A person is more likely to become disabled as that person ages  Among adults in the country of East Wendell, however, the proportion receiving disability benefit payments shrinks from 4 percent among 55 to 64 year olds to 2 percent for those aged 65 to 74 and 1 percent for those aged 75 and older
The explanation of this discrepancy is that the proportion of jobs offering such a disability benefit has greatly increased in recent years
The treatment of newly incurred disabilities is more successful now than in the past in restoring partial function in the affected area within six months.