Table 3.5 Clients under age 18 in treatment, by type of care received, and clients under age 18 in facilities with special programs or groups for adolescents: 1997-20031 Number and percent distribution
Type of care received and clients under age 18 in facilities with special programs or groups for adolescents	Number of clients under age 18					Percent distribution
	1997	1998	2000	2002	2003	1997	1998	2000	2002	2003
Total	81,456	100,322	84,917	91,851	92,251	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Type of care received
Outpatient	70,656	86,480	74,474	80,383	80,945	86.7	86.2	87.7	87.5	87.7
Non-hospital residential	9,719	11,748	9,400	10,342	10,357	11.9	11.7	11.1	11.3	11.2
Hospital inpatient	1,081	2,094	1,043	1,126	949	1.3	2.1	1.2	1.2	1.0
Clients under age 18 in facilities with special programs or groups for adolescents	69,793	79,794	75,819	83,236	78,330	85.7	79.5	89.3	90.6	84.9
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.
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.