Figure 14 is titled "Mental Health Treatment among Adults Aged 18 or Older with Serious Mental Illness, by Age: 2002." It is a bar graph, where the horizontal axis represents age in years and the vertical axis represents percent receiving mental health treatment. There are four age categories: 18 or older, 18 to 25, 26 to 49, and 50 or older. For each age category, the percentage receiving mental health treatment is as follows:

Of those aged 18 years or older with serious mental illness (SMI), 47.9% received mental health treatment.
Of those aged 18 to 25 years with SMI, 34.2% received mental health treatment.
Of those aged 26 to 49 years with SMI, 54.4% received mental health treatment.
Of those aged 50 years or older with SMI, 46.4% received mental health treatment.

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SAMHSA, an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services, is the Federal Government's lead agency for improving the quality and availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment, and mental health services in the United States.