PROF. MARK DUGGAN IS WRONG ABOUT DISABILITY

In the Reuters article below, he is quoted as claiming "But younger people in their 30s and in their 40s have grown a lot. That is part of what has been driving the program,".

I went to the Social Security Disability page and dug out the numbers for disabled workers by age group between 2000 and 2010.  Here's the table:

YEAR	30-39	40-49
2010	675,085	1,009,793
2009	656,523	1,006,082
2008	647,166	1,015,976
2007	643,304	1,022,900
2006	648,254	1,035,101
2005	660,442	1,042,559
2004	676,356	1,038,253
2003	696,856	1,025,325
2002	712,888	1,003,144
2001	591,894	1,283,362
2000	605,666	1,243,175

There isn't an increase in the number of workers between 30 and 49, as is clear from this chart: