Benefit Sentinel - LADMF Push Statistics

Benefit Sentinel - DOGE Statistics

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 12,381,051
Additions Received 12,377,348
Additions Processed 12,378,232
Additions Processed As Change 42
Changes Received 2,476
Changes Processed 1,647
Changes Processed As Additions 829
Changes Processed With Reactivation of Case 0
Removals Received 1,227
Removals Processed 640
Removals Skipped, Already Removed 4
Removals Skipped, Not On File 583

Change Type

Metric Count
Change in Last Name 10
Change in First Name 3
Change in Middle Name 4
Change in Suffix 0
Change in Method of Verification 423
Change in Date of Birth 0
Change in Date of Death 138
Decedent removed from LADMF file 210
Decedent Reinstated by SSA 0

Complete Name

Metric Count
Full Name 5,564,304
Middle Initial 2,535,078
No Middle Name 4,024,600

Death Verified By

Metric Count
Not provided by SSA 12,323,268
Family member or family representative 28,409
Death certificate 27,494

Date of Birth

Metric Count
Date of birth provided. 12,185,753
Day of birth not provided, default is 1st of month. 102,639
Date of birth not provided. 86,392
Invalid date. Date reduced by 1 day from that provided. 4,387

Age Cohort

Metric Count
Under 20 86,889
20-29 2,303
30-39 5,133
40-49 23,092
50-59 79,788
60-69 152,461
70-79 247,796
80-89 291,335
90-99 135,585
100-109 11,798
110-119 492
120-129 2,870,260
Over 129 8,472,239