Table 3.1 Clients in treatment by facility operation: 1997-20031 Number and percent distribution
Facility operation	Number of clients					Percent distribution
	1997	1998	2000	2002	2003	1997	1998	2000	2002	2003
Total	929,086	1,038,378	1,000,896	1,136,287	1,092,546	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Facility operation
Private non-profit	510,680	556,191	552,092	637,835	615,410	55.0	53.6	55.2	56.1	56.3
Private for-profit	168,106	252,369	244,184	291,122	282,161	18.1	24.3	24.4	25.6	25.8
Local government	123,560	115,774	111,337	112,820	101,826	13.3	11.1	11.1	9.9	9.3
State government	68,133	62,771	40,652	43,746	45,649	7.3	6.0	4.1	3.8	4.2
Federal government	48,683	41,627	40,549	40,637	37,155	5.2	4.0	4.1	3.6	3.4
Dept. of Veteran Affairs	40,625	33,518	31,251	31,213	28,386	4.4	3.2	3.1	2.7	2.6
Dept. Of Defense	5,862	6,922	6,571	7,749	6,020	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6
Indian Health Service	2,163	873	2,316	1,339	2,331	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2
Other	33	314	411	336	418	*	*	*	*	*
Tribal government	9,924	9,646	12,082	10,127	10,345	1.1	0.9	1.2	0.9	0.9
1 Survey reference dates were: Oct. 1, 1997-1998 and 2000, March 29, 2002, and March 31, 2003. See Appendix C for changes in the survey base, methods, and instruments that affect analysis of trends over time. No client data were collected in the 1999 survey.
*  Less than 0.05 percent.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Uniform Facility Data Set (UFDS), 1997-1998; National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), 2000, 2002-2003.