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Section VI: National Mental Health Statistics
Table 1. Adults with serious functional impairment1 as a percentage of the adult
under-care or admission populations in the inpatient, residential, and less
than 24-hour care programs of specialty mental health organizations: United
States, 1997
| Age |
Inpatient Care Programs |
Residential Care Programs |
Less Than 24-Hour Care Programs |
| Under Care |
Admissions |
Under Care |
Admissions |
Under Care |
Admissions |
| Total, ages 18 and older |
103,822 |
1,748,642 |
50,948 |
105,458 |
1,633,452 |
2,366,894 |
| Persons with serious functional impairment |
81.2% |
77.5% |
70.1% |
79.3% |
71.2% |
70.3% |
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| Ages 18-44 |
56,444 |
1,140,835 |
30,713 |
78,336 |
946,052 |
1,691,158 |
| Persons with serious functional impairment |
77.9% |
76.2% |
67.2% |
78.5% |
71.4% |
68.3% |
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| Ages 45-64 |
31,470 |
390,624 |
16,965 |
25,067 |
561,866 |
536,004 |
| Persons with serious functional impairment |
83.6% |
81.5% |
78.3% |
80.8% |
71.3% |
74.7% |
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| Ages 65 and older |
15,908 |
217,183 |
2,270 |
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125,534 |
139,732 |
| Persons with serious functional impairment |
88.2% |
77.4% |
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2 |
69.4% |
78.3% |
Source: 1997 Client/Patient Sample Survey, Survey and Analysis
Branch, Division of State and Community Systems Development, Center for
Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,
Department of Health and Human Services.
1 A person with
serious functional impairment has a numeric rating of 1 to 60 based on
a scale of 1 to 100 adapted from the Global Assessment of Functioning
(GAF) scale for reporting overall functioning on Axis-V of DSM-IV.
2 Estimate is based on five or fewer sample cases or has a
relative standard error of 50 percent or higher; therefore, it is not
shown because it does not meet standards of reliability. |
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