Table 3.5 Clients under age 18 in treatment by type of care received, and clients under age 18 in treatment in facilities offering special programs or groups for adolescents: 2003-20071 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 182					Percent distribution
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total	92,251	91,112	87,611	91,873	85,518	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Type of care received
Outpatient	80,945	79,405	76,240	80,252	74,500	87.7	87.2	87.0	87.4	87.1
Residential (non-hospital)	10,357	10,492	10,313	10,713	10,134	11.2	11.5	11.8	11.7	11.9
Hospital inpatient	949	1,215	1,058	908	884	1.0	1.3	1.2	1.0	1.0
Clients under age 18 in facilities with special programs or groups for adolescents	78,330	75,878	73,731	76,874	70,275	84.9	83.3	84.2	83.7	82.2
1 Survey reference dates were: March 31, 2003-2006, and March 30, 2007. See Appendix A for changes in the survey base, methods, and instruments that affect analysis of trends over time.
2 Excludes clients in a small number of facilities that did not respond to this question: in 2003, 4,493 total clients reported by 51 facilities; in 2004, 2,482 total clients reported by 58 facilities; in 2005, 9,324 total clients reported by 81 facilities; in 2006, 3,471 total clients reported by 156 facilities; and in 2007, 550 total clients reported by 34 facilities.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), 2003-2007.