Table 199b: Inpatient admissions to specialty mental health organizations per 100,000 population, by ethnicity, United States, 1997a

      Non-Hispanic    
  Total All races White Black or African American Hispanic (all races)
Population group Rate SE Rate SE Rate SE Rate SE Rate SE
                     
Total 764.8 24.8 781.9 28.3 737.9 29.8 1,182.0 105.2 624.5 73.3
                     
Age                    
    Under 18 412.1 38.2 416.1 39.9 423.0 42.2 451.3 77.2 389.0 90.1
    18-44 1,063.1 49.5 1,094.7 54.1 1,008.1 57.9 1,747.4 182.3 831.2 131.4
    45-64 708.6 40.7 719.3 42.7 657.6 43.6 1,359.1 206.7 574.3 136.4
    65 and over 636.2 84.7 637.3 88.6 647.0 93.6 725.9 178.1 * *
                     
Gender                    
    Male 847.3 38.1 869.2 42.0 798.2 42.0 1,496.4 162.4 674.3 101.8
    Female 686.6 27.1 699.8 30.4 680.5 34.9 902.3 93.2 574.1 76.7
                     
Source of payment                    
    No fee 56.7 7.3 58.1 7.3 56.7 7.3 73.6 18.9 * *
    Personal resources 41.9 8.5 42.3 9.0 45.8 10.6 * * * *
    Commercial + other private 202.6 12.9 208.8 14.0 218.5 15.6 192.0 35.1 152.0 30.1
    Medicare 162.4 13.5 169.8 14.6 163.0 15.6 248.2 41.6 * *
    Medicaid 200.8 20.7 205.9 22.8 170.9 17.8 463.5 86.9 159.5 30.4
    Other 100.5 8.2 97.0 7.6 83.0 7.2 176.0 20.1 * *
                     

aRate computations based on Bureau of the Census U.S. civilian population estimates for May 1997

*Rate is based on fewer than 30 sample cases or rate has a relative standard error of 30 percent or higher. Therefore, rate is not shown because it does not meet standards of reliability.

Key: SE: Standard error

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services, Client/Patient Sample Survey, 1997.

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