That report doesn't reach any conclusion as to the cause of the correlation. Your implication seems to be that high unemployment rates lead more people to apply for disability. It could also be the case that higher rates of disability in certain areas such as coal mining towns leads to higher unemployment. Another possibility is that areas where there is a preponderance of manual laborers are both experiencing higher unemployment and higher rates of disability.
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