Table 3.1
Clients in treatment, by facility operation: 2000-20051
Number and percent distribution
Facility operation Number of clients Percent distribution
2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 1,000,896 1,136,287 1,092,546 1,072,251 1,081,049 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Private non-profit   552,092   637,835   615,410   588,170   595,633  55.2  56.1  56.3  54.9  55.1
Private for-profit   244,184   291,122   282,161   296,533   302,595  24.4  25.6  25.8  27.7  28.0
Local, county, or community govt.   111,337   112,820   101,826    97,261    95,667  11.1   9.9   9.3   9.1   8.8
State government    40,652    43,746    45,649    43,455    42,431   4.1   3.8   4.2   4.1   3.9
Federal government    40,549    40,637    37,155    36,378    36,194   4.1   3.6   3.4   3.4   3.3
Dept. of Veteran Affairs    31,251    31,213    28,386    28,306    28,842   3.1   2.7   2.6   2.6   2.7
Dept. of Defense     6,571     7,749     6,020     6,335     5,771   0.7   0.7   0.6   0.6   0.5
Indian Health Service     2,316     1,339     2,331     1,582     1,458   0.2   0.1   0.2   0.1   0.1
Other       411       336       418       155       123      *      *      *      *      *
Tribal government    12,082    10,127    10,345    10,454     8,529   1.2   0.9   0.9   1.0   0.8
1 Survey reference dates were: Oct. 1, 2000, March 29, 2002, and March 31, 2003-2005. See Appendix A for changes in the survey base, methods, and instruments that affect analysis of trends over time. 
*  Less than 0.05 percent.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), 2000, 2002-2005. No survey was conducted in 2001.

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