Table 3.4 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: 2004-20081 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
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	91,112	87,611	91,873	85,518	86,465	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Type of care received
Outpatient	79,405	76,240	80,252	74,500	76,484	87.2	87.0	87.4	87.1	88.5
Residential (non-hospital)	10,492	10,313	10,713	10,134	9,219	11.5	11.8	11.7	11.9	10.7
Hospital inpatient	1,215	1,058	908	884	762	1.3	1.2	1.0	1.0	0.9
Clients under age 18 in facilities with special programs or groups for adolescents	75,878	73,731	76,874	70,275	71,613	83.3	84.2	83.7	82.2	82.8
1 Survey reference dates were: March 31, 2004-2006, March 30, 2007, and March 31, 2007. See Appendix A for changes in the survey base, methods, and instruments that affect analysis of trends over time.
2 Excludes clients in facilities that did not respond to the question about clients under age 18 (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; in 2007, 550 total clients reported by 34 facilities; and in 2008, 911 total clients reported by 9 facilities).
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), 2004-2008.