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Section VI: National Mental Health Statistics

Table 4. Inpatient admissions: percentage of persons admitted by level of functional impairment1 for age and type of inpatient psychiatric care program: United States, 1997
Inpatient Psychiatric Care Programs
Level of functional impairment by age Total, all inpatient programs2 State and county mental hospitals Private psychiatric hospitals
Column percent LB percent UB percent Row percent Column percent LB column percent UB column percent Row percent LB row percent UB row percent Column percent LB column percent UB column percent Row percent LB row percent UB row percent
Total, all ages 100.0 9.3 7.9 10.8 24.5 22.3 26.6
1-60 78.2 75.1 81.3 100.0 75.2 70.0 80.5 9.0 7.6 10.4 80.9 75.7 86.0 25.3 22.6 28.0
60+ 21.8 18.7 24.9 100.0 24.8 19.5 30.0 10.6 7.5 13.8 19.1 14.0 24.3 21.5 15.8 27.2
Under 18 100.0 7.0 4.6 9.3 52.2 42.8 61.5
1-60 82.6 77.3 87.9 100.0 82.3 74.7 89.8 6.9 4.4 9.4 84.7 78.7 90.7 53.5 43.4 63.5
60+ 17.4 12.1 22.7 100.0 17.7 10.2 25.3 7.1 3.0 11.2 15.3 9.3 21.3 45.9 28.9 62.8
18+ 100.0 9.7 8.1 11.3 19.9 17.3 22.5
1-60 77.5 74.2 80.9 100.0 74.4 68.8 80.0 9.3 7.7 11.0 79.2 73.2 85.2 20.4 17.3 23.4
60+ 22.5 19.1 25.8 100.0 25.6 20.0 31.2 11.1 7.7 14.5 20.8 14.8 26.8 18.4 13.0 23.8
18-24 100.0 9.8 6.7 13.0 21.1 13.8 28.5
1-60 74.7 69.5 80.0 100.0 70.5 63.0 78.1 9.3 5.8 12.8 75.9 69.9 81.9 21.5 13.0 30.0
60+ 25.3 16.8 33.7 100.0 29.5 17.7 41.3 11.5 5.0 18.0 24.1 10.9 37.3 20.2 7.5 32.9
25-44 100.0 11.3 9.1 13.4 20.2 16.8 23.7
1-60 76.4 72.0 80.9 100.0 70.6 63.6 77.5 10.4 8.2 12.6 75.4 66.7 84.0 19.9 15.6 24.3
60+ 23.6 14.1 33.0 100.0 29.4 16.8 42.0 14.0 9.5 18.6 24.6 14.0 35.3 21.1 13.5 28.7
45-64 100.0 9.7 7.6 11.8 19.2 14.5 23.9
1-60 81.5 76.3 86.8 100.0 84.9 77.4 92.4 10.1 7.7 12.5 87.0 81.0 93.0 20.5 15.3 25.6
60+ 18.5 10.0 26.9 100.0 15.1 3.3 26.9 7.9 3.7 12.1 * * * 13.5 4.1 22.9
65+ 100.0 3.0 1.4 4.7 18.9 12.0 25.8
1-60 77.4 73.0 81.8 100.0 87.1 80.1 94.0 3.4 1.5 5.3 86.3 77.7 95.0 21.1 12.8 29.3
60+ 22.6 13.2 32.0 100.0 12.9 0.3 25.5 * * * 13.7 3.0 24.3 11.4 1.4 21.4


Table 4. Inpatient admissions: percentage of persons admitted by level of functional impairment1 for age and type of inpatient psychiatric care program: United States, 1997 (Continued)
Inpatient Psychiatric Care Programs (Continued)
Level of functional impairment by age percent? Non-Federal general hospitals VA medical centers
Column percent LB column percent UB column percent Row percent LB row percent UB row percent Column percent LB column percent UB column percent Row percent LB row percent UB row percent
Total, all ages 50.9 47.7 54.1 5 4.2 5.8
1-60 78.8 73.6 84.1 51.3 47.7 54.8 71.1 63.8 78.5 4.5 3.7 5.4
60+ 21.2 15.9 26.4 49.4 41.3 57.6 28.9 21.5 36.2 6.6 4.5 8.8
Under 18 30.3 20.3 40.2 - - -
1-60 83 72.9 93 30.4 19.6 41.2 - - - - - -
60+ 17 7 27.1 29.6 13.4 45.8 - - - - - -
18+ 54.2 50.5 58 5.8 4.9 6.8
1-60 78.5 73 83.9 54.9 50.9 59 71.1 63.8 78.5 5.3 4.3 6.4
60+ 21.5 16.1 27 52 43.5 60.4 28.9 21.5 36.2 7.5 5 9.9
18-24 51.3 41.5 61 * * *
1-60 74.2 64.2 84.2 50.9 39.4 62.4 * * * * * *
60+ 25.8 13.6 37.9 52.4 33.4 71.3 * * * * * *
25-44 54 49.4 58.6 4.1 3.2 4.9
1-60 78.2 70.7 85.8 55.3 49.9 60.6 74 66 81.9 4 2.9 5
60+ 21.8 10.3 33.2 49.9 39.9 59.8 26 9.4 42.7 4.5 2.6 6.4
45-64 51.1 45.4 56.7 13.5 10.6 16.4
1-60 80.1 70.1 90.1 50.1 43.8 56.5 69.2 69.2 69.2 11.4 8.7 14.1
60+ 19.9 7.8 32.1 55.1 42.4 67.7 * * * 22.5 14 30.9
65+ 63.5 52.1 74.9 4.4 2.6 6.1
1-60 79.8 72.3 87.4 65.5 54.4 76.6 70.4 62.4 78.3 4 2.1 5.8
60+ 20.2 8.7 31.6 56.7 31.1 82.3 29.6 13 46.3 5.7 1.1 10.4
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 Total includes the inpatient psychiatric care programs of multiservice mental health organizations.
- Sample size is 0.
* Percentage 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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