560	670	700	2,190	10,080
30	60	40	40	180	360
20	10	60	80	150	660
299,080	266,380	261,660	214,960	148,440	71,340

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Number of Awards	1984	1985	1986	1987
Total	322,390	324,070	391,600	373,320
Congenital anomalies	2,470	1,980	830	530
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases	11,730	14,240	16,360	18,410
Infectious/parasitic diseases	3,020	2,420	2,470	3,690
Injuries	10,280	9,470	10,860	11,710
Mental disorders
Retardation	41,270	42,600	55,550	44,730
Other	65,890	70,670	119,480	99,580
Neoplasms	17,850	18,250	18,500	19,070
Diseases of the—
Blood/blood-forming organs	860	730	1,040	990
Circulatory system	33,430	33,880	36,520	36,110
Digestive system	2,790	3,580	3,480	3,310
Genitourinary system	3,510	3,630	5,220	5,600
Musculoskeletal system/connective tissue	22,230	23,860	24,640	28,150
Nervous system/sense organs	25,520	23,880	25,130	25,910
Respiratory system	11,730	12,680	13,740	13,140
Skin/subcutaneous tissue	580	680	450	670
Other	770	640	430	290
Unknown	68,460	60,880	56,900	61,430

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1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993
361,070	388,120	446,940	504,860	636,300	630,030
450	730	830	750	910	960
14,580	16,100	19,880	23,030	34,190	33,030
11,070	14,270	20,030	24,310	35,330	32,030
12,130	12,990	14,390	15,570	18,250	16,430
39,990	39,880	45,060	53,270	74,280	72,280
86,870	93,560	112,420	131,160	171,090	178,130
18,830	20,020	21,880	24,050	25,840	25,330
1,110	1,020	1,290	1,650	2,020	1,640
35,700	36,290	41,530	45,820	54,470	49,650
4,120	4,430	5,110	6,200	6,890	6,780
5,980	7,150	7,990	8,550	8,940	9,150
29,790	35,630	43,720	52,510	64,910	63,050
25,050	26,430	29,280	31,380	35,330	34,810
13,260	13,390	15,270	16,800	19,880	18,700
490	450	560	770	970	940
250	250	310	260	490	510
61,400	65,530	67,390	68,780	82,510	86,610

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Number of Awards	1994	1995	1996	1997
Total	580,640	571,080	526,690	461,260
Congenital anomalies	990	850	940	880
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases	30,220	29,950	28,650	26,460
Infectious/parasitic diseases	26,900	25,740	23,210	16,630
Injuries	16,260	15,760	15,850	13,470
Mental disorders
Retardation	57,710	47,790	40,630	34,840
Other	160,940	158,510	136,480	115,400
Neoplasms	26,180	27,220	26,490	25,230
Diseases of the—
Blood/blood-forming organs	1,440	1,070	1,330	1,140
Circulatory system	47,660	47,260	44,320	39,980
Digestive system	7,340	7,590	7,300	7,030
Genitourinary system	8,840	9,140	8,640	9,050
Musculoskeletal system/connective tissue	59,990	63,670	61,160	53,640
Nervous system/sense organs	32,480	32,070	30,620	25,780
Respiratory system	18,940	18,650	18,760	15,530
Skin/subcutaneous tissue	790	1,040	910	970
Other	470	490	420	460
Unknown	83,490	84,280	80,980	74,770

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1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
489,240	493,960	483,020	502,590	533,470	537,420
640	900	1,160	1,700	1,790	2,060
27,040	28,070	14,000	15,030	15,320	15,700
14,790	14,000	13,440	12,560	11,950	11,360
14,780	15,390	16,030	16,680	18,930	17,120
34,320	34,820	35,030	35,530	35,290	34,250
127,700	138,020	146,930	157,590	168,970	171,650
25,370	25,820	26,500	26,950	27,660	28,520
1,240	1,430	1,310	1,670	1,590	1,570
40,200	40,090	42,110	45,110	47,240	46,440
7,610	9,020	9,180	10,140	11,080	11,720
8,970	8,970	9,650	9,490	9,820	10,480
58,530	63,370	69,980	75,190	84,140	86,570
29,100	29,990	30,000	32,510	34,530	35,120
16,540	16,580	17,080	17,450	18,520	18,710
820	860	840	1,090	1,000	940
430	590	530	740	1,010	990
81,160	66,040	49,250	43,160	44,630	44,220

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Percentage of Awards	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Congenital anomalies	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3
Infectious/parasitic diseases	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Injuries	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3
Mental disorders
Retardation	1.0	1.8	1.8	2.0	2.5	2.6
Other	0.6	1.3	1.6	1.9	2.1	2.7
Neoplasms	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1
Diseases of the—
Blood/blood-forming organs	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
Circulatory system	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5
Digestive system	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1
Genitourinary system	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1
Musculoskeletal system/connective tissue	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.6
Nervous system/sense organs	0.4	0.7	0.7	0.8	1.0	1.2
Respiratory system	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2
Skin/subcutaneous tissue	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unknown	97.3	95.0	94.5	93.5	92.5	91.1

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1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988
0.1	0.1	0.2	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.1
0.4	0.5	1.0	3.3	3.6	4.4	4.2	4.9	4.0
0.1	0.1	0.4	0.8	0.9	0.7	0.6	1.0	3.1
0.3	0.6	1.3	3.5	3.2	2.9	2.8	3.1	3.4
3.0	4.0	5.4	11.9	12.8	13.1	14.2	12.0	11.1
3.3	3.6	6.6	16.1	20.4	21.8	30.5	26.7	24.1
0.1	0.2	1.0	5.5	5.5	5.6	4.7	5.1	5.2
0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3
0.7	0.7	2.7	9.8	10.4	10.5	9.3	9.7	9.9
0.1	0.1	0.3	1.0	0.9	1.1	0.9	0.9	1.1
0.1	0.1	0.4	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.3	1.5	1.7
0.9	1.1	2.5	6.2	6.9	7.4	6.3	7.5	8.3
1.4	1.9	3.5	8.3	7.9	7.4	6.4	6.9	6.9
0.2	0.3	1.1	3.8	3.6	3.9	3.5	3.5	3.7
0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1
0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
89.1	86.6	73.3	27.2	21.2	18.8	14.5	16.5	17.0

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Percentage of Awards	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
Congenital anomalies	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases	4.1	4.4	4.6	5.4	5.2	5.2
Infectious/parasitic diseases	3.7	4.5	4.8	5.6	5.1	4.6
Injuries	3.3	3.2	3.1	2.9	2.6	2.8
Mental disorders
Retardation	10.3	10.1	10.6	11.7	11.5	9.9
Other	24.1	25.2	26.0	26.9	28.3	27.7
Neoplasms	5.2	4.9	4.8	4.1	4.0	4.5
Diseases of the—
Blood/blood-forming organs	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2
Circulatory system	9.4	9.3	9.1	8.6	7.9	8.2
Digestive system	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.3
Genitourinary system	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.4	1.5	1.5
Musculoskeletal system/connective tissue	9.2	9.8	10.4	10.2	10.0	10.3
Nervous system/sense organs	6.8	6.6	6.2	5.6	5.5	5.6
Respiratory system	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.1	3.0	3.3
Skin/subcutaneous tissue	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1
Other	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Unknown	16.9	15.1	13.6	13.0	13.7	14.4

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1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.4
5.2	5.4	5.7	5.5	5.7	2.9	3.0	2.9	2.9
4.5	4.4	3.6	3.0	2.8	2.8	2.5	2.2	2.1
2.8	3.0	2.9	3.0	3.1	3.3	3.3	3.5	3.2
8.4	7.7	7.6	7.0	7.1	7.3	7.1	6.6	6.4
27.8	25.9	25.0	26.1	27.9	30.4	31.4	31.7	31.9
4.8	5.0	5.5	5.2	5.2	5.5	5.4	5.2	5.3
0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
8.3	8.4	8.7	8.2	8.1	8.7	9.0	8.9	8.6
1.3	1.4	1.5	1.6	1.8	1.9	2.0	2.1	2.2
1.6	1.6	2.0	1.8	1.8	2.0	1.9	1.8	2.0
11.1	11.6	11.6	12.0	12.8	14.5	15.0	15.8	16.1
5.6	5.8	5.6	5.9	6.1	6.2	6.5	6.5	6.5
3.3	3.6	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5
0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2
14.8	15.4	16.2	16.6	13.4	10.2	8.6	8.4	8.2

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APPENDIX TABLE 3-5 Distribution of Annual SSI Awards for Children Under Age 18 Among Diagnostic Groups, FY 1974-2003

Number of Awards	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978
Total	69,500	62,880	45,030	50,970	47,050
Congenital anomalies	360	420	270	240	390
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases	40	60	40	60	60
Infectious/parasitic diseases	90	140	90	100	60
Injuries	190	130	150	230	140
Mental disorders
Retardation	9,360	9,870	7,500	7,880	8,010
Other	750	870	510	670	890
Neoplasms	40	30	10	30	30
Diseases of the—
Blood/blood-forming organs	150	210	190	210	220
Circulatory system	60	90	140	80	80
Digestive system	20	10	0	20	0
Genitourinary system	60	60	30	40	90
Musculoskeletal system/connective tissue	110	180	120	190	100
Nervous system/sense organs	3,260	3,320	2,360	2,600	2,930
Respiratory system	50	40	60	70	80
Skin/subcutaneous tissue	0	40	0	30	0
Other	20	30	10	60	60
Unknown	54,940	47,380	33,550	38,460	33,910
NOTE: Data are from Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record Format), 10 percent sample, and are consistent with those in the 2003 SSI Annual Statistical Report, Table 49. SOURCE: Unpublished table provided by Clark Pickett, Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statististics, Social Security Administration, February 11, 2005.

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1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985
45,810	46,260	39,050	35,670	42,110	45,740	46,590
420	650	900	1,150	3,850	4,360	4,180
70	70	130	320	580	900	780
50	70	140	100	180	200	230
160	240	190	200	550	630	610
8,830	9,830	8,990	8,220	15,470	17,840	19,090
970	980	910	770	2,210	2,650	3,140
80	90	200	340	1,550	1,780	1,780
180	190	230	230	580	960	850
70	140	110	180	510	420	500
50	20	50	40	110	140	120
80	130	80	130	320	370	420
350	150	150	180	600	580	540
3,060	3,500	3,990	4,150	9,360	9,630	9,670
70	190	170	220	450	680	810
0	10	0	0	40	20	10
110	210	280	500	1,650	2,280	2,140
31,260	29,790	22,530	18,940	4,100	2,300	1,720

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Number of Awards	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Total	51,020	48,480	47,560	51,520	76,070
Congenital anomalies	2,790	2,600	2,260	2,710	3,300
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases	630	820	540	810	1,280
Infectious/parasitic diseases	80	120	130	320	490
Injuries	430	530	470	610	640
Mental disorders
Retardation	22,870	20,910	20,300	21,430	31,430
Other	3,850	3,830	3,860	4,670	10,580
Neoplasms	1,960	2,000	1,770	2,060	1,990
Diseases of the—
Blood/blood-forming organs	1,150	860	880	1,020	1,330
Circulatory system	460	390	370	520	670
Digestive system	240	270	220	250	360
Genitourinary system	320	350	280	280	430
Musculoskeletal system/connective tissue	900	1,010	830	900	1,470
Nervous system/sense organs	11,120	10,400	10,590	10,910	14,090
Respiratory system	990	720	980	880	1,800
Skin/subcutaneous tissue	40	30	30	40	50
Other	1,720	1,700	1,890	1,760	2,890
Unknown	1,470	1,940	2,160	2,350	3,270

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1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
126,190	221,080	236,220	203,190	177,550	144,270	116,280
6,690	8,040	7,320	6,780	7,320	6,970	5,970
1,520	2,370	1,670	1,320	1,310	990	830
500	920	810	640	670	470	380
1,210	1,620	1,320	1,170	960	1,050	1,100
			135,480	112,620	84,880	62,480
49,080	88,720	92,340	70,440	54,570	42,260	29,680
27,470	55,660	67,570	65,040	58,050	42,620	32,800
2,620	2,850	3,130	3,390	3,100	2,900	2,500
1,960
1,150	2,520	2,530	1,830	1,650	1,520	1,220
550	1,400	1,290	910	1,070	940	830
750	820	650	610	600	500	680
	870	640	730	620	490	480
2,080	2,800	2,080	1,430	1,510	1,310	1,250
16,180	21,800	19,610	15,620	14,070	12,250	10,370
3,070	5,430	4,710	5,010	4,830	4,460	4,170
100	120	160	120	190	50	130
4,560	8,940	11,620	15,270	16,930	17,420	16,590
6,700	16,200	18,770	12,880	10,100	8,070	7,300

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Number of Awards	1998	1999	2000
Total	135,600	139,400	144,540
Congenital anomalies	6,580	6,230	7,050
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases	980	940	1,070
Infectious/parasitic diseases	280	360	250
Injuries	1,000	1,080	980
Mental disorders	75,760	81,900	84,580
Retardation	31,280	29,110	26,940
Other	44,480	52,790	57,640
Neoplasms	2,720	2,650	2,610
Diseases of the—
Blood/blood-forming organs	1,590	1,340	1,290
Circulatory system	800	840	950
Digestive system	810	720	960
Genitourinary system	510	520	530
Musculoskeletal system/connective tissue	1,390	1,200	1,430
Nervous system/sense organs	11,210	10,820	10,940
Respiratory system	4,050	4,140	4,520
Skin/subcutaneous tissue	110	100	170
Other	18,860	20,640	22,250
Unknown	8,950	5,920	4,960

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2001	2002	2003
156,900	169,130	179,590
7,010	7,400	8,220
910	900	1,070
280	340	170
1,090	1,010	990
95,410	107,430
26,470	27,150	26,110
68,940	80,280	91,160
3,000	2,850	2,830
1,470	1,260	1,320
770	960	1,010
1,340	1,090	1,420
550	510	580
1,650	1,470	1,180
10,800	11,740	11,000
4,550	4,470	4,300
140	160	170
23,120	23,330	24,470
4,810	4,210	3,590

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Percentage of Awards	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Congenital anomalies	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.8	0.9
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2
Infectious/parasitic diseases	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1
Injuries	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.3
Mental disorders
Retardation	13.5	15.7	16.7	15.5	17.0	19.3
Other	1.1	1.4	1.1	1.3	1.9	2.1
Neoplasms	0.1	0	0	0.1	0.1	0.2
Diseases of the—
Blood/blood-forming organs	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.4
Circulatory system	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2
Digestive system	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Genitourinary system	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2
Musculoskeletal system/connective tissue	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.8
Nervous system/sense organs	4.7	5.3	5.2	5.1	6.2	6.7
Respiratory system	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2
Skin/ubcutaneous tissue	0	0.1	0	0.1	0	0
Other	0	0	0	0.1	0.1	0.2
Unknown	79.1	75.3	74.5	75.5	72.1	68.2

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1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988
1.4	2.3	3.2	9.1	9.5	9.0	5.5	5.4	4.8
0.2	0.3	0.9	1.4	2.0	1.7	1.2	1.7	1.1
0.2	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.3
0.5	0.5	0.6	1.3	1.4	1.3	0.8	1.1	1.0
21.2	23.0	23.0	36.7	39.0	41.0	44.8	43.1	42.7
2.1	2.3	2.2	5.2	5.8	6.7	7.5	7.9	8.1
0.2	0.5	1.0	3.7	3.9	3.8	3.8	4.1	3.7
0.4	0.6	0.6	1.4	2.1	1.8	2.3	1.8	1.9
0.3	0.3	0.5	1.2	0.9	1.1	0.9	0.8	0.8
0	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.5
0.3	0.2	0.4	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.6	0.7	0.6
0.3	0.4	0.5	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.8	2.1	1.7
7.6	10.2	11.6	22.2	21.1	20.8	21.8	21.5	22.3
0.4	0.4	0.6	1.1	1.5	1.7	1.9	1.5	2.1
0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1
0.5	0.7	1.4	3.9	5.0	4.6	3.4	3.5	4.0
64.4	57.7	53.1	9.7	5.0	3.7	2.9	4.0	4.5

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Percentage of Awards	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
Congenital anomalies	5.3	4.3	5.3	3.6	3.1	3.3
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases	1.6	1.7	1.2	1.1	0.7	0.6
Infectious/parasitic diseases	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3
Injuries	1.2	0.8	1.0	0.7	0.6	0.6
Mental disorders
Retardation	41.6	41.3	38.9	40.1	39.1	34.7
Other	9.1	13.9	21.8	25.2	28.6	32.0
Neoplasms	4.0	2.6	2.1	1.3	1.3	1.7
Diseases of the—
Blood/blood-forming organs	2.0	1.7	1.6	1.1	1.1	0.9
Circulatory system	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.4
Digestive system	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3
Genitourinary system	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.4
Musculoskeletal system/connective tissue	1.7	1.9	1.6	1.3	0.9	0.7
Nervous system/sense organs	21.2	18.5	12.8	9.9	8.3	7.7
Respiratory system	1.7	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.0	2.5
Skin/subcutaneous tissue	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Other	3.4	3.8	3.6	4.0	4.9	7.5
Unknown	4.6	4.3	5.3	7.3	7.9	6.3

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1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
4.1	4.8	5.1	4.9	4.5	4.9	4.5	4.4	4.6
0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.6
0.4	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1
0.5	0.7	0.9	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6
30.7	29.3	25.5	23.1	20.9	18.6	16.9	16.1	14.5
32.7	29.5	28.2	32.8	37.9	39.9	43.9	47.5	50.8
1.7	2.0	2.1	2.0	1.9	1.8	1.9	1.7	1.6
0.9	1.1	1.0	1.2	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.7
0.6	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.6
0.3	0.3	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.9	0.6	0.8
0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3
0.9	0.9	1.1	1.0	0.9	1.0	1.1	0.9	0.7
7.9	8.5	8.9	8.3	7.8	7.6	6.9	6.9	6.1
2.7	3.1	3.6	3.0	3.0	3.1	2.9	2.6	2.4
0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
9.5	12.1	14.3	13.9	14.8	15.4	14.7	13.8	13.6
5.7	5.6	6.3	6.6	4.2	3.4	3.1	2.5	2.0

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