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## Selected Data from Social Security's Disability Program

Office of the Chief Actuary Statistical Tables

Applications and awardsNumber of beneficiariesAverage monthly benefit

award

| **Disabled worker beneficiary statistics by calendar  year, quarter, and month** AwardsIn current payment statusTerminationseTime periodNumber of applicationsNumbercIncreaseover priorperiodRatio to applicationsdNumberat endof periodIncreaseover priorperiodNumberIncreaseover priorperiodTermi-nationrateField officereceiptsaInitial DDSreceiptsbField officereceiptsInitial DDSreceipts—***By Calendar Year—***2009 .....2,816,2441,798,975985,94010.16%35.01%54.81%7,789,1134.87%628,47811.33%7.79%2010 .....2,935,7981,926,3981,052,5516.76%35.85%54.64%8,204,7105.34%646,3872.85%7.64%2011 .....2,878,9201,859,5911,025,003-2.62%35.60%55.12%8,576,0674.53%656,9021.63%7.42%2012 .....2,824,0241,808,863979,973-4.39%34.70%54.18%8,827,7952.94%726,43210.58%7.90%2013 .....2,653,9391,702,700884,894-9.70%33.34%51.97%8,942,5841.30%767,7385.69%8.17%2014 .....2,536,1741,633,652810,973-8.35%31.98%49.64%8,954,5180.13%793,6463.37%8.37%2015 .....2,427,4431,552,119775,739-4.34%31.96%49.98%8,909,430-0.50%817,0452.95%8.62%2016 .....2,321,5831,473,700744,268-4.06%32.06%50.50%8,808,736-1.13%830,0441.59%8.81%2017 .....2,179,9281,377,803762,1412.40%34.96%55.32%8,695,475-1.29%868,7954.67%9.30%2018 .....2,073,2931,300,668733,879-3.71%35.40%56.42%8,537,332-1.82%888,2142.24%9.63%2019 .....2,015,1821,309,863723,858-1.37%35.92%55.26%8,378,374-1.86%883,792-0.50%9.75%2020 .....1,838,8931,226,236648,121-10.46%35.25%52.85%8,151,016-2.71%900,0111.84%10.15%2021 .....1,820,2821,210,545571,952-11.75%31.42%47.25%7,877,129-3.36%837,923-6.90%9.77%2022 .....1,804,3841,205,686543,445-4.98%30.12%45.07%7,604,098-3.47%818,122-2.36%9.86%2023 .....1,904,6351,248,378561,5853.34%29.49%44.99%7,365,987-3.13%800,227-2.19%9.96%—***By Quarter***—2020 Q2447,067306,518163,629-16.68%36.60%53.38%8,316,566-0.34%212,861-8.10%2.48%2020 Q3451,263296,974149,909-8.38%33.22%50.48%8,248,327-0.82%226,0686.20%2.65%2020 Q4428,303297,061138,197-7.81%32.27%46.52%8,151,016-1.18%229,4521.50%2.71%2021 Q1435,733290,338152,83910.60%35.08%52.64%8,149,885-0.01%150,716-34.31%1.80%2021 Q2444,668285,881145,643-4.71%32.75%50.95%8,076,076-0.91%218,07344.69%2.61%2021 Q3473,646298,338139,195-4.43%29.39%46.66%7,982,101-1.16%230,7445.81%2.78%2021 Q4466,235335,988134,275-3.53%28.80%39.96%7,877,129-1.32%238,3903.31%2.91%2022 Q1433,990291,415139,2023.67%32.07%47.77%7,821,929-0.70%194,968-18.21%2.41%2022 Q2461,407301,524135,574-2.61%29.38%44.96%7,780,275-0.53%178,210-8.60%2.22%2022 Q3497,889328,839138,8282.40%27.88%42.22%7,702,552-1.00%215,55820.96%2.70%2022 Q4411,098283,908129,841-6.47%31.58%45.73%7,604,098-1.28%229,3866.41%2.90%2023 Q1473,543311,867139,4027.36%29.44%44.70%7,509,614-1.24%233,5221.80%2.99%2023 Q2487,766319,446140,3580.69%28.78%43.94%7,515,8270.08%133,062-43.02%1.72%2023 Q3487,804315,581142,2141.32%29.15%45.06%7,442,624-0.97%215,67062.08%2.79%2023 Q4455,522301,484139,611-1.83%30.65%46.31%7,365,987-1.03%217,9731.07%2.85%2024 Q1495,534324,426147,6995.79%29.81%45.53%7,276,911-1.21%236,3178.42%3.11%—***By Month***—2023 Feb148,65299,55644,345-3.84%29.83%44.54%7,534,035-0.43%75,263-10.82%0.97%2023 Mar188,660125,51748,94110.36%25.94%38.99%7,509,614-0.32%73,863-1.86%0.96%2023 Apr153,40299,58649,1910.51%32.07%49.40%7,482,208-0.36%77,5524.99%1.01%2023 May155,666104,37246,680-5.10%29.99%44.72%7,499,6060.23%28,193-63.65%0.37%2023 Jun178,698115,48844,487-4.70%24.90%38.52%7,515,8270.22%27,317-3.11%0.36%2023 Jul143,37495,22748,0578.02%33.52%50.47%7,489,167-0.35%74,980174.48%0.98%2023 Aug156,748101,53646,717-2.79%29.80%46.01%7,467,790-0.29%68,225-9.01%0.89%2023 Sep187,682118,81847,4401.55%25.28%39.93%7,442,624-0.34%72,4656.21%0.95%2023 Oct149,34998,81150,4086.26%33.75%51.01%7,419,722-0.31%74,7763.19%0.98%2023 Nov134,69088,22236,989-26.62%27.46%41.93%7,389,863-0.40%66,758-10.72%0.88%2023 Dec171,483114,45152,21441.16%30.45%45.62%7,365,987-0.32%76,43914.50%1.01%2024 Jan141,32391,28646,953-10.08%33.22%51.44%7,330,125-0.49%81,9627.23%1.09%2024 Feb154,795100,79046,813-0.30%30.24%46.45%7,302,718-0.37%75,585-7.78%1.01%2024 Mar199,416132,35053,93315.21%27.05%40.75%7,276,911-0.35%78,7704.21%1.05%2024 Apr162,809108,26651,020-5.40%31.34%47.12%7,251,758-0.35%76,946-2.32%1.03%a    The number of applications is for disabled-worker benefits only and,     as such, excludes disabled child's and disabled widow(er)'s benefits.     These applications are those received at Social Security field offices,     teleservice centers, and claims filed electronically on the internet.     Applications ultimately result in either a denial or award of benefits.     These counts include applications that are denied because the individual     is not insured for disability benefits.	    
    Because the application data are tabulated on a weekly basis,    some months include 5 weeks of data while others include only     4 weeks. This weekly method of tabulation accounts for much of     the month-to-month variation in the monthly application data.     This method also occasionally causes quarterly data to have     either 12 or 14 weeks of data instead of 13 weeks, annual data     may include an extra week of data.

b    Receipts at State Disability Determination Services (DDS), Federal     Disability Units, Disability Processing Branches, and Extended Service     Team Sites for an initial evaluation of whether the claimant's disability     meets the definition of disability as set forth in the Social Security     Act and appropriate regulations.

c    Award data prior to 2014 are unedited and may contain duplicates.

d    Awards as a ratio to applications is a crude measure and does not represent    an allowance rate. This ratio expresses the number of awards in a given time     period as a ratio to the number of applications in the same time period.    Some of the awards in any time period, however, resulted from applications in previous time period(s).

e    The number of terminations is the number of beneficiaries who leave the disability     rolls for any reason. The number is calculated on the basis of the change in     the total number of entitled beneficiaries (those in current payment status     plus those whose benefits are withheld for any reason) and the number of awards.     The termination rate is the ratio of the terminations to the number of beneficiaries     who could potentially leave the rolls. This latter number is approximated as the sum of     the number entitled at the beginning of the time period plus half the number of awards in that period. |
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