Table 5. Number, percent distribution, and rate1 of 24-hour hospital and residential treatment residents, 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 residents at end of year
All organizations 471,451 284,158 230,186 237,845 226,953 214,714 236,110 215,798
State and county mental hospitals 369,969 193,436 140,355 111,135 90,572 83,180 72,096 56,955
Private psychiatric hospitals 10,963 11,576 12,921 24,591 32,268 24,053 26,519 21,478
Non-Federal general hospitals with psychiatric services 17,808 18,851 18,753 34,474 38,327 35,611 35,841 37,002
VA medical centers3 51,696 31,850 28,693 24,322 17,233 18,531 18,019 10,882
Federally funded community mental health centers 5,270 10,818 10,112 - - - - -
Residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children 13,489 16,307 18,276 23,171 27,785 27,751 29,493 30,370
All other organizations4 2,256 1,320 1,076 20,152 20,768 25,588 54,142 59,111
  Percent distributions of hospital and residential treatment residents
All organizations 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
State and county mental hospitals 78.5 68.1 61.0 46.7 39.9 38.7 30.5 26.4
Private psychiatric hospitals 2.3 4.1 5.6 10.3 14.2 11.2 11.2 10.0
Non-Federal general hospitals with psychiatric services 3.8 6.6 8.1 14.5 16.9 16.6 15.2 17.1
VA medical centers3 11.0 11.2 12.5 10.2 7.6 8.6 7.6 5.0
Federally funded community mental health centers 1.1 3.8 4.4 - - - - -
Residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children 2.9 5.7 7.9 9.7 12.2 12.9 12.5 14.1
All other organizations4 0.5 0.5 0.5 8.5 9.2 11.9 22.9 27.4
  Hospital and residential treatment residents per 100,000 civilian population
All organizations 236.8 134.4 103.9 99.6 93.0 85.2 91.1 80.2
State and county mental hospitals 185.8 91.5 63.0 46.5 37.1 33.0 27.8 21.2
Private psychiatric hospitals 5.5 5.5 5.8 10.3 13.2 9.5 10.2 8.0
Non-Federal general hospitals with psychiatric services 8.9 8.9 8.6 14.4 15.7 14.1 13.8 13.8
VA medical centers3 26.0 15.1 13.3 10.2 7.1 7.4 7.0 4.0
Federally funded community mental health centers 2.7 5.1 4.5 - - - - -
Residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children 6.8 7.7 8.2 9.7 11.4 11.0 11.4 11.3
All other organizations4 1.1 0.6 0.5 8.5 8.5 10.2 20.9 22.0

Sources: Published and unpublished inventory data from the Survey and Analysis Branch, Division of State and Community Systems Development, Center for Mental Health Services.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 number of residents increased because all residential treatment residents were combined with 24-hour care hospital residents; previously, residential supportive patients were excluded.

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