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Section VI: National Mental Health Statistics

Table 2. Percentage of clinically trained mental health personnel, by discipline, sex, age, and race for specified years
Socio-demographic characteristics Psychiatry1 2000 Psychology 20022 Social Work 20003 Psychiatric Nursing 2000 Counseling4 2000 Marriage and Family Therapy62000 Psychosocial Rehabilitation 1994 School Psychology7 2000 Pastoral Counseling (AAPC Members) 20018
Total (N) (26,258) (88,491) (97,290) (18,269) (111,931) (47,111) (9,437) (31,278) (2,812)
Male (N) (19,094) (45,484) (20,431) (1,551) (31,341) (15,641) (3,223) (9,308) (1,920)
Under 35 2.7 2.7 8.5 11.1 1.0 38.4 11.0 0.9
35-39 7.7 5.9 5.5 4.1 4.6 20.1 7.5 2.0
40-44 11.2 9.0 9.5 8.3 9.1 17.7 18.0 4.9
45-49 13.1 16.6 18.3 9.5 21.2 10.7 20.0 12.0
50-54 13.9 22.7 28.1 14.1 28.1 5.5 20.0 15.7
55-59 12.5 16.4 14.9 21.3 16.4 3.6 20.0 20.4
60-64 10.1 8.6 11.9 18.2 9.5 2.3 2.9 16.1
65-69 7.7 5.4 2.7 9.0 5.8 1.2 2.0 11.4
Over 69 21.0 12.8 0.6 4.5 4.5 0.5 0.6 16.7
Unknown 0.1
American Indian/ Alaska Native 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.5 1.3 0.4 0.2 0.2
Asian/Pacific Islander 8.4 1.3 1.5 0.7 1.6 2.0 0.6 1.5
Hispanic 4.5 2.1 4.3 1.9 1.8 6.4 1.6 0.4
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9 1.5 6.4 3.8 1.3 20.8 1.3 2.0
White (not Hispanic) 75.7 94.7 85.1 80.0 91.5 69.8 95.1 83.8
Not specified 9.4 0.0 2.7 13.1 0.8 0.6 1.2 12.1
Female (N) (7,125) (43,007) (76,859) (16,718) (80,590) (31,470) (6,114) (21,970) (892)
Under 35 6.2 8.7 13.7 1.6 18.2 2.3 44.3 21.0 0.7
35-39 15.9 11.7 8.9 4.4 3.5 5.4 15.5 10.0 2.0
40-44 19.9 13.6 12.1 11.9 9.0 8.2 14.5 17.0 7.5
45-49 19.3 17.9 19.0 22.4 9.5 18.1 10.7 17.0 14.9
50-54 13.5 20.0 19.9 24.6 14.0 22.3 7.4 15.1 20.7
55-59 8.7 13.4 16.8 18.9 18.3 19.6 4.1 14.0 21.7
60-64 5.0 6.0 6.3 10.1 15.9 14.6 2.3 2.7 17.3
65-69 3.0 3.5 2.6 5.945 8.2 5.8 0.8 2.7 0.1
Over 69 8.4 5.2 .7 N/A 3.4 3.5 0.4 0.5 7.3
Not specified 0.1
American Indian/ Alaska Native 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.7 N/A 0.3 0.1
Asian/Pacific Islander 13.2 1.8 1.1 0.0 0.8 0.8 N/A 0.7 0.8
Hispanic 4.4 2.9 2.6 1.5 2.1 2.1 N/A 1.8 0.6
Black (not Hispanic) 4.0 2.6 4.2 4.7 4.2 0.2 N/A 2.1 2.0
White (not Hispanic) 73.6 92.3 89.3 90.2 82.6 93.8 N/A 94.3 83.8
Other 1.4
Not specified 4.7 0.0 2.5 3.0 9.8 2.9 N/A 0.8 12.7
1 American Psychiatric Association membership for 2000 residing in the United States, excluding medical students; psychiatric residents; corresponding members and fellows; inactive members, associates, fellows; and honorary and distinguished fellows. The "not specified" race category includes "Other." Gender is not reported for 39 psychiatrists.
2 Source: 2000 American Psychological Association Directory Survey, 2002 Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) Directory, and 2002 Committee for the Advancement of Professional Practice (CAPP) grant application counts. Compiled by the American Psychological Association Research Office. Numeration for rate is from later 2001 to early 2002. Earlier numbers for students are derived from 1998 Graduate Study in Psychol ogy.
3 Based on National Association of Social Workers Practice Research Network (PRN) Survey (2000b) indicating 21 percent of NASW clinically trained members are male.
4 Data are based on the National Board for Certified Counselors database of National Certified Counselors.
5 Represents psychiatric nurses who are 65 and older.
6 Data based on 2000 American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy PRN project funded by Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT). Data were collected from a random sample of AAMFT clinical members with an 82 percent response rate of eligible participants, as well as from the 2002 California Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (CAMFT) 2002 Member Practice and Demographic Survey, which was sent to a random sample of the 3,900 of the 14,500 Clinical Members of CAMFT and had a 27 percent response rate. The "Hispanic" category was treated as a separate question; accordingly, percentages do not sum to zero.
7 Source: Thomas, A. (2000).
8 Data are for the year 20012002 and the totals for race ethnicity are 1,939 and 903, respectively, for males and females.

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