SSA Basic Information
Social Security Disability Statistics
Long Term Disability Insurance
70% of American workers do not have private long term disability insurance
Percentage of claims
90% of SSDI awards are made to disabled workers
Rates of approval/denial - 2007 initial applications for working adults
2,190,196 applications for SSDI
100.0%
823,106
approved applications 37.58%
1,367,120
applications denied
62.42%
2006 Outcomes of the Appeal Cycle (1)
Denied claims based on all appeal levels
66%
Denied at the
reconsideration level 86%
Denied at the
hearing level
28%
Denied at the
Appeals Council 98%
Reasons for denials 2006 (2)
Able to do other type of work
30.7%
Able to do
usual past work
26.2%
Impairment is
not severe1
19.2%
Other
17.3%
Impairment
not expected to last six months 6.6%
Estimate of Appeals Processing Time 2005 (3)
Initial application
97 days (3 months)
Reconsideration (first appeal)
344 days (1 year)
ALJ (second
appeal) 516 days (11/2 years)
Appeals
Council 250 days (1 year)
Approved Claims - Distribution by Diagnostic Group 2006
Mental disorders
33.4%
Muculoskeletal Disorders
25.9%
Nervous
System and sense organs
9.5%
Circulatory
systems
9.3%
Others
>
5%
Profile of Disabled Worker 2006
Average age
52.1
Men
53%
Women 47%
Average
benefits award $977
Education
–high school or higher 89%
Disability
benefits paid 8.1 million people
Total
payments
7.8 billion
1 out of 7
received SSI income (2207)
Distribution by Diagnosis – Awards to Disable Workers 2007
Musculoskeletal Disorders
29.0 %
Mental
Disorders
22.8%
Circulatory
10.8%
Neoplasms
10.1%
Respiratory
4.0%
Injuries
3.9%
(1)
Annual Statistical Repot on the Social Security Disability Insurance
Program, 2007, Social Security Administration Report
(2)
Ibid
(3) Summary of Annual Performance Plan 2005, Social Security Administration Report
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