SSI DISABILITY CESSATIONS OF

CHILDREN TURNING AGE 18

THROUGH OCTOBER 25, 1.997

State (DDS) Cessation Rate % Total Ceased
National Totals 55.1 28,704
Louisiana 76.4 2,245
Arkansas 74.8 842
Mississippi 73.1 1,355
Missouri 64.8 821
West Virginia 60.8 371
New York 59.9 2,531
Oklahoma 58.5 353
Wisconsin 57.3 443
Tennessee 57.3 904
Ohio 57.0 1,427
Kansas 67.6 329
Alabama 66.0 1,196
Montana 56.9 82
Illinois 56.8 1,701
Florida 55.3 1,533
Iowa 54.9 231
Indiana 54.7 562
Kentucky 54.6 742
Virginia 54.5 597
South Carolina 53.8 537
Georgia 53.5 794
Texas 52.4 11650
Wyoming 51.9 20
Delaware 51.2 65
New Mexico 50.7 152
Maryland 50.4 290
Pennsylvania 50.1 1,091
New Jersey 49.2 546
Colorado 47.5 209
Idaho 47.3 113
North Carolina 47.2 723
Alaska 46.7 21
Oregon 46.2 134
D.C. 46.0 52
Michigan 45.8 896
Vermont 45.5 35
Nebraska 44.8 95
Rhode Island 44.8 64
Massachusetts 43.7 403
Nevada 42.7 50
Utah 42.5 79
Connecticut 40.8 116
Arizona 40.8 228
South Dakota 40.7 59
Washington 40.7 204
New Hampshire 39.8 35
Maine 39.0 60
Minnesota 38.6 194
North Dakota 37.3 28
California 37.2 1,470
Hawaii 28.6 16

Source: Social Security Administration, Office of Disability,

Social Security Childhood Status Report (1997)