Disability Trends, FY 1993 - FY 2011, SSA Office of Disability Review

Fiscal Year	Appeals Received	Disposition	Cases Pending	Fulltime ALJs	Average Days to Process
1993	509,443	374,308	357,564	na	238
1994	539,871	417,333	480,102	na	305
1995	588,596	526,743	547,690	1,056	350
1996	532,850	577,059	503,481	1,063	378
1997	547,612	574,795	483,712	1,150	386
1998	519,179	618,578	384,313	1,154	371
1999	524,644	596,999	311,958	1,081	314
2000	569,276	539,426	346,756	1,023	274
2001	554,376	465,228	435,904	999	307
2002	596,959	532,106	500,757	1,092	333
2003	662,733	571,928	591,562	1,042	343
2004	634,175	561,461	664,276	1,114	391
2005	652,011	605,003	711,284	1,153	415
2006	559,197	563,220	715,568	1,124	481
2007	579,127	547,951	746,744	1,073	512
2008	589,449	575,380	760,813	1,198	514
2009	622,851	660,842	722,822	1,279	491
2010	720,161	737,616	705,367	1,366	426
2011 est*	848,103	817,810	735,660	1,396	369

*Projections assume that receipts for the first 7 months of FY 2011 continue at the same pace, while dispositions accelerate slightly given the recent addition of new ALJs during the first six months of the year. ALJ numbers and average disposition days for FY 2011 are actual figures as of March 2011.

Source: internal management reports for FY 1993-2008; FY 2009-2011 from online SSA sources. Data from FY 1993-FY 2006 includes medicare. FY 1997-FY 1999 include adjudication officer and full process model workloads.