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
Under most employers' plans, disability benefit payments stop when an employee with a disability reaches the usual retirement age of 65.