Thanks to the work of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), in April and May of this
year the Social Security Administration (SSA) released over 12 million additional Limited
Access Death Master File (LADMF) records. The tables below provide detailed
information about this data.
Transaction Summary
Metric
Count
Records Received
12,568,832
Additions Received
12,556,031
Additions Processed
12,556,886
Additions Processed As Change
72
Changes Received
4,623
Changes Processed
3,034
Changes Processed As Additions
1,588
Changes Processed With Reactivation of Case
1
Removals Received
8,178
Removals Processed
7,240
Removals Skipped, Already Removed
10
Removals Skipped, Not On File
928
Change Type
Metric
Count
Change in Worker Assignment
11,748
Change in Middle Name
58
Change in Method of Verification
239
Change in Date of Death
137
Decedent removed from LADMF file
285
Complete Name
Metric
Count
Full Name
5,633,677
Middle Initial
2,583,556
No Middle Name
4,341,351
Date of Birth
Metric
Count
Date of birth provided.
12,364,380
Day of birth not provided, default is 1st of month.
102,641
Date of birth not provided.
86,431
Invalid date. Date reduced by 1 day from that provided.