Table 2. Percentage of clinically trained mental health personnel, by discipline, sex, age, and race for specified years
Socio-demographic characteristics Psychiatry1
1999		 Psychology
1999		 Social Work
1996		 Psychiatric Nursing
1996		 Counseling2
2000		 Marriage and Family Therapy3
1998		 Psycho-social Rehabi-litation
1994		 School Psychology4
2000
 
Total (N) (26,877) 77,456 92,841 (17,318) (108,104) (44,225) (9,437) 31,278
Male (N) (19,658) 40, 122 21,497 (1,193) (30,269) (19,901) (3,223) (9,308)
Under 35 1.9 3.6     11.1 2.2 38.4 11.0
35–39 7.4 6.3 5.5   8.9 6.5 20.1 7.5
40–44 11.0 9.7 18.1   11.7 12.1 17.7 18.0
45–49 12.9 18.3 26.8   18.9 22.5 10.7 20.0
50–54 14.2 22.3 20.0   22.5 20.3 5.5 20.0
55–59 12.6 15.0 12.4   13.8 13.9 3.6 20.0
60–64 10.2 7.5 6.9   7.3 10.9 2.3 2.9
65–69 7.8 5.7 1.3   3.8 6.4 1.2 2.0
Over 69 18.3 11.6 0.4   2.0 5.2 0.5 0.6
American Indian/Alaska Native 0.1 0.6 0.5   0.6 0.9 0.4 0.2
Asian/ Pacific Islander 8.1 1.2 1.8   0.8 0.9 2.0 0.6
Hispanic 4.5 2.1 3.2   1.8 0.9 6.4 1.6
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9 1.6 4.2   3.8 2.1 20.8 1.3
White (not Hispanic) 75.9 93.8 88.7   91.5 94.8 69.8 95.1
Not specified 9.3 0.5 1.6   1.5 6.4 0.6 1.2
Female (N) (7,185) 37,334 (71,344) (16,125) 77,835 (24,324) (6,114) (21,970)
Under 35 4.4 10.7 1.8 4.4 18.3 2.2 44.3 21.0
35–39 15.8 12.5 11.7 8.9 8.7 7.2 15.5 10.0
40–44 19.7 14.3 17.6 21.5 11.4 13.7 14.5 17.0
45–49 19.9 18.7 21.6 24.5 17.7 22.6 10.7 17.0
50–54 13.8 18.9 18.9 17.8 19.3 19.8 7.4 15.1
55–59 9.2 11.5 10.9 11.7 13.6 13.0 4.1 14.0
60–64 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.8 6.5 8.2 2.3 2.7
65–69 3.1 3.3 1.7 5.35 2.7 6.4 0.8 2.7
Over 69 8.8 4.7 0.5 NA 1.8 6.7 0.4 0.5
American Indian/Alaska Native 0.1 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.5 1.1 NA 0.3
Asian/ Pacific Islander 13.3 1.6 1.7 1.9 0.8 0.4 NA 0.7
Hispanic 4.3 2.7 2.5 1.1 2.1 0.7 NA 1.8
Black (not Hispanic) 4.0 2.7 5.2 2.3 4.4 1.1 NA 2.1
White (not Hispanic) 73.8 91.7 89.0 94.6 91.1 96.1 NA 94.3
Not specified 4.2 0.6 1.1   1.2 0.7 NA 0.8
NA = Data not available 1 1999 American Psychiatric Association membership residing in the U.S., excluding medical students, psychiatric residents, corresponding psychiatrists, and inactive members;
Not specified includes "Other." Note Age not specified for 7.1 percent of male and 10.7 percent of female.
2 Source: Data from National Board for Certified Counselors, certificant data, and American Counseling Association membership data.
3 Total represents clinically active marriage and family therapists. The total was distributed into full- and part-time based on data from a survey of marriage and family therapists in 15 States by Doherty and Simmons (1995).
4 Source: Thomas, A. (April 2000) Report to the National Association of School Psychologists' Delegate Assembly on the State Demographic Survey, Bethesda, MD, National Association of School Psychologists.
5Represent psychiatric nurses who are age 65 and over.

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