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Section VI: National Mental Health Statistics
Table 14. Medians-Length of stay in days for persons terminated (excluding deaths)
from inpatient care by gender, race/ethnicity, age, selected principal diagnosis,
and type of inpatient psychiatric care program: United States, 1997
| Patient characteristics |
Total, all inpatient programs1 |
State/county mental hospitals |
Private psychiatric hospitals |
Non-Federal general |
VA medical centers |
| Total |
5.4 |
5.7 |
5.1 |
5.7 |
7.7 |
| Males |
5.4 |
5.2 |
5.4 |
5.5 |
7.7 |
| Females |
5.4 |
7.1 |
4.9 |
6.0 |
7.8 |
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| American Indian or Alaska Native |
2.0 |
5.5 |
4.6 |
1.8 |
* |
| Males |
1.0 |
* |
9.0 |
1.0 |
* |
| Females |
* |
* |
* |
3.0 |
- |
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| Asian or Pacific Islander |
6.9 |
* |
* |
6.6 |
- |
| Males |
1.9 |
* |
* |
* |
- |
| Females |
* |
* |
* |
6.7 |
- |
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|
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| Black or African-American |
6.1 |
5.6 |
6.6 |
6.5 |
9.5 |
| Males |
6.1 |
5.9 |
8.0 |
6.5 |
9.4 |
| Females |
6.1 |
4.5 |
5.4 |
6.5 |
9.8 |
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| White |
5.2 |
5.7 |
4.8 |
5.6 |
6.6 |
| Males |
5.3 |
5.2 |
4.9 |
5.5 |
6.5 |
| Females |
5.1 |
7.4 |
4.8 |
5.9 |
6.9 |
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| Hispanic or Latino |
5.0 |
6.1 |
5.9 |
3.7 |
10.3 |
| Males |
4.9 |
* |
7.7 |
3.1 |
9.6 |
| Females |
5.1 |
* |
4.8 |
4.8 |
* |
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| Under age 18 |
6.0 |
7.0 |
6.0 |
7.0 |
- |
| 18-24 |
4.3 |
7.2 |
5.8 |
4.3 |
* |
| 25-44 |
4.8 |
5.0 |
4.2 |
5.3 |
7.0 |
| 45-64 |
5.8 |
7.6 |
5.4 |
5.8 |
8.7 |
| 65 and older |
7.0 |
4.9 |
5.5 |
6.8 |
7.7 |
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| Alcohol-related disorders |
3.6 |
2.8 |
3.2 |
3.7 |
6.6 |
| Drug-related disorders |
4.4 |
4.5 |
4.5 |
3.9 |
6.0 |
| Organic disorders |
6.8 |
4.8 |
6.0 |
9.2 |
10.0 |
| Affective disorders |
5.5 |
9.8 |
5.1 |
5.6 |
9.1 |
| Schizophrenia |
7.3 |
6.8 |
6.2 |
7.7 |
11.3 |
| Other psychoses |
5.5 |
9.1 |
7.2 |
5.3 |
6.5 |
| Personality disorders |
5.7 |
2.8 |
7.3 |
3.5 |
7.3 |
| Adjustment disorders |
2.1 |
1.6 |
2.4 |
1.7 |
4.5 |
1 Total includes the inpatient psychiatric care
programs of multiservice mental health organizations.
* Median 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.
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. |
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