New payments of disability benefit by diagnosis

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Theme

Disability benefits

Data content

The statistics on new payments of disability benefits include

• the number of new payments of disability benefit
• the average amounts of disability benefit (amount of new payments of disability benefit in euro and per month divided by the number of new payments).

For statistical purposes, a payment counts as a new payment if the recipient did not receive a benefit of the same benefit category during the month preceding the start of payment. During a single year, an individual recipient may receive more than one new payment of benefit.

Variables and classifications

• Benefit category (Disability allowance for children under the age of 16, Disability allowance for persons aged 16 or over, Care allowance for pensioners, Dietary grant)
• Main disease category. The main categories consist of three-digit diagnoses according to the ICD-10 classification. The basis for the classification is the main illness describing the reason for the disease which affected the awarding of the benefit. The recipient is included in the statistics according to the main disease category in which the diagnosis on the basis of which the benefit was awarded belongs.
• Time period (Year)
• Region
• Sex
• Age group (0–4 years, 5–9 years, …, 95–99 years, over 99 years)
• Type of benefit (Basic rate of allowance, Middle rate of allowance, Highest rate of allowance, Data not available).

Statistical reference period

Data available from 2008.

Updating frequency

Annually updated in January.

Data source

Kela - The Social Insurance Institution of Finland. Statistical registers (total material) produced from the disability benefits processing system

Additional information

Additional information on disability benefits is available at www.kela.fi under Our Services » Disability and at the same address under About Kela » Statistics » Statistics by topic » Disability benefits provided by Kela

Contact information

Kela, Statistical Information Service
Email: tilastot@kela.fi