Morbidity Tables and Disability Rates

This dataset provides comprehensive morbidity and disability rate tables for insurance pricing and valuation, detailing incidence and termination rates by age, occupation class, elimination period, gender, and year. It enables actuaries and analysts to accurately model disability risk, set premiums, and calculate reserves for disability and long-term care insurance products.

  • last updated 2 Nov 2025
  • by GoMask
The brief that made it

Disability insurance pricing and product development

Sample rows

preview · 8 of 800 rows · all 10 columns
record_idintegeroccupation_classstringdisability_incidence_ratefloatgenderstringageintegerelimination_period_daysintegerdisability_termination_ratefloatrate_yearintegersource_tablestringnotesstring
1professional1.56male2960568.32016MDT_2016PStandard rate for urban professionals, mid-career, male insured.
2professional1.71female3190602.72022MDT_2022PMid-career professional female, standard elimination period.
3executive5.06male52180266.12034MDT_2034EOlder executive male, projected rates for future year.
4executive7.49female60180191.42042MDT_2042ESenior executive female, higher incidence due to age.
5skilled_labor1.08male240689.22008MDT_2008SImmediate benefit start for young skilled labor, male insured.
6skilled_labor2.37female3530602.92023MDT_2023SMid-age skilled labor, female, short elimination period.
7clerical5.13female5790312.72001MDT_2001CSenior clerical worker, female, moderate termination rate.
8clerical7.81male65365189.62028MDT_2028CMaximum elimination period for senior clerical, male insured.

What the 800 rows show

from the 800-row sample

Executive (occupation class) stands out: mean disability_incidence_rate is 7.0, against 3.0 for the rest.

  • 2.7median disability_incidence_rate
  • 195source tables
  • 44median age
  • 90median elimination_period_days
  • 431.1median disability_termination_rate
Mean disability_incidence_rate by occupation_class800 rows
0482.4profe…159 ro…1.5skill…146 ro…6.3cleri…171 ro…2.3unski…87 rows7.0execu…174 ro…0.05other63 rows
disability_incidence_rate800 rows, in bands of 2
01653303291369615464210612disability_incidence_rate →

Median 2.7, from 0.01 to 11.8.

gender800 rows · 4 values
  1. female404
  2. male323
  3. unknown46
  4. other27
10 columns by typefrom the column list below
  • string 4
  • integer 4
  • float 2

Columns

10 columns in two groups
blueprint · 10 columns
columntypedescriptionexample
Text 4 columns
occupation_classstringOccupation classification or risk class (e.g., professional, skilled labor, clerical)6 valuesprofessional
genderstringGender of the insured individual (if applicable)male · female · other · unknown · optionalmale
source_tablestringName or code of the morbidity/disability table used for the ratesoptionalMDT_2016P
notesstringAdditional notes or comments regarding the rate recordoptionalStandard rate for urban p…
Numbers 6 columns
record_idintegerUnique identifier for each morbidity/disability rate recordunique · 1 or more1
ageintegerAge of the insured individual at the time of rate application0 to 12029
elimination_period_daysintegerElimination period in days before disability benefits begin0 to 36560
disability_incidence_ratefloatAnnual rate of new disability claims per 1,000 insureds for this age, occupation, and elimination period0 or more1.56
disability_termination_ratefloatAnnual rate at which existing disability claims terminate (recoveries, deaths, etc.) per 1,000 disabled for this age, occupation, and elimination period0 or more568.3
rate_yearintegerYear for which the rates are applicable or published1,900 to 2,1002016

Use it for

  • median disabil…2.7800 rowsmean disability incid…2.4prof…1.5skil…6.3cler…2.3unsk…

    An insurance dashboard

    Disability_incidence_rate by occupation_class and a breakdown of gender. Excel, Power BI or Tableau.

  • Why do the 174 executive rows have a mean disability_incidence_rate of 7.0?

    A root-cause class exercise

    Hand out the rows and one question. The answer is in the data, not in the brief.

  • A software demo

    Believable rows with age, occupation_class and elimination_period_days to fill a screen in front of a buyer.

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Rules it was built with
  • Incidence rate: new disabilities per 1,000 lives
  • Termination rate: recovery or death from disabled state
  • Occupation class: white collar, blue collar, professional
  • Elimination period: 30, 60, 90, 180 days
  • Benefit period: 2-year, 5-year, to age 65, lifetime
  • Own occupation vs any occupation definitions
  • Mental/nervous limitation periods
  • Claim costs vary significantly by occupation
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