Table 3.1 Clients in treatment by facility operation: 1998-2004¹ Number and percent distribution
Facility operation	Number of clients					Percent distribution
Facility operation	1998	2000	2002	2003	2004	1998	2000	2002	2003	2004
Total	1,038,378	1,000,896	1,136,287	1,092,546	1,072,251	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Private non-profit	556,191	552,092	637,835	615,410	588,170	53.6	55.2	56.1	56.3	54.9
Private for-profit	252,369	244,184	291,122	282,161	296,533	24.3	24.4	25.6	25.8	27.7
Local government	115,774	111,337	112,820	101,826	97,261	11.1	11.1	9.9	9.3	9.1
State government	62,771	40,652	43,746	45,649	43,455	6.0	4.1	3.8	4.2	4.1
Federal government	41,627	40,549	40,637	37,155	36,378	4.0	4.1	3.6	3.4	3.4
Dept. of Veteran Affairs	33,518	31,251	31,213	28,386	28,306	3.2	3.1	2.7	2.6	2.6
Dept. of Defense	6,922	6,571	7,749	6,020	6,335	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6
Indian Health Service	873	2,316	1,339	2,331	1,582	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1
Other	314	411	336	418	155	*	*	*	*	*
Tribal government	9,646	12,082	10,127	10,345	10,454	0.9	1.2	0.9	0.9	1.0
¹Survey reference dates were: Oct. 1, 1998-2000, March 29, 2002, and March 31, 2003-2004. See Appendix C 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, Uniform Facility Data Set (UFDS), 1998; National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), 2000, 2002-2004. No client data were collected in 1999, and no survey was conducted in 2001.