This statistic represents the number of Black Lung Benefits currently payable to widows in the United States from 1970 to 2015. In 2006, around 32,200 widows were to be paid Black Lung Benefits. Until 2013, this number decreased to some 12,300.
Total number of Black Lung Benefits currently payable to widows in the U.S. from 1970 to 2015
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US Social Security Administration. (March 1, 2017). Total number of Black Lung Benefits currently payable to widows in the U.S. from 1970 to 2015 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 18, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/195041/number-of-us-black-lung-benefits-payable-to-widows-since-1970/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
US Social Security Administration. "Total number of Black Lung Benefits currently payable to widows in the U.S. from 1970 to 2015." Chart. March 1, 2017. Statista. Accessed January 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/195041/number-of-us-black-lung-benefits-payable-to-widows-since-1970/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
US Social Security Administration. (2017). Total number of Black Lung Benefits currently payable to widows in the U.S. from 1970 to 2015. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/195041/number-of-us-black-lung-benefits-payable-to-widows-since-1970/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
US Social Security Administration. "Total Number of Black Lung Benefits Currently Payable to Widows in The U.S. from 1970 to 2015." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Mar 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/195041/number-of-us-black-lung-benefits-payable-to-widows-since-1970/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
US Social Security Administration, Total number of Black Lung Benefits currently payable to widows in the U.S. from 1970 to 2015 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/195041/number-of-us-black-lung-benefits-payable-to-widows-since-1970/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited January 18, 2025)
Total number of Black Lung Benefits currently payable to widows in the U.S. from 1970 to 2015 [Graph], US Social Security Administration, March 1, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/195041/number-of-us-black-lung-benefits-payable-to-widows-since-1970/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
