Table 3. Number, percent distribution, and rate1 of 24-hour hospital and residential treatment additions, by type of mental health organization: United States, selected years 1969–982

Type of organization 1969 1975 1979 1986 1990 1992 19945 1998
  Number of hospital and residential treatment additions
All organizations1 282,698 1,556,978 1,541,659 1,819,189 2,035,245 2,092,062 2,266,600 2,313,594
State and county mental hospitals 486,661 433,529 383,323 332,884 276,231 275,382 238,431 205,624
Private psychiatric hospitals 92,056 125,529 140,831 234,663 406,522 469,827 485,001 481,461
Non-Federal general hospitals with separate psychiatric services 478,000 543,731 551,190 849,306 959,893 951,121 1,066,547 1,145,495
VA medical centers3 135,217 180,701 180,416 179,964 198,111 180,529 173,282 144,458
Federally funded community mental health centers 59,730 236,226 246,409 - - - - -
Residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children 7,596 12,022 15,453 24,511 41,588 36,388 46,704 48,841
All other organizations4 23,438 25,240 24,037 197,861 152,900 178,815 256,635 287,715
  Percent distribution of hospital and residential treatment additions
All organizations 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
State and county mental hospitals 37.9 27.8 24.9 18.3 13.6 13.2 10.5 8.9
Private psychiatric hospitals 7.2 8.1 9.1 12.9 20.0 22.5 21.4 20.8
Non-Federal general hospitals with separate psychiatric services 37.3 34.9 35.8 46.7 47.2 45.5 47.1 49.5
VA medical centers3 10.5 11.6 11.7 9.9 9.7 8.6 7.6 6.2
Federally funded community mental health centers 4.7 15.2 16.0 - - - - -
Residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.3 2.0 1.7 2.1 2.1
All other organizations4 1.8 1.6 1.6 10.9 7.5 8.5 11.3 12.4
  Hospital and residential treatment additions per 100,000 civilian population
All organizations 644.2 736.5 704.2 759.9 833.7 830.1 874.6 860.0
State and county mental hospitals 244.4 205.1 172.0 139.1 113.2 109.3 92.0 76.4
Private psychiatric hospitals 46.2 59.4 63.2 98.0 166.5 186.4 187.1 179.0
Non-Federal general hospitals with separate psychiatric services 240.1 257.2 256.7 354.8 393.2 377.4 411.5 425.8
VA medical centers3 67.9 85.5 84.0 75.1 81.2 71.6 66.9 53.7
Federally funded community mental health centers 30.0 111.7 110.6 - - - - -
Residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children 3.8 5.7 6.9 10.2 17.0 14.4 18.0 18.2
All other organizations4 11.8 11.9 10.8 82.7 62.6 70.9 99.0 106.9

Sources: Published and unpublished inventory data from the Survey and Analysis Branch, Division of State and Community Systems Development, Center for Mental Health Services. Sums of percentages or rates for institution types might not equal 100 percent or the overall rate because of rounding.
1 The population used in the calculation of these rates is the July 1 civilian popluation of the United States for the respective years.
2 Some organizations were reclassified as a result of changes in reporting procedures and definitions. For 1979–80, comparable data were not available for certain organization types and data for either an earlier or a later period were substituted. These factors influence the comparability of 1980, 1986, 1990, 1992, and 1994 data with those of earlier years.
3 Includes Department of Veterans Affairs (formerly Veterans Administration) (VA) neuropsychiatric hospitals, VA general hospital psychiatric services, and VA psychiatric outpatient clinics.
4 Includes freestanding psychiatric outpatient clinics, partial care organizations, and multiservice mental health organizations. Multiservice mental health organizations were redefined in 1984.
5 The data for 1994 include residential supportive additions that were excluded in previous years. This is not material except for the category "all other organizations."

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