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Section VI: National Mental Health Statistics

Table 2. Number, percent distribution, and rate1 of 24-hour hospital and residential treatment beds, by type of mental health organization: United States, selected years, 1970-20022
Type of organization 1970 1976 1980 1986 1990 1992 19945 1998 2000
  Number of 24-hour hospital and residential treatment beds
All organizations 524,878 338,963 274,713 267,613 272,253 270,867 290,604 267,796 215,221
State and county mental hospitals 413,066 222,202 156,482 119,033 98,789 93,058 81,911 68,872 59,403
Private psychiatric hospitals 14,295 16,091 17,157 30,201 44,871 43,684 42,399 33,408 26,789
Non-Federal general hospitals with separate psychiatric services 22,394 28,706 29,384 45,808 53,479 52,059 52,984 54,434 37,692
VA medical centers3 50,688 35,913 33,796 26,874 21,712 22,466 21,146 16,973 13,030
Federally funded community mental health centers 8,108 17,029 16,264 - - - - - -
Residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children 15,129 18,029 20,197 24,547 29,756 30,089 32,110 31,965 33,421
All other organizations4 1,198 993 1,433 21,150 23,646 29,511 60,054 62,144 44,886
  Percent distribution of 24-hour hospital and residential treatment beds
All organizations 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
State and county mental hospitals 78.7 65.6 57.0 44.5 36.3 34.4 28.2 25.7 27.6
Private psychiatric hospitals 2.7 4.7 6.2 11.3 16.5 16.1 14.6 12.5 12.4
Non-Federal general hospitals with separate psychiatric services 4.3 8.5 10.7 17.1 19.6 19.2 18.2 20.3 17.5
VA medical centers3 9.7 10.6 12.3 10.0 8.0 8.3 7.3 6.3 6.1
Federally funded community mental health centers 1.5 5.0 5.9 - - - - - -
Residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children 2.9 5.3 7.4 9.2 10.9 11.1 11.0 11.9 15.5
All other organizations4 0.2 0.3 0.5 7.9 8.7 10.9 20.7 23.2 20.9
  24-hour hospital and residential treatment beds per 100,000 civilian population
All organizations 263.6 160.3 124.3 111.7 111.6 107.5 112.1 99.5 76.8
State and county mental hospitals 207.4 105.1 70.2 49.7 40.5 36.9 31.6 25.6 21.2
Private psychiatric hospitals 7.2 7.6 7.7 12.6 18.4 17.3 16.4 12.4 9.6
Non-Federal general hospitals with separate psychiatric services 11.2 13.6 13.7 19.1 21.9 20.7 20.4 20.2 13.4
VA medical centers3 25.5 17.0 15.7 11.2 8.9 8.9 8.2 6.3 4.6
Federally funded community mental health centers 4.1 8.0 7.3 - - - - - -
Residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children 7.6 8.5 9.1 10.3 12.2 11.9 12.4 11.9 11.9
All other organizations4 0.6 0.5 0.6 8.8 9.7 11.7 23.2 23.1 16.0
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 January 1 civilian population of the United States for each year through 1998. The rates for 2000 are based on the decennial Census sample civilian population.
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 1980-98 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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