SAMHSA releases data from the latest National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services | WPN World People News

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has released findings from the 2010 National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS).

N-SSATS is an annual census of substance abuse treatment facilities that provides data on the location and characteristics of alcohol and drug abuse treatment services throughout the United States. It also provides information on the scope and nature of how these facilities and programs are used.

The report finds that overall there was very little change in the scope and nature of these treatment facilities from 2006 to 2010.

Throughout the nation, the 13,339 eligible facilities that responded to the survey reported that a total of nearly 1.2 million clients were in treatment in their facilities on March 31, 2010. Private non-profit run facilities made up the bulk of treatment facilities (58 percent) while private for-profit facilities made up 30 percent of these services in 2010. The remaining facilities were operated by local governments (6 percent), state governments (3 percent), the Federal government (3 percent) and tribal governments (1 percent).

The 2010 N-SSATS shows that there were 462 adults in treatment at substance abuse facilities for every 100,000 people in the U.S. aged 18 and older.

Source: U. S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration